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MPS Seminars

Plant scientists discuss timely topics. Seminars could be virtual or in person. For each seminar, there is a group meeting session with the speaker. All graduate students, postdocs, research staff, and visiting scholars in any plant-related research laboratories are welcome to attend.  

All events will be in Plant Biology Laboratories, room 247. A virtual option is available as well:

Join Zoom Meeting: https://msu.zoom.us/j/91993518218
Meeting ID: 919 9351 8218
Passcode: 028299

ER stress signaling and gene expression response balances potexirus cell-to-cell and systemic movement​
MPS Seminars Spring 2026
Date & Time Speaker Title
September 14

Ye Zhang
NASA Kennedy Space Center

Crop seed vigor in the space environment
September 21 MPS Student Seminar TBD
September 28

Jeanmarie Verchot
Texas A&M University

ER stress signaling and gene expression response balances potexirus cell-to-cell and systemic movement
October 5 Damon Lisch
Purdue University
Somatic Mu transposon insertions as a probe for chromatin changes in maize mutants
October 12 Sebastian Schornack
Cambridge University
TBD
October 19 Arjun Khakhar
Colorado State University
Engineering plant organ size with synthetic biology for sustainable agriculture
November 2 Yun Zhou
Purdue University
TBD
November 9 Ana Paulo Allonso
University of North Texas
TBD
November 16 Helmut Kirchhoff
Washington State Unviersity
TBD
November 23 Phil Engelgau
USDA ARS
TBD
November 30 Xingyun Qi
Rutgers University - Camden
TBD
December 7 Hans Kende Award Seminar TBD