NOTICE: Fall semester 2021 PLP 515 will be available in person in Johnson Hall RM 343 and through ZOOM, it can be viewed Monday afternoon at 4:10 pm . Please see link below.
https://wsu.zoom.us/j/95784966313?pwd=YUpybkxkckR0ZU1hMEY5N2RLa29udz09
Meeting ID: 957 8496 6313
Password: 2996
If you have any questions or concerns please email: t.cunningham@wsu.edu
Thank you!
SPRING 22 Schedule
Seminar meeting with enrolled students
January 17, 2022
NO SEMINAR-Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 24, 2022 PLEASE NOTE: This will be at 9:10AM because of time zone difference.
Guest Speaker: Martijn Rep-Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Topic: “Genomics of Fusarium oxusporum”
Seminar Announcement – Rep 1.24.22
January 31, 2022
Guest Speaker: Svetlana Yurgel-Research Scientist-USDA ARS Grain Legume Research Unit, Prosser WA
Topic: Soil Microbiomes and Sustainable Production of High-Quality Crops
Seminar Announcement – Yurgel 1.31.22
February 7, 2022
Guest Speaker: Steven Koike-TriCal Diagnostics, Salinas, CA
Topic: Changes in Trajectory: Course Adjustments in a Plant Pathology Career
Seminar Announcement – Koike 2.07.22
February 14, 2022
Henry Hurt, MS Student
Topic: Fungal Anastomosis: How chemical Signaling between Hyphae Directs Fungal Growth and Reproduction (Or: How Fungi Flirt)
PLP515_StudentSeminarEvaluationForm_Spring2022
February 21, 2022
NO SEMINAR-President’s Day
February 28, 2022
Sudha GC Upadhaya, PhD Student
Topic: “Fungal volatile organic compounds”
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March 7, 2022
Guest Speaker: Maria del Mar Jimenez-Gasco-Department of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University
Topic: Pathogens and Endophytes: An Evolutionary Model for Emergence of Plant Pathogenicity in Fusarium Oxysporum
Announcement – Jimenez-Gasco 3.07.22
March 14, 2022
NO SEMINAR-SPRING BREAK
March 21, 2022
Qing Bai, PhD Student
Topic: Defense Seminar on Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Virulence-Associated Secreted Protein Genes of the Stripe Rust Pathogen.
Announcement Bai 3.21 Announcement Bai 3.21.22
WSU_PlP515_StudentSeminarEvaluationForm_Spring2022
March 28, 2022
Guest Speaker: Richard Morrison-Seed Pathologist Emeritus, Sakata Seed America
Topic: Reflections on a Plant Pathology Career in the Seed Industry
Announcement – Morrison 3.28.22
April 4, 2022
Jessica Franco-WSU Postdoctoral Research Associate-Cynthia Gleason’s Lab
Topic: De-worming the mystery of Meloidogyne citwoodi pathotypes and their distribution with Washington State
April 11, 2022
Guest Speaker: Mary Hausbeck-Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University
Topic: Grower-Driven Research Lead to Integrated Management Stratagies for Phytophthora capsici for Michigan Vegetable Producers
April 18, 2022
Pandemic Blues? Rebuilding community in our department , Led by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee