Mishi Vachev, Strawberry Research Group, Coaker Lab, presents "Getting to the root of it all: Genetic basis of resistance to Fusarium wilt of strawberry".
Mary-Francis LaPorte, Diepenbrock Lab, presents “Learning from Kernels: Predictive modeling for nutritional traits in maize and agronomic traits in rice”.
This seminar features a story of the diverse rice grown in the Mississippi Delta
Dr. Alison Kelly, The University of Queensland & Clayton Forknall, The University of Queensland, presents "Smooth and spiky data: riding the waves and defining the peaks through a linear mixed model framework".
Trent Northen, Senior Scientist and Deputy Director, Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology, Berkeley Lab, presents "Exploring plant metabolites and microbial interactions using exometabolomics".
Professor Gitta Coaker, John and Joan Fiddyment Endowed Chair in Agriculture, University of California, Davis, presents "Plant Immunity: Tandem Kinases and Pathogen Variation in Defense".
Peter Pellitier, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Stanford University, presents "Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Traits and The Making of Future Forests".
Armando Bravo, PhD, Principal Investigator & Assistant Member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, presents "Unveiling insights into the most ancient plant-microbe mutualism through comparative phylogenomics".
