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2002, Fall
Plant Biology seminars that took place in the Fall semester, 2002.
Coordinator: Daniel Cosgrove
| Date | Title | Speaker | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, September 4, 2002 | Functional genomics in the green sulfur bacterium Chloroium tepidum: the biosynthesis of bacteriochlorophlls and carotenoids | Dr Donald A. Bryant, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, PSU | |
| Wednesday, September 11, 2002 | The Arabidopsis ATK1 gene is required for normal spindle morphogenesis in male meiosis | Wuxing Li, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Ma lab, PSU | |
| Wednesday, September 18, 2002 | AtXYL1: an Arabidopsis -xylosidase active against xyloglucan oligosaccharides | Dr Javier Sampedro Jimenez, Postdoctoral Scholar, Cosgrove Lab, PSU | |
| Wednesday, September 25, 2002 | Uses of S-Rnase and SFB genes for the molecular typing of S-haplotypes in Prunus species | Dr Hidenori Sassa, Kihara Inst. for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Japan | Dr Teh-hui Kao |
| Wednesday, September 25, 2002 | Identification of SFB, and F-box protein gene, as a candidate for the male determinant in gametophytic self-incompatibility in Prunus | Dr Ryutaro Tao, Laboratory of Pomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan | Dr Teh-hui Kao |
| Wednesday, October 2, 2002 | Sphingosine-1-phosphate-mediated signaling in Arabidopsis guard cells | Dr Sylvie Coursol, Postdoctoral Scholar, Assmann Lab | |
| Tuesday, October 8, 2002 | Global ghange & plant nitrogen | Dr Arnold Bloom, Professor, Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis | Joint seminar with the Horticulture Department |
| Wednesday, October 16, 2002 | Molecular, genetic and physiological investigations of aluminum tolerance mechanisms in plants | Dr Leon Kochian, Professor, Plant Biology, Cornell University and USDA | Joint seminar with the Horticulture Department |
| Wednesday, October 23, 2002 | Regulation of auxin transport during development and gravity response | Dr Gloria Muday, Associate Professor, Biology, Wake Forest University | Melissa Ho |
| Wednesday, October 30, 2002 | Purification and identification of one abscisic acid binding protein | Zhixin Zhao, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Assmann lab, PSU | |
| Wednesday, November 6, 2002 | sll0088, an ORF involved in photosystem one assembly in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 | Tao Wang, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Golbeck lab, PSU | |
| Wednesday, November 13, 2002 | Ethylene biosynthesis and signaling networks | Dr Joe Ecker, Principal Investigator, Salk Institute | Hong Ma |
| Wednesday, November 20, 2002 | Are induced defenses constrained by supply or controlled by demand? A comparison of model herbaceous and woody plants | Toni Schaeffer, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Schultz lab, PSU | |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2002 | Cacao defense responses | Gabriela Antunez de Mayolo, EMPP Graduate Student, Guiltinan Lab, PSU | |
| Wednesday, December 11, 2002 | Role of the pollen allergen and beta-expansin Zea m1 in pollen development and fertilization | Elene Valdivia, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Stephenson & Cosgrove labs, PSU |