Courses/Workshops
Institute of Continuing Education: Undergraduate Virtual Open Day
Looking to pursue your love of learning, take the next step in your career or take your first steps along a new career path? Join us for our upcoming Undergraduate Virtual Open Day on 21st May, where we’ll delve into the world of undergraduate study at the Institute of Continuing Education
Chris Whitewoods
Science on Sundays – From simple beginnings—understanding the origin of carnivorous plant traps
Sun 9 May 2021
online
Most plants have flat leaves that have evolved to capture the maximum amount of light for photosynthesis. However, from these flat beginnings, carnivorous plants have evolved cup-shaped leaves to trap prey and access a new source of food. Despite our ongoing fascination with carnivorous plants, we don’t really understand how they evolved such complex cup-shaped traps from simple flat leaves. In this talk Chris will show how he uses Utricularia gibba, a carnivorous bladderwort, to investigate this problem using developmental analysis, genetic manipulation and computational modelling. Find out how work in such an unusual plant is helping us understand how flat leaves grow.
Cost: free
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