Program Coordinator
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Glaucia Mendes Souza - Instituto de Química - Universidade de São Paulo Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 748, B9S, sala 954 São Paulo - SP 05508-900 Tel: 55-11-3091-8511/3091-3815 x 215 or 216 |
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Sugarcane Signaling and Regulatory Networks Focus on signaling and regulatory networks in sugarcane and the development of tools for a systems biology approach in this grass.As a starting point the group is characterizing three agronomical traits of interest: drought, brix and lignin content. Several projects are underway to study gene categories such as Transcription Factors, Protein Kinases, Phosphatases, Carbohydrate and Cell Wall Metabolism, continue studies on the Transcriptome, identify gene promoters, produce transgenics, develop a database and computacional tools to integrate the several levels of information and initiate the whole genome sequencing of a brazilian sugarcane cultivar. The results will have multiple direct consequences on breeding programs that develop genotypes better adapted to the environment and with increased agronomical performance. |
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BIOEN Provisional Committee
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Marie-Anne Van-Sluys - Instituto de Biociências - Universidade de São Paulo Rua do Matão, 277 São Paulo - SP 05508-900 biography |
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Sugarcane Genome Sequence: Plant Transposable Elements are Active Contributors to Gene Structure Variation, Regulation and Function
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Marcos Buckeridge - Instituto de Biociências - Universidade de São Paulo Rua do Matão, 277 São Paulo - SP 05508-900 |
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Marcos Buckeridge is plant biologist who has spent 20 years working at the Botanical Institute of São Paulo with native Neotropical species. During his masters and PhD he worked with seed storage cell wall polysaccharides in plants and in 1995 established a line of research focused on the comprehension of the physiological and cellular mechanisms involved in seedling establishment in tropical biomes as well as the development of biotechnological tools to help the sustainable use of biodiversity. More than 80 publications were produced following these lines of research. With the increasing importance of the impact of Global Climatic Changes in the world, Dr. Buckeridge pioneered studies that try to understand how the rain forest, including Atlantic and Amazonian species, are responding to the increasing carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere. His research group added another focus, which is to understand how the sugar cane plant will respond to the climatic changes. |
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| This is important because sugarcane is now one of the most important crops in Brazil, being responsible for the production of ethanol as a fuel. Dr. Buckeridge has recently moved to the University of São Paulo, where he continues to work on the same lines of research. He has been president of the Botanical Society of São Paulo from 2001 to 2005 and is now a member of the Intergovernmental Panel of Global Change (IPCC) indicated by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil. He helped to create the BIOEN Program at FAPESP and is one of its coordinators. He is the coordinator of the National Institute of Science and Technology of Bioethanol (INCT-Bioetanol) and is the scientific director of the Center of Science and Technology of Bioethanol (CTBE). Presently, Dr. Buckeridge is a communicating editor for Trees:structure and function (Springer), Australian Journal of Botany (SCIRO), Bioenergy Research (Springer), Global Change Biology Bioenergy (Wiley). | ||
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André Nassar - ICONE |
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Rubens Maciel Filho - Faculdade de Engenharia Química - UNICAMP |
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Heitor Cantarella - Instituto Agronômico de Campinas - IAC |
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