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The following is the schedule for seminars during the 2004/2005 Academic year.
Unless otherwise noted, seminars are given in the Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology, Seminar Room on Friday afternoons at 4:00.
Refreshments are provided at 3:45.
- Thursday, September 16 4:00
Paul Schulze-Lefert - Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding, Cologne,
Germany)
Induced cell polarity in plant-fungus interactions. Host: Shauna Somerville
- Tuesday, September 21 4:00
Fred Ausubel - Department of Molecular Biology, The Massachusetts General Hospital and he Department of Genetics, Harvard
Medical School
Evolution of innate immune responses in plants and nematodes Host: Shauna Somerville
- October 8
Srini Gampala (Wang lab)
Molecular analysis of interacting abscisic acid signaling effectors in Protoplasts
Wenquiang Tang (Wang lab)
Effects of extracellular ATP on plant growth and development in Arabidopsis
- October 15
James Zhang - Mendel Biotech
Functional genomics of Arabidopsis transcription factors and engineering of drought tolerance in plants
Host: Chris Somerville
- October 22
Sakiko Okumoto (Frommer lab)
Watching neurons at work - development and application of glutamate nanosensors
Paula Casati (Walbot lab)
UV-B radiation and its effects in maize plants
- October 29
Judy Callis - UC Davis
Things that Act in cis and trans in Regulating Proteolysis in Arabidopsis
Host:Kathy Barton
- November 5
Marc Nishimura (S. Sommerville lab)
Genetic Analysis of Arabidopsis mutants resistant to Powdery Mildew
Joel Griffitts (Long lab)
Prolonging the effectiveness of Bt crops: Using C. elegans to get a handle on the pest resistance game plan
- November 12
John Spudich - University of Texas Medical School
Sensory Rhodopsins: Mechanisms of Signaling in Archaeal, Bacterial, and Eukaryotic Microorganisms
Host: Devaki Bhaya
- November 19
Phlip Reymond
Host: Winslow Briggs
- December 3
Hong Ma - Penn State University
Genes controlling meiotic homolog pairing, synapsis, and recombination in Arabidopsis
Host: Wolf Frommer
- December 10
Sean Cutler - University of Toronto
Probing Natural Variation with Small Molecules
Host: Wolf Frommer
- January 7
Loren Looger (Frommer lab)
Rational design of nanosensors
- January 14
Staffan Persson (C. Somerville lab)
Identifying novel components in cellulose biosynthesis by large-scale microarray data mining
Totte Niittyla (Frommer lab)
New insights into starch metabolism of Arabidopsis leaves
- January 21
Thomas Berleth - University of Toronto
Genetic analysis of vascular patterning in Arabidopsis
Host: Zhiyong Wang
- January 28
Scott Peck - Sainsbury Laboratory, United Kingdom
Phosphoproteomics in Arabidopsis: Plant-Microbe Interactions and Beyond
Host: Zhiyong Wang
- Tuesday, February 1 12:00
Angus Murphy - Purdue University
NPA-sensitive auxin transport mediated by MDR-like P-glycoproteins
Host: Winslow Briggs
- February 4
John Harada - UC Davis
Control of Embryo Development in Higher Plants
Host: Kathy Barton
- February 11
Sakis Theologis - UC Berkeley
Is There Life after Genome Sequencing?
Host: Kathy Barton
- February 18 NOON
Anton Post - Hebrew University
Staying afloat in a nutrient limited sea, the molecular ecology of marine cyanobacteria
Hosts: Arthur Grossman/Rochelle Grover Labiosa
- February 18
Mary Wildemuth - UC Berkeley
Uncovering the function(s) of salicylic acid biosynthesis in plant defense
Host: Shauna Somerville
- February 25
Julian Schroeder - UC San Diego
Guard Cell Signaling: From Genomics to Cellular Signaling Dynamics & Rapid Microarray-based Cloning of Mutants
Host: Wolf Frommer
- March 4
Geoff Wastenays - University of British Columbia
Deviation from the Straight and Narrow: New perspectives on the plant cytoskeleton and cell wall
Host: Dave Ehrhardt
- March 11
Sara Patterson - University of Wisconsin
Hanging on tight: delayed floral organ abscission in Arabidopsis
Host: Kathy Barton
- March 18
Greg Martin - Boyce Thompson
The Role of Pseudomonas type III effector proteins in tomato disease susceptibility
Host: Mary Beth Mudgett
- March 23 Wednesday 1:00
Stephane Bellafiore - University of Geneva
The story of STT7 and STN7, conserved thylakoid protein kinases from C. reinhardtii and A. thaliana involved in state transitions
Host: Arthur Grossman
- March 29 Tuesday 1:30
Enrico Coen - John Innes Institute, UK
Exploring Shape Space
Host: Virginia Walbot
- April 1
Edgar Spalding - University of Wisconsin
Seedling development controlled by genes responsible for sensing light and moving auxin
Host: Winslow Briggs
- April 22 - Postponed to Monday, May 2, 2:15
Monica Stein
- April 29
Colleen Cavanaugh - Harvard University
Rubisco diversity and distribution: physiological, ecological and biogeochemical implications
Host: Devaki Bhaya
- May 6 Cancelled
- May 13 11:00
John Browse - Washington State University
Jasmonate Regulates Many Aspects of Stamen Development in Arabidopsis
Host: Chris Somerville
- May 20
Meghan Sharp (Barton lab)
Alteration of Inflorescence Meristem Lifespan in Arabidopsis
Matt Humphry (Shauna Somerville Lab)
An MLO homolog required for normal growth of powdery mildew on Arabidopsis
- May 27 CANCELLED
- June 3
Anne Soisig Steunou (Bhaya lab)
Day for night: Metabolic switching in thermophilic cyanobacteria of Yellowstone National Park
Nick Kaplinsky (Barton lab)
Hot and BOBBERED
- June 6 Monday, 12:00
Masao Tasaka NARA Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Shoot meristem formation in Arabidopsis
Host: Kathy Barton
- June 10
Matt Evans (Evans lab)
Using Comparative Genomics to Walk to indeterminate gametophytel in Maize
Marcela Pott (Ehrhardt lab)
Illuminating plasmodesmal structure and dynamics with fluorescent fusion proteins
- June 17 CANCELLED
- June 24
Christian Delesser - Geneva University
Study of the Wound Response in Arabidopsis: Temporal Spatial and Hormonal Controls
Host: Arthur Grossman
- July 29 Friday, 1:00
Alexander Idnurm - Duke University
Seeing beyond Neurospora: Photoperception in the fungal Kingdom
Host: Winslow Briggs
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