Prior Seminars
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+Fall 2022
| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9/13/2022 | Helena Jaramillo Mesa | Deconstructing the TriMV IRES: identifying the functional elements required for translation |
| 9/20/2022 | ||
| 9/27/2022 | ||
| 10/4/2022 | ||
| 10/11/2022 | ||
| 10/18/2022 | Joshua Pultorak | Tiny Earth Project – report and discussion |
| 10/25/2022 | Zach Zalewski | Exploring and capitalizing on genotypic variation of the oat microbiome |
| 11/1/2022 | Wade Webster | Modernizing integrated management practices for Sclerotinia stem rot of soybean |
| 11/8/2022 | Bridget O’Banion, Dept Microbiology U. Tennessee-Knoxville | Disentangling the plant microbiome: Identifying host and microbial colonization determinants |
| 11/15/2022 | Daniel Lindner, USFS | An introduction to the Center for Forest Mycology Research, a mycological resource on campus |
| 11/22/2022 | Shannon Piper | Host and heavy metal determinants of Aster Yellows Phytoplasma disease dynamics |
| 11/29/2022 | No seminar | |
| 12/6/2022 | No seminar | |
| 12/13/2022 | Jose Sanchez | Bioactive Treatments to Improve Crop Productivity |
+Spring 2022
| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 25 | Claire Benezech Postdoc with the Ané lab | Development and study of tripartite systems involving legumes, rhizobia and pathogens |
| February 1 | Robyn Roberts, Colorado State Univerisity | Leveraging bacterial pathogens of two crops to gain molecular insights into plant immunity |
| February 8 | Wade Webster (Smith Lab) | Modernizing Integrated Management Practices for Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Soybean |
| February 15 | Marin Brewer, University of Georgia | Environmentally acquired antifungal resistance in a plant-associated pathogen of humans |
| February 22 | David Strickland, Cornell University | Fungicide-based solutions, old and new, for effective apple powdery mildew management |
| March 1 | Sharifa Crandall, Pennsylvania State University | Twice the Fun: Fungal Disease Ecology and Functional Traits of Specialty Crops |
| March 8 | Daniel Hayden (Lankau and Silva Labs) | Stuck in the Weeds: Interseeding Cover Crops in Indigenous Corn Systems |
| March 22 | Max Miao (Lankau Lab) | Disentangling the effects of Potato Domestication and Host Determinism in the Rhizosphere Microbiome |
| March 29 | Shane Hansen (Gevens Lab) | Protecting the Tuber from Start to Finish |
| April 5 | Daowen Huo (Koch Lab) | Targeting oxalic acid production in Clarireedia jacksonii to develop novel control strategies for dollar spot in amenity turfgrass |
| April 12 | Corri Hamilton (Allen Lab) | What mechanisms help R. solanacearum succeed in host xylem |
| April 19 | Aaron Lowenstein (Bent Lab) | Investigating the mechanism of soybean cyst nematode resistance conferred by Rhg1 WI12 protein |
| April 26 | Nate Westrick (Kabbage Lab) | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum survival in an inhospitable host |
| May 3 | Dandan Shao (Kabbage Lab) | The Contribution of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Effectors to Sclerotinia Stem Rot Development in Soybean |
+Fall 2021
| Date | Presenter | Title |
| 9/14/2021 | Zac Freedman, Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Science, UW-Madison | Bringing marginal lands to the center of bioenergy crop production by harnessing the power of the microbiome |
| 9/21/2021 | Scott Harper, Assistant Professor, Director of the Clean Plant Center Northwest, Washington State University | Two viruses and a phytoplasma – the parallel outbreak of Little cherry and X-disease in the Pacific Northwest |
| 9/28/2021 | Adriana Romero-Olivares, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University | Fungal responses to climate change: how tiny fungal genes affect large ecosystems |
| 10/5/2021 | Alejandra Huerta, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, NCSU | Rhs toxin diversity and function in strain os the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex |
| 10/12/2021 | Edel Perez Lopez, Assistant Professor of Phytopathology, Département de Phytologie, Université Laval | Redefining clubroot pathotyping in response to canola growers needs |
| 10/19/2021 | Afona Irabor, Graduate Student, Gevens Lab | Enhancing soil health in potato production systems |
| 10/26/2021 | Cara Haney, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia | Unearthing mechanisms in plant-microbiome interactions |
| 11/2/2021 | Adam Biggott, Graduate Student, Lankau and Allen Labs |
Investigating Bacterial Communities Associated with Transgenic Disease Resistance in Tomato
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| 11/9/2021 | NO SEMINAR | |
| 11/16/2021 | Yulin Du, Graduate Student, Bent Lab | |
| 11/23/2021 | Mohammad Arif, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii Note: 11/23 is the day before Thanksgiving break |
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| 11/30/2021 | Alison Robertson, Professor, Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University | Seedling disease risk associated with planting corn into a green winter cereal rye cover crop” |
| 12/7/2021 | Mark Gleason, Professor, Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University | Do mesotunnels make sense for organic cucurbit production? |
| 12/14/2021 | NO SEMINAR |
Questions? Contact the seminar chair, Prof. Erin Silva.
+Spring 2021
Seminars are held Tuesdays at 3:30 in 150 Russell Labs, unless otherwise noted.
| Date | Speaker/Institution | Title of Seminar |
| Jan. 26 | NO SEMINAR | |
| Feb. 2 | Led by Dr. Valerie Young | Rethinking Impostor Syndrome: An interactive program |
| Feb. 9 | ||
| Feb. 16 | Sanju Kunwar UW-Madison Plant Pathology, Allen Lab |
Ralstonia solanacearum effector RipBN breaks EFR-mediated resistance by suppressing PTI |
| Feb. 23 | Tiffany Lowe-Power UW-Madison Plant Pathology, Allen Lab |
Using high-throughput genetics (RB-TnSeq) to map the fitness landscape of plant pathogenic Ralstonia |
| Mar. 2 | Luna Sanchez-Reyes University of California-Merced |
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| Mar. 9 | Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara, Associate Prof and Director of Graduate Studies UW-Madison Dept. of Afro-American Studies |
Black on the Wisconsin Frontier from Slavery to Suffrage |
| Mar. 16 | Dr. Markus Brauer | |
| Mar. 23 | David Wheeler | |
| Mar. 30 | SPRING BREAK | |
| Apr. 6 | Nandhitha Venkatesh | |
| Apr. 13 | Tina Wu | |
| Apr. 15 Thurs. |
Christina Zambrana-Echevarria | |
| Apr. 20 | Breanne Krissalstein | From Good to Grape (Great): the progression of metagenomic research on the obligate biotroph, Erysiphe necator, and how these studies can influence our ability to manage the disease more effectively |
| Apr. 27 | Brian Schafer | |
| Apr. 29 | Wade Webster | |
| May 4 |