• Origins, Diversity and Persistence
• 51 min
  1. Plastid structure: development and differentiation

  • Dr. Kevin Pyke
• 43 min
  2. Origin and molecular evolution of the plastid

  • Prof. Debashish Bhattacharya
• 50 min
  3. The chloroplast genome and chloroplast gene expression

  • Prof. Christopher Howe
• 41 min
  4. Regulation of chloroplast gene expression: light activated translation

  • Prof. Stephen Mayfield
• 41 min
  5. Protein synthesis in plastids

  • Dr. William Zerges
• 43 min
  6. The chloroplast proteome

  • Dr. Julian Whitelegge
• 35 min
  7. Protein import into chloroplasts

  • Dr. Ute Vothknecht
• 45 min
  8. Assembly of the photosynthesis apparatus

  • Prof. J. Kenneth Hoober
• 26 min
  9. Plastid senescence

  • Prof. Howard Thomas
• Biosynthetic Support of the Biosphere
• 40 min
  10. Photosynthesis: energy capture

  • Prof. Robert Blankenship
• 27 min
  11. Photosynthesis: carbon assimilation

  • Prof. Richard Leegood
• 21 min
  12. Regulation of photosynthetic carbon metabolism

  • Prof. Louise Anderson
• 42 min
  13. Pigments: chlorophyll and its synthesis

  • Prof. Wolfhart Rudiger
• 34 min
  14. Carotenoid functions and other isoprenoids in plants

  • Prof. Elisabeth Gantt
• 30 min
  15. Chloroplast lipid biosynthesis

  • Prof. Christoph Benning
• 31 min
  16. Amino acid synthesis in chloroplasts

  • Prof. Peter Lea
  • Prof. Paulo Mazzafera
  • Dr. Ricardo Azevedo
• 53 min
  17. Responses of chloroplasts to stress conditions

  • Dr. Ron Mittler
• 67 min
  18. Chloroplast genetic engineering

  • Prof. Henry Daniell
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 36 min
  19. The chloroplast genome and chloroplast gene expression

  • Prof. Christopher Howe

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Navigable Slide Index

1. Introduction
2. Plastid genome
3. The biodiversity of plastids
4. Endosymbiosis
5. Phylogenetics
6. The endosymbiosis theory is a testable idea
7. A plastid-based perspective on algal origin
8. A putative phylogeny of eukaryotes
9. 143 protein tree of eukaryotes
10. Phylogeny of plastids (1)
11. Phylogeny of plastids (2)
12. Other evidence of the origin of plantae plastids
13. Plastid functions
14. Seven helix topology
15. Plastid translocators phylogeny
16. Geological timescale: events preserved in fossils
17. Acritarchs - evidence for eukaryotes
18. Fossil Bangiomorpha pubescens
19. Placing a date on the origin of plastids
20. Maximum likelihood molecular clock analyses
21. Molecular clock vs. nuclear-gene trees (1)
22. Molecular clock vs. nuclear-gene trees (2)
23. Summary
24. Primary and secondary endosymbiosis
25. Dinoflagellates as an example of plastid evolution
26. Genes encoded on mini-circles in dinoflagellates
27. Distribution of A. tamarense genes
28. The "missing" plastid genes of Alexandrium
29. Why is a gene subset still found in the organelle?
30. Plastid genes localization in Alexandrium
31. Phylogenomics
32. Chromalveolate hypothesis and their gene origin
33. Phosphoribulokinase
34. Phylogenetic affinities of plastid targeted proteins
35. Summary of endosymbiotic events

Topics Covered

• Plastid distribution in eukaryotes
• Tree of life
• Evidence for plastid origin through endosymbiosis
• Primary, secondary and tertiary endosymbiosis
• Organelle genome evolution
• Endosymbiotic gene transfer
• Dating the origins of plastids

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Series:

• Chloroplast

Categories:

• Biochemistry
• Plant & Animal Sciences

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Publication History

• Published on October 1, 2007

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Debashish Bhattacharya has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.