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SUMMARY:Chloroplast ion homeostasis – a plant cell hub to sense and respo
 nd to environmental cues
LOCATION:Biology Building, Room 136
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20194001T000000
UID:2026-05-01-11-54-04@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260501T115404
Description:Plants are sessile life forms and cannot escape from adverse en
 vironmental conditions. Therefore\, they have evolved a myriad of molecula
 r pathways that aid in sensing and responding to a broad variety of stress
  signals. These stress signals appear on very different time scales forcin
 g the cell to respond accordingly. My lab focuses on understanding the rol
 e of the chloroplast\, a semi-autonomous plant cell organelle\, in abiotic
  stress responses. The chloroplasts is not only the site of plant photosyn
 thesis but it is also functions as a major stress sensing hub. Our work fo
 cuses on deciphering the transport proteins which facilitate the flux of i
 ons such as K+ and Cl- across the different chloroplast membranes. In my s
 eminar\, I will introduce the tools we have established to enable our rese
 arch and talk about the relevance of plastid ion carriers and channels for
  photosynthetic efficiency and plant productivity under adverse environmen
 tal conditions. 4:00 pm
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