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2007, Spring
Plant biology seminars that took place in the Spring semester, 2007.
Co-ordinator: Dan Cosgrove
| When | Title | Speaker | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, January 29, 2007 | Lycopene QTL discovery: the initial step in breeding for value-added tomatoes | Matthew Kinkade, Plant Biology Graduate Student in Foolad Lab | Majid Foolad |
| Monday, February 5, 2007 | Touch(in)g Plants | Dr Simon Gilroy, Professor, Department of Biology, Penn State University | Daniel Cosgrove |
| Monday, February 12, 2007 | Expression analysis of genes involved in early anther development | Asela Wijeratne, Plant Biology Graduate Student in Ma Lab | Hong Ma |
| Monday, February 19, 2007 | The analysis of Arabidopsis meiotic gene function | Dr Hong Ma, Professor, Department of Biology, Penn State University | Daniel Cosgrove |
| Monday, February 26, 2007 | Application and improvement of the protein chip technology | Dr Heng Zhu, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins University | Yinong Yang. Co-sponsored with the Plant Pathology Department |
| Monday, March 5, 2007 | Using non-pathogenic Bacillus spp. to induce systemic resistance to fungal pathogens of cacao | Rachel Melnick, Plant Pathology Graduate Student | Paul Backman and Mark Guiltinan |
| Monday, March 19, 2007 | A functional genomics view of phenylpropanoid metabolism in poplars: from wood formation to tree growth and ecosystem fitness | Dr Chung-Jui Tsai, Professor and Director of the Biotechnology Research Center, Michigan Technological University | John Carlson Co-sponsored with the Biomass Energy Center and the Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics |
| Monday, March 26, 2007 | Lateral root initiation is correlated with the curvature of the primary root in Arabidopsis thaliana | Gregory Richter, Plant Biology Graduate Student in Gilroy Lab | Simon Gilroy |
| Monday, April 2, 2007 | Characterization and cloning of Tie-dyed1, a novel gene regulating carbohydrate partitioning in maize leaves | Yi Ma, Plant Biology Graduate student in Braun Lab | David Braun |
| Monday, April 9, 2007 | Identification of putative G-Protein coupled receptors | Tim Gookin, Plant Biology Graduate Student in Assmann Lab | Daniel Cosgrove |
| Monday, April 16, 2007 | Genetic and genomic analyses of leaf development in maize | Dr Michael Scanlon, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University | Paula McSteen |
| Monday, April 23, 2007 | A new era of cellulose applications in biotechnology and nanotechnology | Dr R Malcolm Brown Jr, Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology, University of Texas at Austin | Daniel Cosgrove. Co-sponsored with the Center for Nanocellulosics |
| Monday, April 30, 2007 | Epigenetic regulation of allele- and tissue-specific expression patterns of a Myb transcription factor in Maize | Rajandeep Sekhon, Plant Biology Graduate student in Chopra Lab | Surinder Chopra |