Seminar Series
Molecular Plant Sciences Graduate Program
Fall 2026 Seminar Series (MPS 515)
Seminars are held Wednesday at 12:10 p.m.
All seminars will be held in person at Biotechnology-Life Sciences (BLS) 402 and via Zoom. Email molecular.plants@wsu.edu for details.
| Date | Speaker | Department | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/26/2026 | Introductions/MPS Leadership/Open Town Hall/Student Check-In | |||
| 9/2/2026 | Dave Crowder | Entomology | writing workshop | |
| 9/9/2026 | Dave Crowder | Entomology | writing workshop, part 2 | |
| 9/16/2026 | ||||
| 9/23/2026 | Wheaton L. Schroeder | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | "Stressed-out Metabolic Models: Insights From Poplar to the Human Brain and Back Again" | |
| 9/30/2026 | Janice Parks | Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences as a part of the College of Natural Resources and the Institute for Innovative Climate Solutions | "Fire-Altered Soil Conditions Mediate Microbial Inoculant Effects on Ponderosa Pine Establishment." | |
| 10/7/2026 | Ruth Uwugiaren | Crop and Soil Sciences | "Arabinoxylans Stability and Performance Across Diverse North American and Pacific Northwest Wheat Lines." | |
| 10/14/2026 | Chase Baerlocher | Department of Entomology | "Microbial Mischief: Utilizing Molecular Tools to Study Legume-Rhizobia Mutualism." | |
| 10/21/2026 | Xianran Li | |||
| 10/28/2026 | Vincent James | Plant Pathology | ||
| 11/4/2026 | MPS Faculty Meeting | |||
| 11/11/2026 | University Holiday | |||
| 11/18/2026 | Dmitri Mavrodi | USDA ARS Wheat Health, Genetics and Quality Research Unit | ||
| 11/25/2026 | Thanksgiving vacation - No Seminar | |||
| 12/2/2026 | Priyadarshini (Priya) Chakrabarti Basu | Department of Entomology | "Decoding plant pollen and nectar for pollinator health." | |
| 12/9/2026 | Jannelle Andrews | Institute of Biological Chemistry |
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