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New FONDECYT grants
We are very happy to receive a new member of our laboratory, Dr. Francisca Castillo who obtained a FONDECYT Postdoctoral Project 3190461 entitled «Functional analysis of a rotamase gene involved in wheat grain thermotolerance processes».
The award of the FONDECYT Regular 1190812 project entitled «Analysis of the sulfate response during wheat development to find new pathways of improvement of grain yield and quality», marks the starting point in a new agronomic adventure and the turn of our research towards «real plants» such as wheat.
http://noticias.uach.cl/principal.php?pag=noticia-externo&cod=123653
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We visited the Chilean Potato Germplasm Bank
The invited speakers of the 1st Ibero-American Seminar on Plant Nutrition and members of our lab visited UACh’s Chilean Potato Germplasm Bank.
Speakers of the 1st Ibero-American Seminar on Plant Nutrition and members of the NGP lab with Eusebio Miranda. After the 1st Ibero-American Seminar on Plant Nutrition, we visited UACh’s Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Austral (EEAA) in Cabo Blanco, where Eusebio Miranda gave us a tour of the history and contents of the Germplasm Bank collection.
Eusebio shows tuber pigmentation The collection, started in 1958, comprises around 270 clones. Don Eusebio showed us a selection of native potatoes, as well as crosses of culinary interest produced at the station.
Potato plots used to propagate the collection The weather was on our side for a visit to the field site where the collection is propagated every year. There we could observe phenotypic differences among the plants, both in morphology and in susceptibility to environmental factors.
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1st Ibero-American Seminar on Plant Nutrition
Join us on December 10 from 9:30 a.m. at the Hugo Campos Auditorium, Pugín Building, Faculty of Sciences, UACh, for the first Ibero-American Seminar on Plant Nutrition.
Our speakers are:
- Dr. Elena Vidal, Universidad Mayor, Chile
- Dr. Alejandra Zúñiga, Universidad Austral de Chile
- Dr. Felipe Aquea, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
- Dr. Javier Canales, Universidad Austral de Chile
- Dr. Joaquín Medina, Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Spain
There will also be a coffee break to share during the day.
More details about the seminar and the Ibero-American Network on Sulfur Nutrition in Plants are available at this link from the UACh Faculty of Sciences.
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Felipe Uribe defends his undergraduate thesis
On October 2, 2018, Felipe Uribe defended his undergraduate thesis titled:
“Characterization of the plant-specific LSU gene family in the context of sulfur deficiency”
This allowed Felipe to obtain his Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and his professional degree as a Biochemist.
The work, carried out in our lab under the supervision of Prof. Javier Canales, was approved by the academic committee formed by Prof. Oscar Martínez Viveros and Prof. Juan G. Cárcamo Matus.
Congratulations!
Felipe Uribe’s family, friends and lab team on the day of his defense
