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SUMMARY:Coffee Break Seminar: Carbon assimilation and allocation: From sin
 gle cells to plant microbial systems - Dr Leonie Luginbuehl\, Head of Plan
 t Physiology and Symbiosis Group\, Department of Plant Sciences
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CONTACT:Abigail Youngman
DESCRIPTION:A short presentation by Dr Leonie Luginbuehl\, Head of Plant P
 hysiology and Symbiosis Group\, Department of Plant Sciences on Carbon ass
 imilation and allocation: From single cells to plant microbial systems fol
 lowed by a Q&A and discussion with the speaker. \n\nCoffee Break Seminars 
 are a relaxed learning and discussion forum for our food security communit
 y that take place every Friday in person and online during term time at 2p
 m\, UK time. \n\n \n\nIn-person: Gecko Room\, David Attenborough Building\
 n\nOn-line: Please mail coordinator@globalfood.cam.ac.uk for the Teams lin
 k to join the meeting.\n\n \n\nAbstract:\n\nCarbon is assimilated in leave
 s through the process of photosynthesis and plays a foundational role in e
 very aspect of a plant’s life. It provides energy and the building block
 s to sustain metabolism\, growth\, development\, and reproduction. Photosy
 nthetic efficiency is a key factor limiting crop yield\, and a promising t
 arget for breeding and engineering efforts. Fixed carbon is also a valuabl
 e currency in the relationship between plants and microbes. In the arbuscu
 lar mycorrhizal symbiosis\, plants allocate up to 20% of assimilated carbo
 n to their fungal partner in return for mineral nutrients from the soil.\n
 \nIn this talk\, I will first discuss our recent findings on the regulatio
 n of carbon assimilation at a single cell level in leaves of rice and sorg
 hum\, two crops of global importance\, and how these insights might inform
  strategies to engineer plants with increased photosynthetic efficiency. I
  will also provide an overview of our current knowledge on how assimilated
  carbon is transferred from plants to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. I will
  present an outlook on my current work\, which aims to understand how carb
 on allocation to symbiotic fungi is regulated by the plant and how we migh
 t be able to exploit these regulatory mechanisms to maximise the benefits 
 of the mycorrhizal symbiosis for sustainable agriculture.\n\n"https://www.
 globalfood.cam.ac.uk/events/coffee-break-seminar-carbon-assimilation-and-a
 llocation-single-cells-plant-microbial-systems"\n
LOCATION:Gecko Room\, David Attenborough Building and online mail organise
 r for link
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