Plant Pathology Seminar Series

Seminars are presented over Zoom or in a hybrid format. Please contact Annie Harvieux ([email protected]) or [email protected] with questions. 

Join the Seminar on Zoom, or Borlaug Hall 335, at 2:30 Central on the dates below. 

Seminars and titles are subject to change.  

View past seminars here.

2025 Seminars

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2025 Seminars

Seminar Schedule


 

DateSpeakerAffiliationTitleModality
January 27Josiah Mutuku2BladesLeveraging a High-throughput Gene Platform for Sourcing and Validating Resistance against Fusarium in CornHybrid
February 3Michelle GrabowskiMinnesota Dept of AgricultureRegulatory Plant Pathology at WorkHybrid
February 10Ce YangDept of BBE, U of MNDrone Hyperspectral Imaging for Crop Disease DetectionHybrid
February 17Becca HallDept of Plant Pathology, U of MNGrowing Awareness: Expanding the Reach of Plant PathologyHybrid
February 24Akerke Zhamalbekova and Aizhan SardarKazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and QuarantinePlant disease diagnostics in Kazakhstan and the UMN Scholars Academy mentoring programHybrid
March 3Cancelled due to illness   
March 17Cancelled   
March 24Jasper TaoDept of Plant Pathology, U of MN
Squeezing Out Emerging Citrus Pathogens with Citrus Tristeza Virus
Hybrid
March 31Mickey DrottUSDA-ARS CDL, St PaulShifts in mycotoxigenic fungal threats: Population-Specific Toxins, Rapid Fungicide Resistance, and PathogenicityHybrid
April 7Rebecca SpannerU of MN Plant Pathology Post-DocHaplotype-phased cereal rust genomes reveal evolutionary origins of global isolates and facilitate avirulence gene miningRemote
April 14Joana Serrano SalgadoDept of Plant Pathology, U of MNCharacterization of emerging viruses in Minnesota cropsHybrid
April 21Connor SlawinDept of Plant Pathology, U of MNExploring vomitoxin biosynthesis and pathogen virulence through protein-protein interactionsHybrid
April 28Ronan KeenerDept of Plant Pathology, U of MN
A Misfolded Protein Did That? The Varied Effects of Prions in Fungi
Hybrid
May 5Kay LerohlDept of Plant Pathology, U of MNDust, Drought, and Disease: Climate Change and the Expanding Footprint of Valley FeverHybrid

 

More seminars to be announced soon, check back for updates