2b: Mechanisms of the Innate Immune System (Seminar)

Seminar Mechanisms of the Innate Immune System June 9th and June 11th

The seminar will be delivered remotely.

The outcome of plant infection by micro-organisms can be striking and essential for survival. But what are the molecular mechanisms, by which plants defend infectious pathogens while retaining the ability to associate with beneficial microbes? In this seminar we will zoom into the PRR and NLR immune receptors. Reviewing, understanding and presenting the most recent research is used to gain knowledge on the origin, evolution, structure and signalling mechanisms required for the function of these receptors. A basis for this seminar is the lecture "Plant Innate Immunity".