In 2002, CEPCEB initiated a special seminar series (BPSC252: Special Topics in Botany) in which CEPCEB faculty and postdocs, as well as invited prominent speakers, are scheduled to present and discuss noteworthy research discoveries in the field of plant biology. The seminar series offers a wonderful opportunity for collaborations to be established across disciplines, institutions and levels of experience. The series is sponsored by the Institute for Integrative Genome Biology and conducted on a weekly basis. The coordinators for the 2007 and 2008 seminar series are Xuemei Chen (Chair), Venugopala G. Reddy, and Tao Jiang.
DATE |
PRESENTER |
TITLE |
LAB OF /
HOSTED BY |
| January 2008 |
1/4/08 |
NO SEMINAR
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1/11/08** |
Mark Estelle
Miller Chair, Plant Developmental Biology
Indiana University, Bloomington
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"Genetic and Biochemical Studies of the Auxin Receptor Reveal a Novel Mechanism of Hormone Perception" |
Guest Speaker/Yang |
1/15/08
(Tues) |
Yang Do Choi
Crop Fuctional Genomics Center
Seoul National University |
“Crop Functional Genomics Program in Korea and Rice Genomics Data “ |
Guest Speaker/Zhu |
1/25/08
(2:00-4:00pm) |
Gloria Coruzzi [6th Annual CEPCEB Noel Keen Lecture and Award Ceremony]
Carroll & Milton Petrie Professor and Chair, Dept. of Biology
New York University |
CEPCEB AWARD CEREMONY & NOEL KEEN SPECIAL LECTURE :
"A Systems Approach to Nitrogen Regulatory Networks and the Virtual Plant " |
Guest Speaker/Raikhel |
| February 2008 |
2/1/08
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Elaine Tobin
Professor, Dept. of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles
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“The Central Oscillator of the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock" |
Guest Speaker/Raikhel |
2/6/08
(Wed)
10:10am-12pm) |
Jiri Friml and Eva Bencova
Department of Plant Systems Biology
VIB/ University of Ghent, Belgium |
"Auxin Transport- Connecting Polarity and Patterning”
[Friml; 10:10am]
“Interplay of Auxin, Cytokinin and Ethylene in Root Development”
[Bencova; 11:10am]
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Guest Speaker/Raikhel |
2/8/08
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Keiko Sugimoto
Team Leader, Gene Discovery Research Group
Cell Function Research Unit
Riken Plant Science Center, Japan
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"Control of Plant Cell Size and its Link to Ploidy" |
Guest Speaker/Raikhel |
2/8/08
(1:10pm) |
Eugenia Russinova
Department of Plant Systems Biology
VIB/University of Ghent |
"Chemical Approaches to Brassinosteroid Signaling" |
Guest Speaker/Raikhel |
2/15/08 |
Sue Abrams [IGERT Speaker]
Organic Chemist, National Research Council Plant Biotechnology Institute
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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"Chemical Approaches to Study ABA Perception and Metabolism in Plants" |
IGERT Speaker/Bailey-Serres |
| 2/26/08 |
Sheila McCormick
Plant Molecular Geneticist
USDA Plant Gene Expression Center
University of California, Berkeley |
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Guest Speaker/Yang |
| 2/29/08 |
Eddy Rubin [IIGB Speaker]
Director, U.S. Dept. of Energy's Joint Genome Institute
Div. Director,
Genomics Sciences Dept.
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
"Genomes Decoded: Microbes to Hominids" |
IIGB Speaker/Sladek |
| March 2008 |
3/7/08 |
Bruce Lahn [IIGB Speaker]
Professor,
Department of Human Genetics
University of Chicago
Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
"Probing the Genetic Basis of Human Brain Evolution" |
Guest Speaker/Sladek |
3/7/08
(1:00pm) |
Peter McCourt [IGERT Speaker]
Professor, Department of Botany
University of Toronto |
[CANCELLED] |
IGERT Speaker/Bailey-Serres |
3/14/08 |
Joseph Noel [IGERT Speaker]
Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
[CANCELLED] |
IGERT Speaker/Bailey-serres |
| 3/21/08 |
Patricia Zambryski
Professor, Dept. of Plant and Microbial Biology
University of California, Berkeley |
[CANCELLED] |
Guest Speaker/Raikhel |
3/28/08 |
HOLIDAY |
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| April 2008 |
| 4/4/08 |
NO SEMINAR |
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4/11/08 |
Jon Thorson [IGERT Speaker]
Professor and Vice Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division
School of Pharmacy
University of Wisconsin, Madison |
[CANCELLED]
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IGERT Speaker/Cutler |
4/18/08 |
Renee Sung
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
University of California, Berkeley |
"Epigenetic Mechanism Mediating Vegetative Development in Arabidopsis" |
Guest Speaker/Chen |
| 4/25/08 |
Wendy Boss
Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology
North Carolina State University |
"Regulation of PtdInsP2 Biosynthesis:
Altering Second Messengers and Plant Responses to Stress" |
Guest Speaker/Yang |
| May 2008 |
5/2/08 |
Brian Shoichet [IGERT Speaker]
Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco |
"Forward and Reverse Chemical Information in Biology: |
IGERT Speaker/Girke |
| 5/9/08 |
NO SEMINAR |
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5/16/08 |
Sue Wessler
Regents Professor
Dept. of Plant Biology
University of Georgia |
"Understanding the Other Bing Bang:
How Transposable Elements Amplify Throughout Genomes" |
Guest Speaker/Zhu |
| 5/23/08 |
NO SEMINAR |
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| 5/30/08 |
Clinton Chapple
Department of Biochemistry
Purdue University |
"Developing a Toolbox for the Modification of Plant Cell Biosynthesis" |
Guest Speaker/Cutler |
| June 2008 |
6/06/08 |
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| 6/13/08 |
Guri Giaever [IGERT Speaker]
Canada Research Chair in Chemical Genetics
Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Toronto |
[CANCELLED] |
IGERT Speaker/Cutler |
| 6/13/08* |
Angelika Mustroph
Botany and Plant Sciences Department
University of California, Riverside |
"Isolation of Cell-type Specific mRNA Population of Arabidopsis: Microgenomics of the Hypoxia Response" |
Bailey-Serres Lab |
6/20/08* |
Wenxue Li
Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside |
"Transcriptional And Posttranscriptional Regulation of NFYA5, A CCAAT Binding Transcription Factor Important for Drought Resistance in Arabidopsis" |
Jian-Kang Zhu Lab |
6/27/08*
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Serdar Bozdag
Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, Riverside |
"Combinatorial Approaches to the Physical Mapping Problem" |
Stefano Lonardi Lab |
| July 2008 |
7/4/08 |
HOLIDAY |
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7/11/08* |
Kei Lida
Botany & Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside |
"Computational Analysis of Alternative mRNA splicing and small RNAs in Arabidopsis" |
Jian-Kang Zhu Lab |
7/18/08* |
Tongda Xu
Botany & Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside
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"Auxin Activates Cellular Interdigitation via a Novel Rho Gtpase-Dependent Cell Surface-based Signaling Pathway" |
Zhenbiao Yang Lab |
7/27/08* |
Prasanna Bhat
Botany & Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside |
" A High Throughput Method to Assign Genes to Barley Chromosomes, Arms and BAC Clones" |
Timothy Close Lab |
| August 2008 |
| 8/1/08* |
Amanda Ferreira (Thesis)
Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside |
Functional Characterization of LOB-Domain Genes in Plant Development |
Patricia Springer Lab |
| 8/8/08 |
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8/15/08 |
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8/22/08
12-3pm |
CEPCEB-REU 2008 Student Symposium |
This symposium features student presentations from their ten-week summer Research Experiences for Undergraduate experiences in CEPCEB labs |
REU Program Director Patricia Springer |
| 8/29/08 |
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| September 2008 |
9/5/08 |
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9/12/08 |
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9/19/08 |
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| 9/26/08 |
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| October 2008 |
10/3-10/5/08 |
IGERT RETREAT
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4th Annual ChemGen IGERT Retreat at
UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center |
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10/10/08 |
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10/17/08
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| 10/24/08 |
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10/31/08 |
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| November 2008 |
11/7/08 |
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| 11/14/08 |
[IGERT Speaker]
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| 11/21/08 |
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11/28/08
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| December 2008 |
| 12/5/08 |
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| 12/12/08 |
[IGERT Speaker]
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| 12/19/08 |
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| 12/26/08 |
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