Seminar Series

Fall 2024

August 26, 2024

Dr. Wheaton Schroeder, Assistant Professor, The Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University

“Applications of Computational Systems Biology for Investigation and Bioengineering of Plants”

To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am

September 9, 2024

Dr. Michael Smanski, McKnight Land Grant Professor, Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota

“Engineering speciation and its impact on agriculture and crop technology”

To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am

October 21, 2024

Dr. Ram Dixit, Professor, Department of Biology, Washington University of St. Louis

“How Plants to the Twist”

To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am

October 28, 2024

Dr. Vivian Lin, Staff Scientist, Chemical Biology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

“Chemical tools for probing protein functions in plants and microbes”

To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am

November 18, 2024

Dr. Trymaine Gaither, Special Assistant to the Provost for Inclusive Excellence, Provost Office, Washington State University

The Mindful Path to Equity: Promoting Psychological Safety and Emotional Intelligence in the IBC Community”

Zoom Only

December 2, 2024

Dr. Dylan Kosma, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno

“Specialized Lipid Metabolism: Understanding the Biosynthesis and Transcriptional Regulation of Protective Plant Lipid-Derived Natural Products”

To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am

December 5, 2024

Dr. Pablo Szekely, Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Medicine, Duke University

“Patterning and growth are coordinated early in the cell cycle”

To be held in VBRB 305, 9:30am – 10:30am

December 9, 2024

Dr. Yingqi Cai, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas

“Packaging Vegetable Oils: The Cellular Machinery for Lipid Droplet Biogenesis in Plants”

To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am

December 12, 2024

Dr. Leila Feiz, Senior Research Associate, Boyce Thompson Institute

“Investigating the Interplay of Factors in Plant Cell Physiology and Development”

To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am