2001, Spring
Plant Biology seminars that took place in the Spring semester, 2001.
Host: Daniel Cosgrove
| Date | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, January 10, 2001 | Sick to death — Genetic analysis of dll1, an Arabidopsis disease cell death mutant | Rachel Pilloff, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Raina lab, PSU |
| Wednesday, January 17, 2001 | The role of pH in root graviperception | Jeremiah Fasano, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Gilroy lab, PSU |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2001 | G protiens and guard cell signaling | Dr Sally Assmann, Professor of Biology, PSU |
| Wednesday, January 31, 2001 | Comparative analysis of the mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis using Arabidopsis as a host | Dr Seogchan Kang, Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology, PSU |
| Wednesday, February 7, 2001 | The floral genome project | Dr Claude dePamphilis, Associate Professor, Biology, PSU |
| Wednesday, February 14, 2001 | The complete genome sequence of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum: what we have learned so far… | Dr Donald A. Bryant, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, PSU |
| Wednesday, February 21, 2001 | Fine root traits of fast- and slow-growing NE US trees relevant to ecosystem level processes | Louise Comas, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Eissenstat lab, PSU |
| Wednesday, February 28, 2001 | Analysis of the maize group — 1 pollen allergen | Elene Valdivia, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Stephenson / Cosgrove lab PSU |
| Wednesday, March 14, 2001 | Function of the Arabidopsis ASK1 gene in flower development and meiosis | Dr Dazhong Zhao, Postdoctoral scholar, Ma lab, PSU |
| Wednesday, March 21, 2001 | Molecular analysis of regulation of maize flavonoid biosynthesis | Dr Surinder Chopra, Assistant Professor, Agronomy, PSU |
| Wednesday, March 28, 2001 | Cacao Biotechnology | Gabriela Antunez-de-Mayolo, EMPP Graduate Student, Guiltinan Lab, PSU |
| Wednesday, April 4, 2001 | Glucanase inhibitor proteins: a new weapon in the arms race between plants and their pathogens | Dr Joss Rose, Assistant Professor, Plant Biology, Cornell University Host: Daniel Cosgrove |
| Wednesday, April 11, 2001 | Expression analysis of oxidative stress in Arabidopsis | Phillip Day, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Fedoroff lab, PSU |
| Wednesday, April 18, 2001 | Plasticity of resource allocation it induced defense metabolism | Anne Walton, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Schultz Lab, PSU |
| Wednesday, April 25, 2001 | The cellulase from potato ring rot bacterium, Clavibacter michiganesis subsp. sepedonicus, is necessary for virulence and contains an expansin-like domain | Dr Mary Metzler, Group Leader, Division of General Microbiology, University of Helsinki Host: Daniel Cosgrove |
| Friday, April 27, 2001 | The chloroplast protein import apparatus and its role in plastid development | Dr Danny Schnell, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts |