Unless otherwise listed, seminar is held Monday afternoon at 4:10 pm in Johnson Hall 343 during the academic semester. ZOOM dial up is 148-370-013; if you experience problems, please call the trouble line at (509-335-5044)
Spring 2020 Schedule
January 13, 2020
NO SEMINAR-PLANNING MEETING
January 20, 2020
NO SEMINAR- MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
Janaury 27, 2020
Guest Speaker–Dr. Kiwamu Tanaka, WSU
February 3, 2020
Prabu Gnanasekaran, WSU
Topic: “Mechanism of βC1 protein mediated geminivirus pathogenesis”
February 10, 2020
Guest Speaker- Dr. Cynthia Gleason, WSU
Topic: “A study of root-knot nematode effectors and their manipulation of host plants”
February 17, 2020
NO SEMINAR-PRESIDENTS DAY
February 24, 2020
Dr. Sanjaya Gyawali, WSU
Topic: “Participatory plant breeding (PPB):Concept,methods,and case studies
March 2, 2020
Fangming Xio, University of Idaho
Topic: “Manipulation of host proteins and cellular processes by potato cyst nematode effector RHA1B”
March 9, 2020
Lei Zhang, WSU
Topic: TBA
March 16, 2020
NO SEMIMAR–SPRING BREAK
March 23, 2020
Guest Speaker–Inga Zasada, UDSA-ARS
Topic: TBA
March 30, 2020
Nickisha Pierre-Pierre, WSU
Topic: TBA
April 6, 2020
Lauren Braley, WSU
Topic: TBA
April 13, 2020
Prashant Swamy, WSU
Topic: TBA
April 20, 2020
Guest Speaker– Mattias Twizeyimana, AgBiome
Topic: TBA
April 27, 2020
Kutay Ozturk, WSU
Topic: TBA
Fall 2019 Schedule
Dr. Amer Dababat, CIMMYT Global Wheat Program, Ankara-Turkey
“Management strategies against the Soil Borne Pathogens in wheat”
September 2, 2019
No Seminar LABOR DAY
September 9, 2019
Melissa Kay LeTourneau
“Moisture-dependent Mechanisms of Iron Mobilization”
September 16, 2019
Chandra Jack
“Rapid Evolution and novel interactions in Medicago polymorpha”
September 23, 2019
Dr. Richard Allen White III
“Unraveling rhizosphere phage-microbe interactions using metagenomics”
September 30, 2019
Guest: Dr. Linda Kinkel, University of Minnesota
October 7, 2019
Guest: Dr. Shinyi Marzano, South Dakota State University
October 14, 2019
Ninh Khuu– “Host-directed evolution of viroids & Emily McLachlan– “Impact and Maintenance of Specialist Strategies in the Legume-Rhizobia Mutualism”
Announcement 10.14.19 Khuu,Ninh
Announcement 10.14.19 Mclachlan, Emily
October 21, 2019
Olga Kozhar “Ecology and population biology of Botrytis cinerea on Red Raspberry and other small fruit hosts in the Pacific Northwest.”
October 28, 2019
Nickisha Pierre-Pierre —“Characterization of Galacturonic Acid Catabolic Genes in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum”
Sajal Sthapit—“Gene pyramiding and cultivar mixtures for disease management”
Announcement 10.28.19 Pierre-Pierre
November 4, 2019
Scott Anderson—“What fossils reveal about parasitism in the phylum Nematoda”
Richard Manasseh–“Arms Race: Ongoing Conflict between Potato and Viruses”
November 11, 2019
No Seminar VETERAN’S DAY
November 18, 2019
Lederson Ganan–“Fungicide resistance, a continuous threat to plant and human health”-
Kayla Spawton –“Phylogeography: history, applications and constraints”
November 25, 2019
No Seminar THANKSGIVING
December 2, 2019
Elliott Martson—“Host-induce gene Silencing in cereals:transgenetically engineering immune responses”
Samoyda Jayasinghe–“Mechanisms behind Biochar-Mediated Disease Suppression”
Announcement 12.2.19 Jayasinghe
TBD
Summer 2019 Schedule
June 26th, 2019 – 10:30AM
Dr. Gitta Coaker,Professor,Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, UC Davis
“The battle between bacterial pathogens and their plant hosts”
June 6, 2019 – 9:30 AM (AMS 774951)
Alex M. Batson, Graduate Student, MS, Exit Seminar
“IDENTIFICATION OF EFFECTOR GENES FOR THE SPINACH FUSARIUM WILT PATHOGEN, FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. SPINACIAE”
Announcement 6.6.19 (pdf)
Spring 2019 Schedule
April 22, 2019
Todd M. DeZwaan, LemnaTec Corporation
“Computer Vision Solutions for Agriculture’s Grand Challenges”
Announcement 4.22.19 (pdf)
April 16, 2019 – 11 AM (AMS 774951)
Moying Wang, Graduate Student, MS, Exit Seminar
“Characterization of Metalaxyl-resistant Pythium ultimum from Chickpea Fields in the US Pacific Northwest”
Announcement 4.16.19 (pdf)
April 15, 2019
Jonathan Eagle, Graduate Student, PhD
“Improving Cavendish Banana Resistance to Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race 4 (TR4) via Transgenics and an Integrated Agricultural Approach”
Announcement 4.15.19 (pdf)
April 8, 2019
Dr. James Woodhall, Assistant Professor, Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology, U of Idaho, Parma Research and Extension Center
“Predictive Diagnostics for Plant Diseases in the Pacific Northwest”
Announcement 4.8.19 (pdf)
April 1, 2019
Dr. Pat Okubara, USDA ARS Research Geneticist (Plants), Adjunct Faculty WSU Plant Pathology, Pullman, Washington
“Cereal-Root Pathogen Interactions—from Trait to Field and Back”
Announcement 4.1.19 (pdf)
March 25, 2019
Ryan K. Solemslie, Graduate Student, MS
“Triazole Fungicides: The Implications of Fungal Resistance in Agriculture and Human Medicine”
Announcement 3.25.19 (pdf)
March 18, 2019
Sajal Sthapit, Graduate Student, PhD
“Inter lineage gene flow in Magnaporthe oryzae”
Announcement 3.18.19 (pdf)
March 11, 2019
Spring Break – No Seminar
March 4, 2019
Qing Bai, Graduate Student, PhD
“Population Genetics Analyses of the Emerging Plant Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum in North America”
Announcement 3.4.19 (pdf)
February 25, 2019
Dr. Louise-Marie Dandurand, Research Associate Professor, Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology, University of Idaho
“Status of Globodera pallida in Idaho —Challenges and Successes”
Announcement 2.25.19 (pdf)
February 18, 2019
President’s Day Class Holiday – No Seminar
February 11, 2019
Dr. Zhen (Daisy) Fu, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Entomology, WSU
“Genomic approaches to understanding vector biology”
Announcement 2.11.19 (pdf)
February 4, 2019
Dr. David Gang, Professor, WSU Institute of Biological Chemistry and Director of the Tissue Imaging and Proteomics Laboratory
“Culturing the unculturable: Progress in the fight against Citrus Greening Disease (Huanglongbing)”
Announcement 2.4.19 (pdf)
January 28, 2019
Dr. Sindhuja Sankaran, Assistant Professor, Biological Systems Engineering, WSU
“Phenotyping crop diseases using advanced sensing technologies”
Announcement 1.28.19 (pdf)
January 21, 2019
All University Holiday – No Seminar
January 14, 2019
Cristian Andrés Olaya Arias, Graduate Student, PhD, Exit Seminar
“BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR INVESTIGATIONS INTO TOSPOVIRUS-HOST INTERACTIONS”
Announcement 1.14.19 (pdf)
January 7, 2019
Organizational Meeting – All enrolled students