Veli Vural Uslu, EMBL Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2015

Veli Vural Uslu (EMBL Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2015) speaks with Thomas Vaccari (EMBL Predoctoral fellow, 1999-2004) about plant development regulation, using theatre to communicate science and the power of failure in the lab.

This interview was conducted in July 2023.


Summary
00:00 - Current Lab work and previous PhD project.
04:15 - Gene regulation in mice and plants, with a focus on environmental sensors and developmental regulators.
09:20 - Plant developmental regulation, environmental sensing, and new biotechnology techniques.
14:14 - Using RNA delivery for plant defense and agriculture, with a focus on a new method for delivering RNAs to plant cells.
19:18 - Learning from failure in the lab
22:35 - Using theatre to communicate science and emotions in scientific presentations.

Video Production and Editing: EMBL Alumni Relations
Content and Interviews: Angus Lamond and Thomas Vaccari
Music: Eco Technology by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay
Thanks to: EMBL Audiovisual and EMBL Design
Sponsored by: EMBLEM
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