Light signaling input mechanisms in the plant circadian clock

Speaker: Seth Davis

Venue: Lecture Hall 245, School of Life Sciences, Zijingang Campus

Abstract: Seth Davis earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Warwick, UK, and later served as a postdoc and independent PI at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ), Germany. He is currently a Professor and Head of the Department of Plant Biology at the University of York, UK. He also serves as an editor for journals such as Molecular Plant and Plant Cell & Environment. His main research interests include: the effects of light/dark changes and cold/heat changes on the plant circadian clock, the regulation of plant metabolism by the circadian clock, and the connections between circadian clocks in different plant species. He has published over 120 papers in internationally renowned academic journals such as Science, Nature, and The Plant Cell, with an H-index greater than 50.