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Next-Generation Agriculture: The Role of Synthetic Biology in Future Farming – Οnline Webinar from iGEM Thessaly
September 15 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
iGEM Thessaly is organizing a conference on “Next-Generation Agriculture: The Role of Synthetic Biology in Future Farming”!
What is iGEM Thessaly?
iGEM Thessaly is an interdisciplinary team of young researchers from various departments of the University of Thessaly. The team’s goal is to participate in the global competition iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine), an organization related to the promotion of new and innovative ideas in the field of synthetic biology invented by the MIT.
Thaelia Project
Our project aims to develop a bacterial formulation to protect olive trees from Verticillium dahliae. The treatment involves engineered P. putida to facilitate bacterial-mediated RNA interference (bmRNAi). By silencing essential genes critical for Verticillium’s survival, we effectively ensure that the pathogen cannot persist. The engineered P. putida strain will be applied into the soil as part of our solution to colonize the root of olive trees and establish its endosymbiotic capability before infection from Verticillium dahliae occurs, effectively preventing it.🔬
We envision our project as a strategic intervention during crucial periods when olive trees are most vulnerable. To ensure the successful implementation of our project, we actively engaged with local olive producers, whose lives and livelihoods are deeply affected by Verticillium wilt. Based on their valuable feedback, we identified the optimal times to apply our irrigation formula.🧪
If you want to learn more about this project, click the link below: https://2024.igem.wiki/thessaly/description
iGEM Thessaly aims to protect olive trees from Verticillium wilt, the most serious fungal disease of olive trees, caused by the fungus Verticillium dahliae.
Through conversations with specialists and farmers, they have gathered valuable insight into how Verticillium dahliae targets more than 300 different crops, such as tomatoes and cotton, with its most significant impact felt in olive cultivation, which poses a threat locally and globally. This threat is imminent for the Mediterranean basin, as the olive species under cultivation are highly susceptible to the fungus, resulting in yield losses, tree mortality, and economic losses.
The only ineffective and expensive measures for managing this dangerous plant pathogen are Recognizing the limitations of current disease management methods; we believe it is imperative to explore alternative approaches. Creating a biological system using synthetic biology principles is a promising solution to this seemingly untreatable problem.
Building on previous initiatives and actions of the team, there will be talks with experts and stakeholders to discuss and analyze the pioneering role of synthetic biology in future agriculture 💡🌾
📅 Date: September 15, 2024
🕚 Time: 11:00 AM
The registration form is:
https://forms.gle/j777MzLa84fkYbFe7
There will also be an option for remote participation. Certificates of attendance will be provided at the end!
Details
- Date:
- September 15
- Time:
- 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Website:
- https://forms.gle/j777MzLa84fkYbFe7
Venue
- Online and In-person
- Oxford,United Kingdom
Organizer
- iGEM Thessaly
- Phone:
- +306986679365
- Email:
- igem.thessaly@gmail.com
- View Organizer Website
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