Plant Biology Division

Invited Speaker Series 1998

January 26
Anthony Trewavas, University of Edinburgh "Le calcium; c'est la vie"

March 26
William J. Lucas, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis "Cell-to-cell and long-distance communication systems in plants"

March 20
Malcolm R. Brown, Jr., Botany Department, University of Texas, Austin "The biosynthesis and structure of cellulose, the primary architectural component of the plant cell wall"

April 21
Gary Blomquist, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nevada "Biochemistry and endocrine regulation of hydrocarbon production in insects"

May 4
Peter Facchini, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary "Regulation and subcellular localization of alkaloid biosynthesis in opium poppy: Prospects for metabolic engineering in plants"

April 28
R. Larry Peterson, Department of Botany, University of Geulph, Ontario "Orchid seed germination - a novel system to study interactions between symbiotic fungi and plant cells"

May 19
Mona Mehdy, Department of Botany, University of Texas, Austin "Redox regulation of mRNA destabilization and gene activation during the defense response in plants"

May 28
Edwin Bingham, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin "Breeding high - phytase alfalfa"