2019 Symposium
FRIDAY, November 1
Morning - MSU Union Lake Huron Room
Session I - Medicinal applications
Chair: Emily Lanier
| Start | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 |
David DeWitt |
Welcome Remarks |
| 9:05 | Jason Slot The Ohio State University |
Leveraging fungal evolution for discovery of neuroactive compound metabolic pathways |
| 9:40 | Vincenzo DeLuca Brock University |
Elucidation of natural product biosynthesis in plants |
| 10:15 | Coffee Break (Lake Erie Room) | |
Session II - Plant nutrition
Chair: Jeremy Pardo
| Start | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 10:45 | Mary Ann Lila North Carolina State University |
If food is our medicine, then why aren't we all healthy? |
| 11:20 | Hideki Takahashi Michigan State University |
Nitrogen-responsive small signaling peptides modulate root system architecture |
| 11:45 | Mary Lou Guerinot Dartmouth |
Micronutrient Dynamics: From the Soil to the Seed |
| 12:20 | Lunch (Lake Erie Room) | |
Afternoon - MSU Union Lake Huron Room
Session III - Sustainability
Chair: Emily Jennings
| Start | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1:20 |
Shawna Rowe (STUDENT, RESEARCH) |
How to study nutrient exchange between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi |
| 1:35 | James Kremer AgBiome |
Microbiome Technology - Discovery and Development of Microbial Products and Crop Protection Traits |
| 2:10 | Jeremy Pardo (STUDENT, INTERNSHIP) PLB, MSU |
Internship: Inari Agriculture |
| 2:25 | Clay Carter University of Minnesota |
Nectar chemistry at the nexus of plant-biotic interactions |
| 3:00 | Coffee Break (Lake Erie Room) | |
Session IV - Plants and Security
Chair: Leah Johnson
| Start | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 3:30 | June Medford Colorado State University |
Using Synthetic Biology to Produce New Plant Traits |
| 4:05 | Genevieve Hoopes (STUDENT, INTERNSHIP) PLB, MSU |
Internship: Simplot |
| 4:20 | Adam Seroka (STUDENT, RESEARCH) PLB, MSU |
Turning up the heat on plant immunity in Arabidopsis |
| 4:35 | Blake Bextine Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) |
Leveraging Biology for National Security |
| 5:10 | Alan McClain (STUDENT) Michigan State University |
Closing Remarks |
5:30-6:50 Poster Sessions I & II, Lake Erie Room, MSU Union
6:50 Dinner, Ballroom, MSU Union
SATURDAY, November 2
1200 Molecular Plant Sciences
Careers in Biotechnology-Related Fields
Chair: Genevieve Hoopes
| Start | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Genevieve Hoopes | Welcome Remarks |
| 9:05 | Rob Horsch Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
There and back again: being with the question |
| 9:40 | Panel I Chair: Levi Bauer |
James Kremer Cait Thireault Christy Gault |
| 10:15 | Kerry Rouhier Kenyon College |
Academic careers at primarily undergraduate institutions |
| 10:50 | Coffee break (MPS 1200) | |
| 11:05 | Panel II Chair: Shawna Rowe |
June Medford |
| 11:40 | Christy Gault Inari Agriculture |
Reflections on my move from academia to a startup |
| 12:15 |
Rob Last |
Closing Remarks |