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Like all organisms, plants can perceive their environment, from salinity and the presence of microbes to water availability. Changes in any of these factors trigger a unique pattern of signaling in cells, which propagates from cell to cell and ultimately results in physiological changes at the organismal level.

Our team Envionmental Sensing is particularly interested in such patterns related to salinity, water deprivation, and biotic interactions in the rhizosphere. We investigate the role of calcium as a universal secondary messenger in regulating stress responses, as well as late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins as agents of physiological change under stress. We use genetically encoded fluorescent sensors to observe and characterize plants' responses to environmental changes in vivo and in real time.

Main topics


* Root Ca2+[cyt] signaling induced by biotic and abiotic factors
* Role of ROS signaling in plant response to increased salinity
* Role of LEA proteins in dehydration-resistant phenotype in plants
* Large scale plant phenotyping

Relevant publications

Team members

Elizaveta Terlova
Milan Zupunski

 

Methods
* Fluorescent microscopy
* Genetically encoded fluorescent sensors
* Automatic phenotypic platform
* RNAseq

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