[Frontier Leaders] “The evolution and development of diversity”
Enrico Coen, Cell & Developmental Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich, UK
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10 Apr, 2014
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11:00 am to 12:00 pm |
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Frontier Leaders Seminar
Title: “The evolution and development of diversity”
Speaker: Enrico Coen
Affiliation: Cell & Developmental Biology, John Innes Center, Norwich, UK
Abstract:
How do small groups of cells in microscopic buds turn themselves into the diverse flower and leaf shapes we see around us? To answer this question we need to know how genes and growth interact to create tissue shapes during development, and how this process varies to produce such a remarkable range of forms. In the lab of Enrico Coen a highly integrative approach is used that combines molecular, genetic, imaging, population, ecological and computational approaches to address this problem, applying them to model systems such as Arabidopsis and Antirrhinum.
Enrico Coen is a team leader at the John Innes Centre and has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant in 2012 for the project CarnoMorph - The Evolution and Development of Complex Morphologies.
