March 2013
Mon. 4 Mar, 2013
Cutting Edge Seminar - Olivier Hamant
Mon. 4 Mar, 2013 15:00 - 16:00
UPSC Cutting Edge Seminar
Olivier Hamant
Biophysics and Development Team, Plant Development and Reproduction Laboratory, ENS de Lyon, University de Lyon, Lyon, France
"Mechanical feedbacks in plant morphogenesis"
Time: Monday 4 March 15:00
Place: KB3A9 "Lilla Hörsalen", KBC
Host: Rishi Bhalerao
Olivier Hamant
Biophysics and Development Team, Plant Development and Reproduction Laboratory, ENS de Lyon, University de Lyon, Lyon, France
"Mechanical feedbacks in plant morphogenesis"
Time: Monday 4 March 15:00
Place: KB3A9 "Lilla Hörsalen", KBC
Host: Rishi Bhalerao
Tue. 5 Mar, 2013
Seminar and Workshop on SciFinder
Tue. 5 Mar, 2013 10:00 - 12:00
KBC seminar/workshop, KBC/UCMR Research Schools
Speaker
Christian Skotte
Regional Marketing Manager
Science Information International Ltd. (SIIL) Chemical Abstracts Service CAS, Europe
Title:
SciFinder - the choice for chemistry research
- Introduction to SciFinder
Background:
All scientists at Umeå University have access to SciFinder:
http://www.ub.umu.se/sok/tidskrifter/scifinder-web
This database allows you to explore the CAS databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science.
In his lecture, Christian Skotte will give you an introduction on SciFinder, how to use it, and its possibilities. He will show you examples for how to find patents, molecules, structures, articles...
Workshop on SciFinder
This workshop, lead by Christian Skotte, will give you the possibility to work with SciFinder on your own Computer.
Registration is needed for this workshop. The number of participants is limited to 20 persons.
If you are interested to participate, then please send an Email toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (please mark your Email "SciFinder") The workshop takes place in room KB3B3 and you need to bring your own computer/laptop.
Please register before 1 March (first come, first serve - hopefully one scientist in each KBC department will participate in the workshop...)
Speaker
Christian Skotte
Regional Marketing Manager
Science Information International Ltd. (SIIL) Chemical Abstracts Service CAS, Europe
Title:
SciFinder - the choice for chemistry research
- Introduction to SciFinder
Background:
All scientists at Umeå University have access to SciFinder:
http://www.ub.umu.se/sok/tidskrifter/scifinder-web
This database allows you to explore the CAS databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science.
In his lecture, Christian Skotte will give you an introduction on SciFinder, how to use it, and its possibilities. He will show you examples for how to find patents, molecules, structures, articles...
Workshop on SciFinder
This workshop, lead by Christian Skotte, will give you the possibility to work with SciFinder on your own Computer.
Registration is needed for this workshop. The number of participants is limited to 20 persons.
If you are interested to participate, then please send an Email to
Please register before 1 March (first come, first serve - hopefully one scientist in each KBC department will participate in the workshop...)
Thu. 7 Mar, 2013
Seminar - Henrik Vibe-Scheller: Optimizing plant cell walls for biofuel production
Thu. 7 Mar, 2013 15:00 - 16:00
UPSC seminar by
Henrik Vibe-Scheller
University of California, Berkeley
Title:
'Optimizing plant cell walls for biofuel production'
Place KB3A9, Lilla hörsalen KBC
Henrik Vibe Scheller is an adjunct professor and vice-President of feedstocks division at JBEI (Joint BioEnergy Institute). He investigates the genes and proteins involved in biosynthesis of complex polysaccharides and glycoproteins in the plant cell wall, using arabidopsis and rice as model plants. Besides the fundamental scientific importance of these studies, understanding wall biosynthesis and regulation may allow us to develop crop plants that are more suitable feedstocks for biofuel production. Techniques used in the lab include biochemistry, spectroscopy, molecular genetics, cell biology and bioinformatics.
Publications from 2012-2013:
Bartley LE, Peck ML, Kim SR, Ebert B, Maniseri C, Chiniquy D, Sykes R, Gao L, Rautengarten C, Vega-Sanchez ME, Benke PI, Canlas PE, Cao P, Brewer S, Lin F, Smith WL, Zhang X, Keasling JD, Jentoft RE, Foster SB, Zhou J, Ziebell A, An G, Scheller HV, Ronald PC. Overexpression of a BAHD Acyltransferase, OsAt10, alters rice cell wall hydroxycinnamic acid content and saccharification. Plant Physiol. 2013 Feb 7. [Epub ahead of print]
Arabinosylation of a Yariv Precipitable Cell Wall Polymer Impacts Plant Growth as Exemplified by the Arabidopsis Glycosyltransferase Mutant ray1. Gille S, Sharma V, Baidoo EE, Keasling JD, Scheller HV, Pauly M. Mol Plant. 2013 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print]
Vega-Sanchez M, Verhertbruggen Y, Scheller HV, Ronald P. Abundance of mixed linkage glucan in mature tissues and secondary cell walls of grasses. Plant Signal Behav. 2013 Jan 8;8(2). doi:pii: e23143. [Epub ahead of print]
Chen X, Vega-Sánchez ME, Bartley L, Verhertbruggen Y, Chiniquy D, Canlas P, Fagerström A, Prak L, Christensen U, Oikawa A, Chen M, Zuo S, Auer M, Willats W G.T., Harholt J, Scheller HV, and Ronald PC. Inactivation of OsIRX10 leads to decreased xylan content in rice stem cell walls and improved biomass saccharification. Mol Plant, in press.
Liwanag AJM, Ebert B, Verhertbruggen Y, Rennie EA, Rautengarten C, Oikawa A, Andersen MCF, Clausen MH, Scheller HV. (2012) Pectin Biosynthesis: GALS1 in Arabidopsis thaliana is a ?-1,4-galactan ?-1,4-galactosyltransferase. Plant Cell, 2012 Dec;24(12):5024-36. doi: 10.1105/tpc.112.106625. Epub 2012 Dec 14.
Petersen PD, Lau J, Ebert B, Yang F, Verhertbruggen Y, Kim JS, Varanasi P, Suttangkakul A, Auer M, Loqué D, Scheller HV. (2012) Engineering of plants with improved properties as biofuels feedstocks by vessel-specific complementation of xylan biosynthesis mutants. Biotechnol Biofuels, 2012 Nov 26;5(1):84. doi: 10.1186/1754-6834-5-84.
Yang F, Mitra P, Zhang L, Prak L, Verhertbruggen Y, Kim JK, Sun L, Zheng K, Tang K, Auer M, Scheller HV and Loqué D. Engineering secondary cell wall deposition in plants. Plant Biotechnol J, Published Online: 12 NOV 2012, DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12016
Rennie EA, Hansen SF, Baidoo EEK, Hadi M, Keasling JD, Scheller HV (2012) Three members of the Arabidopsis glycosyltransferase family 8 are xylan glucuronosyltransferases. Plant Physiol 159, 1408-1417.
Harholt J, Sørensen I, Roberts A, Willats W, Scheller HV, Petersen BL, Banks JA, Ulvskov P. (2012). The glycosyltransferase repertoire of the spikemoss Selaginella moellendorffii and a comparative study of the cell wall structure. Plos One 7(5): e35846.
Hansen SF, Harholt J, Oikawa A, Scheller HV. (2012) Plant glycosyltransferases beyond CAZy: A perspective on DUF families. Frontiers Plant Physiol, 3:59
Parsons HT, Christiansen K, Knierim B, Carroll A, Ito J, Batth TS, xSmith-Moritz AM, Morrison S, McInerney P, Hadi MZ, Auer M, Mukhopadhyay A, Christiansen K, Scheller HV, Loque D, Heazlewood JL (2012). Isolation and proteomic characterization of the Arabidopsis Golgi defines functional and novel components involved in plant cell wall biosynthesis. Plant Physiol 159: 12-26
Vega-Sánchez ME, Verhertbruggen Y, Christensen U, Chen X, Sharma V, Varanasi P, Jobling SA, Talbot M, White, RG, Joo M, Singh S, Auer M, Scheller HV, Ronald PC (2012). Loss of Cellulose Synthase-Like F6 function affects mixed-linkage glucan deposition, cell wall mechanical properties and defense responses in vegetative tissues of rice. Plant Physiol 159: 56-69
Harholt J, Jensen JK, Verhertbruggen Y, Søgaard C, Bernard S, Nafisi M, Poulsen CP, Geshi N, Sakuragi Y, Driouich A, Knox JP, Scheller HV (2012). ARAD proteins associated with pectic Arabinan biosynthesis form complexes when transiently overexpressed in planta. Planta. 2012 Jul;236(1):115-28. Epub 2012 Jan 21.
Orfila C, Degan FD, Jørgensen B, Scheller HV, Ray PM, Ulvskov P (2012). Expression of mung bean pectin acetyl esterase in potato tubers: effect on acetylation of cell wall polymers and tuber mechanical properties. Planta. 2012 Jul;236(1):185-96.
Søgaard C, Stenbæk A, Bernard S, Hadi M, Driouich A, Scheller HV, Sakuragi Y (2012) GO-PROMTO illuminates protein membrane topologies of glycan biosynthetic enzymes in the Golgi apparatus of living tissues. PLoS ONE 7: e31324.
Rautengarten C, Ebert B, Ouellet M, Nafisi M, Baidoo EEK, Benke P, Stranne M, Mukhopadhyay A, Keasling JD, Sakuragi Y, Scheller HV (2012). Arabidopsis Deficient in Cutin Ferulate encodes a transferase required for ferulyolation of w-hydroxyfatty acids in cutin polyester. Plant Physiol 158: 654-665.
Chiniquy D, Sharma V, Schultink A, Baidoo EE, Rautengarten C, Cheng K, Carroll A, Ulvskov P, Harholt J, Keasling JD, Pauly M, Scheller HV, and Ronald PC. (2012) XAX1 from glycosyltransferase family 61 mediates xylosyltransfer to rice xylan. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 109: 17117-17122.
Oikawa A, Lund CH, Sakuragi Y, Scheller HV. Golgi-localized enzyme complexes for plant cell wall biosynthesis. Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2012.07.002 Trends in Plant Science xx (2012) 1–10
Christensen U, Scheller HV (2012) Regulation of (1,3;1,4)-b-d-glucan synthesis in developing endosperm of barley lys mutants. J Cereal Sci 55: 69–76.
Atmodjo MA, Sakuragi Y, Zhu X, Burrell A, Mohanty SS, Atwood JA, Orlando R, Scheller HV, Mohnen D (2011) Galacturonosyltransferase (GAUT)1 and GAUT7 are the core of a plant cell wall pectin biosynthetic homogalacturonan:galacturonosyl-transferase complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108:20225-20230.
Henrik Vibe-Scheller
University of California, Berkeley
Title:
'Optimizing plant cell walls for biofuel production'
Place KB3A9, Lilla hörsalen KBC
Henrik Vibe Scheller is an adjunct professor and vice-President of feedstocks division at JBEI (Joint BioEnergy Institute). He investigates the genes and proteins involved in biosynthesis of complex polysaccharides and glycoproteins in the plant cell wall, using arabidopsis and rice as model plants. Besides the fundamental scientific importance of these studies, understanding wall biosynthesis and regulation may allow us to develop crop plants that are more suitable feedstocks for biofuel production. Techniques used in the lab include biochemistry, spectroscopy, molecular genetics, cell biology and bioinformatics.
Publications from 2012-2013:
Bartley LE, Peck ML, Kim SR, Ebert B, Maniseri C, Chiniquy D, Sykes R, Gao L, Rautengarten C, Vega-Sanchez ME, Benke PI, Canlas PE, Cao P, Brewer S, Lin F, Smith WL, Zhang X, Keasling JD, Jentoft RE, Foster SB, Zhou J, Ziebell A, An G, Scheller HV, Ronald PC. Overexpression of a BAHD Acyltransferase, OsAt10, alters rice cell wall hydroxycinnamic acid content and saccharification. Plant Physiol. 2013 Feb 7. [Epub ahead of print]
Arabinosylation of a Yariv Precipitable Cell Wall Polymer Impacts Plant Growth as Exemplified by the Arabidopsis Glycosyltransferase Mutant ray1. Gille S, Sharma V, Baidoo EE, Keasling JD, Scheller HV, Pauly M. Mol Plant. 2013 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print]
Vega-Sanchez M, Verhertbruggen Y, Scheller HV, Ronald P. Abundance of mixed linkage glucan in mature tissues and secondary cell walls of grasses. Plant Signal Behav. 2013 Jan 8;8(2). doi:pii: e23143. [Epub ahead of print]
Chen X, Vega-Sánchez ME, Bartley L, Verhertbruggen Y, Chiniquy D, Canlas P, Fagerström A, Prak L, Christensen U, Oikawa A, Chen M, Zuo S, Auer M, Willats W G.T., Harholt J, Scheller HV, and Ronald PC. Inactivation of OsIRX10 leads to decreased xylan content in rice stem cell walls and improved biomass saccharification. Mol Plant, in press.
Liwanag AJM, Ebert B, Verhertbruggen Y, Rennie EA, Rautengarten C, Oikawa A, Andersen MCF, Clausen MH, Scheller HV. (2012) Pectin Biosynthesis: GALS1 in Arabidopsis thaliana is a ?-1,4-galactan ?-1,4-galactosyltransferase. Plant Cell, 2012 Dec;24(12):5024-36. doi: 10.1105/tpc.112.106625. Epub 2012 Dec 14.
Petersen PD, Lau J, Ebert B, Yang F, Verhertbruggen Y, Kim JS, Varanasi P, Suttangkakul A, Auer M, Loqué D, Scheller HV. (2012) Engineering of plants with improved properties as biofuels feedstocks by vessel-specific complementation of xylan biosynthesis mutants. Biotechnol Biofuels, 2012 Nov 26;5(1):84. doi: 10.1186/1754-6834-5-84.
Yang F, Mitra P, Zhang L, Prak L, Verhertbruggen Y, Kim JK, Sun L, Zheng K, Tang K, Auer M, Scheller HV and Loqué D. Engineering secondary cell wall deposition in plants. Plant Biotechnol J, Published Online: 12 NOV 2012, DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12016
Rennie EA, Hansen SF, Baidoo EEK, Hadi M, Keasling JD, Scheller HV (2012) Three members of the Arabidopsis glycosyltransferase family 8 are xylan glucuronosyltransferases. Plant Physiol 159, 1408-1417.
Harholt J, Sørensen I, Roberts A, Willats W, Scheller HV, Petersen BL, Banks JA, Ulvskov P. (2012). The glycosyltransferase repertoire of the spikemoss Selaginella moellendorffii and a comparative study of the cell wall structure. Plos One 7(5): e35846.
Hansen SF, Harholt J, Oikawa A, Scheller HV. (2012) Plant glycosyltransferases beyond CAZy: A perspective on DUF families. Frontiers Plant Physiol, 3:59
Parsons HT, Christiansen K, Knierim B, Carroll A, Ito J, Batth TS, xSmith-Moritz AM, Morrison S, McInerney P, Hadi MZ, Auer M, Mukhopadhyay A, Christiansen K, Scheller HV, Loque D, Heazlewood JL (2012). Isolation and proteomic characterization of the Arabidopsis Golgi defines functional and novel components involved in plant cell wall biosynthesis. Plant Physiol 159: 12-26
Vega-Sánchez ME, Verhertbruggen Y, Christensen U, Chen X, Sharma V, Varanasi P, Jobling SA, Talbot M, White, RG, Joo M, Singh S, Auer M, Scheller HV, Ronald PC (2012). Loss of Cellulose Synthase-Like F6 function affects mixed-linkage glucan deposition, cell wall mechanical properties and defense responses in vegetative tissues of rice. Plant Physiol 159: 56-69
Harholt J, Jensen JK, Verhertbruggen Y, Søgaard C, Bernard S, Nafisi M, Poulsen CP, Geshi N, Sakuragi Y, Driouich A, Knox JP, Scheller HV (2012). ARAD proteins associated with pectic Arabinan biosynthesis form complexes when transiently overexpressed in planta. Planta. 2012 Jul;236(1):115-28. Epub 2012 Jan 21.
Orfila C, Degan FD, Jørgensen B, Scheller HV, Ray PM, Ulvskov P (2012). Expression of mung bean pectin acetyl esterase in potato tubers: effect on acetylation of cell wall polymers and tuber mechanical properties. Planta. 2012 Jul;236(1):185-96.
Søgaard C, Stenbæk A, Bernard S, Hadi M, Driouich A, Scheller HV, Sakuragi Y (2012) GO-PROMTO illuminates protein membrane topologies of glycan biosynthetic enzymes in the Golgi apparatus of living tissues. PLoS ONE 7: e31324.
Rautengarten C, Ebert B, Ouellet M, Nafisi M, Baidoo EEK, Benke P, Stranne M, Mukhopadhyay A, Keasling JD, Sakuragi Y, Scheller HV (2012). Arabidopsis Deficient in Cutin Ferulate encodes a transferase required for ferulyolation of w-hydroxyfatty acids in cutin polyester. Plant Physiol 158: 654-665.
Chiniquy D, Sharma V, Schultink A, Baidoo EE, Rautengarten C, Cheng K, Carroll A, Ulvskov P, Harholt J, Keasling JD, Pauly M, Scheller HV, and Ronald PC. (2012) XAX1 from glycosyltransferase family 61 mediates xylosyltransfer to rice xylan. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 109: 17117-17122.
Oikawa A, Lund CH, Sakuragi Y, Scheller HV. Golgi-localized enzyme complexes for plant cell wall biosynthesis. Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2012.07.002 Trends in Plant Science xx (2012) 1–10
Christensen U, Scheller HV (2012) Regulation of (1,3;1,4)-b-d-glucan synthesis in developing endosperm of barley lys mutants. J Cereal Sci 55: 69–76.
Atmodjo MA, Sakuragi Y, Zhu X, Burrell A, Mohanty SS, Atwood JA, Orlando R, Scheller HV, Mohnen D (2011) Galacturonosyltransferase (GAUT)1 and GAUT7 are the core of a plant cell wall pectin biosynthetic homogalacturonan:galacturonosyl-transferase complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108:20225-20230.
Mon. 11 Mar, 2013
Seminar - Nicolas Delhomme: Spruce assemblies: expect the (un)expected
Mon. 11 Mar, 2013 10:00 - 11:00
UPSC Seminar
Speaker:
Nicolas Delhomme
Title:
Spruce assemblies: expect the (un)expected
Place: Lilla hörsalen KB3A9, KBC
Host: Sabine Kunz, Delphine Gendre
Speaker:
Nicolas Delhomme
Title:
Spruce assemblies: expect the (un)expected
Place: Lilla hörsalen KB3A9, KBC
Host: Sabine Kunz, Delphine Gendre
Inauguration of the Swedish Metabolomics Centre Umeå
Mon. 11 Mar, 2013 12:00 - Tue. 12 Mar, 2013 12:00
The Swedish Metabolomics Centre Umeå celebrates it's inauguration with a symposium on
Monday, 11 March and Tuesday 12 March 2013.
More information and programme
Registration
Conference venue: Stora hörsalen, KBC, KB3B1
contact: Jonas Gullberg,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , Manager of the Swedish Metabolomics Centre Umeå
Monday, 11 March and Tuesday 12 March 2013.
More information and programme
Registration
Conference venue: Stora hörsalen, KBC, KB3B1
contact: Jonas Gullberg,
Tue. 12 Mar, 2013
Inauguration of the Swedish Metabolomics Centre Umeå
Mon. 11 Mar, 2013 12:00 - Tue. 12 Mar, 2013 12:00
The Swedish Metabolomics Centre Umeå celebrates it's inauguration with a symposium on
Monday, 11 March and Tuesday 12 March 2013.
More information and programme
Registration
Conference venue: Stora hörsalen, KBC, KB3B1
contact: Jonas Gullberg,This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , Manager of the Swedish Metabolomics Centre Umeå
Monday, 11 March and Tuesday 12 March 2013.
More information and programme
Registration
Conference venue: Stora hörsalen, KBC, KB3B1
contact: Jonas Gullberg,
Fri. 15 Mar, 2013
Gunnar Öquist - Status of Swedish Research
Fri. 15 Mar, 2013 14:00 - 15:00
KBC Seminar
Speaker:
Gunnar Öquist
professor UPSC
permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2003-2010
and member of the Academy's Research Policy Committee
Status of Swedish Research
Presentation of the Report to the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences
Room: Stora hörsalen, KB3B1
Contact: Göran Samuelsson, UPSC/Department of Plant Physiology
Wed. 20 Mar, 2013
The Polish ambasador, Mr Adam Halacinski, visits UPSC
Wed. 20 Mar, 2013 17:30 - 18:30
The Polish ambasador, Mr Adam Halacinski, will visit UPSC to meet Polish people living in Umea.
Mon. 25 Mar, 2013
Half-time Seminar - Henrik Serk: Understanding lignin biosynthesis and polymerization in Arabidopsis xylem vessels
Mon. 25 Mar, 2013 10:00 - 11:00
UPSC seminar
Half-time Seminar
Speaker.
Henrik Serk
Title:
Understanding lignin biosynthesis and polymerization in Arabidopsis xylem vessels
Room: Lilla hörsalen, KB3A9
Host: Edouard Pesquet
Half-time Seminar
Speaker.
Henrik Serk
Title:
Understanding lignin biosynthesis and polymerization in Arabidopsis xylem vessels
Room: Lilla hörsalen, KB3A9
Host: Edouard Pesquet
Tue. 26 Mar, 2013
Seminar - Petar Pujic: Symbiosis between the bacterium Frankia and actinorhizal plants
Tue. 26 Mar, 2013 14:00 - 15:00
UPSC Seminar
Speaker:
Petar Pujic
Centre National de la Recherche scientifique (CNRS)
UMR CNRS 5557, Ecologie Microbienne Lyon, France
Title:
Symbiosis between the bacterium Frankia and actinorhizal plants
Place. Lilla hörsalen KBC, KB3A9