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 carbon dioxide. This reaction produces toxic intermediates that must be recycled at the cost of energy and previously fixed carbon. This cost is not trivial, resulting in the loss of 320 million dietary calories annually from the Midwest alone and consuming 30-40% of a C3 plant’s […]
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 blades harbor abundant and diverse microbial communities, which are also impacted by ocean warming. We will dive into the world of kelp microbiomes, looking at the factors that shape the assembly and composition, micron-scale spatial structure, and functional role of the kelp microbiome. Finally, kelp play […]
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
Exit Seminar- Marcella Cross Title- Temperature responses of plant gas exchange from leaves to ecosystems Host- Sean Michaletz Location- MSL Theatre
Exit Seminar- Varoon Pornsinsiriruk Title- Variability, plasticity and inheritance of thermal tolerance in the bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana Host- Patrick Martone Location- MSL Theatre
Guest Speaker- Shuai Huang Affiliation- Ohio State University Host- Xin Li Title- TBA Location- MSL Theatre
Exit Seminar- Avery Kruger Title- TBA 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- TBA Host- Sean Graham
Guest Speaker- Luiza Aparecido Affiliation- University of Utah Host- Sean Michaletz Title- TBA 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- 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