Previous Seminars

Speaker Affiliation Date Location
From cell expansion to reproduction: the many lives of fucose in plant growth and development Ian Wallace University of Nevada, Reno 5/1/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Diversity of foliar endophytes as a function of intra- and interspecific variation in plant functional traits Shuzo Oita School of Plant Sciences 4/24/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Dissecting the molecular interplay between tospoviruses and thrips vectors Anna Whitfield North Carolina State University 4/17/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Dissertation Defense-Phylogenetic Incongruence as a Signature of Past Events: Uncovering the Genomic Watermarks of Introgression and Gene Duplication" Evan Forsythe School of Plant Sciences 4/16/2018 - 9:00am Bryant Bannister Tree Ring Bldg. Room 110A
Metabolism of exogenous RNAs in mite species Alex Flynt University of Southern Mississippi 4/10/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Dissertation Defense-Identification of Gene Regulatory Networks Controlling Cell Differentiation in Maize Endosperm Junpeng Zhan School of Plant Sciences 4/6/2018 - 9:00am Marley 230
Sensitivity of fungal symbionts to environmental stress, disturbance, and isolation: a perspective from anciently fragmented forests Elizabeth Bowman School of Plant Sciences 4/3/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Under pressure: surviving selective pressures in the root-soil interface Sarah Lebeis University of Tennessee 3/27/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Reconstructing the history and drivers of viral epidemics from virus genomes Gytis Dudas Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 3/20/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Circadian regulation of development enhances plant growth and reproduction in the natural environment Stacey Harmer University of California at Davis 3/13/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Rapid domestication of a wild plant to an oilseed crop: pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) M. David Marks University of Minnesota 2/13/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Comparative systems biology: evolution and structure-to-function mapping across the tree of life German A. Plata Columbia University 2/6/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Molecular Mechanism of Flowering in a Stress Environment Dae-Jin Yun Konkuk University 2/2/2018 - 3:00pm Marley 230
Linking Calcium Sensor Gene Duplication to Plant Salt Tolerance. Shea Monihan School of Plant Sciences 1/30/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Predicting host-pathogen interactions FOR network modeling Fiona McCarthy School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences 1/23/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
The whisper of the Wild Brassicaceae: Adaptation and gene flow across species, genomes and geography’ Levi Yant John Innes Center 1/16/2018 - 4:00pm Marley 230
TBA Shuzo Oita School of Plant Sciences 12/5/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Pathways of Plant Pathogen emergence Erica Goss University of Florida 11/28/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Exploring a Potential Lineage of Pseudomonas Megaplasmids Brian Smith School of Plant Sciences 11/14/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Light, the Green Universe and Everything (Auxin) Jennifer Nemhauser Univeristy of Washington 11/3/2017 - 12:00pm Marley 230
Tales of structure and function from heterochromatin and euchromatin Scott Michaels Indiana University 10/24/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Understanding Gene Regulatory Networks Controlling Cell Differentiation in Maize Endosperm Junpeng Zhan School of Plant Sciences 10/17/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Microbial small-talk: Exploring modes and outcomes of bacterial-fungal chemical communication Joseph Spraker School of Plant Sciences 10/10/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Challenges facing crop production and (some) potential solutions Patrick Schnable Iowa State University 10/3/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
A weapon of bacterial suicide or warfare: Finding the target of a universal toxin turned host virulence effector Lindsay Triplett The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 9/26/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Engineering Functional Foods Monica Schmidt School of Plant Sciences 9/19/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Molecular and Metabolic Mechanisms of Regulating Stress-induced Leaf Senescence in Perennial Grass Species Bingu Huang Rutgers University 9/12/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Dried Red Chilies: Flavorant or Health Risk Pummi Singh School of Plant Sciences 8/29/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Dissertation Defense-Aflatoxin-Producing Fungi and Contamination in Zambia Paul Kachapulula School of Plant Sciences 8/3/2017 - 1:00pm Marley 230
Dissertation Defense - An Integrative Study of Endophyte Symbioses: Environmental Change and Endophyte Colonization Yu-Ling Huang School of Plant Sciences 7/20/2017 - 8:00am Forbes 124
Dissertation Defense-Endohyphal bacteria of tropical, plant-associated fungi: diversity, evolutionary relationships, and ecology Justin Shaffer School of Plant Sciences 7/3/2017 - 12:00pm Bryant Bannister Tree Ring Bldg- Room 110
Irrigation management and crop modeling in safflower Dr. Sukhbir Singh Texas Tech University 5/8/2017 - 11:00am ENR2 S215
Stomata and water use efficiency at the core of plant-environment interactions Andrew Leakey University of Illinois 5/2/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Salinity tolerance of lettuce cultivars in controlled environments Stephanie Schrader School of Plant Sciences 5/2/2017 - 10:00am Marley 441H
Caterpillars, fish and undomesticated fruits: the wild side of Aspergillus Paul Kachapulula School of Plant Sciences 4/24/2017 - 4:00pm Forbes 307
Plant-Microbiome Engineering to Influence Agricultural Practice Barry Goldman Indigo Agriculture 4/24/2017 - 3:00pm ENR2 S215
Biogeography and population genomics of wild microbiomes at the origin of agriculture and their domestication-related shifts Douglas Cook University of California Davis 4/18/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Reconciling host generalism of seed-associated fungi with their host-specific effects P. Camilo Zalamea Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 4/13/2017 - 4:00pm Forbes 307
Salinity tolerance of lettuce cultivars in controlled environments Stephanie Schrader School of Plant Sciences 4/11/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230
Diffuse Symbioses: Competition, Coevolution, and Pathogen Suppression in the Rhizosphere Linda Kinkel University of Minnesota 4/4/2017 - 4:00pm Marley 230