Laila Moubayidin

John Innes Centre

Talk title: Molecular and cellular mechanisms presiding over plant organ symmetry establishment

Dr. Laila Moubayidin is a Royal Society University Research Fellow leading her independent group at the John Innes Centre, in Norwich.

In 2007 she graduated in Biology at the University of Rome “Sapienza” (Italy) studying the role of the CSN-committed protein degradation processes during plant embryogenesis.

In 2011, she received her PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology at the University of Rome “Sapienza” (Italy), which was funded by a university fellowship. During her PhD, Dr. Moubayidin investigated the regulatory networks controlling the shift from meristematic to differentiating cells, which controls the balance between cell division and cell differentiation in the Arabidopsis root meristem.

In 2013, Dr. Moubayidin joined the John Innes Centre as a post-doc to study the molecular and genetic mechanisms establishing radial symmetry during the development of the female reproductive organ of Arabidopsis, the gynoecium.

In 2018 Dr. Moubayidin was awarded a prestigious Fellowship from the Royal Society which allowed her to set up an independent research group at the John Innes Centre, since January 2019. Currently, her group is investigating the biological rules presiding over the regulation of symmetric shapes during plant organ development, using Arabidopsis roots, leaves and flower organs as developmental tools.