GDCB Department Seminars

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Fall Seminars

Fridays, 4:10 pm
1414 Molecular Biology Building
Unless otherwise noted

GDCB Loomis Lecture Series

September 11, 2009
Dr. David Hannapel
Department of Horticulture, Iowa State University
"A model system of development regulated by the long-distance transport of mRNA"

September 18, 2009
GDCB Loomis Lecture
Dr. Gregg A. Howe
Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University
"Molecular mechanism of jasmonate signaling: Managing plant stress in hostile environments"
Host: Dr. Steve Rodermel

September 25, 2009
Dr. Nicola L. Pohl
Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University
"New Chemical Tools for Glycobiology"
Host: Dr. Diane Bassham

October 2, 2009
Dr. Jonathan Wendel
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University
"Genes, jeans and genomes: Exploring the mysteries of polyploidy in cotton"

October 9, 2009
Dr. Krishna Rajan
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University
"Informatics for Combinatorial Sciences and High Throughput Screening: A Materials Science Perspective"

October 16, 2009
Dr. Erik Vollbrecht
Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University
"Tenure Presentation: Developmental genetics and genome-wide transposition in maize"

October 23, 2009
Dr. Hélder Maiato
Structural and Molecular Biology Division, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Porto, Portugal
"Spatiotemporal control of chromosome segregation"
Host: Dr. Kristen Johansen

October 30, 2009
Dr. Yanhai Yin
Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University
"Tenure Presentation: Signaling Mechanisms and Networks for Brassinosteroid Regulated Plant Growth"

November 6, 2009
GDCB Loomis Lecture
Dr. Olga Danilevskaya
Department of Agrinomic Traits, Discovery and Validation, Pioneer International
"Genetic control of the floral transition in maize"
Host: Dr. Erik Vollbrecht

November 13, 2009
Dr. Chunying Du
Department of Cancer and Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati
"Apoptosis Proteins in DNA Damage Response"
Host: Dr. Clark Coffman and Dr. Drena Dobbs

November 20, 2009
GDCB Loomis Lecture
Dr. R. Kelly Dawe
Department of Plant Biology and Genetics, University of Georgia
"High frequency gene conversion in centromere cores"
Host: Dr. Carolyn Lawrence

December 4, 2009
3:10 PM
GDCB Loomis Lecture
Dr. Pamela Ronald
Dept. of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis
"A Type I secreted sulfated peptide triggers XA21-mediated innate immunity"
Location: 210 Bessey Hall
Host: Dr. Bing Yang

December 11, 2009
Dr. Ian Schneider
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University.
"Spatial and temporal organization of subcellular dynamics: How growth factors and extracellular matrix regulate cell migration"