Oleosomes ? Natural Oil Droplets: What can we learn from their physico-chemical properties?

Condensed Matter lunchtime seminar

Oleosomes ? Natural Oil Droplets: What can we learn from their physico-chemical properties?

  • Event time: 1:00pm until 2:00pm
  • Event date: 19th June 2017
  • Speaker: (University of Nottingham)
  • Location: Room 2511,

Event details

Oleosomes (oil bodies) are micron-sized oil droplets found in a range of plant and algal tissues. Oilseeds store oil (triacylglycerol) as an energy store for germination in oleosomes; these structures are destroyed by conventional oilseed processing designed to extract the oil. There is a growing interest in testing the properties of intact oleosomes ex-vivo, properties determined to large degree on their surface chemistry. This talk will outline how they are formed de-novo in seeds, and explore the physico-chemical nature of oleosomes ex-vivo.

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