CPSC Seminars PMPB

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

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  "Process-based modeling of intraspecific variation in crops" with Dr. Diane Wang

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

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  "Decoding the Genetics of Plant Response to Developmental and Environmental Cues" with Dr. Maryam Rahmati Ishka

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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  TBD with Dr. Mingyuan Zhu

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

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  "Integrating beneficial symbioses into defense ecology and evolution" with Dr. Corlett Wood

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

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  TBD with Dr. Giles Oldroyd

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

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  "Mycorrhizal symbiosis alters rhizosphere bacterial carbon acquisition and resilience to drought" with Dr. Rachel Hestrin

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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  "Synthetic biology to engineer plant growth and auxin-response" with Dr. Jenn Brophy

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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  "Atmospheric CO₂ as an Immunomodulator in Soybean and Maize Pathosystems" with Dr. Steve Whitham

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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  "From ponds to deserts: The many faces of green microalgae diversity" with Dr. Elena Lopez Peredo

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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  "Janzen-Connell effects in tropical dry forests; the interactive effects of drought and soil microbial communities on seedling growth" with Dr. Camila Pizano

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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  "Employing Spatial Biology Methods to Decode Stress Responses in Duckweed" with Dr. Kevin Cox

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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  "The Gene Regulatory Landscape of Flowering Plants" with Dr. Ronan O'Malley

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium