Seminars for this semester will be held on Mondays at 12:00 PM virtually and in person where indicated. Seminars are hybrid. If you are interested in meeting with any of the speakers, please notify the host faculty member. Questions? Contact Seminar Co-Chairs Dr. Vijay Tiwari or Dr. Colby Silvert
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Date: |
Guest Speaker: |
Presentation Title |
Virtual/In person |
University/Institution: |
Faculty Host: |
Sponsor: | Recordings: |
| 2.5.24 | Yunde Zhao, PhD |
Improving gene editing technology for auxin research: surprising findings |
In person | UC-San Diego | Yiping Qi | ||
| 2.12.24 | David Cook, PhD | Impacting Agriculture through Basic Science | Virtual | Kansas State U | Graduate Students | ||
| 2.19.24 | Pat Heist, PhD |
Using Fermentation Science to Start a Successful Business. |
In Person | Diana Cochran | |||
| 2.26.24 | Kelly Lemon, MLA |
Food, productive landscapes, and healthcare and mental/behavioral health environments. |
In Person | UIUC | LARC | ||
| 3.4.24 | Juan Debarnardi, PhD | UC Davis Plant Transformation Facility: Supporting plant research community with improved plant transformation and genome editing technologies. | In person | UC Davis | Vijay Tiwari | ||
| 3.11.24 | Dr. Rebecca Bart, PhD | Genetics, genomics and epigenomics for sustainable crop improvement. | In-person | The Bart Lab at Danforth Center | Nidhi Rawat | ||
| 3.25.24 | Stephanie Sjoberg | A day in the life of a plant breeder, an industry perspective | In-person | Daniel Rodriguz-Leal | |||
| 4.1.24 | Moon Kim, PhD | TBD | In-person | USDA Beltsville | Fereshteh Shahoveisi | ||
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| 4.15.24 | Jorge Fonseca, PhD |
Toward Natural Resource Optimization and Sustainability: An interdisciplinary approach to food quality |
In-person | USDA Belstville | Macarena Farcuh | ||
| 4.22.24 | Nicholas Santantonio, PhD | TBD | In-person | Virginia Tech | Vijay Tiwari/ Colby Silvert | ||
| 4.29.24 | Macarena Farcuh, PhD | TBD | In-person | UMD | Internal Faculty |
