[Plsfaculty] Remember Faculty Research Forum 1 to 2 PM Marley 341H:

[Cotty, Peter J - (pjcotty)]

Please join us for the School of Plant Sciences Faculty Research Forum Today (Monday!!).



Please see below.



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From: Cotty, Peter J - (pjcotty)
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 12:15 PM
To: plsfaculty at ag.arizona.edu
Cc: RUBITSKY, DANA D - (rubitsky); peter.cotty at ars.usda.gov
Subject: Final Summer 2013 School of Plant Sciences Faculty Research Forum Monday June 24th 1 to 2 PM Marley 341H


Please plan to attend the final Summer 2013 School of Plant Sciences Research Forum is June 24th from 1 to 2 PM in Marley 341H.

Monica Schmidt will lead the Forum on “A Systems Biology Approach to Elucidate the Mechanism of High Oleate and High Protein in Enhanced Accumulation Carotenoid β-Carotene Soybean Seeds”

Monica has provided the summary below as background for the topic.

We have already had five great forums during Spring and Summer 2013.   Please plan to join us on Monday the 24th for the next installment.

If you would like to present during the fall series of the Research Forum, please provide a title and proposed month to Peter Cotty.  Fall Faculty Research Forums will be held in September, October, November and December during the week following the monthly faculty meeting.

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Summary for June 24th School of Plant Sciences Faculty Research Forum lead by Monica Schmidt:

One in every 4 deaths is attributed to coronary heart disease, making it the leading cause of death for Americans. Foods manufactured with a healthier soybean oil will largely contribute to the reduction of the incidence of coronary heart disease in the US as 25% of calories consumed by Americans are derived from plant oils - the majority of that derived from soybean as it is the dominant US oil crop.  Trans fats are produced from unsaturated fatty acids during the hydrogenation process of baked or fried foods.  Soybean’s oil composition is: 14% saturated fats, 24% oleic acid (18:1), 54% linoleic acid (18:2) and 7% linolenic acid (18:3).  We have produced soybean lines that are both rich in the healthy antioxidant b-carotene and have an altered oil composition with significantly reduced unsaturated fatty acids (12% saturated, 45% oleic, 37% linoleic, 6% linolenic).  The b-carotene seeds also have an increase in protein composition (43% protein vs wildtype 38%).  Our b-carotene transgene trait also resulted in similar unexpected phenotypes of high protein and low unsaturated fatty acid oil composition in another oilseed crop Camelina sativa.  The alteration of both lipid composition and protein/oil ratios by enhanced b-carotene accumulation in the seed deserves further exploration as it may reveal an unknown level of lipid regulation in agriculturally important oil seed crops. We propose to take a systems biology approach to investigate the cellular mechanism for lipid regulation in soybean by combining our b-carotene trait with USDA accessions low in linolenic acid.

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Peter J. Cotty
Agricultural Research Service
United States Department of Agriculture
School of Plant Sciences
University of Arizona

         Desk: 520-626-5049
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Mailing Address:

Peter J. Cotty
USDA/ARS
School of Plant Sciences
University of Arizona
Forbes Building,  Room 303
1140 East South Campus Drive
Tucson, Arizona  85721

http://cals.arizona.edu/research/cottylab/CottyLabHome.htm

From: Peter Cotty [mailto:pjcotty at email.arizona.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:42 AM
To: 'plsfaculty at ag.arizona.edu'
Cc: Dana Rubitsky; 'Peter Cotty'
Subject: School of Plant Sciences Faculty Research Forum Monday February 25th 1 to 2 PM Marley 341H

Please join your colleagues during the second School of Plant Sciences Faculty Research Forum this upcoming Monday, February 25th, from 1 to 2 Pm in Marley 341H.

Becky Mosher will lead the Forum on "Epigenetic instability following interspecific hybridization"

The first Forum held on February 4th was a stimulating interaction in which 18 of the SPLS Faculty participated. I am sure you will find it profitable to join the discussion as Becky leads us into discovering additional areas of Plant Science research.

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