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

Spring 2005


Jan. 21 Dr. Steven Lindow Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Phyllosphere Microbiology: Interactions of Bacteria with Themselves and With the Plants on Which They Live
Host: Dr. Kobayashi

Jan. 26 * * Special Wednesday Seminar at 11:30 am* *
Dr. Hans Lambers School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia
The Respiratory Costs of Nutrient Acquisition in Species from Nutrient-poor Environments
Host: Dr. Huang

Jan. 28 No seminar scheduled.

Feb. 4 Dr. Linda Kohn Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga
Plant cultivation and its outcomes: histories of pathogen host shifts and pandemic clonality
Host: Dr. Oudemans

Feb. 11 Dr. Ray Wheeler NASA Biological Sciences Office, Kennedy Space Center
Controlled Environment Agriculture for Life Support in Space: Past, Present and Future
Host: Dr. Janes

Feb. 18 No seminar scheduled.

Feb. 25 Dr. Bruce Bugbee Crop Phys. Lab, Utah State University
Ethical Challenges of Plant Biology Research: Three Examples from my Career
Host: Dr. Both

Mar. 4 Dr. Ken Boote Department of Agronomy, University of Florida
Modeling of Soybean Growth, Photosynthesis, and Reproductive Response to Temperature and Carbon Dioxide
Host: Dr. Janes

Mar. 11 * * Special Seminar * *
Dr. Sanja Roje Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
Exploring and engineering plant one-carbon and folate metabolism
Host: Dr. Maliga

Mar. 18 No seminar scheduled - Spring Break Recess

Mar. 24 * * Special Thursday Seminar  at 10 AM* *
Dr. Julian I. Schroeder Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego
Guard Cell Signaling: From Genomics to Cellular Signaling Dynamics & Rapid Chip based Cloning of Ion Accumulation Mutants
Host: Dr. Raskin

Mar. 25 Dr. Sondra Lazarowitz Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University
Plant virus movement: role of a novel acetyltransferase in regulating bipartite virus infection
Host: Dr. Hillman

Apr. 1 Dr. Lawrence Datnoff Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida
The influence of Silicon on disease resistance in plants
Host:  Dr. Janes

Apr. 8 Dr. Donald Nuss Center for Biosystems Research, University of Maryland
Hypovirulence: mycoviruses at the interface of fungal-plant pathogenic interactions
Host: Dr. Hillman

Apr. 15 Dr. Louis Albright Department of Biol. and Environ. Engineering, Cornell University
Greenhouse Environment Control.
Host: Dr. Both

Apr. 22 Dr. Eric Lam Department of Plant Biology & Pathology, Rutgers
The mechanism and involvement of programmed cell death during induction of the hypersensitive response in higher plants
Host: Dr. Hillman

Apr. 29 Dr. Richard McAvoy Department of Plant Sciences, , University of Connecticut
Applying Biotechnology to Improve Ornamental Crops
Host: Dr. Both

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

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

For further information:
Dr. Randall Kerstetter, 732-445-4737, randallk@rci.rutgers.edu
Ms. Barbara Mulder, 732-932-9711 x358, mulder@aesop.rutgers.edu

View previous seminar schedules

Fall 2004
Fall 2003 Spring 2004
Fall 2002 Spring 2003
Fall 2001 Spring 2002
Fall 2000 Spring 2001
Fall 1999 Spring 2000
 



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