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Spring Seminars, 2013
January 15, 2013
Building a Mechanistic Understanding of the Role of Biodiversity in Regulating Ecosystem Functioning
Dr. Justin Wright, Department of Biology, Duke University
Host: Dr. Jennifer Schafer
January 22, 2013
Using Plant Pathogen Effectors as Evolved Probes to Understand the Plant Immune System
Dr. Marc Nishimura, Biology Department, UNC Chapel Hill
Host: Dr. Marcela Rojas-Pierce
January 29, 2013
The Holocene History of Fire in an Eastern Deciduous Forest and Implications for Current Management
Dr. Norm Christensen, Department of Biology, Duke University
Host: Dr. Jennifer Schafer
February 5, 2013
Regulation of Plant Virus Replication: Long Range
RNA/RNA Interactions between Multipurpose Cis-Acting Elements
Dr. Cynthia Hemenway, Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, NCSU.
Host: Dr. Deyu Xie
February 12, 2013
How Plants Responded to Greenhouse Warming at the Beginning of the Eocene - Implications for the Anthropocene?
Dr. Scott Wing, Curator, Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institute
Host: Dr. Jim Mickle
February 19, 2013
MicroRNA Function in Maize Development
Dr. Beth Thompson, Department of Biology, East Carolina University
Host: Dr. Marcela Rojas-Pierce
February 26, 2013
Seeing Red: New Insights into Floral Evolution from Vision Science
Dr. Martin Burd, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University (Australia)
Host: Dr. Jenny Xiang
March 5, 2013
Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics of Soybean and Allies
Dr. Ashley Egan, Department of Biology, East Carolina University
Host: Dr. Jenny Xiang
March 12, 2013
Active DNA Demethylation in Companion Cells Reinforces Transposon Methylation in Gametes
Dr. Tzung-Fu Hsieh, Department of Plant Biology, NCSU - Kannapolis Campus
Host: Dr. Margo Daub
**March 18, 2013** Special Seminar
Monday at 4 PM in the Stephens Room, Thomas Hall
Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting: Investigating Single Cells, Cell Types, and Species
Dr. David Galbraith,
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona
Host: Dr. Bill Thompson
March 19, 2013
A Novel Gain of Function Polymorphism Controlling Plant Insect Resistance in Nature
Bao-Hua Song,
Biology Department, UNC-Charlotte
Host: Dr. Jenny Xiang
March 26, 2013 - B. W. WELLS SPEAKER
The Origins of Multicellularity and the Evolution of Plant Body Plans
Dr. Karl Niklas,
Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University
Host: Plant Biology Graduate Students
April 2, 2013
Functional Organization of a Multi-Enzyme Complex Synthesizing
Xyloglucan
Dr. Olga Zabotina, Department Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology, Iowa State University
Host: Dr. Marcela Rojas-Pierce
April 9, 2013
A Novel Carotenoid-Derived Molecule Functions in Periodic Root Branching
Dr. Jaimie Van Norman,
Department of Biology, Duke University
Host: Dr. Terri Long
April 16, 2013
Fern Diversification in an Angiosperm-Dominated World
Dr. Eric Schuettpelz, Department of Biology, UNC Wilmington
Host: Dr. Alexander Krings
April 23, 2013
Micromorphology of Cycad Cuticles: An Inside Look
Dr. Jim Mickle, Department of Plant Biology, NCSU
Host: Dr. Margo Daub
**May 2, 2013** Special Seminar*
The Agriculture Biotechnology Pipeline at the UNL
Dr. Tom Clemente, Eugene W. Price Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Host: Dr. Bill Thompson
*4 PM, Thursday, May 2; Toxicology Auditorium, Centennial Campus
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