Spring 2019
January 24, 2019
Dr. Carrie Harwood, Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington
“Nitrogenase, hydrogen and bacterial longevity”
To be held in Clark Hall 149, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm
February 28, 2019
Dr. Florence Mus, Senior Scientific Assistant, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
” Establishing genetic determinants of nitrogen fixation to enhance beneficial plant-microbe interaction”
To be held in Clark Hall 149, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm
CANCELLED-Reschedule in Fall.
March 7, 2019
Dr. Rebecca Mosher, Associate Director and Associate Professor, The School of Plant Sciences, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, The University of Arizona
“Evolution of RNA Polymerases in plants: understanding duplication of multi-subunit complexes”
To be held in Clark Hall 149, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm
March 28, 2019
Dr. Ross Sozzani, Associate Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University
“Integration of genome-wide approaches with imaging tools and modeling to understand network dynamics regulating stem cell”
To be held in Clark Hall 149, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm
April 11, 2019
Dr. Lance Seefeldt, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Utah State University
“Insights into the nitrogenase mechanism”
To be held in Clark Hall 149, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm
April 15, 2019
Kyle M. Lancaster, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University
“Mechanistic and Electronic Structural Insights into the Metallobiochemistry of Nitrification”
To be held in BLS 402, 12:10pm – 1:00pm
April 18, 2019
Dr. Amy Marshall-Colon, Assistant Professor, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Modeling dependence in nitrogen signaling cascades using dynamic transcriptome data”
To be held in Clark Hall 149, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm
May 16, 2019
Dr. Laura E. Bartley, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma
“Mastering Exterior Decoration: Insights into Synthesis and Regulation of Grass Cell Walls”
To be held in Clark Hall 149, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm