TOPIC : CRISPR-based targeted DNA methylation tools in plants: a novel approach for disease management LOCATION: MSL Auditorium HOST: Shawn Mansfield SPEAKER: Guest Speaker- Basudev Ghoshal AFFILIATION: Molecular Plant Virology, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
TOPIC: Temperature response of plant carbon metabolism, water use, and growth LOCATION: TBA HOST: Sean Michaletz SPEAKER: Exit Seminar- Josef Garen AFFILIATION: Botany Department SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
TOPIC: Biodiversity loss and the rise of epidemics: Disease-emergence explained through host phylogenetic community structure LOCATION: TBA HOST: Jonathan Davies SPEAKER: Exit Seminar- Marjolein Toorians AFFILIATION: Botany Department SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
TOPIC: The Role of Autophagy in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Biology LOCATION: TBA HOST: Xin Li SPEAKER: Exit Seminar- Yihan Gong AFFILIATION: Botany Department SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
TOPIC: Demographic pathways and genetic consequences of range expansion LOCATION: TBA HOST: Amy Angert SPEAKER: Exit Seminar- Mackenzie Urquhart-Cronish AFFILIATION: Botany Department SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
TOPIC: St Helena, species hybridization and conservation on a small oceanic island LOCATION: MSL Auditorium HOST: Quentin Cronk SPEAKER: Exit Seminar- Mikko Paajanen AFFILIATION: Botany Department SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
TOPIC: Efficient mapping of genome-wide regulatory elements for biological insights LOCATION: MSL Auditorium HOST: Liang Song SPEAKER: Guest Speaker- Carol Shao-Shan Huang AFFILIATION: New York University SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
TOPIC: Genetic and genomic studies of local adaptation and ecotypic formation in Panicum grasses LOCATION: MSL Auditorium HOST: Liang Song SPEAKER: Guest Speaker- Thomas Juenger AFFILIATION: University of Austin, Texas SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
TOPIC: GENERATING A NULL BACKGROUND FOR THE EXPRESSION OF MICROTUBULE ORGANIZATION 1 (MOR1) TRANSLATIONAL REPORTER CONSTRUCTS BY CRISPR/CAS9 AND RECOMBINEERING TECHNOLOGIES LOCATION: MSL Auditorium HOST: Geoff Wasteneys SPEAKER: Exit Seminar- Magnus Macaulay AFFILIATION: Botany Department SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
TOPIC: To kill or to be killed: Infection mechanisms of the grey mould fungus Botrytis cinerea LOCATION: TBA HOST: Xin Li SPEAKER: Guest Speaker-Matthias Hahn AFFILIATION: RPTU University of Kaiserslautern Department of Biology SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
TOPIC: ‘The diversity and evolution of apicomplexan and apicomplexan-like parasites, with focus on the adeleorinids, gregarines, and squirmids’ LOCATION: MSL Auditorium HOST: Patrick Keeling SPEAKER: Exit Seminar- Ina Na AFFILIATION: Botany Department SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
TOPIC: Eco-evolutionary competition feedbacks: can they build resident resistance to invasion? LOCATION: TBA HOST: Amy Angert SPEAKER: Exit Seminar- Emma Menchions AFFILIATION: Botany Department SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
TOPIC: Seeds of Success: Cultivating Medicinal Cannabis through the Power of Uniformity and Genetic Stability LOCATION: TBA HOST: Marco Todesco SPEAKER: Guest Speaker- Davoud Torkamaneh AFFILIATION: Université Laval SERIES: Botany Seminar Series
Botany Seminar Series Presents: Exit Seminar, Yiran Wang Title: Genetic analysis of defense pathway downstream of the immune receptor SNC2 in Arabidopsis Thaliana Host: Xin Li
Host: Sean Michaletz Title: Can plants acclimate to extreme heat waves? Climate change coupled with urban expansion are rapidly altering environmental conditions in which native plants of the desert southwestern United States and northern Mexico have thrived in since the last glacial maximum. As a consequence of these changes, plants and ecosystems are now being […]
Host: Liang Song Title: Genetic and genome-wide analysis of known and novel transcriptional regulators in the seed-to-seedling transition of Arabidopsis thaliana
Exit Seminar- Katie Goodwin Title: Herbivory and climate as drivers of plant population and range dynamics Host: Amy Angert
Host: Loren Rieseberg Title: Developing the Breeder’s Toolbox: navigating genetic roadblocks in cultivated Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Guest Speaker- Stacey Harmer, UC Davis. (currently a visiting scientist in the Rieseberg Lab) Title: Circadian regulation of sunflower development Host: Loren Rieseberg
Host: Guus Bakkeren Title: Characterizing gene families involved in systemic defense signaling against microbial pathogens in common wheat This seminar will be presented over zoom as Sherry is located in Summerland. https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63360835680?pwd=SGBM7P5VLTfaU3RQaYSEqxKoITZsP0.1 Meeting ID: 633 6083 5680 Passcode: 774295 ‘Plant innate immunity is comprised of early detection of pathogens in a local infection site, followed […]
Guest Speaker- Letitia Da Ros, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland Host: Shawn Mansfield Title: Strategic resilience: Multiomics driven improvement of crop species
Faculty Presentation- Liang Song Host: Sean Michaletz Title: Voice from both sides, a molecular dialogue between transcriptional activators and repressors in seed development.
Guest Speaker- Jenny Knight Affiliation- Associate Professor, Molecular Cellular & Developmental Biology Dr. Jenny Knight has a B.A. in Biology from Cornell University, a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Michigan, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Developmental Genetics at the University of Colorado Boulder before joining the faculty. She has been teaching […]
Exit Seminar: Cassandra Elphinstone Title: Arctic plant genomics: biogeography, genome assembly, gene expression and epigenomics of tundra plants in a changing climate Host: Loren Rieseberg
Guest Speaker- John Sinchcombe- Professor, University of Toronto Host: Loren Rieseberg Title: Ecological genetics of clinal variation in morning glories
Guest Speaker: Courtney Collins Affiliation: Climate Change Research Ecologist in the Future Forests Ecosystem Centre (FFEC) at the BC Ministry of Forests and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Host: Amy Angert Title: From Alpine soils to Arctic phenology: Understanding the Complex Interactions Driving Plant Community and Ecosystem Responses to Global […]
Exit Seminar- Jan Xue Title: Building a Secondary Cell Wall: How Coordinated Delivery of Xylan Polysaccharides and Cellulose Synthase Machinery Influences Cell Wall Architecture and Plant Biomechanics in Arabidopsis thaliana Host: Lacey Samuels
Guest Speaker- Emily B. Sessa Affiliation-Emily Sessa, Patricia K. Holmgren Director, William and Lynda Steere Herbarium. The New York Botanical Garden Host: Sean Graham Title: New Views on Fern Phylogenetics: Updates from the GoFlag Targeted Enrichment Probe Set Location: MSL 102 Theatre.
Guest Speaker- Marc Cadotte Title: Biodiversity and function in a stressed world Affiliation- University of Toronto Host: Jonathan Davies Research Interests The world around us is an amazingly diverse and rich place, but at the same time this diversity is being lost through human activities. I am broadly interested in the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms […]
Guest Speaker- Toby Spribille Title: TBA Host: Mary Berbee Affiliation: Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Symbiosis Curator, ALTA Mosses and Lichens, University of Alberta
Exit Seminar- Siobhan Schenke Host- Laura Parfrey Title: TBA
Guest Speaker: Matthias Scheutz Host: Lacey Samuels Title: NextGen Hops: A BC based Hop (Humulus lupulus) variety development platform Mathias Schuetz is a plant cell biologist with expertise in molecular biology, biochemistry and plant genetics. He has over 15 years of research experience working on plant molecular biology and regularly publishes his research in the […]
Exit Seminar- Yihan Wu Host- Keith Adams Title- TBA
Exit Seminar- Nicholas Bard Host: Jonathan Davis Title: Assessing the Plant Host Range of Fungal Endosymbionts Using Diverse Approaches Location: MSL 102, theatre
Guest Speaker- Margaret Evans Affiliations- University of Arizona Host: Amy Angert Title: TBA Location: MSL Theatre
Exit Seminar- Nathan Malamud Title: Plant Functional Trait Responses Across an Experimental Nitrogen Gradient Host: Sean Michaletz Location: MSL Theatre
Exit Seminar- Graeme Keais Host: Loren Rieseberg Title: TBA Location: MSL 102- Theatre
Exit Seminar- Jessica Hancock Title- Exploring the role of ABCG transporters in cuticle and cannabinoid deposition in Cannabis sativa glandular trichomes Host: Lacey Samuels Location: MSL Theatre
Exit Seminar- Lu Xu Hosts- Yuelin Zhang & Xin Li Title- Forward genetic screen to identify novel components involved in salicylic acid biosynthesis in Nicotiana benthamiana
Guest Speaker- Chase Mason Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology – UBC, Okanagan Campus Host: Marco Todesco Title: An evolutionary lens on crop physiology and improving plant-biotic interactions in sunflower Abstract: Domestication has often been reported to reduce crop plant genetic and phenotypic diversity in relation to wild progenitors. However, the process of crop improvement […]