Botany and Plant Pathology Seminar Series
Fall 2017
Wednesdays at 3:30 PM in WSLR, Room 116 (unless otherwise noted)
August 23 - Dr. Ying Gu
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University
3:30pm WSLR, Room 116
"Regulation of cellulose biosynthesis through cellulose synthase complex: What have we learned from Arabidopsis thaliana?" Seminar host is Dr. Chunhua Zhang
August 30 - Dr. Carolyn Lawrence-Dill
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University
3:30pm WSLR, Room 116
"Data-driven approaches to Plant Science research "or" I study green things using computers" Seminar host is Dr. Mitch Tuinstra
September 6 - Dr. Luis Vidali
Biology and Biotechnology, Worchester Polytech Institute
3:30pm WSLR, Room 116
"Quantitative analysis of vesicle, myosin XI, and actin dynamics in tip growth" Seminar host is Dr. Dan Szymanski
September 13 - Dr. Jose Alonso
Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University
3:30pm WSLR, Room 116
"Translation regulation of plant hormone responses" Seminar host is Dr. Gyeong Mee Yoon
September 20 - Dr. Neelima Sinha (*joint seminar BTNY/PCB)
Department of Plant Biology, University of California-Davis
3:30pm PFEN, Deans Auditorium, Room 241 *NOTE ROOM CHANGE
Title of seminar TBA. Seminar host is Dr. Sharon Kessler
September 27 - Dr. Jim Alfano
Plant Pathology Department, University of Nebraska-Linclon
3:30pm WSLR, Room 116
Title of seminar TBA. Seminar host is Dr. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi
October 4 - Dr. Marisa Otegui
Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin
3:30pm WSLR, Room 116
"Membrane-bending proteins in cellular trafficking" Seminar host is Dr. Chunhua Zhang
October 11 - NO SEMINAR
October 18 - Dr. Laura Galloway
Department of Biology, University of Virginia
3:30pm WSLR, Room 116
"Interactions between drive and selection in the evolution of plant mating systems" Seminar host is Dr. Chris Oakley
October 25 - Dr. Robert Franks
Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University
3:30pm WSLR, Room 116
Title of seminar TBA. Seminar host is Dr. Yun Zhou
November 1 - Dr. Guus Bakkeren
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
3:30pm WSLR, Room 116
"Approaches to effectively use pathogenomics for wheat crop protection against rusts" Seminar host is Dr. Steve Goodwin
November 8 - Dr. Jan Leach
College of Agricultural Sciences, Colorado State University
3:30pm WSLR, Room 116
Title of seminar TBA. Seminar host is Dr. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi
November 15 - NO SEMINAR (Department Poster Session)
November 22 - NO SEMINAR (Thanksgiving Break)
November 29 - Dr. Richard Condit
Smithsonian Tropical Reserach Institute
3:30pm WSLR, Room 116
Title of seminar TBA. Seminar host is Dr. Gord McNickle
December 6 - Dr. Vaclav Trojan
Department of Plant Biology, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
3:30pm WSLR, Room 116
Title of seminar TBA. Seminar host is Dr. Bob Pruitt