At the invitation of Prof. YANG Pingfang, Prof. Ina Max Møller from Aarhus University visited Wuhan Botanical Garden on April 16.

Prof. Møller delivered an academic talk entitled “Proteomics study of plant seed” during his visit. His talk focused on the techniques which can be applied in Proteomics study. He gave a lot of examples to illustrate the advantages and disadvantages of each technique. In addition, Prof. Møller also shared with audience his recent research results of proteomics of desiccation tolerance of maize embryos, which was published in Journal of Proteomics. According to Møller’s research, eleven proteins are involved in seed desiccation tolerance, nine of which accumulated during embryo maturation, decreased during germination and increased in desiccation-tolerant embryos during desiccation, two of which showed the inverse pattern.

Prof. Møller is a research director in Department of Genetics and Biotechnology of Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. His research interests include protein oxidation as a way to monitor oxidative stress in plant cells, monitoring the temporal and spatial distribution of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) using confocal laser microscopy, and desiccation tolerance in orthodox and recalcitrant seeds. Prof. Møller also served as editor of Physiologia Plantarum and Journal of Plant Physiology since 1981.

More information about Prof. Møller available at

http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/id(f4b7fb16-89cc-443c-8eab-31f7043faf4a).html 

Prof. Ina Max Møller delivering lecture (Image by WBG)