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| Plant Research Laboratory Michigan State University Plant Biology Building Room 106 East Lansing, MI 48824-1312 Phone: (517) 353-2270 Fax: (517) 353-9168 |
Home > Seminars > PRL Seminars 2006-07
PRL Seminars 2006-09
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Plant Biology Seminar Series Room 101 Biochemistry Building Mondays at 4:10 p.m. |
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Monday Seminars, Spring 2009
| Date & Host | Speaker | Title |
| January 26 |
Dr. Andrew Bent |
LRR-containing receptors and poly-ADP (ribosyl)ation: Unraveling the basis of plant-pathogen interactions |
| February 2 |
Dr. Rowan Sage |
The evolution of C4 photosynthesis |
| February 9 |
Dr. Edgar Spalding University of Wisconsin |
Using computer vision to study seedling development |
| February 16 |
Dr. Doug Schemske MSU Plant Biology |
Ecological genetics of adaptation |
| February 23 |
Dr. Greg Gilbert |
Phyloepidemiology: Phylogenetic signal in plant pathogen host ranges |
| March 2 |
Dr. Kenneth Wolfe University of Dublin, Ireland |
Genes added, genes lost, genomes rearranged: The evolutionary route from a reconstructed ancestor to the modern Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome |
| March 9 |
MSU Spring Break | |
| March 16 |
Dr. Alice Barkan University of Oregon |
Emergence of novel RNA-binding domains in the context of nuclear-organellar co-evolution |
| March 23 |
Dr. Joerg Bohlmann |
Chemical diversity in conifer defense |
| March 30 |
No seminar |
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| April 6 PRL, Walton |
Dr. Rosemary Loria |
Streptomyces: A novel path to plant pathogenecity |
| April 13 |
Dr. Todd Mockler Oregon State University |
Analyzing alternative splicing in plants using high-throughput sequencing (HTS) |
| April 20 - PRL |
Dr. Richard Amasino University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Epigenetics and vernalization: How certain plants "remember" winter |
| April 27 |
Dr. Chuck Delwiche University of Maryland at College Park |
The evolutionary origin of land plants: an EST view |
Monday Seminars, Fall 2008
| Date & Host | Speaker | Title |
| August 25 |
Dr. Zhiyong Wang |
Fill the gaps in the brassinosteroid signaling pathway by proteomics |
| September 8 |
Dr. Elliot Meyerowitz |
Live imaging and computational modeling of the Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem |
| September 15 |
Dr. Geoffrey Wasteneys University of British Columbia, Canada |
Building walls: How the physical properties of cellulose require dynamic microtubules |
| September 22 |
Dr. Monica Geber Cornell University |
Ecological and evolutionary limits on geographic range expansion |
| September 29 |
Dr. Mark Rausher |
Genetics and evolution of flower color |
| October 6 |
Dr. Jonathan Jones John Innes Centre, UK |
Monitoring and manipulating information flow at the host/pathogen interface |
| October 13 |
Dr. Jon Agren Uppsala University, Sweden |
Ecology and evolution of plant adaptation |
| October 20 |
Dr. William Underwood University of California, Berkeley |
Regulation and localization of the PEN3 ABC transporter in Arabidopsis disease resistance |
| October 27 |
Dr. Sebastian Bednarek |
Membrane dynamics during plant cytokinesis and polarized cell expansion |
| November 3 |
Dr. Ralph Quatrano Washington University in St. Louis |
The roles of the actin nucleating complexes (Arp2/3 & SCAR) and the transcriptional regulator ABI3 in moss (Physcomitrella patens) development |
| November 10 PLB, Buell |
Dr. Jiming Jiang |
Rice centromeres: Light from the black holes of plant genomes |
| November 17 |
Dr. Sondra Lazarowitz Cornell University |
Cell-to-cell trafficking in plants: Viruses touch a nerve |
| November 24 |
Dr. Tom Sharkey MSU, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Temperature responses of photosynthesis |
| December 1 |
Dr. Christopher Klausmeier MSU Kellogg Biological Station |
Theoretical approaches to plankton ecology |
Monday Seminars, Spring 2008
| Date & Host | Speaker | Title |
| January 7 |
Dr. George Wagner |
Specific functions of two different trichome types in tobacco |
| January 14 |
Dr. Heather Hallen-Adams |
The amatoxin gene super-family: A new fungal paradigm |
| January 21 |
Dr. Bin Han Natl. Center for Gene Research, China |
Comparative genomics studies of the Asian cultivated rice subspecies indica and japonica and progress in rice functional genomics research in China |
| January 28 |
Dr. Kenneth Keegstra MSU PRL |
Progress and problems in understanding plant cell wall biosynthesis |
| February 4 |
Dr. Donald Bryant |
Bioprospecting in Yellowstone National Park: Discovery of a 6th phylum containing chlorophototrophs and other adventures in genomics |
| February 18 |
Dr. Alan Collmer Cornell University |
Looking at Pseudomonas syringae-plant interactions through the aperture of the type III secretion system |
| February 25 |
Dr. Donald Ort University of Illinois |
The dependence of yield on photosynthesis: Opportunities for improvement |
| March 10 |
Dr. Mary Rumpho University of Maine |
Horizontal gene transfer and the evolution of photosynthesis in a kleptoplastic sea slug |
| March 24 |
Dr. John Raven |
What has genomics told us about oceanic primary productivity? |
| March 31 |
Dr. Iris Meier Ohio State University |
New activities at the plant nuclear pore |
| April 7 PLB Graduate Students |
Dr. Jiankang Zhu |
Small RNAs and epigenetic regulation in abiotic stress |
| April 14 |
Dr. William Lucas University of California, Davis |
Plasmodesmata, the phloem and control over flowering: In search of florigen |
| April 21 |
Dr. Maureen Hanson Cornell University |
Genetic and developmental variation in the dynamic morphology of plastids and stromules |
Monday Seminars, Fall 2007
| Date & Host | Speaker | Title |
| August 27 |
Dr. Yunde Zhao |
The role of yucca flavin monooxygenases in auxin biosynthesis |
| September 10 |
Dr. Bo Liu |
Roles of microtubule-based motor kinesins in plant cell growth |
| September 17 |
Dr. Maria Harrison Cornell University |
The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis; genomics approaches to dissect development and function |
| September 24 |
Dr. Terry Chapin University of Alaska, Fairbanks |
Social-ecological sustainability in a changing world: Concepts and policy strategies to address climate change in Alaska |
| October 1 |
Dr. Jeff Chen |
Mechanisms and evolution of plant polyploids |
| October 8 |
Dr. Helen Alexander University of Kansas |
A 20-year study of the population ecology of a cryptic plant, Mead's milkweed: Population trajectories and estimates of survival and detection |
| October 15 |
Dr. Douglas Landis MSU |
Harvesting ecosystem services from biofuels |
| October 22 |
Dr. Joseph Kieber University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Cytokinin Signaling: A bacterial paradigm in a eukaryotic world |
| October 29 |
Pending |
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| November 5 |
Dr. Herman Höfte Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, Versailles, France |
Building walls for growth in plants |
| November 12 PRL, Howe |
Dr. George Jander |
Arabidopsis-aphid interactions |
| November 19 |
Dr. Thomas Boller University of Basel, Switzerland |
Innate immunity in plants |
| November 26 |
Dr. Reinhard Jetter U British Columbia, Canada |
Secondary metabolites at the plant surface: Biological chemistry of cuticular triterpenoids |
| December 3 |
Dr. Chris Staiger |
Regulation of actin dynamics |
Monday Seminars, Spring 2007
| Date & Host | Speaker | Title |
| January 8 PLB-Telewski | Dr. Jeff Mitton University of Colorado | Historical biogeography of ponderosa pine and limber pine inferred from organellar genomes |
| January 22 PLB-Malmstrom | Dr. Phil Robertson Michigan State University | Accounting for greenhouse gases in agricultural landscapes: An ecosystem approach |
| January 29 PRL-Brandizzi | Dr. Jurgen Denecke University of Leeds, UK | Transport of the plant vacuolar sorting receptor: A tail's tale |
| February 5 PRL-Keegstra | Dr. Diane Bassham Iowa State University | Vacuolar autophagy in plant senescence and abiotic stress responses |
| February 12 PLB-Last | Dr. Molly Jahn University of Wisconsin | The translation initiation factor, eIF4E, and resistance to plant viruses |
| February 19 PRL-Benning | Dr. Greg Vanlerberghe University of Toronto | Role of mitochondrial alternative oxidase in plant cell metabolism and physiology |
| February 26 | Dr. Chris Staiger University of Toronto | Seminar cancelled. |
| March 12 PLB-Malmstrom | Dr. Glenn Juday University of Alaska Fairbanks | Climate change, tree-ring studies, biodiversity, forest management and forest dvelopment following fire |
| March 19 PLB-Last | Dr. Jim Birchler University of Missouri | Genetic and epigenetic aspects of centromere specification in maize and the development of artificial chromosome platforms |
| March 26 PRL Students | Dr. Rich Jorgensen University of Arizona | Evolutionary and functional diversification of the epigenome: A paragenetic perspective on the role of RNA silencing in the biology of plants |
| April 2 PLB Students | Dr. Steven Huber University of Illinois | Oxidative signaling in plants: Possible role for methionine oxidation? |
| April 9 PLB-Prather | Dr. Lynn Bohs University of Utah | Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Solanaceae family including an update on the PBI Solanum Project |
| April 16 PRL-Walton Anton Lang Memorial Lecture | Dr. Mark Estelle Indiana University | Genetic and biochemical studies of the auxin receptor reveals a novel mechanism of hormone perception |
| April 23 PRL-He/Day | Dr. Brian Staskawicz UC Berkeley | Pathogen effector proteins as molecular probes to elucidate Arabidopsis disease resistance signaling networksl |
Monday Seminars, Fall 2006
| Date & Host | Speaker | Title |
| August 28 PLB-Ohlrogge | Dr. Robert Mullen University of Guelph | Peroxisome biogenesis and the formation of multi-vesicular peroxisomes during tombusvirus infection: A role for ESCRT |
| September 11 PLB-Osteryoung | Dr. Jodi Nunnari UC Davis | The machines that divide and fuse mitochondria |
| September 18 PRL-Howe | Dr. Tao Sang Michigan State University | Rice domestication: An old experiment yielding new insights into evolution and signal transduction |
| September 25 PRL-Howe | Dr. Paul Staswick University of Nebraska | Regulating plant hormones by conjugation; jasmonates, auxins, and more! |
| October 2 PRL-Howe | Dr. David Baulcombe John Innes Centre | Small silencing RNAs--the dark matter of genetics |
| October 9 PRL-Keegstra | Dr. Tobias Baskin University of Massachusetts | Role of actin in auxin responses: Needling the pins |
| October 16 PRL-Howe | Dr. Robert Hill University of Manitoba | Upstream components of ABA signal transduction |
| October 23 PLB-Malmstrom | Dr. Jessica Gurevitch State University of New York, Stony Brook | Causes and consequences of plant invasions: Experiments and generalizations |
| October 30 PRL Students | Dr. Clarence (Bud) Ryan Washington State University | Peptide signaling in plant innate immunity |
| November 6 PLB Students | Dr. John Willis Duke University | Genetic analysis of adaptation and reproductive isolation in Mimulus |
| November 13 PLB-Shachar-Hill | Dr. Julian Schroeder UC San Diego | Guard cell signaling and ion channel regulation; new CO2 and abscisic acid signal transduction mechanisms |
| November 20 PLB-Shiu | Dr. Blake Meyers University of Delaware | Deep transcriptional profiling in plants using signature sequencing |
| November 27 PLB-Turetsky | Dr. Kathleen Treseder UC Irvine | Fungi, ecosystems, and global change |
| December 4 PRL-Walton/Trail | Dr. Nancy Keller University of Wisconsin-Madison | Chromatin mechanisms regulating transcriptional activation of fungal gene clusters |
Tuesday Noon Seminar Schedule
Spring 2009
168 Plant Biology
| Date & Host | Speaker (Mentor) | Title |
| January 6 |
Weiqing Zeng |
Arabidopsis leaf surface structures: Their development and roles in defense |
| January 13 |
Nino Nikolovski |
Pectin: New insights from an old polymer through a pectinase-based screen |
| January 20 |
Markus Gunl |
Identification of cell wall mutants using mass spectrometry |
| January 27 |
Michael Held (Brandizzi) |
Identification and characterization of a membrane-tethered Myb transcription factor in Arabidopsis |
| February 3 |
Malia Dong (Thomashow) |
Gating of cold-regulated gene expression by the circadian clock in Arabidopsis |
| February 10 |
Brett Whitty |
The Solanaceae comparative genomics resource |
| February 17 |
Naoko Kobayashi (DellaPenna) |
Tocopherol metabolism, oxidation, and recycling under high light in Arabidopsis |
| February 24 |
Imad Ajjawi (Last) |
Map-based cloning and characterization of the elusive FAD4 desaturase |
| March 3 |
Sankalpi Warnasooriya (Montgomery-Kaguri) |
Regulation of organ-specific phytochrome responses by far-red light in Arabidopsis |
| March 10 |
MSU Spring Break |
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| March 17 |
Jacob Jensen (Pauly, GLBRC) |
Transcriptional profiling in Nasturtium seeds--a search for the XyG transcription factor |
| March 24 |
Sascha Gille |
xeg113--a new cell wall mutant affected in a GT77 family gene |
| March 31 |
Jeongwoon Kim (Last) |
Chemical and genetic analysis of introgression lines and EMS mutant lines to identify biochemical pathways in tomato trichomes |
| April 7 |
Jian Yao (He) |
Charactierization of AtJAZ4, a negative regulator in the Arabidopsis jasmonate signaling pathway |
| April 14 |
Jinjie Liu (Wolk) |
Looking for proteins that interact with response regulator patA in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 |
| April 21 |
Marco Herde (Howe) |
Global analysis of plant and insect genes involved in mutual adaptation strategies |
| April 28 |
Yan Wang (Keegstra) |
Using fenugreek as a model system to study galactomannan biosynthesis |
Tuesday Noon Seminars, Fall 2008
| Date & Host | Speaker (Mentor) | Title |
| August 26 |
Kevin Childs |
Genome-wide SNP discovery and analysis in rice |
| September 2 |
Ana Alonso |
Central metabolic fluxes in the endosperm of developing maize seeds |
| September 9 |
Rachel Miller |
Oil biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii |
| September 16 |
David Cavalier (Keegstra, GLBRC) |
Xyloglucan biosynthesis in Arabidopsis |
| September 23 |
Brad Cavinder (Trail) |
Taming loose cannons: Ascospore discharge in Gibberella zeae |
| September 30 |
Young Nam Lee |
Characterization of subcellular localization and function of HopM1 and AtMIN7 in Arabidopsis thaliana |
| October 7 |
Jonathan Davis (Keegstra) |
Membrane topology and cellular localization of hemicellulose biosynthetic enzymes |
| October 14 |
Eric Moellering (Benning) |
Regulation of triacylglycerol metabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Towards algal feedstocks for biofuels |
| October 21 |
No seminar |
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| October 28 |
Doug Allen |
The role of light in developing soybean seed metabolism |
| November 4 |
Lori Imboden (He) |
Searching for the GTPase substrates of the Arabidopsis ARF-guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) AtMIN7 |
| November 11 |
Jin-Ho Kang |
Characterization of tomato trichome mutants and their role in herbivore resistance |
| November 18 |
Navneet Kaur (Hu) |
Proteolytic regulation of Arabidopsis peroxisome biogenesis and function |
| November 25 |
Neil Adhikari (Larkin) |
Regulation of GUN4-chloroplast membrane interactions |
| December 2 |
Francisco Uribe (He) |
AvrE, a Pseudomonas syringae type III effector |
Tuesday Noon Seminars,
Spring 2008
Speaker (Lab) Title January 8 Mintu Desai Light promotes Arabidopsis peroxisome proliferation through PHYA, HYH, and PEX11b proteins January 15 Igor Libourel February 12 February 19 February 26 Florian Kraemer March 11 March 25 April 1 April 8 Jonathan Glynn April 22
Date & Host
(Hu)
(Shachar-Hill) Construction of kinetic models from bi-directional metabolic flux meausrements
Abe Koo
(Howe)Alternative routes for JA biosynthesis and wound signaling
Cheng Zou
(Shiu)
Genes involved in plant stress response and their function
(Pauly) Characterization of AXY3, an altered xyloglucan mutant
Xinchun Zhang
(Hu)
FIS1 and DRP3 coordinately regulate Arabidopsis peroxisome division
March 18
Christy Mecey
(He)
Molecular basis of chlorosis caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato strain DC3000 infection in Arabidopsis thaliana
Timothy Durrett
(Ohlrogge)
Characterization of acetyl-glyceride production in seeds of Euonymus alatus
Chin Mei Lee
(Thomashow)
Identification of trans-acting factors involved in cold-induced CBF2 expression in Arabidopsis
Wanessa Wight
(Walton)
Role of depudecin, a histone deacetylase inhibitor in plant pathogen interaction
April 15
(Osteryoung)
Functional analysis of ARC6 a key component of the plastid division machine
Caleb Knepper
(Day)Exploring the role of NDR1 in plant defense to a bacterial pathogen
Tuesday Noon Seminars, Fall 2007
| Date & Host | Speaker (Lab) | Title |
| August 28 | Leron Katsir | COI1 is a jasmonate receptor |
| September 11 | Marcin Nowicki | Protein-protein interactions in the plant nucleotide-sugar interconversion |
| September 18 | Janet Paper (Walton) | In vitro and in planta secreted proteins from Fusarium graminearum |
| September 25 | Melissa Lehti-Shiu (Shiu) | Evolutionary history and stress responsiveness of plant receptor-like kinases |
| October 2 | Cheng Zou | Genes involved in plant stress response and their function change along evolution |
| October 9 | Michael Younger (Benning) | Mechanistic characterization of WRINKLED1p: an AP2 transcription factor |
| October 16 | Binbin Lu (Benning) | Functional analysis of a phosphatidate transporter complex in Arabidopsis |
| October 23 | Anthony Schilmiller (Last) | Specialized metabolism in tomato glandular trichomes |
| October 30 | Heather Hallen (Walton) | What makes toadstools deadly: Discovery of the amatoxin and phallotoxin biosynthetic genes |
| November 6 | Sascha Gille (Pauly) | Identification and characterization of a novel Arabidopsis thaliana cell wall mutant using a xyloglucan-specific endoglucanase (XEG) |
| November 13 | Weiqing Zeng | Identification and characterization of scd mutants |
| November 20 | Mike Ruckle (Larkin) | A role for plastid signals during photomorphogenesis |
| November 27 | Hoo Sun Chung (Howe) | JAZmonate signaling network in Arabidopsis |
| December 4 | Aaron Schmitz | Determining the chloroplast division roles of the two FtsZ families in Arabidopsis |
Tuesday Noon Seminars, Fall 2006
| Date | Speaker (Lab) | Title |
| 09/05 | Olivier Lerouxel (Keegstra) | Another brick in the wall: Characterization of a xyloglucan glucan synthase |
| 09/12 | Kohhei Otani (Walton) | Analysis of the HC-toxin biosynthetic gene cluster in Cochliobolus carbonum |
| 09/19 | Chang-cheng Xu (Benning) | Regulation of membrane lipid homeostatis by DGS1 in Arabidopsis |
| 09/26 | Harrie van Erp (Walton) | Regulation of cell wall biosynthetic enzymes and CSL gene expression in maize |
| 10/03 | Marcela Carvallo (Thomashow) | Low temperature regulatory networks in Solanum species |
| 10/10 | Elena Bray Speth (He) | The P. syringae effector AvrPto alters subcellular localization of the RabE GTPase in Arabidopsis |
| 10/17 | Joanna Tripp (Keegstra) | Targeting of Tic40 to the inner envelope membrane |
| 10/24 | Yan Lu (Last) | Functional and informatic analyses of the Arabidopsis plastid |
| 10/31 | Kousuke Hanada (Shiu) | Identification of novel Arabidopsis polyploids by the tiling array of Arabidopsis thaliana |
| 11/07 | Claudia Vergara (Walton) | Hemicellulose biosynthesis in cereals |
| 11/14 | David Cavalier (Keegstra) | Arabidopsis AtXT1 and AtXT2 encode xylosyltransferases involved in xyloglucan biosynthesis |
| 11/21 | Eliana Gonzales-Vigil (Howe) | The role of threonine deaminase in resistance of tomato to arthropod herbivores |
| 11/28 | Weiqing Zeng (He) | Identification of putative components involved in bacterium- and PAMP-induced stomatal closure |
| 12/5 | Miaoying Tian (Day) | Arabidopsis actin depolymerization factor ADF4 is involved in defense signaling transduction |
