Dr. Michael J. Soares: Institute for Reproduction and Perinatal Research Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
Fetal Health Research, Children's Research Institute, Children's Mercy, Kansas City, Missouri. Read more about GDCB Seminar speaker: Michael Soares
Dr. David Maddison: Rice Professor in Systematic Entomology, Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University
Title: Exploring the Tree of Life: Mysterious pits, old beetles, and the joy of discovery Read more about David Maddison: 'Exploring the Tree of Life'
Plant Pathology and Microbiology Department Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, ISU Department of Mechanical Engineering Read more about Phenotyping: Image processing, crowd sourcing and high throughput computing
Dr. R. Keith Slotkin: Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Director, Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center (ABRC)
Title: Establishment of Heterochromatin: Transposons and Trans-Generational Silencing Read more about GDCB Seminar speaker: R. Keith Slotkin
Dr. Malene Hansen, Sanford Burnham Prebys (SBP) Medical Discovery Institute, Program for Development, Aging and Regeneration, La Jolla, Calif., professor; SBP Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, associate dean of student affairs; and faculty advisor of postdoctoral training in La Jolla. Read more about GDCB Seminar speaker: Malene Hansen
Dr. Maura McGrail: Iowa State University assistant professor in genetics, development and cell biology with expertise in cancer genetics and genomics in zebrafish
Title: Investigating RB transcriptional regulation in zebrafish neural development and brain tumor suppression Read more about GDCB Special Seminar speaker: Maura McGrail
The Tuesday, Sept. 12, Plant Pathology and Microbiology Department Seminar will be held in Room 152 of Science I with Dr. Sydney Everhart from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, speaking. The title of her presentation is "Phenotypic and genotypic variability in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: what does it tell us and how does it get there?
Read more about 'Phenotypic and genotypic variability in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum' seminar
Dr. Kristen Kwan: The University of Utah assistant professor of human genetics and adjunct assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences
Title: Cellular and Molecular Dynamics Shaping the Vertebrate Eye Read more about GDCB Seminar speaker: Kristen Kwan
Michael Diamond, M.D., Ph.D. — Washington University in St. Louis professor
Title: New insights into Zika virus pathogenesis, immune response and vaccine protection
Refreshments will be provided before the start of the seminar. Read more about Immunobiology Seminar: Michael Diamond, Washington State University
Dr. Ram Dixit — Washington University in St. Louis Department of Biology, Associate Professor
Title: Tending the Microtubule Garden: Pruners, Protectors and Growers Read more about GDCB Seminar speaker: Ram Dixit
Dr. Matthew Jenks: West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design — professor, Plant and Soil Sciences; director, Division of Plant and Soil Sciences; and co-director of the School of Agriculture and Food Read more about GDCB Seminar speaker: Matthew Jenks
Thesis seminars are offered every semester to clarify Iowa State University's publishing requirements, graduation deadlines, submission procedures and common problems for graduate theses and dissertations. It is helpful to attend a Thesis Seminar when you first start working on your thesis or dissertation, the semester before you graduate, or in the semester you are graduating (if you have not yet attended). Read more about Thesis Seminar
Dr. Bing Yang: Iowa State University Associate Professor in Genetics, Development and Cell Biology with expertise in deployment of genetic disease resistance genes in crop plants.
Title: Genome Editing for Host Resistance to Bacterial Blight of Rice Read more about GDCB Special Seminar speaker: Bing Yang
Speaker: Dr. Hanhui Ma: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Title: Chromatin structure and dynamics in living cells Read more about Genetics and genomics seminar: Hanhui Ma
Speaker: Dr. Clodagh O'Shea — Salk Institute: Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar; William Scandling Developmental Chair
Host: Marit Nilsen-Hamilton, Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology professor Read more about Genetics and genomics seminar: Clodagh O'Shea
Please mark your calendar for GDCB Seminar speaker Dr. Li Xue: Utrecht University, Netherlands, Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
Title: iSEE: interface Structure, Energy and Evolution-based predictor for binding affinity changes upon mutations in protein complexes Read more about BCB/GDCB Seminar — Li Xue
Speaker: Dr. Chao-Ting Wu — Harvard Medical School Department of Genetics
Host: Kristen Johansen, Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology-LAS Professor and Chair
Speaker: Dr. Meng Chen — University of California-Riverside Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, assistant professor of cell biology
Title: Light-regulated spatial organization of the nucleus in plants
Host: Stephen Howell, ISU Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology Distinguished Professor Read more about Genetics and genomics seminar: Meng Chen
Please mark your calendar for GDCB Seminar speaker Linda M. Hendershot: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., faculty member in Tumor Cell Biology Department and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Refreshments will be served prior to the GDCB Seminar at 3:45 p.m.
Host: Steve Howell Read more about GDCB Seminar speaker: Linda M. Hendershot
Dr. Mark Estelle: University of California San Diego Section of Cell and Developmental Biology
Title: Auxin transcriptional networks from beginning to end Read more about GDCB Seminar speaker: Mark Estelle
Takashi Mikawa — University of California San Francisco Cardiovascular Research Institute professor
Research summary: Developmental regulation of organogenesis
Title: An apoptosis-mediated barrier at the midline patterns ipsilateral gastrulation in the amniote. Read more about GDCB Seminar speaker: Takashi Mikawa
Please mark your calendar for Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology Seminar speaker Amy Toth. She is an Iowa State University associate professor in the Departments of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology and Entomology. Read more about GDCB Seminar speaker: Amy Toth
