Mark your calendars. May 1 is the date of the 2023 Walter E. & Helen Parke Loomis Distinguished Lecture and IPB Mini-Symposium, which will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Iowa State University's Great Hall of the Memorial Union. The theme for this year's symposium  is "Plant Systems Biology and Transcriptional Regulation."

Interdepartmental Plant Biology student organizers for the 2023 Loomis Symposium are Yue Liu, Megan DeTemple, Clarice Gonzales and Jifu Han. Faculty advisors for the symposium are Yanhai Yin, genetics, development and cell biology chair and professor, and Justin Walley, associate professor in plant pathology, entomology and microbiology.

Registration is now open for the free event. Please submit your attendance information by visiting the Qualtrics Survey or QR Code.