Nina Eberhardtsen Hansen: Automatic tools ease the search for genes involved in legume defence, growth and development
PhD defence, Tuesday 11 November 2014, Nina Eberhardtsen Hansen
During her studies, Nina Eberhardtsen Hansen worked with the model legume Lotus japonicus. The aim was to isolate genes controlling fungal tolerance, root growth and development of root organs involved in nitrogen fixation. The study of legumes is important for the understanding biological nitrogen fixation, a process that makes addition of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers redundant for efficient plant growth.
To isolate the genes of interest Nina Eberhardtsen Hansen combined high-throughput phenotyping with genetic analysis tools and has commenced the establishment of automated systems that will optimize the phenotyping process and ease large-scale analyses.
The PhD degree was completed at the Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MBG), Science and Technology, Aarhus University.
Time: Tuesday 11 November 2014 at 13.15
Place: 1252-310, Jeppe Vontilius Aud (Lakeside Auditoriums), Bartholins Allé 3, Aarhus University
Title of dissertation: High-throughput phenotyping allows for QTL analysis of defense, symbiosis and development-related traits
Contact information: Nina Eberhardtsen Hansen, email: ninaeh@mb.au.dk, tel.: +45 26783873
Members of the assessment committee:
Professor Laurent Gentzbittel, Laboratoire d’Écologie Fonctionnelle & Environnement (EcoLab)
Senior researcher, Dr Thomas Didion, DLF-Trifolium Seeds & Science
Associate professor Bo Thomsen, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
Main supervisor:
Professor Jens Stougaard, CARB, MBG, Aarhus University
Co-supervisor:
Assistant Professor Stig Uggerhøj Andersen, CARB, MBG, Aarhus University
Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English
The defence is public.
The dissertation is available for reading at the Graduate School of Science and Technology/GSST, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, room 112, 8000 Aarhus C.