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Dr Sara Farrona<\/strong> In our lab, we are fascinated by how plants adapt their development to an ever-changing environment throughout their entire lifespan. This remarkable flexibility is guided by genetic information encoded in the plant’s DNA. Although every cell within a plant carries the same genetic blueprint, each cell type is distinguished by the expression of a specific set of genes. This differential gene regulation gives rise to the diverse cellular phenotypes that form the plant body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Our research focuses on uncovering how chromatin-related and epigenetic mechanisms function and how their activities are coordinated to regulate gene expression and cellular reprogramming during plant development. Using a combination of molecular techniques, we aim to shed light on these complex processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One key question we seek to address is how the activity of the Polycomb Group (PcG) pathway – which mediates the deposition of two key repressive epigenetic marks – is regulated through its interactions with other nuclear proteins. We are also exploring epigenetic processes involved in establishing plant molecular memories, investigating where in the plant these memories are stored and how they influence development over time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Plants, Arabidopsis, Polycomb Group pathway, histone marks, histone deubiquitination, plant memory, seed priming, germination<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pr\u00f3f\u00edl Ollscoile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n PubMed<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n sara.farrona@universityofgalway.ie <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" X Dr Sara FarronaPathway Director for Plant & Agri BiosciencesSFI Frontiers for the Futuresara.farrona@universityofgalway.ie Research Interests Research Overview In our lab, we are fascinated by how plants adapt their development to an ever-changing environment throughout their entire lifespan. This remarkable… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1796","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chromosome.ie\/gae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chromosome.ie\/gae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chromosome.ie\/gae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chromosome.ie\/gae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chromosome.ie\/gae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1796"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/chromosome.ie\/gae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1919,"href":"https:\/\/chromosome.ie\/gae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1796\/revisions\/1919"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chromosome.ie\/gae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chromosome.ie\/gae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chromosome.ie\/gae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chromosome.ie\/gae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Pathway Director for Plant & Agri Biosciences
SFI Frontiers for the Future
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