The Molecular Plant Research Podcast
Tegan and Joram explore the world of molecular plant research. How to plants sense their environment? What controls their metabolism? How do they store energy? Come along to an excursion into the very cells of all green things!In this episode, we talk to Ratan Chopra, researcher at the University of Minnesota about his passion on pennycress research.
Pennycress is a promising crop to gap the off-time between soy and corn during winter. Pennycress withstands cold climates and offers a new way to sustainably protect soil from erosion while at the same time containing commercially valuable oils. Having presented the work on the blog, we had the chance to talk to Ratan Chopra, researcher at the university of Minnesota, about his work domesticating pennycress.
Erschienen: 31.05.2019
Dauer: 00:58:15
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This week, we're talking about research on Saffron and on a crouching dragon protein. Plus cool plant photos and crossing into the wild. Oh, and we have a new favourite plant.
Erschienen: 17.05.2019
Dauer: 00:58:17
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In this episode, we talk about the new and trendy 7dSh antimetabolite and why it could be a great replacement (or supplement) of glyphosate, and we discuss the role of DNA degradation for starving plant cells.
Again, we brought you two papers. Paper one discusses the antimetabolite 7dSh and its mode of function. In paper two, Tegan presents the role of DNA degradation in organelles in old leaves and what role it plays for phosphor and nitrogen recycling.
Erschienen: 03.05.2019
Dauer: 01:06:35
Today, we're diving into ancient forests of ferns and how they managed their internal water pressure and we look at how one plant species resurrects in the desert after being completely dehydrated.
Did you ever wonder how ferns used to control their stomata? Or how plants spring back to life after being dehydrated in the desert? We got some of the answers! On top of that, we listen to pine cone disintegration, gaze at microjets from citrus peel and present our favourite plant to you!
Erschienen: 19.04.2019
Dauer: 01:06:50
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Junk or no Junk DNA? And how do seeds control when they germinate? We will tell you, sort of.
In this episode, we embark to discover seed germination determination through heat shock factor proteins and we will answer the age old question "Is Junk DNA really Junk?!?"
Erschienen: 05.04.2019
Dauer: 01:09:54
In this episode we explore the world of kin recognition in plants and what triggers the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth. And we have a new favourite plant!
How do plants recognise their kin, as in their brothers and sisters growing next to them? And how do plants know that winter is over and it's time to bolt and make some flowers? We try to answer these questions and on top of that, Tegan has a new favourite plant for you. Plus fun! Plus Science! It's the whole package!
Erschienen: 22.03.2019
Dauer: 01:15:09
A new episode talking about plants, pipettes and pee! Also, we explore the wonders of photorespiration.
In this episode, we explore nitrogen cycles on grazed fields and how researchers found a shortcut to circumvent photorespiration.
Erschienen: 08.03.2019
Dauer: 01:16:32
In the very first episode of the plant and pipettes podcast we talk about why you shouldn't hug your plants and what is so exciting about chloroplast transformation.
2 researchers, 2 papers, lots of talking. We present you each week two exciting papers from current research and tell you why molecular plant biology is so amazing. This week, we explore the science behind touching plants, transforming chloroplasts, DIY centrifuges and the Dunning-Kruger effect in GMO opposition.
Erschienen: 22.02.2019
Dauer: 01:55:46
