Plant Biology Graduate Group Seminar Series

Peter Pellitier, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Stanford University, presents "Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Traits and The Making of Future Forests".

Armando Bravo, PhD, Principal Investigator & Assistant Member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, presents "Unveiling insights into the most ancient plant-microbe mutualism through comparative phylogenomics".

Erin Nuccio, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, presents "Fungal-bacterial interactions in the mycorrhizal hyphosphere".

Eyal Fridman, Group Leader, Volcani Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Israel, presents "Cytonuclear-Driven Plasticity/Stability in Barley Evolution: Hedging Bets in Changing Environments?"

Prof. Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein, Technion, presents "Brassinosteroid regulation of root growth across multiple scales".

Dr. Firas Bou Daher, University of Minnesota, presents "Coordination of Auxin, Cell Wall, and Cytoskeleton in Early Seedling Development for Successful Plant Establishment".

Ying-Chung Jimmy Lin, Associate Professor, National Taiwan University, presents "Single-Cell Transcriptomics Reveals Progressive Loss of Developmental Complexity of Xylem across Seed Plants".

Ashley DuVal, Senior Scientist, Genetics and Breeding, Mars Wrigley, presents "Understanding and harnessing rootstock scion interactions in cacao".

Dr. Alison Sweeney, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Physics, Yale University, presents "A Simple Mechanism for Optimal Light-Use Efficiency of Photosynthesis Inspired by Giant Clams".

Dr. Jiming Jiang, Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, presents "Enhancers and mysteries of plant gene expression".