Seminars

Seminars

Undergraduate Students! To sign-up for announcements, please click the registration link, and we will review your request:
Registration Request Form

UMass PB Community members can nominate a speaker by clicking HERE

In the fall and spring semesters PB seminars are generally held in Morrill Science Center 2 South, Room 222, Thursdays at 4pm, unless otherwise noted. For seminars noted as remote, the Zoom link will be emailed to the Plant Biology list-serv.

Refreshments will be served beginning at 3:50pm.
Contact: UMass Seminars IDGP

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 .

Spring 2022 Seminar Schedule

Feb 3	Reinforcing plant evolutionary genomics using ancient DNA Hernán Burbano University College London Host: Ana Caicedo Remote seminar
Feb 17	Organization of spindle poles and midzone for plant mitosis Bo Liu University of California, Davis Host: Arif Ashraf Remote Seminar
Mar 3	Reprogramming of cell fate and function in response to extrinsic and intrinsic cues Doris Wagner University of Pennsylvania Host: Madelaine Bartlett Remote Seminar
Mar 10	Diversity of effectors in Fusarium Domingo Martínez-Soto University of Massachusetts Amherst Host: Li-Jun Ma Remote seminar
Mar 24	Where are they now? Career Paths of Pant Biology Alumni Kathleen Farquharson Burcu Yordem Greg Deiulio Remote seminar Location: Morrill Science Center 2 South, Room 222
Mar 31	State of the Program Sam Hazen Plant Biology Director Remote seminar
Apr 7	Building beauty: evolution and development of vascular plants Barbara Ambrose NY Botanical Garden Host: Madelaine Bartlett Location: Morrill Science Center 2 South, Room 222
Apr 14	Control of vacuole fusion for stomata opening Marcela Rojas-Pierce North Carolina State University Host: Michelle Facette Location: Morrill Science Center 2 South, Room 222
Apr 21	Insights into enzymes and plant-microbe interactions from investigation of diterpenoid biosynthesis Reuben Peters Iowa State University Host: Sibongile Mafu Location: Morrill Science Center 2 South, Room 222
Apr 28	The Plasminogen-Apple-Nematode domain suppresses plant immunity to facilitate invasion by microbes Wellington Muchero Oak Ridge National Laboratory Host: Sam Hazen Remote seminar

Undergraduate Students! To sign-up for announcements, please click the registration link, and we will review your request:Registration Request Form

UMass PB Community members can nominate a speaker by clicking HERE

Spring 2022 Seminar Schedule

Reinforcing plant evolutionary genomics using ancient DNA

Organization of spindle poles and midzone for plant mitosis

Reprogramming of cell fate and function in response to extrinsic and intrinsic cues

Diversity of effectors in Fusarium

Where are they now? Career Paths of Pant Biology Alumni

State of the Program

Building beauty: evolution and development of vascular plants

Control of vacuole fusion for stomata opening

Insights into enzymes and plant-microbe interactions from investigation of diterpenoid biosynthesis

The Plasminogen-Apple-Nematode domain suppresses plant immunity to facilitate invasion by microbes

Undergraduate Students! To sign-up for announcements, please click the registration link, and we will review your request:
Registration Request Form