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PLANT PATHOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
PLPA 8200
3 - 4 P.M.
365 Borlaug Hall
(unless noted otherwise)
Spring seminar schedule 2008
February 11
- Dr. Andrew Breakspear USDA-ARS, Cereal
Disease Laboratory, “ Polar Growth in Aspergillus species”.
February 18 –
Dr. David McLaughlin, Dept of Plant Biology, U of Minn., The Role of Morphology in Fungal
February 25 - Dr. Raka Mitra, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, "The Role of Ralstonia Effectors in the Infection of Arabidopsis Roots"
March 3 –
Liangliang Gao, Dept of Plant Pathology, U of Minn., "Bio-control of plant diseases using phages: strategies to address host resistance and maintain a high phage population".
March 10 –
Dr. Dean Malvick, Dept of Plant Pathology, U of Minn., The Advance and Characteristics of a
Soilborne Fungal Disease – Sudden Death Syndrome of Soybean.
March 24 – Ji-hyun Park, Dept of Plant Pathology, U of
Minn., Impacts of Global Warming on Plant Disease.
April 7 – Dr.
Carol Windels, Dept of Plant Pathology, U of Minn., Factory-spent Lime: From By-Product
to eneficial Soil Amendment for Control of Aphanomyces on Sugarbeet.
April 8 - 2:30 p.m., Room 105 Cargill, Dr. Francois Lutzoni, Duke University, Dept of Biology, Developing a lichen model system and a new scheme to assemble the tree of life. Sponsored by MPGI.
April 15 –
3:30 p.m., 105 Cargill , Dr. Marilyn Roosinick, Noble Foundation, RNA viruses in symbiosis and symbiogenesis. Sponsored by MPGI.
April 21 –
3:00 p.m., 105 Cargill , Dr. Nancy Keller, Univ of Wisconsin., The LaeA complex regulates development, secondary metabolism and virulence in Aspergillus spp. Sponsored by MPGI.
April 29 –
3:30 p.m., 105 Cargill., Dr. Leah Cowen, Univ of Toronto, Cellular strees, signaling, and evolution: Hsp90's role in fungal drug resistance. . Sponsored by MPGI.
May 6 – 3:30
p.m., 105 Cargill, Dr. Sarah Watkinson,
University of Oxford, Fungal networks, nitrogen metabolism and wood decay. Co-Sponsored by MPGI and Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering.
May 12 – Dr.
Maria Ordonez, Dept of Plant Pathology, U of Minn., Genetic Relationship between
Different Population of Puccinia triticina.
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