2019 Agenda
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 |
Application process for first year students interested in the program
May through July of each year
Annual Plant Biotechnology for Health and Sustainability Symposium
Dates to be determined October or November each year
Meetings of students with Executive Committee Members
Semiannually Fall and Spring Semester
The MSU PBHS Biotechnology Training Program is supported by grant number NIH T32-GM110523.
