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Rosie Perez Memorial Seminar - 2011
Each year, the graduate students in the Department of Plant Pathology
organize a seminar where a notable scientist in the area of plant
pathology is invited to speak and interact with students and faculty
in the department. The seminar is named in honor of a former graduate
student, Rosie Perez, who died of cancer.
Monday, April 18, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
Reception begins at 3:15 p.m.
The seminar is being held at the beautiful J.C. Raulston Arboretum in the Ruby S. McSwain Education Center Auditorium.
Featured Speaker: Dr. Michael Milgroom, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology, Cornell University. The topic will be "Population Biology of the Grape Powdery Mildew Fungus, Erysiphe necator, in the Eastern US."
Guest Speakers Recently Featured in this Series:
2010
Dr. Meredith Blackwell
"Beetlebellyeasts: Beetles and their yeast endosymbionts from basidiocarp habitats" |
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2009
"Genetic Engineering for Virus Resistance in Plants: Different Viruses Demand Different Strategies"
Dr. Roger Beachy, President, Donald Danfort Plant Science Center
Biography
Dr. Beachy's Lab |
2008
Dr.
David Geiser , Director, PSU Fusarium Research Center, Penn State Unviersity.Dr. Geiser's presentation was titled, "Getting the most out of fungal culture collection resources using phylogenetics" |
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2007
Dr.
David Gadoury, Senior Research Associate at Cornell University. Dr. Gadoury's presentation was titled, "Everything you always wanted to know about grape powdery mildew, and several things you really need to forget" |
2006
Dr.
Timothy R. Gottwald, Research Leader and Plant Pathologist in Fort Pierce, Florida.Dr. Gottwald's presentation was titled, "Battling Hurricanes, Dragons, and Disease: The chronicles of the citrus canker wars and the upsrising of Huanglongbing" |
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2005
Dr. Cameron White, Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. White's presentation was titled, "The Agricultural Pathology of Ant Fungus Gardens" |
2004
Dr.
Frances Trail, Associate Professor of Plant Biology at Michigan
State University. Dr. Trail's presentation was titled, "Form and function of
sexual structures in Gibberella zeae the head blight fungus,"Dr. Trail specializes in the biology of fungal plant pathogens,
genomics of fungi, and the molecular biology of mycotoxin biosynthesis. |
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2003
Dr.
Schuyler Korban, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
- NRES- University of Illinois. Dr. Korban's research interests
include adding high-value traits to plants which includes the development
of plant-based vaccines and other biopharmaceuticals. He is also
interested in engineering plants for uptake of heavy metals for
phytoremediation. From a basic standpoint, he is very much interested
in disease resistance, including cloning and characterizing disease
resistance genes as well as utilizing and pyramiding disease resistance
genes into plants, including apple, tomato, rose, and soybean. Another
fundamental research interest include pursuing functional genomics
studies for apple with emphasis on reproductive growth, flowering
and fruiting. |
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