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Professor Sirijit Sunanta visiting us from Mahidol University, Thailand
Professor Sirijit Sunanta is visiting Department of Sociology and Human Geography.
FOR APAC Lecture Series Agorá: “Collaborative German-Austr(al)ian Materials Science on Extracellular Matrices of Plants”
Australia is blessed by an extremely old ecosystem and a large biodiversity, especially in areas with extreme conditions caused by regularly occurring fires. To adjust to such environmental conditions plants have evolved various strategies. A particularly spectactular example is the seed storage and protection mechanism of the iconic Australian plant genus Banksia. Banksias can keep their seed on the plant for many years, building up a canopy stored seed bank. On the example of our research on these fascinating structures I will also talk about our collaboration with Austria and Australia and about the Max Planck Queensland Center for the Materials Science of Extracellular Matrices.
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Documentary Screening and Discussion
Join us in a documentary film screening “THAILAND AS A SECOND HOME FOR FOREIGN RETIREES” and discussion with Prof. Dr. Sirijit Sunanta.