Seminars & Events
Molecular Plant Science Seminars
Visiting scientists discuss timely topics. While at MSU, the scientists visit our laboratories to speak with the students, postdocs, and faculty in an informal setting.
Time: Mondays at 4:10p (Cookies and coffee at 4p)
Location: Room 1200 Molecular Plant Sciences Building
*Download 2019-2020 schedule*
Monday Seminar Series
Dissecting a transposable element burst: what is required, how has it evolved, and how does it spread?
Monday Seminar Series
The zygotic transition in rice and application to self-propagating hybrid crops
Monday Seminar Series
Topic on: Mechanisms used by hosts and pathogens to recognize and respond to one another
Monday Seminar Series
Topic on: Metabolic engineering and systems biology in relation to photosynthesis
Monday Seminar Series
The award recognizes the best doctoral dissertation in the plant sciences at MSU from the previous two years.
Monday Seminar Series
Topic on: Plant cell mechanisms to identify, target and repress genome parasites
Monday Seminar Series
Topic on: The biosynthetic pathways of aromatic amino acids
Monday Seminar Series
Topic on: Mechanisms underlying development of the AM symbiosis and phosphate transfer between the symbionts
Monday Seminar Series
Topic on: Physiology and evolution of plant membrane transport proteins
Monday Seminar Series
Topic on: How genes can be selectively inactivated and how the silent state can be perpetuated through multiple rounds of cell division
Monday Seminar Series
Studying root epidermis development in Arabidopsis thaliana
Monday Seminar Series
The soil-borne supremacy: the root microbiome and plant immunity
Tuesday Noon Seminars
This series features a weekly student or postdoc presentation.
Time: Tuesdays at 12p
Location: Room 168 Plant Biology Building
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
The PRL director will present the new Code of Ethics document and seek input from the PRL community.
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
Analysis of the protein oligomeric state of dynamic plastoglobule lipoprotein particles of Arabidopsis thaliana
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
Identification of AtIRE1C, an unconventional isoform of the UPR master regulator AtIRE1
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
Using CRISPR-Cas9 to unravel the mystery of monolignol translocation
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
Algal-fungal symbiosis leads to photosynthetic mycelium
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
Catalase protects against non-enzymatic decarboxylations during photorespiration
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
Quantifying Fluxes Through Photosynthetic Metabolism Using 13CO2-Tracers
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
Investigating the circadian clock in crops
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
Biochemical Pathway Leading to Phylogenetically Restricted Acylsugars in Nicotiana acuminata
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
The Conserved Core Regions of FtsZ Proteins Determine their Distinct Functions in Chloroplast Division
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
Glycyl radical enzyme-associated microcompartments: redox-replete bacterial organelles
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
Environmental impact on second messenger signaling during plant-pathogen interactions
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
Mis-regulation of the transcriptome in the cht7 chlamydomonas mutant during cell division cycle and nitrogen-starvation induced quiescence
Tuesday Noon Seminar Series
Phosphatidic acid phosphatases in chloroplast lipid metabolism
Social Events & More
Coffee hours, PRL social events, additional research seminars and more.
Social Event
It’s the monthly Plant Biology Building Coffee Break: Come and get acquainted!
External Seminar Series
Links to seminars at our affiliated departments.