Except where otherwise indicated, seminars will be held Thursdays at 4 pm in PLS 1140. If you are interested in meeting with any of the speakers, please notify the host faculty member.
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Date: |
Guest Speaker: |
Presentation Title |
University/Institution: |
Host: |
| February 5 (Wednesday 4:30PM) | Matt Arnn, ASLA |
100 Years of Landscape Architects in the U.S. Forest Service (Room 1130) |
U.S. Forest Service | Byoung Suk Kweon (LARC Program Seminar) |
| February 6 | TBD | |||
| February 13 | Jenny Roe | Green Health: How Access to Nature in the city can boost Mental and Social Health | University of Virginia | Naomi Sachs |
| February 20 | Kelly Dawe | De novo assembly and interpretation of the maize pangenome | University of Georgia | Yiping Qi |
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February 27 |
Susana Milla-Lewis | Integrating Classical and Genomic Approaches for Turfgrass Improvement in North Carolina | North Carolina State University | Lovepreet Singh |
| March 4 (Wednesday 4:30PM) | Diane Jones Allen |
Creative and Sustainable Place Making Through Trans-active Engagement (Register here. Room 1130) |
University of Texas Arlington | Byoung Suk Kweon (LARC Program Seminar) |
| March 5 | Carolina Torres | Challenges to produce apples in a Hot and Dry Environment | Washington State University | Macarena Farcuh |
| March 12-(postponed) | Edward Eisenstein |
Biochemical and Genomics Approaches to Disentangle Poplar-Rust Interactions |
UMD IBBR | Gary Coleman/ Vijay Tiwari |
| March 19 | Spring Break (no seminar) | |||
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March 26 (postponed) |
Christopher Walsh | Maintaining Orchard Sustainability in an Era of Climate Change: Lessons from Blueberry, Apple and Asian Pear | UMD | |
| April 2 (postponed) | James Giovannoni | Cornell (BTI) | Macarena Farcuh | |
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April 9 (postponed) |
Bob Nielsen | Serving Indiana Agriculture with Applied Research and Extension | Purdue | Nicole Fiorellino |
| April 16 (postponed) | Brad Day | From Filaments to Function: How actin cytoskeletal changes drive gene expression and cell signaling | Michigan State University | Yiping Qi |
| April 23 (postponed) | Gerald Holmes | Managing soilborne diseases of strawberry post-methyl bromide | Cal Poly-Strawberry Center | Mengjun Hu |
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April 30 (postponed) |
Adrian Hegeman | University of Minnesota | John Erwin | |
| May 7 (TBD) | PSLA Awards and Ice Cream Social |
To nominate or invite a speaker, please contact Dr. Mengjun Hu at mjhu@umd.edu or call 301-405-5586.
