2024 Symposium

SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION click here. 

Schedule 

Monday, MAY 20

All activities will be held in the Ballroom at MSU Union - unless specified

SESSION I

Start	Speaker
9:00 -10:45	Welcome
	Robin Buell, University of Georgia
	Sue Rhee, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/ Plant Resilience Institute, MSU
	Student talk
10:45	Coffee Break

SESSION II

Start	Speaker
11:05 -12:10	Student talk
	Cholani Weebadde, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, MSU
12:10	Lunch

SESSION III 

Start	Speaker
1:20 - 3:10	Tim Whitehead, University of Colorado-Boulder
	Gaurav Moghe, Cornell University
	Student talk
	Student talk
3:10	Coffee Break

SESSION IV

Start	Speaker
3:30 - 4:50	Ken Keegstra, PRL, MSU
	Hsou-min Li, Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Academia Sinica
	Student talk
	Student talk

5:25 Poster Session, Ballroom, MSU Union

6:25 Dinner, Ballroom, MSU Union

TUESDAY, MAY 21

All activities will be held in the Ballroom at MSU Union - unless specified

Careers in Biotechnology and Beyond

Start	Speaker
9:00 - 10:20	Bryan Leong, Corteva Agriscience
	Kirsten Benjamin, Pivot Bio
10:30	Coffee Break
PANEL DISCUSSION
11:00 - 12:00	Career path - Panel discussion I: Government and Non-Profits
	Career paths - Panel discussion II: Private Sector and Academia