Plant Cell Walls by Anja Geitmann (Hardback)

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9781032013213
Published:
22 Dec 2023
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Hardback
Number of pages:
560 pages
Dimensions:
280x210mm
Weight:
1.680kgs
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With chapter contributions from prominent scientists in the cell wall field, Plant Cell Walls: Research Milestones and Conceptual Insights provides a comprehensive treatment of plant cell wall research accompanied by a historical overview to illustrate how concepts have evolved, and how progress has been enabled by technological advances.

Plant cell walls have been relevant for human survival throughout evolution, from cell walls recognised as an essential ingredient in human and livestock nutrition, to their use in energy generation, construction, tool making, paper and clothing. This plant-generated material is at the centre of a myriad of human activities, and it represents the world's most abundant natural resource for fuel, fibre, food and fodder. Plant Cell Walls: Research Milestones and Conceptual Insights provides an overview of the key discoveries of hundreds of years of plant cell wall research. With chapter contributions from prominent scientists in the cell wall field, this book provides a comprehensive treatment of plant cell wall research, accompanied by a historical overview to illustrate how concepts have evolved, and how progress has been enabled by emerging technological advances.

Plant Cell Walls: Research Milestones and Conceptual Insights elaborates on the translation of research to application in biotechnology and agriculture, and highlights its relevance for climate change mitigation and adaptation. It will be a key resource for plant cell biologists, biochemists and geneticists.

About the Author: Dr. Geitmann investigates the role of the cell wall in plant reproduction and development. Her research focuseson the cellular processes that lead to the formation of plant organs and functional tissues. She holds the CanadaResearch Chair in Biomechanics of Plant Development and leads an interdisciplinary team of biologists andengineers. Dr. Geitmann's research combines cell biology with engineering methodology and mathematicalconcepts to reveal how the cell wall deforms during cell growth and to detect the forces involved. Her team hasdeveloped sophisticated experimental and computational tools enabling researchers to study questions such ashow the pollen tube delivers the sperm cells during reproduction in plants and how plant cells change shape togenerate tissues with various functionalities.Dr. Geitmann is the editor of the books 'Pollen and Pollen Tube Biology' (2020), 'Plant Biomechanics - FromStructure to Function at Multiple Scales' (2018), 'Cell Biology of Plant and Fungal Tip Growth' (2001). Shepublished 100+ journal articles and book chapters, and she has supervised more than 100 trainees. She hasorganised numerous international conferences and workshops including a NATO Workshop on 'Tip Growth',joint meetings between the American and Canadian Societies of Plant Biology, the '9th International PlantBiomechanics Conference', and international workshops on 'Cell Wall Mechanics' and 'Multiscale Modeling ofCell Wall Mechanics and Growth in Walled Cells' hosted by the Banff International Research Station. She isfrequently solicited to serve on the scientific advisory committees of international conferences on the plant cellwall.In 2013-2015, she served as President of the Microscopical Society of Canada and she was the President of theCanadian Society of Plant Biologists in 2015-2017. She served as the President of the International Associationof Plant Reproduction Research in 2018-2022, and she is a member of the editorial and advisory boards ofmultiple scientific journals including Cell, Plant Physiology, and Journal of Experimental Botany.Anja Geitmann obtained her PhD in Environmental Biology in 1997 from the University of Siena (Italy),following undergraduate and graduate studies in biology at the University of Constance (Germany), OregonState University (USA), and Stockholm University (Sweden). Between 1997 and 2001 she performedpostdoctoral research at the Université Laval, Québec, and at the University of Wageningen, The Netherlands.From 2001 to 2015 she was Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences of the Université de Montréaland Scientist at the Institut de recherche en biologie végétale. She taught Plant Anatomy, Microscopy, andScientific Communication at undergraduate and graduate levels. In 2015 Dr. Geitmann was appointed as theDean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environment

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