[Seminar] The uncovering of new transcription factors involved in ripening and post-harvest life of tomato and strawberry fruits.

Seminar

Title: The uncovering of new transcription factors involved in ripening and post-harvest life of tomato and strawberry fruits.

Speaker: Sonia Osorio-Algar

Affiliation: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, University of Malaga, Spain

This seminar is part of the Plant Metabolic Regulation Course of the ITQB PhD Programs Plants For Life and MolBioS.

Abstract:

Tomato and strawberry are two of the most important crops worldwide and important models for fleshy fruits. Both fruits account for the main properties of the ripe fruit for human consumption. As it ripens, it undergoes changes similar to other fruits in sugar: acid ratio, volatile production and cell wall softening. However, the main regulators of this process have not yet been reported. In order to better understand the biochemical and molecular genetic mechanisms underlying this process, we combine “omics” data with detailed genetic information to better characterize a range of transcription factors involved on ripening and shelf life processes.

Short Biography:

Dr. Osorio is a Chemist and completed her PhD in Molecular Plant Physiology in 2007. After, she joined as postdoctoral research assistant the Department of Prof. Lothar Willmitzer at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPIMP, Potsdam-Golm, Germany). The research within Prof. Lothar Willmitzer's department is focused on metabolism in its broadest sense, primarily using reverse genetics to alter plants and functional genomic approaches (including metabolomics and fluxomics) to analyse the pleiotropic effects of these alterations. In 2012, Dr. Osorio moved to the University of Malaga (Spain) where she started a postion as assistant professor.