The Key Laboratory has made new progress in the research on the environmental mechanism of seaweed response to fluctuating light

Recently, the botanical journal Plant Physiology (TOP) published the latest research results
of the research team on the molecular mechanism of marine diatoms adapting to the fluctuating light environment of the key laboratory of experimental marine biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
This is another important progress
made by the team in the field of diatom adaptation to fluctuating light environment after the publication of a research paper on the mechanism of marine diatom adaptation to dynamic environment in the Plant Journal (TOP).

As we all know, the cultivation of seaweed in the laboratory is mainly based on constant light conditions, but the light environment in the field environment is not constant but mainly wavering, which leads to the growth of indoor culture and field conditions is significantly different, and the molecular mechanism behind it is still poorly
understood.
Marine diatoms are extremely adaptable to the environment and can dominate in environments such as ocean upwelling and turbulence
.
These environments are unstable, where light intensity varies drastically, and diatoms need to respond quickly to changing light environments to maintain growth
.
The team is based on gene editing, multiomics, and13Metabolic flow analysis, which comprehensively uses bioinformatics, molecular biology, biochemistry and physiology, to reveal the molecular mechanism
of marine diatoms responding to fluctuating light from different levels.