Spring 2025
January 23, 2025
Dr. Sean Finnie, Director of the USDA-ARS Western Wheat Quality, School of Food Science, Washington State University
“Utilizing Wheat’s Inherent Potential to Enhance Nutrition and Quality in Baked Goods”
To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am
March 20, 2025
Dr. Sidney Shaw, Professor, Department of Biology, Indiana University
“Pattern and Architecture of Arabidopsis Cortical Microtubule Arrays”
To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am
March 27, 2025
Dr. Deyu Xie, Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University
“Biosynthesis of Plant Papanridins: A Subclass of Novel Oligomeric Flavonoids”
To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am
April 17, 2025
Sujith Puthiyaveetil, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University
“Maintenance of plant photosystems under high light stress”
To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am
May 1, 2025
Dr. Ruth Welti, University Distinguished Professor, Division of Biology, Kansas City University
“Using mass spectrometry-based lipidomics to gain insight into plant lipid metabolism”
To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am
May 15, 2025
Dr. Abe Koo, Associate Professor, Biochemistry Division, University of Missouri
“Multifaceted Roles of Plastidial Phospholipase A1: From Jasmonate Biosynthesis to Triacylglycerol Accumulation”
To be held in BLS 402, 9:30am – 10:30am