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2002, Spring
Plant Biology seminars that took place in the Spring semester, 2002.
Coordinator: Daniel Cosgrove
| Date | Title | Speaker | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, January 16, 2002 | Induced sink strength as a prerequisite for localized defense production | Dr Jack Schultz, Professor, Entomology, PSU | |
| Wednesday, January 23, 2002 | Genetics of and breeding for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in tomato | Dr Majid Foolad, Associate Professor, Plant Genetics, PSU | |
| Wednesday, February 6, 2002 | The Arabidopsis protein, KATA is a kinesin that functions in spindle assembly | Adam Marcus, Biology Graduate Student, Cyr lab, PSU | |
| Wednesday, February 13, 2002 | Molecular genetic analysis of the self-incompatibility (S-) locus of Petunia inflata | Yan Wang, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Kao lab, PSU | |
| Wednesday, February 20, 2002 | Haptogravitropism: the interaction of touch and gravity in plant roots | Gioia Massa, Biology Graduate Student, Gilroy lab, PSU | |
| Wednesday, February 27, 2002 | Molecular and genetic analyses of the host plant during compatible plant pathogen interactions | Rachel Pilloff, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Raina lab, PSU | |
| Wednesday, March 13, 2002 | Under the dimpled balls: a story of root growth on golf greens | Eric Lyons, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Knievel / Huff lab, PSU | |
| Wednesday, March 20, 2002 | Maize starch branching enzyme isoforms - Functional analysis using transposon mediated mutagenesis | Dr Yuan Yao, Postdoctoral Scholar, Guiltinan Lab | |
| Wednesday, March 27, 2002 | The Arabidopsis EXCESS MICROSPOROCYTES (EMS) gene is required for anther cell differentiation and encodes a leucine-rich repeat (LLR)-type receptor-linked protein kinase Dr Dazhong Zhao, Postdoctoral Scholar, Ma Lab, PSU | ||
| Wednesday, April 3, 2002 | Sugar and hormonal signaling in plants | Dr Jen Sheen, Professor, Mass. General Hospital / Harvard University | Daniel Cosgrove |
| Wednesday, April 10, 2002 | Role of methionine sulfoxide reductase in Arabidopsis | Hernan Mauricio Romero, Plant Physiology Graduate Student, Tien lab, PSU | |
| Wednesday, April 17, 2002 | Molecular evolution of virulence in xanthomonas-pepper interactions | Dr Brian Staskawitz, Professor, University of California, Berkeley | Melissa Ho |
| Wednesday, April 24, 2002 | Expansins know when and how the root hair starts to grow: Hormonal and environmental modulation of root hair formation and expansis genes in Arabidopsis | Dr Hyung Taeg Cho, Postdoctoral Scholar, Cosgrove Lab, PSU |