Spring 2023 Graduate Student Symposium
Join us in-person or online on Friday May 5th for our Spring Graduate Student Research Celebration!
Memorial Union 109 and via Zoom
1:00PM - 7:00PM
Spring 2023 Graduate Student Symposium
Join us for our Botany and Plant Pathology Graduate Student Research Celebration event on May 5th, 2023 in a new hybrid format. Graduate students will present their research in-person to both a live and online audience. More details coming soon.
Please register if you are planning to attend this event. Zoom link will be sent in a follow-up email. All registrants will be entered into a raffle drawing for various prizes.
Spring Symposium Program
| Time | Presentations |
|---|---|
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1:00 PM |
Joey SpataforaIntroduction and Opening Remarks |
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1:05 PM |
Hannah SuliSudden Oak Death & Mycorrhizal Communities Advisor: Jared LeBoldus |
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1:30 PM |
Lester Nuñez RodríguezNematodes in hop and hemp of the Pacific Northwest Advisor: Inga Zasada |
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1:55 PM |
Kameron Blair KildayCharacterizing virulence in a diverse collection of the EFB pathogen, Anisogramma anomala Advisors: Kenneth Johnson |
| 2:20 PM |
Break 1 |
| 2:35 PM |
Kyle MondronModulation of the sexual development of Linnemannia elongata by endohyphal bacterial symbionts Advisor: Jessie Uehling |
| 3:00 PM |
Brian VerWey'Mixing it up: the effect of ocean storms on phytoplankton, bacteria, and viruses Advisor: Jason Graff |
| 3:25 PM |
Daniella EcheverriaDigging deeper: Identifying biotic characteristics of soils that supress powdery scab of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Advisor: Kenneth Frost |
| 3:50 PM |
Break 2 |
| 4:05 PM |
Melissa VergaraHarnessing beneficial microbes in cereal crops Advisors: Posy Busby |
| 4:30 PM |
Harrison FliegGenetic characterization of mutations provides insights into functions of the conserved sperm cell-specific GAMETE EXPRESSED2 (GEX2) gene Advisor: John Fowler Jr. |
| 4:55 PM |
Closing Comments |
| 5:00 PM |
SocialSilent Auction Poster Session:
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