Thesis supervisor: Attila Fehér
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary Abbreviation of location of studies: SzBK
Description of the research topic:
The central hypothesis of the proposed study is that elevated ambient temperature is linked to plant morphogenesis in two ways: i) the plant structure is altered primarily via cell elongation to ensure better adaptation ii) the increased cell division rate of the meristems is compensated to maintain proper organ formation. This central hypothesis is focused down into a specific research question as below:
Preliminarily we found that the Arabidopsis RLCK VI_A2 kinase mutant exhibit failure in elongation and this phenotype can be compensated at increased temperature. Moreover, genes that are differentially expressed in the kinase mutant background considerably overlap with those controlled by thermomorphogenesis regulators (PIF4/BRAHMA). Therefore, we ask whether the RLCK VI_A2 kinase has a role to fine tune thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis and may serve as a target to engineer plant’s thermal responses?
Required language skills: English Further requirements: basic laboratory skills, basic molecular biology knowledge
Number of students who can be accepted: 2
Deadline for application: 2020-09-25
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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