Washington State University
Molecular Plant Sciences
Seminar Series
Molecular Plant Sciences Graduate Program
Spring 2020 Seminar Series
(MPS 515)
Seminars are held each Wednesday at 12:10 p.m via Zoom. Please contact kelly.hewitt@wsu.edu for the Zoom URL
| Date | Location | Speaker | Seminar Title | Title & Affiliation | Zoom recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 20 | Zoom | Ron Mittler | “Plasmodesmata, reactive oxygen species and a trio of calcium channels orchestrate rapid systemic signaling in plants” | The Division of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, and the Department of Surgery, University of Missouri - Columbia | LINK |
| Jan. 27 | Zoom | MPS GSO | Student Meeting | ||
| Feb. 3 | Cancelled | ||||
| Feb. 10 | Zoom | Shaun Clare | "The power of pangenomics in gene validation" | MPS Graduate Student, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, WSU | |
| Feb. 17 | Cancelled | ||||
| Feb. 24 | Zoom | Kathleen Hickey | "Adaptions Mechanism to Drought Stress in Spring Wheat" | MPS PhD Candidate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, WSU | |
| Mar. 3 | Cancelled | ||||
| Mar. 10 | Zoom | Skylar Johnson | "Flavins and Flowering Times" | MPS PhD Candidate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, WSU | |
| Mar. 17 | No Seminar | Academic Break | |||
| Mar. 24 | Zoom | Brittney Moss | "How can yeast help us understand the development of corn ears?" | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Program in Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Whitman College | |
| Mar. 31 | Zoom | Vishnutej Ellur | "Investigating the roles of chickpeas polygalacturonase inhibiting proteins (PGIPs) against fungal pathogens" | MPS PhD Candidate, Department of Plant Pathology, WSU | |
| Apr. 7 | Zoom | Natalia Dudareva | "Plant Volatiles: From Emission to Perception" | Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University | |
| Apr. 14 | Zoom | Chun-Yeung Ng | "The interaction between rice Pho1 and PsaC: the potential impact on photosystem 1 by L80, a peptide unique to plant phosphorylase" | MPS Graduate Student, Institute of Biological Chemistry, WSU | |
| Apr. 21 | Zoom | Open | |||
| Apr. 28 | Zoom | Matthew McGowan | "Chromosomal Characteristics of Salt Stress Heritable Gene Expression in the Rice Genome" | MPS PhD Candidate, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, WSU |
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