UKRI Stories | How do plants know when it is safe to flower (and can that help us fight cancer?) @UKResearchandInnovation | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Some plants have developed sophisticated ways to know when winter has passed, and it is safe for them to flower. This mechanism enables the plant to detect trends from the fluctuating daily temperatures and decide when winter is actually over.
New research has advanced knowledge by combining modelling with genetics and advanced microscopy. This could help us understand how other genes remain ‘switched on or off’, helping us understand other processes in living systems - such as how cells differentiate and how some cancers develop.
The project is part of UKRI’s Physics of Life programme, which brings physicists and life scientists together to transform our understanding of living systems and medical science challenges.
Collaborations like these require scientists to understand each others’ language and concepts, which takes time- but it can empower researchers to look at scientific challenges in new way.
Read more about Physics of Life at https://www.physicsoflife.org.uk, and more about this project here: discover.ukri.org/unlocking-the-physics-of-life/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=pol
Nine new Physics of Life projects have also been announced: ukri.org/news/using-physics-to-transform-our-understanding-of-life/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=pol
The Physics of Life ‘Biological physics of protein clustering in epigenetic memory and transcriptional control’ project is a collaboration between the @JohnInnesCentre and the @UniversityOfYork.
The project aims to unlock the role of protein clustering in cell memory systems and in mediating gene repression, utilising an interdisciplinary approach with advanced imaging, modelling and genetics.
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Some plants have developed sophisticated ways to know when winter has passed, and it is safe for them to flower. This mechanism enables the plant to detect trends from the fluctuating daily temperatures and decide when winter is actually over.
New research has advanced knowledge by combining modelling with genetics and advanced microscopy. This could help us understand how other genes remain ‘switched on or off’, helping us understand other processes in living systems - such as how cells differentiate and how some cancers develop.
The project is part of UKRI’s Physics of Life programme, which brings physicists and life scientists together to transform our understanding of living systems and medical science challenges.
Collaborations like these require scientists to understand each others’ language and concepts, which takes time- but it can empower researchers to look at scientific challenges in new way.
Read more about Physics of Life at https://www.physicsoflife.org.uk, and more about this project here: discover.ukri.org/unlocking-the-physics-of-life/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=pol
Nine new Physics of Life projects have also been announced: ukri.org/news/using-physics-to-transform-our-understanding-of-life/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=pol
The Physics of Life ‘Biological physics of protein clustering in epigenetic memory and transcriptional control’ project is a collaboration between the @JohnInnesCentre and the @UniversityOfYork.
The project aims to unlock the role of protein clustering in cell memory systems and in mediating gene repression, utilising an interdisciplinary approach with advanced imaging, modelling and genetics.
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