All seminars are Thursdays at 4:00 PM in 319 Morrill South unless otherwise noted. Join us for refreshments beginning at 3:45 PM.

Rescheduled from December 13
January 24
PhD rotation project presentations
CARRIE THURBER, Caicedo Lab
"Investigation of Seed Shattering Genes in Rice"
GRAHAM BURKART, Parkash Lab
"Isolating the Arabidopsis genes for arsenic
resistance using a yeast complementation approach".

January 31
MARK JOHNSON
Department of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology
Brown University
"Genetic analysis of pollen: a three-celled gamete delivery machine"
Host: Magdalena Bezanilla

February 7
GEUNHWA JUNG
Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences
University of Massachusetts Amherst
"Comparative genome analysis of disease resistance in turfgrass and cereals"
Host: Elsbeth Walker

February 21
BO LIU
Department of Plant Biology
University of California, Davis
"Supporting Plant Growth by Microtubule-based Motor Kinesins"
Host: Tobias Baskin

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE SEMINAR SCHEDULE:

SHANKS SEMINAR CANCELLED
February 28
JACQUELINE SHANKS
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Iowa State University
"Phytochemical Engineering: Combining Chemical Reaction Engineering with Plant Science"
Host: Susan Roberts

SANCHEZ SEMINAR CANCELLED
March 6
Special PB postdoc sponsored seminar:
FEDERICO SANCHEZ
Universidad Autonoma de Mexico
"Programmed cell death in root nodules"
Host: Luis Vidali

March 27
TOM JUENGER
Section of Integrative Biology
University of Texas at Austin
"Natural Variation in the Physiology of Arabidopsis thaliana: the ecological genetics of drought adaptation."
Host: Ana Calcedo

April 3
JOHN WILLIS
Department of Ecology and Population Biology
Duke University
"Genetic analysis of adaptation and reproductive isolation in Mimulus"
Host: Ana Calcedo

April 24
JOHN VOGEL
Genomics and Gene Discovery,Western Regional Research Ctr.
USDA-ARS, Albany, CA
"Brachypodium distachyon: an emerging model grass"
Host: Elsbeth Walker

May 1
JOCELYN ROSE
Department of Plant Biology
Cornell University
"Unravelling the Structure and Function of Plant Extracellular Matrices"
Host: Jennifer Normanly

May 8
Special PB graduate student sponsored seminar:
PHILIP BENFEY
Department of Biological Sciences
Duke University
"Getting to the root of cell identity"
Host: Shuang Wu