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2004, Spring

Plant Biology seminars that took place in the Spring semester, 2004

Coordinator: Daniel Cosgrove

Date Title Speaker Host(s)
Monday, January 19, 2004 Functional analyses of SDS, a gene required for normal Arabidopsis meiosis Guanfang Wang, Plant Physiology Graduate Student in Ma lab Daniel Cosgrove
Monday, January 26, 2004 Mechanism of heat-induced loss of Photosystem II activity Dr David Becker, Professor, Botany and Biology, Pomona College and sabbatical visitor with Goldbeck John Goldbeck
Monday, February 2, 2004 Global expression profiling in Arabidopsis: gene activities in early flower development Dr Xiaohong Zhang, Post-doc in Ma lab Daniel Cosgrove
Monday, February 9, 2004 Corn versus caterpillar: the biology of native host plant resistance in maize Dr Dawn Luthe, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University and sabbatical visitor with Gary Felton Daniel Cosgrove
Monday, February 16, 2004 How cells organize metabolism: developing a three-dimensional model of flavonoid biosynthesis Dr Brenda Winkel-Shirley, Professor, Biology, Virginia Tech Surinder Chopra
Monday, February 23, 2004, 101 ASI From the soil to the seed: Metal transport in Arabidopsis Dr Mary Lou Guerinot, Professor, Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College Daniel Cosgrove
Monday, March 1, 2004 Hormonal regulation of inflorescence development Dr Paula McSteen, Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Penn State University Daniel Cosgrove
Monday, March 15, 2004 Tradeoffs and limitations of root architecture plasticity Melissa Ho, Plant Physiology Graduate Student in Lynch lab Daniel Cosgrove
Monday, March 22, 2004 Bringing functional genomics to chemical ecology: Arabidopsis responses to sucking and chewing insects Jack Schultz, Professor, Entomology Department, Penn State University Daniel Cosgrove
Monday, March 29, 2004 The involvement of calmodulin in root gravitropism. Victoria Kramer, Plant Physiology Graduate Student in Gilroy lab Daniel Cosgrove
Monday, April 5, 2004 PRPs: proteins important for cell function that are differentially localized within the plant cell wall Dr Mary Tierney, Professor, Biology, University of Vermont Daniel Cosgrove
Monday, April 12, 2004 Regulatory specificity of plant MYB transcription factors Eric Grotewald, Professor, Plant Biology, Ohio State University Surinder Chopra Co-sponsored with the Department of Crop & Soil Sciences
Monday, April 19, 2004 Genomics of maturation and flowering in trees. Dr Amy Brunner, Professor, Forest Science, Oregon State University John Carlson
Monday, April 26, 2004, 108 Wartik Development and evolution of leaves Dr Neelima Sinha, Professor, Plant Biology, University of California, Davis Hosts: Irmgard Seidl-Adams and Sarah Melissa Witiaks (Invited by graduate students)