WSU Department of Plant Pathology 515 Seminar Schedule
Monday at 4:10pm, GUC Clark Hall Room 149, Pullman Campus
Please see zoom link below :
Meeting ID: 925 4729 6820
Passcode: 3911
https://wsu.zoom.us/j/92547296820?pwd=c0wxKzJ0VnVjcUt3c3o4UlZ6ams3dz09
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Gary Chastagner-Instructor chastag@wsu.edu or Tammy Cunningham t.cunningham@wsu.edu
FALL 22 Schedule
Review of seminar meeting with enrolled students
August 29,2022
Guest Speaker: Dr. Joey Hulbert, Post Doc WSU PREC hulbe@wsu.edu
Topic: Research needs for mitigating the emergence of Sooty Bank Disease in the Pacific Northwest
Announcement Hulbert, J 8.29.22
September 5,2022
NO SEMINAR-Labor Day
September 12,2022
Guest Speaker: Dr. Marianne Elliott, Research Associate, WSU PREC melliott2@wsu.edu
Topic: “Phytophthora ramorum” in Washington State : Management Successes, Failures, and Challenges
September 19,2022
Guest Speaker: Dr. Mustafa O. Jibrin, Post Doc., WSU TRFEC mustafa.jibrin@wsu.edu
Topic: Clonality and Recombination in the Globally Spread Bacterial Spot of Tomato and Pepper Pathogens
September 26,2022
Guest Speaker: Dr. Jane Stewart-Associate Professor of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Jane.Stewart@colostate.edu
Topic: The Role of Host Drought Response and Other Factors that Suggest White Pine Blister Rust Will be Present in the Future Forest
October 3,2022
Marlien Nampijja, PhD student marilen.nampijja@wsu.edu
Topic: RNA Interference Technology, Opportunities, and Challenges in the Management of Plant Diseases
October 10,2022
Kristen Bullough, PhD Student kristen.bullough@wsu.edu
Topic: The Host Manipulation Hypothesis: History, Cordyceps, and Relevance to Plant Pathology
Announcement Bullough 10.10.22
October 17,2022
Guest Speaker : Dr. Richard Sniezko, Geneticist, US Forest Service Dorena Genetic Resource Center, Dorena, OR richard.sniezko@usda.gov
Topic: Developing Resistant Population of Trees to Non-Native Pathogens
October 24,2022
Ninh Khuu, PhD student ninh.khuu@wsu.edu
Topic: Mistletoe: Merging of Myth and Science
October 31, 2022
Joseph K Mellow, MS Student joseph.mellow@wsu.edu
Topic: Understanding Botrytis Gray Mold on Strawberry and its Fungicide Resistance Mechanisms
November 7,2022
Alex Batson, PhD exit seminar alex.batson@wsu.edu
Topic: Characterization, Detection, and Genetics of the Spinach Fusarium Wilt Pathogen
November 14,2022
Student-Invited Speaker Dr. Peter Henry, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA ARS Crop Improvement and Protection Research , Salinas, CA Peter.Henry@usda.gov
Topic: The Orgins and Evolution of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp fragariae, Cause of Fusarium Wilt of Strawberry
November 21
THANKSGIVING BREAK
November 28
Guest Speaker : Dr. Enrico Bonello, Professor of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH bonello.2@osu.edu
Topic: Beech Leaf Disease: A Forest Epidemic of National and International Concern
December 5
Guest Speaker: Dr. Marin Talbot Brewer, Professor of Mycology/Plant Pathology University of Georgia, Athens, GA mtbrewer@uga.edu
Topic: Azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in the Environment: Identifying Key Reservoirs and Hotspots of Antifungal Resistance
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”
WSU_PlP515_StudentSeminarEvaluationForm_Spring2022
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