Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences [Plant Biology Graduate Program]

Fall 2009 Plant Biology Graduate Program Seminar Series


Date: 11-Sep
Speaker: Eric Brenner, NYBG
Title: Plant behavior and signaling - how is it all integrated?
Host: Bingru Huang

Date: 18-Sep
Speaker: Kathy Barton, Stanford
Title: Controlling Shoot and Leaf Morphology in Plants: Deconstructing the Ad/abaxial Network of Arabidopsis
Host: Randy Kerstetter

Date: 2-Oct
Speaker: Meredith Blackwell, Louisiana State University
Title: Fungal Phylogeny--It Takes a Community
Host: Ning Zhang

Date: 9-Oct
Speaker: Damon Little, NYBG
Title: DNA barcoding: a tool for automated plant identification
Host: Lena Struwe

Date: 16-Oct
Speaker: Matthew Hudson, University of Illinois
Title: Applying high throughput genomics to the analysis of agronomic traits in maize and soybean
Host: Joachim Messing

Date: 23-Oct
Speaker: Todd C. Mockler, Oregon State University
Title: Analyzing alternative splicing in plants using high-throughput sequencing
Host: Eric Lam

Date: 6-Nov
Speaker: Brian Gregory, U Penn
Title: A forward genetic screen to isolate novel components and regulators of RNA silencing
Host: TBD

Date: 13-Nov
Speaker: Kevin Folta, U Florida
Title: Strawberry Genomics- New Biology and New Berries
Host: Nick Vorsa

Date: 21-Nov
Speaker: Nathan Schroeder, Rutgers
Title: Behavior and Survival in a Plant-Parasitic Nematode
Host: Ann Gould

Date: 4-Dec
Speaker: Amy Rossman USDA ARS, Beltsville
Title: Advances in the systematics of plant pathogens with emphasis on canker-causing fungi

Date: 11-Dec
Speaker: Edward Buckler, USDA ARS, Geneva/Cornell
Title: TBA
Host: Joachim Messing
 



All seminars are held Fridays at 11:30 am in 138A Foran Hall unless otherwise noted.

Please contact the respective host by email if you would like to meet the speaker.

For further information:
Randy Kerstetter, 732-445-4737, randallk@rci.rutgers.edu
Ms. Mary Conroy, 732-932-9711 x358, plantbio@aesop.rutgers.edu

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