Seminars

PB seminars are held in 222 Morrill Science Center South, Thursdays at 4pm, unless otherwise noted. Refreshments will be served beginning at 3:50pm.

The 15th Annual Plant Biology Symposium will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2017 and will honor Emeritus Professor Peter K. Hepler.

To find more seminars in the Life Sciences, visit the Graduate Programs in Life Sciences Calendar.

For a listing of seminars offered through the College of Natural Sciences, go to CNS Department and Program Seminars or the CNS calendar, including the Stockbridge School of Agriculture seminars.

Fall 2017 Seminar Schedule

Sep 7

Rotation Talks

Faculty Speakers: Alice Cheung, Elsbeth Walker, Sam Hazen

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Faculty Host: Li-Jun MA
Sep 14

Rotation Talks

Faculty Speakers: Ana Caicedo, Sibongile Mafu, Tobias Baskin

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Faculty Host: Li-Jun Ma
Sep 21

TBA

Gary Stacey

Univeristy of Missouri

Faculty Host: Alice Cheung
Sep 28

Circadian Timing Mechanisms in Seasonal Flowering

Takato Imaizumi

University of Washington

Faculty Host: Sam Hazen
Oct 5

TBA

Joohyun Lee

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Oct 19

TBA

Sally Assmann

Pennsylvania State University

Faculty Host: Tobias Baskin
Oct 26

Lipids on the move: Evidence for a role of lipids in long-distance signaling

Suzanne Hoffmann-Benning

Michigan State University 

Faculty Host: Elsbeth Walker
Nov 2

TBA

Jonathan Lynch

Pennsylvania State University

Faculty Hosts: Michelle DaCosta and Madelaine Bartlett
Nov 16

Genetic and Genomic Analyses of Maize Leaf Development

Mike Scanlon

Cornell Univeristy 

Faculty Host: Madelaine Bartlett
Nov 30

TBA

Mary-Lou Guerinot

Dartmouth College

Faculty Host: Jeeyon Jeong
Dec 7

Perspectives on proposal writing from a former NSF rotating Program Officer

Elsbeth Walker

University of Massachusetts Amherst