Guest Speaker- Natasha Ramroop Singh Host: Sunita Chowrira Affiliation: Thompson Rivers University Title: Development of an Open Educational Resource on the Biochemistry of Indigenous Medicines of the Cayoose Creek Band in Lillooet, BC Location: MSL Theatre, Room 102
Visiting Student- Oluwatoyosi M. Adaramodu (Lisa) Title- Leaves in Transition: Single-Nuclei RNA seq Insights into Sorghum’s Juvenile and Adult Phases Affiliation- University of Pennsylvania Host- Arif Ashraf Location- MSL Theatre, Rm 102
Guest Speaker-Lauren Erland Affiliation- Assistant Professor, University of the Fraser Valley Host- Joerg Bohlmann Title- Plant hormones as mediators of plant environmental resilience Location- MSL Theatre
Exit Seminar- Kathryn Gyte Title- Lipidome and proteome responses of a freshwater microalga to heatwaves and microplastics Host- Michelle Tseng Location- MSL Theatre (reminder: MSc presentation- 30 min duration)
Exit Seminar- Alana Breitkreutz Host- Patrick Martone Title- The biology and biomechanics of blade splitting in the bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana Location- MSL Theatre
Guest Speaker- Berkley Walker Affiliation- Assistant Professor, Michigan State University Title- Photorespiration as a crossroads between photosynthesis, metabolism, and leaf energetics Host- Shawn Mansfield Bio: Associate Professor in Plant Biology and the Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University Photorespiration is initiated when Rubisco, the initial enzyme of carbon fixation, reacts with molecular oxygen instead of […]
Guest Speaker-Brooke Wiegel Affiliation- Stanford University Host- Patrick Martone Title-Kelp forests in a changing ocean: physiology, microbiomes & carbon cycling Location- MSL Theatre Abstract: Climate change is threatening kelp forests, with 40-60% of kelp forests in decline globally. My research has identified critical temperature thresholds for growth, survival, and reproduction across the life cycle of kelp. Kelp […]
Guest Speaker- Filip Kolar Affiliation- Czech Academy of Sciences, Charles University, Czech Republic Host- Loren Rieseberg Title- Repeated adaptation to environmental challenges in Arabidopsis and beyond Location- MSL Theatre
Exit Seminar- Kamryn Diehl-Wasteneys Lab Title-The trafficking behaviour of COBRA in Arabidopsis thaliana during cellulose biosynthesis & Exit Seminar – Chris Cote- Rosado Lab Title- Cuticular waxes in Rosaceae: Insights into crystal formation, biosynthesis, and the cuticular water
Exit Seminar- Miriam Fenniri Title-Wild berries as functional foods: Sensorial quality and bioactivities of phenolic metabolites Host- Abel Rosado
Faculty Presentation- Quentin Cronk Host- Sean Michaletz (chair, seminar committee) Title- Evolution and extinction in an oceanic island flora Location- MSL Theatre
Guest Speaker- Victoria Sork Affiliation- UCLA Host- Loren Rieseberg Title- Landscape genomics of California oaks and conservation applications. Location- MSL Theatre
Faculty Presentation- Jeannette Whitton Title- Lessons from nature’s clones: explaining the persistence of sexual and asexual reproduction in daisies and dandelions Host- Sean Michaletz
Guest Speaker- Rebecca Jordan Hosts: Amy Angert and Loren Rieseberg Affiliation- Australia’s National Science Agency Title- TBA Location- MSL Theatre
Exit Seminar- Nathaniel Klimpert Title- Phylogenetics and Genomic Evolution of Mycoheterotrophic Plants Host- Sean Graham Zoom 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm- 30 min MSc
Exit Seminar- Romulo Segovia Host- Sean Graham Title- Phylogenomics and deleterious mutational profiling of Ullucus tuberosus (Basellaceae) and the Lupinus mutabilis genome (Fabaceae) Location- MSL Theatre
Exit Seminar- Tina (Jinyi) Tan Title- Dissection of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum biology using genetic and cell biology approaches Host- Xin Li Location- MSL
Guest Speaker- Martijn Slot Affiliation- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute/Arizona State University Host- Sean Michaletz Title- Photosynthesis of tropical forest trees: Effects of temperature and atmospheric drought, and responses to experimental warming
Exit Seminar- Alberto Kikuchi Title- Evolutionary and functional genomics of mycoheterotrophic plants and their nutritional strategies Host- Sean Graham Location- MSL theatre
Guest Speaker- Tomokazu (Tomo) Kawashima Title- Moving Nuclei, Making Seeds: How Actin Controls Fertilization and Shapes Seed Development Affiliation- Associate Professor, Plant & Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Steering Committee Chair, Agricultural & Medical Biotechnology Undergraduate Program Host- Arif Ashraf
Exit Seminar- Xueru (Shari) Liu Title- From mutant to mechanism: Identifying plant immune regulators by forward genetics in Arabidopsis thaliana Host- Xin Li Location- MSL Theatre
Assistant Professor position in Non-Seed Plant Diversity (Bryophytes, Ferns, Lycophytes) Candidate #1 Jessie Pelosi Research seminar: Elucidating the evolution of fern diversity: genes, genomes, and gametophytes
Exit Seminar- Marcella Cross Title- Temperature responses of plant gas exchange from leaves to ecosystems Host- Sean Michaletz Location- MSL Theatre
Assistant Professor position in Non-Seed Plant Diversity (Bryophytes, Ferns, Lycophytes) Candidate #2 Tanner Robison Research seminar topic: Bryophytes provide new perspectives on a photosynthesis enhancing organelle
Assistant Professor position in Non-Seed Plant Diversity (Bryophytes, Ferns, Lycophytes) Candidate #3 David Wickell Seed-free (r)evolution: How studying ferns and lycophytes transforms evolutionary biology
Exit Seminar- Varoon Pornsinsiriruk Title- Variability, plasticity and inheritance of thermal tolerance in the bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana Host- Patrick Martone Location- MSL Theatre
Assistant Professor position in Non-Seed Plant Diversity (Bryophytes, Ferns, Lycophytes) Candidate #4- Erin Sigel Research seminar: Hybridization and Polyploidy: Defining Forces in Fern Evolution
Assistant Professor position in Non-Seed Plant Diversity (Bryophytes, Ferns, Lycophytes) Candidate #5-Blake Fauskee Research seminar: Exploring the adaptive potential of RNA editing in seed-free plants
Guest Speaker- Shuai Huang Affiliation- Ohio State University Host- Xin Li Title- Biomolecular Condensates in Plants Location- MSL Theatre
Assistant Professor position in Non-Seed Plant Diversity (Bryophytes, Ferns, Lycophytes) Candidate #6 Daniela Francisca Aros Mualin Research seminar: The missing link in land plants evolution: understanding non-seed plants functioning
Exit Seminar- Avery Kruger Title-Communities and Networks: Examining Ecological Patterns Through a Phylogenetic Trait Framework Host- Jonathan Davies
Exit Seminar – Reilly Perovich Title- TBA Host- Lacey Samuels
Exit Seminar- Ara Jamaldin (Todesco Lab) Title- Ara Jamaldin- Characterizing chromosomal inversion 13.01 in Helianthus annuus Hosts- Marco Todesco Location- MSL Theatre (30 min, MSc Presentation)
Exit Seminar- Philippa Stone Title- Genomics and evolution of a Canadian carnivorous plant, Triantha (Tofieldiaceae) Host- Sean Graham
Guest Speaker- Luiza Aparecido Affiliation- University of Utah Host- Sean Michaletz Title- Plant responses to a warming world Location- MSL Theatre
Exit seminar- Wesley Gerelle Title- TBA Host- Sean Graham
Exit Seminar- Noodin Jacko-Reynolds Title- Single cell transcriptomics illuminate plastid evolution in invertebrate parasites Host- Patrick Keeling Location- MSL Theatre
Exit Seminar- Alyssa Dasilva Curiel Title- TBA Host- Reinhard Jetter
Exit Seminar- Sean Ritter Host- Geoff Wasteneys Title- TBA Location- MSL Theatre
Guest Speaker: Patrick Edger Affiliation: Associate Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Michigan State University Title: Subgenome dominance in interspecific hybrids and allopolyploids Host: Keith Adams
Guest Speaker- Craig Barrett, Davidson lecture Affiliation- West Virginia University Title- Phylogenetics and evolution of mycoheterotrophy in the orchids Host- Sean Graham Location- MSL Theatre
Guest Speaker- Sean Montgomery (Previous PDF, Graham Lab) Title- Diversity and evolution of chromatin regulatory states across eukaryotes Host- Sean Graham
Guest Speaker- Cecilia Rodriguez-Furlan Affiliation- Washington State University Title- The Overlooked Giant: How Vacuole Trafficking and Morphology Shape Plant Cell Growth Host- Arif Ashraf
Exit Seminar- Milos Simovic Title- TBA Host- Sean Michaletz MSL Theatre
Exit Seminar- MJ Herrin Title- Exploring the role of microbiota in sediments to improve seagrass restoration science Host- Laura Parfrey