a Boost for Genomics in the 21st Century
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a Boost for Genomics in the 21st Century
High-throughput Plant Phenotyping – a Boost for Genomics in the 21st Century Dr. Jörg Vandenhirtz · CMO LemnaTec Head of Research and Development [email protected] LemnaTec founded May 1998 in Aachen, Germany interdisciplinary team (biology, physics, engineering) 12 years of experience with image based biological measurement in-house development of image processing software in-house development of hardware development of comprehensive and integrated solutions compliance with international standards Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 2 The human eye How many legs does this elephant have? The human eye Count the number of black dots… The human eye The circles in the centers… …are exactly the same size The human eye Accelerating plant phenomics opening new prospects high-throughput screens multiple camera units non-destructive measurement quantitative analysis monitor growth dynamics stress assessment link to genomics Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 7 Hardware 3D scanalyzer accelerating plant phenomics Hardware scanalyzer3D Finding the needle in the haystack Modern breeding or GMO methods are able to produce THOUSANDS of new varieties per week The LemnaTec Scanalyzer System discovers THE ONE which is relevant… +3% For example, THE plant with 3% increase in value is worth $50m if it obtains 10% market penetration and released 2 years earlier Automatic screening 10x more efficient than human screening Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 10 scanalyzer3D multiple imaging 3D imaging of full plants 1. 3. Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. top View side View side View 90° more views optional Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 11 scanalyzer3D scanning modes Scanning in different wavelength and modes 1. RGB visible light 2. NIR near infrared light 3. FLUOR fluorescent light 4. IR infrared light 2. 3. 4. 5. 5. ROOT NIR / RGB 1. Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 12 scanalyzer3D VIS imaging – shape 1. Scanning – visible light High-resolution colour images for comprehensive morphological and growth phenotyping Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 13 scanalyzer3D VIS imaging – colour 1. Scanning – visible light Plant colour classification – Key to plant health, stress, nutrients and senescence Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 14 scanalyzer3D VIS imaging – architecture 1. Scanning – visible light Plant skeleton analysis – key to growth dynamics, morphology and architecture Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO separation of stem and leaves information about nodes, length of leaves morphology plant growth phases Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 15 scanalyzer3D VIS imaging – architecture 1. Scanning – visible light Phenotyping of growth under field-density growth conditions 2. Phenotyping based on complex morphological criteria like: 4,50 4,00 bending index 3,50 medium heigt, wide, kinked leaves 3,00 high,straight upright 2,50 2,00 compact straight, intermediate height 1,50 compact curved 1,00 0,50 0,00 0,00 1,00 2,00 3,00 4,00 structure orientation, momentum of inertia, height, width, roundness, compactness. axis momentum ratio Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 16 scanalyzer3D NIR imaging – shoot 2. 0h 100% 4h % NIR absorption class 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 8h 16 h Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO 0% 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 hours • wheat dried down over 16 h at elevated temperature • LemnaTec NIR imaging and analysis can cover the whole water dynamics of the drying for wheat • LemnaTec NIR cameras are suitable for detection of fine cereals structures of fully grown wheat Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 17 scanalyzer3D flourescence imaging 3. Scanning – flourescent light blue light (< 500 nm) visualises any related fluorescence Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO chlorophyll (cont., flash) green fluo. Protein (GFP) phenolics autofluorescence custom solutions Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 18 scanalyzer3D IR imaging 4. Scanning – infrared light Quantify temperature differences (e. g. within leaves and between plants) Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 19 scanalyzer3D IR imaging 4. Scanning – infrared light Quantify temperature differences (e. g. within leaves and between plants) Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 20 scanalyzer3D RGB imaging – root Static root density profiles – growth pattern Bangui Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Sweet Corn Prelude Bangui Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 21 scanalyzer3D RGB imaging – root Dynamic root growth - pattern Day 0 12 25 35 60 100 image and data show the development of roots of one plant in time. Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 22 scanalyzer3D NIR imaging – root 5. Scanning – near infrared light for roots spatial distribution of water content in soil 0h 2h 4h 6h 8h Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 23 scanalyzer3D NIR imaging – root Corn plant previously shown was grown in a transparent 8 cm polyacryl column Results of NIR monitoring allow measurement of spatial distribution water content in soil total development of drying over time area classification pixel 1500 1000 2h 4h 6h 8h 0h A01 B01 C01 D01 E01 F01 G01 H01 I01 J01 K01 L01 2000 0h drying dynamics based on soil layer 500 0 0h 2h 4h 6h 8h Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO 8h A01 B01 C01 D01 E01 F01 G01 H01 I01 J01 K01 L01 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 area classified pixels 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 area classified pixels Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 24 Hardware Future Developments? Non invasive imaging of plants and plant roots in substrate with Nuclear Magnetic Resonant Imaging (NMRI) and (Sub) Terahertz Imaging (THz) Dr. Axel Jung Ricarda van der Heijden Beta Klinik Bonn Dr. Karsten Specht Prof. Dr. Martin Koch University of Bergen IHF TU Braunschweig Dr. Jörg Vandenhirtz Matthias Eberius Dirk Vandenhirtz LemnaTec Goal of this joint study: Can Nuclear Magnetic Resonant Imaging (NMRI) or (Sub) Terahertz Imaging (Thz) be used for obtaining non invasive and valuable information about plant roots in substrate? • 3D root morphologie • 3D root dynamics • 3D root activity (water distribution) • etc... Hardware Future Developments? Used Plants: Corn Plants in transparent pots: movingfield linking greenhouse to field Hardware Future Developments? Siemens MAGNETOM Espree 1.5T NMR settings: B TE TR FoV ST Price: 1.5 Mio Euro = = = = = 1.5 T 12 ms 5.0 s 250 x 250 1 mm Hardware Future Developments? First Results of Dr. Axel Jung, Beta-Klinik, Bonn Hardware Future Developments? First Results of Dr. Axel Jung, Beta-Klinik, Bonn Hardware Future Developments? Problems: • artefacts (debris) in substrate hide roots (H2O + Fe) • low contrast between roots and background • correct setting of NMR has to be researched -> Contact to Dr. Karsten Specht Department of Biological and Medical Psychology University of Bergen, Norway Research on NMRI Dr. Specht tried NMRI of his office Plant... Hardware Future Developments? First Results of Dr. Karsten Specht, Uni Bergen: Hardware Future Developments? First Results of Dr. Karsten Specht, Uni Bergen: Hardware Future Developments? Complementary option for non invasive and penetrating plant sensors: Visible Radiowaves 10 7 “THz” Microwaves 10 8 10 9 10 10 10 11 10 Infrared 12 10 13 10 Ultraviolet 14 10 15 10 16 X-Ray 10 17 Frequency (Hz) THz radation can be considered as high-frequency microwaves or very long waved light. Prof. Dr. Martin Koch Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik TU Braunschweig Hardware Future Developments? water concentration First THz image of a leaf with high resolution Fresh leaf 48 hours after cut B.B. Hu und M.C. Nuss, Opt. Lett. 20, 1716 (1995) Bell Labs Lucent Technologies Hardware Future Developments? First Results of Prof. Dr. Martin Koch, Braunschweig: …and measuring the transmission of the sub THz signal THz detector THz transmitter moving a coffee plant between a sub THz transmitter and detector… Hardware Future Developments? The lift and rotating devices of the LemnaTec Phenotyping Platform are already integrated for 3D THz scans in cylindrical coordinates: THz z f detector transmitter Combining 3D THz transmission measurements with visible 3D RGB image data of the LemnaTec Phenotyping Platform Hardware Future Developments? Conclusions: NMRI THz hardware standard of the shelf technology to be developed software to be developed to be developed throughput ca. 20 min. per plant ca. 2 min. per plant resolution ca. 1 mm ca. 1 cm high B-Field none price ca. 1.5 Mio. Euro ca. 150,000 Euro target roots and shoots shoots (roots?) hazards Software Future Developments? EuroStar Project PhenoFab January 2009 – January 2011 Project sum ca. 1.000.000 Euro Development of a software interface between the output database format of DNA sequencers (e.g. La Roche) and the output database format of the image processing of the LemnaTec High Throughput Phenotyping Platform for multidimensional correlation analysis between the 2 datasets Software Future Developments? Genomics Plant CORRELATION ??? Phenomics Contractracted Phenotyping Research Speaker: Dr. Joerg Vandenhirtz – CMO Date: 10/24/2011 Slide 40 References Most Global Players in Breeding and GMO are already using the LemnaTec Technology: • BASF • Pioneer Dupont • Bayer CropScience • Monsanto • Syngenta • Dow Agro • Keygene • IPK • CSIRO • ACPFG • etc. Thank you for your attention! Visit our website www.lemnatec.com Time for your questions Visit our website www.lemnatec.com