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DIVISION
OF PLANT PATHOLOGY & MICROBIOLOGY Spring
2003 SEMINAR SERIES |
| DATE |
SPEAKER
|
TITLE |
| Jan 17 | Dr.
Jin-Rin Xu Assistant Professor of Fungal Biology Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Purdue University West Lafayette, IN |
"Signaling systems regulating appressorium formation in the rice blast fungus" |
| Jan 24 | Dr.
Gladys Cassab Assistant Professor National University of Mexico Plant Molecular Biology |
"Root cap molecular and physiological mechanisms that promote growth and development of plants" |
| Jan 31 | Dr.
Rod Wing, Professor and Director Plant Genomics Institute & Department of Plant Sciences University of Arizona |
"TBA" |
| Feb 7 | Dr.
Jonathan Jones Sainsbury Laboratory John Innes Centre, UK |
"Innate immunity in plants" |
| Feb 14 | Dr.
Sara Tucker Research Associate Department of Plant Pathology |
"Characterization of a metallothionein-encoding gene from Magnaporthe grisea" |
| Feb 21 | Dr.
Jorge Vivanco Assistant Professor Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Colorado State University |
"Allelopathy and exotic plant invasion: from molecules and genes to communities" |
| Feb 28 | Seminar
at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Jenifer McBeath, Professor Plant, Animals and Soils Department University of Alaska |
"Plant Pathology and World Trade: a Alaska case study" |
| Mar 7 | Seminar
at 9:00 a.m. Dr. Mary Tierney, Associate Professor Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics University of Vermont |
"Proline-rich structural cell wall proteins and their role in plant defense and development" |
| Mar 7 | Dr.
Richard Dixon Plant Biology Division Director Noble Foundation |
"Genetic modification of phenylpropanoid synthesis for plant, animal and human health" |
| Mar 14 | Dr.
Robert Gilbertson Emeritus Professor Department of Plant Pathology University of Arizona |
"The History of the Mycological Herbarium" |
| Mar 21 | No seminar | SPRING BREAK |
| Mar 28 | Dr.
Sam Gnanamanickam Professor University of Madras-Guindy INDIA |
"Role of Disease Resistance Genes and Bacterial Biocontrol Agents for Rice Disease Management" |
| Apr 4 | Gladys
Mbofung Graduate Student Department of Plant Pathology |
"'Molecular characterization and detection of Fusarium oxysporum forma specialis lactucum (Foxyl), causal agent of Fusarium wilt of lettuce" |
| Apr 11 | Dr.
Ellen Kellner Research Tec Plant Pathology Department University of Arizona |
"Disruption of a 1,3-b-glucan synthase homolog in the Valley Fever fungus, Coccidioides posadasii" |
| Apr 18 | Gerard
White Graduate Student Department of Plant Pathology |
"The effect of the conditionally dispensable chromosome on rhizosphere colonization by the fungus Nectria haematococca MPVI" |
| Apr 25 | Yolanda
Flores-Lara Graduate Student Department of Plant Pathology |
"Characterization of early host-nematode relationship between Meloidogyne incognita and two different alfalfa cultivars" |