PhD Defence: Bjarne G. Hansen : 30. november 2007

Defendant: Bjarne Gram Hansen (Lc2431)

Time and Place:

Friday 30 November 2007 at 1:00 pm

Auditorium 3-14, ground floor

Thorvaldsensvej 40

1871 Frederiksberg C

 

Title of lecture:

Unravelling the biosynthesis and regulation of glucosinolates in Arabidopsis

 

Abstract:

Glucosinolates are bioactive natural products characteristic of the cruciferous plants, which include the economically important Brassica vegetables as well as the model plant Arabidopsis. Glucosinolates have high interest as cancer-preventive agents, biopesticides and flavor compounds. Using advanced bioinformatics and molecular tools for Arabidopsis combined with natural variation this PhD project resulted in the identification of regulators of biosynthesis of glucosinolates and the identification of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of cancer-preventive glucosinolates. The new knowledge provides important molecular tools for e.g. breeding towards Brassica plants with increased disease resistance and high levels of cancer-preventive glucosinolates.

 

Supervisor:

Associate Professor Barbara Ann Halkier, Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Examination Commitee:

Chairman: Professor Catherine R. Martin, Department of Plant biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

 

Professor Loïc Lepiniec, INRA-AgroParisTech, INRA Versailles Cedex, France

 

Professor Richard Mithen, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Great Britain

 

 

You are kindly invited to attend the PhD defence

Barbara Ann Halkier