September 22, 2023
Dr. Tim Durrett, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University
“Remodeling oilseed biochemistry to synthesize novel lipids with enhanced properties”
To be held in BLS 402, 11:00am – 11:50am
September 29, 2023
Dr. Asaph Cousins, Professor and Associate Director for Research for School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University
“Influence of Leaf Anatomy and Biochemistry on the Carbon Concentrating Mechanism in C4 Plants”
To be held in BLS 402, 11:00am – 11:50am
October 20, 2023
Dr. Doran Raccah, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin
“Towards an integrative model of photosynthetic energy conversion: A theoretical chemist dreams of an electronic (virtual) leaf”
To be held in BLS 402, 11:00am – 11:50am
October 27, 2023
Dr. Bonnie Bartel, Ralph and Dorothy Looney Professor, Department of Biosciences, Rice University
“Peroxisome function, dysfunction, and dynamics in Arabidopsis”
To be held in BLS 402, 11:00am – 11:50am
November 17, 2023
Dr. Katayoon (Katie) Dehesh, Director of Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, Ernst and Helen Leibacher Endowed Chair, Professor of Molecular Biochemistry, University of California Riverside
“Unraveling the function of the ancient and Conserved MEP Pathway in chloroplast-mediated regulation of adaptive responses”
To be held in BLS 402, 11:00am – 11:50am
December 1, 2023
Dr. Carolyn Rasmussen, Associate Professor, Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside
“Division plane orientation in plant cells”
To be held in BLS 402, 11:00am – 11:50m
December 15, 2023
Dr. Uta Paszkowski, Professor, Crop Science Centre, Cambridge University
“Molecular Genetics of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Cereals”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:50am
February 17, 2023
Dr. Mahmoud Gargouri, Visiting Scientist, University of Tunisia
“Below ground microbiome: a promising tool to improve agriculture sustainability and to mitigate climate change in the south Mediterranean”
To be held in BLS 402, 11:00am – 11:50am
March 10, 2023
Dr. Lydia Lam, Visiting Scholar, Akita University
“Biosynthesis and bioengineering of tricin-lignin and lignin p-coumarates in rice cell walls”
To be held in BLS 402, 11:00am – 11:50am
March 24, 2023
Dr. Lacey Samuels, Director of Bioimaging Facility, Akita University, Professor in Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Canada
“Unique Cannabis Trichome Structures Support Cannabinoid Biosynthesis”
To be held in BLS 402, 11:00am – 11:50m
April 21, 2023
Dr. Cynthia Gleason, Associate Professor, Plant Pathology, Washington State University
“The battle underground – insights into the plant-nematode interaction”
To be held in BLS 402, 11:00am – 11:50am
May 19, 2023
Dr. Jarmila Pittermann, Professor, Biology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
“In the shadow of angiosperms: physiological traits associated with the Cenozoic evolution of ferns”
To be held in BLS 402, 11:00am – 11:50am
September 9, 2022
John A. Browse Symposium on Plant Lipids and Beyond (schedule [*.pdf])
October 6, 2022
Dr. Georgia Drakakaki, Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
“Endomembrane dynamics and cell wall development”
To be held in VBRB 305, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
October 10, 2022
Dr. Ralph Bock, Professor, Organelle Biology, Biotechnology and Molecular Ecophysiology Department, Max Planck Institute, Potsdam-Golm
“Genomes gone wild: Experimental evolution meets synthetic biology”
To be held in VBRB 305, 4:10pm – 5:00pm
October 20, 2022
Dr. Doug Allen, USDA Research Scientist, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
“Isotopic Labeling & Metabolic Flux Analysis: Understanding Spatial and Temporal Metabolism for Crop Design”
To be held in VBRB 305, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
November 3, 2022
Dr. James Brozik, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Washington State University
“Biophysical Studies of Aquaporin-4 Mobility and Self-Assembly in Membranes”
To be held in VBRB 305, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
December 1, 2022
Dr. Wolfgang Busch, Professor, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
“Decoding Root Growth to Address Climate Change”
To be held in VBRB 305, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
December 15, 2022
Colleen Doherty, Associate Professor, Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Department, North Carolina State University
“Time and Stress Management: Understanding how changing patterns affect plant temperature responses”
To be held in VBRB 305, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
February 10, 2022
Dr. Hanjo Hellmann, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University
“Controlled protein stability to regulate abiotic stress tolerance and development in plants.”
To be held via Zoom, 2:00pm – 2:55pm (Zoom link to follow in announcement)
February 24, 2022
Dr. Jay Thelen, Professor of Biochemistry, Bond Life Sciences Center, College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, University of Missouri
“Fresh views on the regulation of fatty acid synthesis in plants.”
To be held via Zoom, 2:00pm – 2:55pm (Zoom link to follow in announcement)
March 10, 2022
Dr. Doug Muench, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
“Sequence-specific, programmable RNA-binding proteins and their use in targeted gene regulation.”
To be held via Zoom, 2:00pm – 2:55pm (Zoom link to follow in announcement)
March 24, 2022
Dr. Dylan Kosma, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Reno, Nevada
“Plant bandage: Identification of transcriptional regulators of wound suberin biosynthesis and deposition.”
To be held in Biotechnology Life Sciences 402, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
April 7, 2022
Dr. Abdul Azeez, Research Associate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
“Functional characterization of TAG remodeling genes in an emerging industrial oilseed crop Physaria fendleri”
To be held in Biotechnology Life Sciences 402, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
May 5, 2022
Dr. Geoff Wasteneys, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
“Terrestrial Success: decision making in plant roots.”
To be held in Biotechnology Life Sciences 402, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
May 12, 2022
Dr. Jeremy Jewell, Research Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University
“COI1-independent effects of jasmonate treatment: Unexpected avenues for exploration”
To be held in Biotechnology Life Sciences 402, 2:00pm – 2:55pm
May 19, 2022
Dr. Randy Beaudry, Professor, Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University
“Apple fruit aroma: A plant organ’s developmental destiny anticipates death with delight.”
To be held in Biotechnology Life Sciences 402, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
October 7, 2021
Dr. Roma Mukhopadhyay, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
“Characterization of thylakoid architecture dynamics of plant tissue in Ion channel mutants”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
November 4, 2021
Dr. John Cort, Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
“The Natural Products Magnetic Resonance Database”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
November 18, 2021
Dr. Ida Lager, Researcher/Associate Professor, Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
“Knowing the unknown in lipid metabolism – the need for classical biochemistry in the era of Systems Biology”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
December 16, 2021
Dr. Peter Bozhkov, Professor/Chair of Biochemistry; Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
“Life and death without caspases and apoptosis. How metacaspases shape plant development”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
October 7, 2021
Dr. Roma Mukhopadhyay, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
“Characterization of thylakoid architecture dynamics of plant tissue in Ion channel mutants”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
November 4, 2021
Dr. John Cort, Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
“The Natural Products Magnetic Resonance Database”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
November 18, 2021
Dr. Ida Lager, Researcher/Associate Professor, Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
“Knowing the unknown in lipid metabolism – the need for classical biochemistry in the era of Systems Biology”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
December 16, 2021
Dr. Peter Bozhkov, Professor/Chair of Biochemistry; Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
“Life and death without caspases and apoptosis. How metacaspases shape plant development”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
January 21, 2021
Dr. Niko Geldner, Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
“The last step is the hardest – lignin and suberin formation in the cell wall”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
February 4, 2021
Dr. Ian Wallace, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno
“Kinases, lipids, and sugars: How do plants regulate cell wall polysaccharide assembly”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
March 4, 2021
Dr. Xue-Rong Zhou, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
“Metabolic engineering of lipids: omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids from ocean to field”
To be held via Zoom, 2:00pm – 2:55pm (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
March 18, 2021
Dr. Malia Gehan, Assistant Member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
“Utilizing Natural Variation and High-Throughput Phenotyping for Crop Improvement”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
April 1, 2021
Dr. David Kramer, Hannah Distinguished Professor in Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics, College of Natural Science, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory
“Photosynthesis control”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
April 8, 2021
Dr. Ricard Sole, Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) Research Professor, University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
“Bioengineering the biosphere and other synthetic biology”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
April 15, 2021
Professor Ivo Feussner, George August University, Göttingen
“The glycosyltransferase UGT76B1 is critical for plant immunity as it governs the homeostasis of N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
April 29, 2021
Dr. Richard Dixon, Distinguished Research Professor/ Associate Director of the BioDiscovery Institute- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas
“Engineering plant cell wall polymers for a sustainable bioeconomy”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
May 6, 2021
Dr. Haniyeh Koochak, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
“Factors Involved in Ultrastructural Thylakoid Dynamics”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
May 13, 2021
Dr. Karen Sanguinet, Assistant Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences Department, Washington State University
“Root hairs development and nitrogen sensing”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
October 8, 2020
Prof. Peter Eastmond, Biochemist, Plant Sciences, Rothamsted Research, UK
“The role of plant lipid metabolism in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
October 15, 2020
Dr. Narayanan (Sri) Srividya, Research Associate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
“Structure-function relationships of enzymes involved in plant monoterpene biosynthesis – elucidating the determinants of catalytic specificity”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
October 22, 2020
Dr. Marcela Rojas-Pierce, Associate Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University
“Dynamics of plant vacuoles in physiology and development”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
October 29, 2020
Dr. Andreas Weber, Professor, Head of the Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich Heine University
“Evolution of C4 photosynthesis via C3-C4 intermediate stages”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
November 5, 2020
Dr. Lisa Ainsworth, Research Molecular Biologist, USDA-ARS, Adjunct Professor, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois
“C4 grass responses to elevated ozone pollution”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
November 19, 2020
Dr. Claudia Vickers, Director of the CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform
“Synthetic biology flux control tools for metabolic engineering: isoprenoids as a model system”
To be held via Zoom, 2:00pm – 2:55pm (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
December 3, 2020
Dr. John Morgan, Professor, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Director of Graduate Studies, Purdue University
“Kinetic modeling of plant phenylpropanoid metabolism”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
December 17, 2020
Dr. Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee, Senior Staff Scientist, Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science
“Metabolism in plant stress”
To be held via Zoom, 9:00am – 9:55am (Zoom link to follow in announcement).
February 6, 2020
Dr. Kevin Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University
“The Mycorrhizal Contribution to Plant Potassium Nutrition”
To be held in Biotechnology Life Sciences 402, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
February 12, 2020
Dr. Stanislav Kopriva, Professor, Institute of Botany, University of Cologne, Head of Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)
“Sulfur nutrition in C4 plants”
To be held in Bryan Hall 305, 12:10pm – 1:00pm
February 24, 2020
Dr. Ray Dixon, Professor, Fellow of the Royal Society, Co-Director, JIC-CAS Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
“Hierarchical regulation of nitrogen fixation in bacteria that associate with plants”
To be held in Biotechnology Life Sciences 402, 2:30pm – 3:30pm
CANCELED
March 12, 2020
Dr. Marcela Rojas-Pierce, Associate Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University
“Functions and regulation of plant vacuoles in stomata and gravitropism”
To be held in Biotechnology Life Sciences 402, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
CANCELED
April 2, 2020
Dr. David Kramer, Hannah Distinguished Professor in Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics, College of Natural Science, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory
“Title: TBD”
To be held in Biotechnology Life Sciences 402, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
CANCELED
April 16, 2020
Dr. Doug Muench, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
“PUF RNA-binding proteins: modular RNA recognition and prospects for programmable regulation of target RNAs”
To be held in Biotechnology Life Sciences 402, 2:10pm – 3:00pm
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
August 23, 2018
Dr. Paul Hwang, Assistant Research Professor, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
“ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and alpha-glucan phosphorylase: key enzymes important for regulation of starch biosynthesis and plant growth”
To be held in BLS 402, 4:00 pm – 5:00pm
August 30, 2018
Dr. Daniel Szymanski, Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University
“Multiscale computational modeling and proteomic analyses of protein complex function in plants”
To be held in VBR 305, 4:00 pm – 5:00pm
September 25, 2018
Dr. Andrei Smertenko, Assistant Professor, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State Department
“Organellomics of plant growth and drought adaptation”
To be held in Johnson Hall C0105, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm
October 11, 2018
Dr. Alice Barkan, Professor, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon
“Multilevel effects of light on ribosome dynamics in chloroplasts”
To be held in Johnson Hall C0105, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm
October 15, 2018
Dr. Xinnian Dong, Professor, Department of Biology, Duke University
“Precision in plant immune expression: Not lost in translation”
To be held in Johnson Hall C0105, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm
November 1, 2018
Dr. Amir Ahkami, Scientist (Plant Biologist), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
“Improving plant biomass production under stress: from model grasses to trees”
To be held in Johnson Hall C0105, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm
November 15, 2018
Dr. John Cushman, Foundation Professor, Biochemistry Graduate Program Director, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Nevada
“Novel strategies for improving water-use efficiency in plants”
To be held in Johnson Hall C0105, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm
November 29, 2018
Dr. Jean-Michel Ané, Rothermel-Bascom Professor, Departments of Bacteriology and Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Evolution and engineering of symbioses between plants and microbes”
To be held in Johnson Hall C0105, 4:10 pm – 5:00pm
January 8, 2018
Dr. Phil Bates, Nina Bell Suggs Endowed Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Southern Mississippi
“Defining the Plant Lipid Metabolic Network and Identifying bottlenecks in Plant oil Engineering: What Determines Fatty acid Flux?”
BLS 402, 4:10pm – 5:00pm
January 29, 2018
Dr. Orly Levitan, Assistant Research Professor, Environmental Biophysics and Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University“From light to biomass: sense and response mechanisms in phytoplankton”
BLS 402, 4:10pm – 5:00pm
January 30, 2018
Rebecca Batstone, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
“Understanding mutualism evolution and stability using the model legume-rhizobium symbiosis”
BLS 402, 3:10pm – 4:00pm
February 1, 2018
Dr. Courtney Leisner, Research Associate, Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University
“Genomics-enabled plant physiology for crop improvement in a changing climate”
BLS 402, 4:10pm – 5:00pm
February 2, 2018
Dan Thomas, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon
“Hitchhiking in the canopy: spatial patterns of forest microbiomes”
BLS 402, 10:00am – 11:00am
February 7, 2018
Dr. Shengyang He, HHMI Investigator, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University
“Disease-Climate-Microbiome Triangles in Plants”
Bryan Hall 305, 12:10pm – 1:00pm
February 12, 2018
Dr. Patrick Horn, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University
“Visualizing and Engineering Lipid Metabolism for Plant Health and Sustainability”
BLS 402, 4:10pm – 5:00pm
February 13, 2018
Dr. Magdalena Bezanilla, E.E. Just Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College
“Mechanistic insights into steering tip growth”
BLS 402, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
February 15, 2018
Dr. Trevor Yeats, Postdoctoral Associate, School of Integrative Plant Science and USDA-ARS, Cornell University
“Carbon partitioning to the plant cell wall”
BLS 402, 4:10pm – 5:00pm
February 16, 2018
Hyungmin “Tony” Rho, Plant Eco-Physiology Lab, College of the Environment, University of Washington
“Diazotrophic Endophytes Improve Photosynthesis and Water Use Efficiency in Rice: The Plant Physiological View of The Symbiosis”
BLS 402, 10:00am – 11:00am
March 1, 2018
Dr. Richard White III, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
“Microbiomes of soil and the rhizosphere vital ecosystems in transition revealed by multiomics”
BLS 402, 9:00am – 10:00am
April 12, 2018
Dr. Klaas Van Wijk, Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Biology Section, Cornell University
“Chloroplast Protein Homeostasis; complexities of N-terminal protein maturation, the N-end rule and protease networks”
BLS 402, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
August 31, 2017
Dr. Simone Raugei, Catalysis Science Scientist, Physical Sciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
“Toward Efficient Catalysts for Energy Conversion: from Enzymatic Function to Functional Mimics ”
BLS 402, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
September 21, 2017
Dr. Donald A Bryant, Ernest C. Pollard Professor of Biotechnology and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University
“Photosynthesis on the (red) edge… photoacclimation to far-red and low lightin terrestrial cyanobacteria”
BLS 402, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
October 17, 2017
Dr. Sharon Long, Steere-Pfizer Professor of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
“Symbiosis and stress responses in Sinorhizobium meliloti”
FSHN T101, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
November 9, 2017
Dr. Thomas Sharkey, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University
“What Gas Exchange Measurements Tell Us About Photosynthesis Metabolism”
BLS 402, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
November 28, 2017
Dr. Mary S. Lipton, Biochemist, Systems Biology and Omics, Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Mass Spectrometry Capability Lead, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
“Mapping Carbon Flow through Environmental Systems by Stable Isotope Probing”
BLS 402, 4:00pm – 5:00pm