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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:HUH Seminar Series - Joyce G. Chery
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SUMMARY:HUH Seminar Series - Joyce G. Chery
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<strong><span><span style="color:black">Joyce G. Chery, </span></span></strong><strong><span><span style="color:black">Postdoctoral Researcher</span></span></strong><br><span><span style="color:black"><strong>Pennsylvania State University</strong> </span></span><u5:p></u5:p></p><p>	<strong>Topic: </strong>How do plants climb? Macroevolutionary patterns to fine-scale cell wall dynamics</p><p>	<strong>Abstract:</strong> <br><span>Woody vines (lianas) are distinct from erect trees and shrub in their ability to move through the forest canopy, thus presenting a<span style="color:black"> fundamental question in evolutionary biology: <em>how do plants climb?</em> To address this question, I leverage tools from evolutionary biology, developmental anatomy, and molecular biology, using climbing woody vines (i.e. lianas) as a study system. Lianas face a unique mechanical demand to twist without breaking which is reflected in their distinct wood anatomy that results in unusual stem conformations that deviate from trees and shrubs. In this talk, I present mechanisms that promote the repeated evolution of novel woody forms, through a case study in a tropical genus of lianas, <em>Paullinia</em> from the Sapindaceae family (Maple family).<em> </em>To address climbing at a finer scale, I will discuss the role of cell wall dynamics as it relates to plant movement, and ongoing projects that link cell biology to plant form and function. </span></span></p><p>	<strong>Host Lab: </strong>Holbrook</p>
LOCATION:22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, HUH Seminar Room 125
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