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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.  

See event pages for date, time, and location.

To nominate future speakers, go to https://bit.ly/3AnK55K

 
Date & Time Speaker Talk Title

September 9, 2024
4 pm

Georg Jander
Boyce Thompson Institute
Maize defense and growth regulation by COI F‐box proteins
September 16, 2024
4 pm
Tiffany Lowe-Power
University of California, Davis
Why are Ralstonia wilt pathogens goopy?
September 23, 2024
4 pm
Jerry D. Cohen
University of Minnesota
Tryptophan, indole and auxin:  How systems biology shows promise for discovery
September 30, 2024
4 pm
Jeffrey Cameron
University of Colorado
A biochemical recipe for a
photosynthetic cell
October 7, 2024
4:10 pm
Bruno Takahashi
Michigan State University
The imperative for inclusive science communication
October 14, 2024
4 pm
Alizée Malnoë
University of Indiana
Regulation & mechanism of qH-energy dissipation in Arabidopsis
October 21, 2024
4 pm
Leah Johnson and Abby Bryson Award for Outstanding Paper
in MPS
October 28, 2024
4 pm
Samuel Leiboff
Oregon State University
The secret life of maize veins
November 4, 2024
4 pm
Kyaw (Joe) Aung
Iowa State University
Regulation of cell-to-cell communication during plant growth and defense
November 11, 2024
4 pm
Tessa Burch-Smith
Danforth Center
"In sights" into plant intercellular communication
November 18, 2024
4 pm
David Des Marais
MIT
The physiological causes and consequences of resource allocation in grasses
November 25, 2024
4 pm
Matthew Brooks
University of Illinois-USDA
Regulatory networks coordinating nitrogen use and photosynthesis in a changing climate
December 2, 2024
4 pm
Hans Kende Award Hans Kende Award
December 9, 2024
4 pm
Laura Gunn
Cornell University
Using and making SynBio systems to probe Rubisco biogenesis and function