[Plantsci] Special Seminar Announcment: 05.08.12 Dr. Eliot Herman, Professor School of Plant Sciences

[Donna-Rae Marquez]

On Behalf of Dr. Bentley Fane:

 

Seminar Announcement

 

Dr. Eliot Herman, a new faculty member in our school, will be giving a
seminar (Tuesday May 8, 2012) at 1:00 PM in Keating 103. The title of his
talk will be "Plant Biotechnology and Food Allergy." Eliot has provided the
following abstract

 

 

Concerns about food allergy and its societal growth are intertwined with the
growing advances in plant biotechnology. The knowledge of plant genes and
protein structures provides the key foundation to understanding biochemical
processes that produce food allergy. Biotechnology offers the prospect of
producing low-allergen or allergen null plants that could mitigate the
allergic response. Modified low-IgE binding variants of allergens could be
used as a vaccine to build immunotolerance in sensitive individuals. The
potential to introduce new allergens into the food supply by biotechnology
products is a regulatory concern.

 

Bentley Fane, Professor
The BIO5 Institute
Keating Building
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ, 85721
bfane at email.arizona.edu

 

 

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