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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 26 | Zoom | MPS GSO Meeting | Student Meeting | LINK | |
| Sept. 2 | Zoom | Laura Bartley | "Harnessing grass-specific cell wall synthesis and regulation for the bioeconomy" | Associate Professor, Institute of Biological Chemistry, WSU | LINK |
| Sept. 9 | Cancelled | ||||
| Sept. 16 | Zoom | Sompop (Max) Saeheng | "Characterization of Formyltetrahydrofolate Ligase (FTHFL) in Arabidopsis thaliana and Investigation of Its Functional Role in the One-Carbon Metabolic Pathway" | MPS PhD Candidate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, WSU | LINK |
| Sept. 23 | Zoom | Joshua Gendron | "Illuminating the plant calendar" | Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Yale University | LINK |
| Sept. 30 | Zoom | Gary Stacey | "Purinergic signaling in plants: Much more important than generally realized" | Curators Distinguished Professor, Division of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, and The Department of Surgery, University of Missouri | Unavailable |
| Oct. 7 | Zoom | Hui Min Olivia Oung | "The Protection Strategies Realized in a Resurrection Plant Under Drought" | MPS PhD Candidate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, WSU | LINK |
| Oct. 14 | Zoom | Vaclav Svoboda | "Dynamic Lateral Cytochrome b6f complex Distribution in Plant Thylakoid Membranes" | MPS Graduate Student, Institute of Biological Chemistry, WSU | |
| Oct. 21 | Zoom | Phillip McClean | "Molecular Approaches to Designing Crops for the Produce and Consumer Value Chain" | Director, Genomics & Bioinformatics Program, North Dakota State University | |
| Oct. 28 | Zoom | Cancelled | |||
| Nov. 4 | Zoom | Kathleen Hickey | "Drought Adaption Strategies in Spring Wheat" | MPS PhD Candidate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, WSU | |
| Nov. 11 | University Holiday | No Seminar | |||
| Nov. 18 | Zoom | Alexander Alleman | MPS PhD Candidate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, WSU | ||
| Nov. 25 | University Holiday | No Seminar | |||
| Dec. 2 | Zoom | Qingyan Meng | MPS Graduate Student, Institute of Biological Chemistry, WSU | ||
| Dec. 9 | Zoom | Ashley Cannon | Research Molecular Biologist, US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) |
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