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