Rutgers New Brunswick/Piscataway Campus
Plant Biology Graduate Program Seminar Series
 

Spring 2003


Jan 23 Jerry Pollack Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life:
A Fresh Paradigm for Cell Function
3:00 pm University of Washington (Seattle) Host: C. Frenkel

Feb. 14 Jonathan Dinman Programmed ribosomal frameshifting:
Insights into ribosome structure and function
University of Maryland Host: Nilgun Tumer

Feb. 28 Randy Kerstetter Distinguishing Top from Bottom:
Molecular Genetics of Leaf Polarity in Arabidopsis
Waksman Inst, Rutgers University

Mar 7 Natasa Petrovic Wine grape’s ( not final title)
National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
Host: Brad Hillman

March 14
11:30 am Herman B. Scholthof Interactions Among and Between Virus and Plant Proteins Involved in Virus Spread, & Suppression of Gene Silencing and Symptom Induction
Texas A&M University Host: Nilgun Tumer
1:00 pm Karen Scholthof The Biology of Satellite Panicum Mosaic Virus
Texas A&M University Host: Nilgun Tumer

Mar 21 Mary Ann Lila Bioflavonoids Research and the Advantages of an in Vitro Plant Cell Culture Approach
rescheduled University of Illinois Host: Ilya Raskin

Mar 28 George Liang Crop Transformation: Technical Advancement and Problems
Kansas State Univ Host: Bingru Huang

Apr 4 Keith Adams Exploring the Mysteries of Polyploidy
Iowa State University Host: Faith Belanger
(Genomics Candidate)

Apr 11 Mark Ungerer Genetic Architecture of Adaptive Traits:
Evolutionary Genomic Analysis in Arabidopsis
North Carolina State University Host: Faith Belanger
(Genomics Candidate)

Apr 18 Shauna Somerville Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Powdery Mildew Disease of Arabidopsis
Carnegie Institution of Washington Host: Nilgun Tumer

Apr 25 NO SEMINAR - rescheduled

May 2 Mary Ann Lila Bioflavonoids Research and the Advantages of an in Vitro Plant Cell Culture Approach
reschedule University of Illinois Host: Ilya Raskin

Monday, May 5 Dr. Michael Raviv Irrigation Scheduling of Crops Grown in Porous Media
10:00 Host: Gladis Zinati

May 9 Rongqi Sun Natural Small Molecular Compounds and their Biological Activities
Rutgers University Host: Jim White

All seminars are held Fridays at 11:30 am in 138A Foran Hall unless otherwise noted.

Please contact the respective host if you would like to meet the speaker.

For further information:
Ms. Barbara Mulder, 732-932-9711 x358, mulder@aesop.rutgers.edu

 



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