Mennat El Ghalid: How fungi recognize (and infect) plants
Mennat El Ghalid: Bagaimana fungi mengenali (dan menginfeksi) tumbuhan
Mennat El Ghalid research aims to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying fungal biology and pathogenicity. Full bio
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tanaman kastanya?
counting nearly four billion trees,
yang berjumlah sekitar 4 miliar pohon,
by a fungal infection.
pathogens of plants,
yang paling menghancurkan,
economic importance.
sangat penting secara ekonomi
membayangkan bahwa hari ini,
with fungal infection
berkaitan dengan infeksi fungi
per year, worldwide?
di seluruh dunia?
untuk diberi ke setengah miliaran orang.
to feed half a billion people.
in developing countries,
for farmers and distributors,
petani dan distributor,
poison produced by fungi.
racun yang dihasilkan oleh fungi.
digunakan untuk mencegah dan mengobati
used to prevent and treat
exploiting natural sources of resistance,
sumber resistensi alami,
treatment, among others,
pengobatan biji, di antaranya,
to develop more efficient strategies
strategi yang lebih efisien
to identify biological mechanisms
mengidentifikasi mekanisme alami
by novel antifungal treatments.
perawatan antifungi terbaru.
is that they cannot move
fungi tidak bisa bergerak
to form a sophisticated network,
untuk membentuk jaringan yang canggih,
the father of plant pathology,
bapak patologi tanaman.
that fungi are guided by signals
menganggap bahwa fungi dipandu oleh sinyal
it can lodge and subsist,
tempat ia dapat menetap dan hidup,
mengarah, mencapai
dan menjajah tanaman baru.
of such signals
identifikasi dari sinyal tersebut
that then serves to elaborate strategy
yang kemudian berfungsi untuk
between the fungus and the plant.
antara fungi dan tanaman tersebut.
method at that moment
yang baik pada waktu itu
this mechanism at the molecular level.
mekanisme ini pada tingkat molekuler.
genomic approaches,
dan pendekatan mutasi genetik,
of directed hyphal growth,
pertumbuhan hifa yang diarahkan,
that after 130 years,
bahwa setelah 130 tahun,
could finally identify such plant signals
mengidentifikasikan sinyal tanaman
between a pathogenic fungus
antara fungus patogenik
the tomato plant.
tanaman tomat.
receiving those signals
menerima sinyal tersebut
occurring within the fungus
yang terjadi di funginya
toward the plant.
pertumbuhan langsung ke arah tanaman
of such molecular processes
proses molekuler seperti ini
novel antifungal treatments.
pengobatan anti fungi yang baru.
the fungus and the plant
fungus dan tanaman
which receives those signals.
yang menerima sinyal tersebut.
agriculture crops.
menghancurkan tanaman pertanian.
is increasing significantly.
tanaman meningkat dengan cepat.
economic development,
perkembangan ekonomi,
bahan bakar bio.
of the molecular mechanism
a fungus and its host plant,
dan tanaman inangnya
towards developing more efficient strategy
mengembangkan strategi yang lebih efisien
masalah yang berdampak pada hidup orang,
that affect people's lives,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mennat El Ghalid - MycologistMennat El Ghalid research aims to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying fungal biology and pathogenicity.
Why you should listen
Mycologist Mennat El Ghalid received an Initial Training Networks - Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship to pursue her PhD project in the Molecular Genetics of Fungal Pathogenicity Unit and the International Campus of Excellence in Agrifood CeiA3 at the Universidad de Cordoba (Spain). During her PhD, her former team and herself identified the compounds secreted from the plant roots attracting Fusarium oxysporum, a soilborne plant pathogenic fungus and characterized the underlying mechanisms of attraction. Such compounds were tracked since the 19th century. The discovery was published in the Nature Journal.
El Ghalid became a TED Fellow in 2017 and have been selected as one of the 100 women honorees for OkayAfrica's 2018 #OKAY100Women list for her dedicated work and for being a promising talent within the field of STEM. She is currently working at Institut Pasteur (France) in the Biology and Pathogenicity Unit to study Candida albicans, an opportunistic pathogenic fungus and the main cause of fungal infections in immunocompromised humans.
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