Project description
Mechanisms underlying control of bud dormancy release in trees revealed
Plants have no nervous system and brain but can nevertheless sense and respond to environmental cues that play crucial roles in regulating their growth through little-understood mechanisms. The EU-funded DECORE project will investigate these mechanisms, particularly those behind low temperature-mediated control of bud dormancy in the model tree hybrid aspen. A recent discovery pinpointing AGL8 as a low-temperature responsive transcription factor involved in bud dormancy release has resulted in the hypothesis that AGL8-mediated transcriptional control of the plant hormone gibberellin, mobile signalling component FT1 and cell-to-cell communication work together to orchestrate bud dormancy release. The research fellow will test this hypothesis by deciphering the interplay between gene expression, hormonal regulation and cell-cell communication during dormancy release.
Objective
Plants lack a nervous system and central decision-making organ like a brain, but can nevertheless sense and respond to environmental cues that play crucial roles in regulating their growth, through poorly understood mechanisms. The aim of DECORE is to elucidate these mechanisms, particularly those underlying the low temperature-mediated control of bud dormancy in the model tree hybrid aspen. A recent discovery in the host lab, pinpointing AGL8 as a low temperature responsive transcription factor involved in bud dormancy release, has lead us to hypothesize that AGL8-mediated transcriptional control of the plant hormone gibberellin, mobile signaling component FT1 (a tree ortholog of Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS T) and cell-cell communication together orchestrate bud dormancy release. In DECORE, Dr. Pandey will test this hypothesis by deciphering the interplay between gene expression, hormonal regulation and cell-cell communication during dormancy release, and simultaneously acquire skills in cutting-edge techniques like transmission electron microscopy, immunocytochemistry and mass spectrometry in leading environments at the host SLU/UPSC (Umeå, Sweden) and via secondment to CNRS (Bordeaux, France). Synergistically complementing the skills in biochemistry and genomics gained during his PhD, this training will provide Dr. Pandey with a unique opportunity to broaden his technical and theoretical expertise, which will promote a successful achievement of the project’s goals, open new vistas in developmental adaptation, and support his ambition of becoming a research leader. Dr. Pandey will follow a personalized career development plan to enhance his skills in communication, grant writing, public engagement and student mentoring. Thus, DECORE will contribute fundamental knowledge on a key process in seasonal adaptation, critical for mitigating the effects of climate change on seasonal growth in trees, and career advancement of a scientist with outstanding potential.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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750 07 Uppsala
Sweden
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