Autumn 2015
1. Grad Resources for Success and 2. Impact, not impact factor
Re-examining the relationship between RNA silencing and cross protection
Life of an Extensioneer: From the Ghentisburg Address to the Valley of the Shadow of Death
Spring 2015
Jan., 12, 2015
David Showalter, PhD candidate, Plant Pathology (Bonello lab)
Using resource- and phytohormone-stress phenotypes to identify ash biomarkers of resistance to emerald ash borer
Jan. 19, 2015 - Martin Luther King holiday, no classes, university offices closed
Jan. 26, 2015
Larry Madden, Distinguished Professor of Plant Protection and Associate Chair, Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State
The Cost of Plant Disease Prediction
Feb. 2, 2015
Timothy Frey, PhD student, Plant Pathology (C. Taylor lab)
Amino Acids in Root-Knot Nematode Chemotaxis and Infection
Feb. 9, 2015
James Alfano, Charles Bessey Professor of Plant Pathology - Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Pseudomonas syringae type III effectors, their targets, and suppression of plant immunity
Feb. 16, 2015
Aparna Dial, Office of Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Ohio State
Leadership in Sustainability
Feb. 23, 2015
Anna Stasko, PhD student, Plant Pathology (Dorrance Lab)
March 2, 2015
Leah Granke, Field Scientist, Dow Agrosciences
March 9, 2015
Anand Persad, Manager of Plant Sciences Research, The Davey Institute
March 16, 2015 - Spring Break, no seminar
March 23, 2015
Nagendra Subedi, PhD candidate, Plant Pathology (S. Miller, advisor)
PhD Exit Seminar: Characterization and management of Ralstonia solanacearum strains from South Asia
March 30, 2015
Graduate student exchange seminar representative (TBA)
April 6, 2015
Shin-Yi Lee Marzano, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Metagenomes of beneficial microorganisms: disease suppressive soil and mycoviruses
April 9, 2015
Anna O. Conrad, PhD candidate (P. Bonello, advisor)
Metabolomics of Quercus spp. to understand and predict resistance to Phytophthora ramorum. PhD Exit Seminar. Kottman 244 (Columbus) and Fisher 121 (Wooster).
April 13, 2015
Nicole Donofrio, Associate Professor, University of Delaware
April 20, 2015
Walt Mahaffee, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, Oregon
Blowing in the wind: Inoculum detection, fluid dynamics and disease control
April 27, 2015
María del Mar Jiménez Gasco, Assistant Professor, Penn State
hosted by the Plant Pathology Graduate Students Association