Molecular Biology of Growth and Development of Flowering Plants

Timetable

Lectures 20h

Laboratory 4h

Module aim (aims)

The aim of this course is to tell the story of how the higher plant organisms change over time and what are the molecular mechanisms underlying these chagnes.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

General background in plant science

Syllabus

Week  1 Prof. Jarosław Gzyl: Cell cycle and its regulation (2h);

Week  2 Prof. Małgorzata Garnczarska: Embryogenesis (2h);

Week  3 Prof. Małgorzata Garnczarska: Seed germination (1h)

Prof. Rafał Mól: Apical meristems. Transition in shoot apical meristem (1h);

Week  4 Prof. Rafał Mól: Mature plant body plan (2h); 

Week  5 Prof. Magdalena Arasimowicz-Jelonek: Hormone signalling in sporophyte and flower growth and development (2h);

Week  6 Prof. Rafał Mól: Genetic mechanism of flower differentiation. Pollination and fertilization (2h);

Week  7 Prof. Robert Luciński: Senescence as the final phase of leaf development. Molecular background of colouration of senescing leaves in autumn (first part) (2h)

Week   8 Prof. Robert Luciński: Molecular background of coluration of senescing leaves in autumn (second part) (1h)

Prof. Magdalena Arasimowicz-Jelonek: Programmed cell death in plant development and defence, stress-induced signalling (1h);

Week   9 Prof. Rafał Mól: Model systems of in vitro plant embryogenesis – somatic embryogenesis (2h);

Week 10 Prof. Rafał Mól: Model systems of in vitro plant embryogenesis – androgenesis (2h);

Week 11 Dr Katarzyna Wojciechowicz: Plant tissue and organ cultures – principles and applications  (first part) (2h);

Week 12 Dr Katarzyna Wojciechowicz: Plant tissue and organ cultures – principles and applications (second part)  (2h)

Reading list

Davies PJ (ed) Plant Hormones. Biosynthesis, Signal Transduction, Action, 2004, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht;

Raghavan V. Developmental biology of flowering plants, 2000, Springer Verlag, New York;

Taiz L., Zeiger E. (eds) Plant Physiology, 2006, Sinauer Associates Inc. Publishers, Sunderland.