BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Arab Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230101 TZNAME:Arab Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Promotion \;Colloquium \;– Professor Simon KrattingerAs part of the current promotion cycle of the University\, Professor Simon K rattinger is being considered for promotion to Associate Professor of Plan t Science. \;A requirement of the promotion process is to give a techn ical colloquium. \;This \;colloquium will provide interesting insi ghts into the research interests and achievements of Prof. Krattinger.&nbs p\;Abstract:Cereal crops are of paramount importance for global and region al food security. Cereals are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy than any other type of crop. One research direction of my gro up focuses on the development of genomics-based tools to clone disease res istance genes in the cereal crops wheat and barley. About a fifth of the g lobal wheat production is lost to pathogens and pests each year. Of partic ular importance are fungal pathogens belonging to the genus Puccinia\, the causal agents of the devastating rust diseases. Despite the planting of e lite cultivars and improved disease management practices\, rust epidemics have become more severe over the past two decades\, which is attributed to the emergence and rapid spread of new and highly virulent pathogen races. Although hundreds of disease resistance genes have been genetically chara cterized in the wheat gene pool\, only a handful of them have been cloned. The development of genomics-assisted gene cloning protocols has significa ntly accelerated and facilitated gene cloning\, which has led to a deeper understanding of the fundamental molecular mechanisms that control disease resistance. The results generated in our group lay the foundation to depl oy knowledge-guided strategies in disease resistance breeding\, which migh t allow us to eradicate the top wheat diseases in the coming 5-10 years. A second\, complementary research direction of my group studies the genetic diversity in cereal crop species\, underutilized crops and wild crop rela tives. We address fundamental questions in cereal genomics and crop evolut ion\, which forms the basis to accelerate plant breeding\, harness genetic diversity\, and establish new crop species that are adapted to extreme en vironments.Bio:Prof. Simon Krattinger obtained his PhD in 2009 from the Un iversity of Zurich\, Switzerland. After spending three years as a Marie Cu rie postdoctoral fellow at CSIRO Plant Industries in Canberra\, Australia\ , he became an independent group leader at the University of Zurich suppor ted by an Ambizione early career grant of the Swiss National Science Found ation. In 2017\, he joined the Center for Desert Agriculture at KAUST as a n Assistant Professor. DTEND:20230201T140000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T121321Z DTSTART:20230201T123000Z LOCATION:Auditorium between Buildings 4 & 5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Harnessing genomic innovation for cereal crop improvement UID:RFCALITEM638472356016006668 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Promotion \;Colloquium \;– Professor Simon Krattinger
As part of the current promo tion cycle of the University\, Professor Simon Krattinger is being conside red for promotion to Associate Professor of Plant Science. \;A require ment of the promotion process is to give a technical colloquium. \;Thi s \;colloquium will provide interesting insights into the research int erests and achievements of Prof. Krattinger. \;
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tract:
Cereal crops are of paramount importance for global and
regional food security. Cereals are grown in greater quantities and provi
de more food energy than any other type of crop. One research direction of
my group focuses on the development of genomics-based tools to clone dise
ase resistance genes in the cereal crops wheat and barley. About a fifth o
f the global wheat production is lost to pathogens and pests each year. Of
particular importance are fungal pathogens belonging to the genus Puc
cinia\, the causal agents of the devastating rust diseases. Despite t
he planting of elite cultivars and improved disease management practices\,
rust epidemics have become more severe over the past two decades\, which
is attributed to the emergence and rapid spread of new and highly virulent
pathogen races. Although hundreds of disease resistance genes have been g
enetically characterized in the wheat gene pool\, only a handful of them h
ave been cloned. The development of genomics-assisted gene cloning protoco
ls has significantly accelerated and facilitated gene cloning\, which has
led to a deeper understanding of the fundamental molecular mechanisms that
control disease resistance. The results generated in our group lay the fo
undation to deploy knowledge-guided strategies in disease resistance breed
ing\, which might allow us to eradicate the top wheat diseases in the comi
ng 5-10 years. A second\, complementary research direction of my group stu
dies the genetic diversity in cereal crop species\, underutilized crops an
d wild crop relatives. We address fundamental questions in cereal genomics
and crop evolution\, which forms the basis to accelerate plant breeding\,
harness genetic diversity\, and establish new crop species that are adapt
ed to extreme environments.
Bio:
Prof. Simon Kra
ttinger obtained his PhD in 2009 from the University of Zurich\, Switzerla
nd. After spending three years as a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at CSI
RO Plant Industries in Canberra\, Australia\, he became an independent gro
up leader at the University of Zurich supported by an Ambizione early care
er grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2017\, he joined the
Center for Desert Agriculture at KAUST as an Assistant Professor.