Seminars / Symposia

Danforth Center Seminar Series

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Thomas Girke
Computational Tools for Next Generation Biology and Drug Discovery
Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
Director, IIGB Bioinformatics Facility
Dept of Botany & Plant Sciences
U of CA-Riverside



Wednesday, March 07, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Edgar P. Spalding
Studying seedling development phenotypes with image analysis
Professor of Botany
University of Wisconsin-Madison



Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Richard M. Clark
Understanding Ecologically and Agriculturally Relevant Traits in Arabidopsis and Mites
Assistant Professor
The University of Utah
Molecular Biology Program
Salt Lake City UT



Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

John J. Harada
Mapping the Seed: Global Dissection of Gene Activity during Seed Development
Professor of Plant Biology
University of CA-Davis



Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Joshua L. Heazlewood
Understanding plant cell wall biosynthesis through functional proteomics
Biological Engineer Staff Scientist
Director of Systems Biology
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Berkeley CA



Wednesday, April 04, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Pamela J Green
miRNAs, target RNAs and RNA decay
Crawford H. Greenwalt Chair
Professor of Plant Soil Sciences
University of Delaware, Newark, DE



Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: AT&T Auditorium

Nathan M. Springer
Epigenomic variation among maize inbreds
Associate Professor
Department of Plant Biology
University of Minnesota-St. Paul



Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Sue Rhee

Staff Scientist
Department of Plant Biology
Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA



Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Kent D. Chapman
Director and Professor
University of North Texas
Department of Biological Sciences
Denton TX



Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Jeffrey Palmer
Horizontal Gene and Genome Transfer in Plants: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous, and How it’s Done
Distinguished Professor & Class of 1955
Professor of Biology
Indiana University-
Bloomington



Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Chaofu Lu
Designing Seed Oils on Industrial Crop
Assistant Professor
Montana State University
Department of Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology
Bozeman MT



Wednesday, October 03, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Wednesday seminar series
Loren Rieseberg

Professor of Botany
University of British Columbia
Vancouver B.C.



Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Wednesday seminar series
Brian Staskawicz

Maxine J. Elliot Professor
Plant & Microbial Biology
University of CA-Berkeley



Friday, October 19, 2012 - 3:15 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Friday seminar AND reception
Jeff Dangl

John N. Couch Professor
HHMI & Department of Biology
University of North Carolina



Wednesday, November 07, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Wednesday seminar series
Krishna K. (Kris) Niyogi

Professor of Plant & Microbial Biology
University of CA - Berkeley



Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 3:45 PM
Location: Library Conference Space

Wednesday seminar series
Katayoon (Katie) Dehesh

Professor of Plant Biology
Chair of Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology
University of CA - Davis