Botany and Plant Pathology Virtual Seminar Series
Spring 2021
Wednesdays at 3:30 PM (unless otherwise noted).
Zoom invitations will be sent via email. Please contact
Amy Deitrich to be added to the distribution list.
January 20 - Dr. Ying Li
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University
Dynamic Chromatin Modifications Mediate Plant Responses to Environmental and Developmental Signals
Hosted by Mike Mickelbart
Feburary 10 - Dr. Elena Shpak
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee
Life is about choices: ERECTA calls the shots
February 17 - Dr. Chan Yul Yoo
Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Oklahoma State University
Nucleus-to-plastid light signaling pathway: a role of photobodies in chloroplast biogenesis
Hosted by Mike Mickelbart
February 24 - Dr. James Birchler
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri
The Gene Balance Hypothesis: How gene stoichiometries affect expression, the phenotype and evolutionary processes
Hosted by Leonor Boavida
March 3 - Dr. Daniel Park
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University
Plants in time: Digital herbaria uncover phenological complexity across the landscape
Hosted by Gord McNickle and Chris Staiger
March 10 - Dr. Ying Wang
Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University
Potato spindle tuber viroid, a small probe for understanding plant RNA-based machinery
Hosted by Damon Lisch and Chunhua Zhang
March 24 - Dr. Mingli Xu
Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University
Low light intensity delays vegetative phase change in Arabidopsis thaliana
Hosted by Yun Zhou
March 31 - Dr. Shahid Siddique
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis
Tricky Parasites: How nematodes steal their vitamins from plants!
Hosted by Lei Zhang
April 7 - Dr. Ian Stavness
Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan
Latent Variable Modeling for Plant Phenotyping
Hosted by Christian Cruz
April 15 at 1:30pm - Dr. Maureen McCann (Note special date/time)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Science for the future of energy and the environment
Hosted by Damon Lisch
April 28 - Dr. Guy Wachsmann
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University
TBD
Hosted by Xiaohui Li, graduate student