Seminar Series

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