Spring 2024 Graduate Student Symposium
Join us in-person or online on Friday May 10th for our Spring Graduate Student Research Celebration!
Memorial Union 109 and via Zoom
12:00PM - 5:00PM
Spring 2024 Graduate Student Symposium
Join us for our Botany and Plant Pathology Graduate Student Research Celebration event on May 10th, 2024 in a new hybrid format. Graduate students will present their research in-person to both a live and online audience. Our moderator for the symposium will be Diana Ruggiero (PhD) from the Leiboff Lab.
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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12:00 PM |
Joey SpataforaIntroduction and Opening Remarks |
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12:05 PM |
Kimberly SyringDeciphering the genotype-phenotype connection: evaluating the impacts of environmental and species diversity on functional traits in Basidiobolus Advisors: Joseph Spatafora |
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12:30 PM |
Brooklyn RichardsEcological Mechanisms of Gynodioecy Maintenance in Meadow Checkermallow (Sidalcea campestris) Advisor: Andy Jones |
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12:55 PM |
Leslie HarrisThe role of TCP transcription factor heterodimerization in the genetic regulation of maize development and cell proliferation
Advisors: Samuel Leiboff |
| 1:20 PM |
Break 1 |
| 1:35 PM |
Anupa GaireGrapevine trunk disease management for conventional and organic production
Advisor: Achala KC |
| 2:00 PM |
Alexandria KurowskiCharacterizing transposable elements and repetitive DNA in the giant genomes of three Fritillaria species Advisor: Aaron Liston |
| 2:25 PM |
Gabrielle (Gabby) StudebakerDistribution and impact of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne chitwoodi and M. hapla) on potato in the Pacific Northwest Advisor: Inga Zasada |
| 2:50 PM |
Break 2 |
| 3:15 PM |
Katherine TophamExploring the Impact of viral Pathogens on Blueberry production Advisor: Dimitre Mollov |
| 3:40 PM |
Harrison BellPollen Grain Morphology in Zea mays Advisor: John Fowler Jr. |
| 4:05 PM |
Eliza AllenStaring into the Chasm(othecia): a look into mitochondrial inheritance through sexual reproduction of Erysiphe necator Advisor: Walter Mahaffee |
| 4:30 PM |
Savannah PhippsHigh-throughput phenotyping of nematode-induced plant stress in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus)
Advisor: Inga Zasada |
| 4:55 PM |
Closing Comments |
| 5:00 PM |
SocialSilent Auction More information will be added and provided as it becomes available. Please check back often until the final details have been confirmed. Speakers, titles, schedule timing, and other details are subject to change. Reach out to the BPP team for any questions. Poster Session:
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