Seminars
Spring 2025 Seminars
Seminars are held Tuesdays at 3:30pm in room 584 Russell Labs (Plant Pathology Library), unless otherwise noted.
* Indicates seminar will be held on Thursday.
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Seminar contact:Â Prof. Paul Koch
Prior Seminars
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+Fall 2024
Date | Presenter | Title | Notes |
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09/10 | Claudia Solis Lemus | Novel statistical tools to infer biological networks | Â |
09/17 | Maria Oros | How the Data Science Institute Can Support Your Research? | Â |
09/24 | Kheeman Kwon | Discovery of Candidate Genes Controlling Soybean Cyst Nematode Virulence on Resistant Soybeans | Â |
10/01 | Sanjay Antony-Babu | The Sinister Side of Phytomicrobiomes: Beyond Pathobiomes and Microbial Dysbiosis | Â |
10/08 | Natalia Pineros Guerrero | Using Population Biology of Stemphylium vesicarium to Underpin Durable Management of Stemphylium Leaf Blight of Onion in New York | Â |
10/15 | Open | Â | Â |
10/22 | Alexandra Weisberg | Mobile genetic element flexibility contributes to the robustness of plant-microbe interactions | Â |
10/29 | Rosa Aghdam | Biological networks and models | Â |
11/05 | Smita Shrestha | Ecology and Characterization of Pectinolytinc Bacterial Pathogens of Potato | Â |
11/12 | Courtney C Meeks | Assessing disease management tools for cold-climate grape growers (Proposal Seminar) | Â |
11/19 | Open | Â | Â |
11/26 | No seminar | Â | Â |
12/03 | Zoltan Banyai | Suppressing Dollar Spot Through Adjustment of Leaf Surface pH | Â |
+Spring 2024
Date | Presenter | Title | Notes |
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1/23 | Dr. Sanjay Antony-Babu | The Sinister Side of Phytomicrobiomes: Beyond Pathobiomes and Microbial Dysbioisis (Texas A&M University) CANCELLED | |
01/30 | Dr. Damon Smith | Practical, Research-based Plant Disease Advisories for the 21st Century | |
02/06 | Dr. Erin Silva | Addressing “Wicked Problems” – finding transdisciplinary solutions to food systems crises | |
02/13 | Dr. Andrew Bent | Attaching Mechanisms to Loci: Soybean Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode | |
02/20 | Dr. Benjamin Rush | Something’s funny: humor for better communication, teamwork, & resiliency (UW WID and Radiology) | |
02/27 | Dr. Charlie Mo | Anti-phage defense systems in bacteria (UW Bacteriology) | |
02/29 (Thu.) 1-2pm | Megan Dixon | How Xanthomonas foliar disease influences the fate of Salmonella enterica (Exit Seminar) | Â |
03/05 | Dr Amanda Gevens | Advancing early blight management in Wisconsin potatoes | |
03/12 | Dr. Sean Schoville | Spatiotemporal genomic analyses and insights into pest evolution (UW Entomology) | |
03/19 | Dr. Paul Ahlquist | Structural Biology Insights into RNA Virus Replication and Control | |
03/26 | SPRING BREAK – No seminar | ||
04/02 | Peihan Shu | Investigating molecular mechanisms of mycovirus’ hypovirulence on fungi and potential disease control (Proposal seminar) | |
04/09 | Dr. Jessica Hite | Fighting antimicrobial resistance by integrating microbial ecology and evolution (UW Pathobiological Science) | |
04/16 | Dr Ian Small | Phenotyping plant diseases and advances in precision crop protection (University of Florida) | |
04/18 (Thu.) | Maxwell Chibuogwu | Integrated management and understanding of Gibberella diseases and deoxynivalenol accumulation produced by Fusarium graminearum in silage corn, Zea mays. (Exit Seminar) | |
04/23 | Daowen Huo | Targeting oxalic acid production in Clarireedia Jacksonii for dollar spot control in amenity turfgrass (Exit Seminar) | |
04/30 | Jeysika Zayas-Rivera | Identification and characterization of novel sources of SCN resistance and the development of tools for soybean research (Exit seminar) | |
05/02 (Thu.) | Afona Irabor | Enhancing Potato Soil Health in the Central Sands of Wisconsin (Exit seminar) | |
05/06 ( Mon.) 1-2pm | Casey Trickle | Exploring the Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Phenology of the Cranberry False Blossom Phytoplasma and its Leafhopper Vector, Limotettix vaccinii (Exit seminar) |
Seminar contact:Â Prof. Aurelie Rakotondrafara
+Fall 2023
Date | Presenter | Title |
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9/12/2023 | Matthew Pereyra | Evaluating Forecasting Methods for Timing of Potato Pesticide Applications (Proposal seminar) |
9/19/2023 | Dr. Dennis Halterman | Building a Robust Defense: Unearthing the Mechanisms of Potato Disease Resistance |
9/21/2023 (Thur.) |
Shane Hansen | Protecting the Potato Tuber from Start to Finish: Optimizing the Use of Liquid Seed Treatments and Exploring the Use of UV-Light in Storage (Exit seminar) |
9/26/2022 | Dr Bill Underwood | Paralleling fundamental and applied research to improve sunflower resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum |
10/3/2023 | Dr Jo Handelsman | A lifetime of Bacillus cereus: From field pathology to THOR, a model microbial community |
10/10/2023 | Dr Phil Brannen | Pathology challenges associated with growing grapes in the deep South |
10/18/2023 | Dr Sameer Deshpande | Sparse regression and graphical modeling with the spike-and-slab LASSO |
10/24/2023 | Dr. Caitilyn Allen | The Secret Lives of Plant Pathogenic Ralstonia |
10/31/2023 | Dr Jessica Hite | Fighting antimicrobial resistance by integrating microbial ecology and evolution |
11/7/2023 | Elizabeth Lane | Soil microbes ability to decompose different organic matter, enzyme activity and nitrate leaching in sandy soils in potato fields (Exit seminar) |
11/14/2023 | Kelly Debbink | Integrated Disease Management in Organic Field Crops (Exit seminar) |
11/22/2023 | no seminar | |
11/28/2023 | Dr Mehdi Kabbage | Progress in understanding the Sclerotinia sclerotiorum pathosystem |
12/5/2023 | Bryce Alex | A single amino acid substitution at potential phosphorylation site in HCPro reverses Nytbr defense response to PVYO and PVYN (Exit seminar) |
12/7/2023 (Thur.) | Judson Vanwyk | Life cycle transcriptomics of a homothallic cultivated morel, Morchella rufobrunnea. (Exchange student program – Michigan State University) |
12/12/2023 | Mariama Carter | Let’s Stick Together: Mechanisms of host attachment and biofilm formation in Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum (Exit seminar) |
+Spring 2023
Date | Presenter | Title |
Jan. 31 | Dr. Korsi Dumenyo (Tennessee State University) | The other bacterial wilt: pathogenesis of Erwinia tracheiphila on cucurbits |
Feb. 7 | Ana Maria Vazquez-Catoni | Evaluating the influence of endophytic and pathogenic microorganisms on the success of two vegetatively propagated crops: potato and cranberry |
Feb. 14 | No seminar (faculty candidate interviews) | Â |
Feb. 21 | Dr. Samuel Miller (University of Chicago) | Insights into microbial protein evolution and translational regulation through the multi-omics software platform, Anvi’o |
Feb. 28 | Â | Â |
Mar. 7 | Austin VanDenTop | Investigating the role of SQUAMOSA promoter-binding proteins in plant Programmed Cell Death regulation |
Mar. 14 | No seminar (Spring Break) | Â |
Mar. 21 | Nicholas Rajtar, University of Minnesota | Bio-surveillance of Invasive Forest Pathogens in Minnesota |
Mar. 28 | Dr. Nancy Keller | Ecologically relevant secondary metabolites in microbial communication |
April 4 | Brandon Roy, Cornell University | Profiling plant proteome and transcriptome changes during grapevine fanleaf virus infection |
April 11 | Â | Â |
April 18 | Dr. Katie Gold (Cornell University) | Plant Disease Sensing: Studying Plant Pathogen Interactions at Scale |
April 20 | Evan Lozano | Epidemiology and management of cranberry fruit rot in Wisconsin (4:00 PM. Rm 184) |
April 25 | Maxwell Chibuogwu | Understanding Gibberella diseases of Zea mays and management strategies for reducing deoxynivalenol (DON) in silage corn |
April 27 | Owen Washam | Organic Celery Powder: A Meat Curing Agent for Organic Processors (1:00 PM, Rm 216) |
May 4 | Adam Bigott | Â |
+Fall 2022
Date | Presenter | Title |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
+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:Â 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 |