Seminar/Hội nghị

Nhân chuyến công tác của Trường ĐH Illinois, Mỹ tai Trường ĐH Khoa học Tự nhiên – ĐHQG-HCM, Khoa Môi trường trân trọng thông báo buổi seminar khoa học với mong muốn tạo nơi trao đổi và thảo luận về các hướng nghiên cứu về môi trường giữa các bên. Thông tin chi tiết về buổi seminar như sau:

Đơn vị nghiên cứu lâm sàng ĐH Oxford tại Việt Nam (Oxford University Clinical Research Unit – OUCRU) trân trọng kính mời các bạn sinh viên, giảng viên Khoa Sinh và Công nghệ Sinh học tham dự Hội thảo online Open Day tổ chức tại OUCRU, vào 17/05/2022, lúc 14.00 pm. Đăng ký tham dự tại link https://forms.gle/JerGtnC7RiLLeEYeA

Abstract
Most living activities on Earth are fueled by a phenomenon occurring in plant, algae, and some groups of bacteria, the photosynthesis. This process uses energy from light to convert CO2 to sugar and releases O2 as a byproduct. To acquire CO2 required for photosynthesis, higher plants have to trade off their precious water through evaporation. Maintaining the balance between controlling water loss and uptaking CO2 for photosynthesis is a crucial task assigned for stomata, the microscopic pores formed by pairs of guard cells on the leaf surface. Since the first observation of potassium accumulation in the pair of guard cells in 1905 by Macallum, the mechanism controlling stomatal movement has been intensively studied. More than a century of research has revealed a complex picture of how plant sophistically manipulates the aperture of these tiny pores in response to environmental stimuli. The wealth of knowledge about guard cell ion transport in the model plant Arabidopsis allows researchers to explore the more complex stomatal structure often found in many important crop species. Understanding the mechanism controlling the function of those stomata potentiates the enhancement of the crop plant fitness, which in turn, will have a strong impact on the food security.

Abstract: Targeting tumor metabolism for therapeutic strategies has emerged over the last decade due to a display of reprogrammed metabolism such as glycolysis, the citric acid cycle (TCA-cycle), and fatty acid. Key contributing factors of the resistance to therapy are the heterogeneity of these tumors, diffuse and infiltrative growth, the presence of the blood brain barrier, and likely the plasticity of these tumors to reactivate alternate survival pathways. A rational therapeutic approach with improved central nervous system (CNS) penetration and extend patient life expectancy can be exploited by using genetic and pharmacological inhibition of the oxidative metabolic reprogramming and conducting high throughput drug screening.