During her PhD studies, Lavinia Ioana Fechete investigated diverse aspects of legume biology by analysing genomic and transcriptomic sequencing data. Legumes can engage in symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, making them ideal crops for sustainable agriculture. Lavinia Ioana Fechete analysed three different legume species from a bioinformatics perspective, using genome assemblies and transcriptomic studies at the bulk and single-cell level.

The research results provide new insights into the evolution, development, and abiotic stress tolerance of the studied legume species.

The PhD study was completed at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Wednesday, 13 December 2023 at 12:00
Place: Building 1870, room 716, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Universitetsbyen 81, 8000 Aarhus C 
Title of PhD thesis: Bioinformatic insights into legume biology: genomic and transcriptomic analyses
Contact information: Lavinia Ioana Fechete, e-mail: lif@mbg.au.dk, tel.: +45 31855827

Members of the assessment committee:
Junior-Professor Arthur Korte, Center for Computational and Theoretical Biology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany

Associate Professor Kedar Natarajan, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Associate Professor Knud Erik Larsen (chair), Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University

Main supervisor:
Professor Stig Uggerhøj Andersen, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark

Co-supervisor:
Professor Mikkel Heide Schierup, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Bioinformatics Research Centre (BiRC), Aarhus University, Denmark

Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences/GSNS,

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