Mai-Britt Brøndum: LysM-genes and their potential role in plant-microbe interaction

During her PhD studies Mai-Britt has conducted research on plant genes with the so-called LysM domain, which are able to bind carbohydrates. In the interaction between plants and microbes it has been shown that much of the communication between plant and microbe relies on the plants recognition of carbohydrates released by the microbe.

Mai-Britt has identified 16 LysM-genes in the model plant Lotus japonicus and investigated their role in the establishment of symbiosis between Lotus japonicus and certain symbiotic root bacteria and fungi. The obtained research results have contributed to the understanding of LysM-genes role in plant-microbe interaction.

The PhD degree was completed at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MBG), Science and Technology, Aarhus University.

Time: Tuesday 11 February at 14.00
Place: Aud. 5, 1253-317 (William Scharff Auditorium)
Title of dissertation: Identification and characterization of LyM-genes in Lotus japonicus
Contact information: Mai-Britt Brøndum, e-mail: mbrondum@mb.au.dk, tel.: +45 87154938
Members of the assessment committee:
Associate Professor Fred Rook, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Professor Marcel Bucher, University of Cologne, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Associate professor Ernst-Martin Füchtbauer (chair), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Main supervisor:
Professor Jens Stougaard, MBG, Aarhus Universitet
Co-supervisor:
Associate professor Simona Radutoiu, MBG, Aarhus Universitet
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