The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.    
     
2008 Plant Biology Spring Seminar Series
 
 
     
  January 31, 2008
Dr. Ho-Kwok Dai
Oklahoma State University
Computer Science Department
"Finding All Statistically Significant Subsequences in Parallel"
 
  February 7, 2008
Dr. Naomi Ori
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
"Leaf patterning in tomato"
 
  February 21, 2008
Dr. Gary Thompson
Oklahoma State University
Department of Molecular Biology
"Immunological Approaches to Identify Novel Sieve Element Endomembrane Proteins"
 
  February 28, 2008
Dr. Martha Hawes
University of Arizona
Division of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
"Protecting the front lines: Root border cells as a model for eukaryotic extracellular defense systems"
 
  March 13, 2008
Dr. Chris Town
J. Craig Venter Institute
"Plant Genomics at the J. Craig Venter Institute"
 
  March 27, 2008
Dr. Peter Balint-Kurti
USDA-ARS
North Carolina State University
"Dissecting Quantitative Disease Resistance in Maize"
 
  April 3, 2008
Dr. Michael Udvardi
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Plant Biology Division
"Medicago functional genomics: Uncovering the genetic and molecular bases of symbiotic nitrogen fixation, seed development, and drought-stress tolerance"
 
  April 10, 2008
Dr. Marc-Andre Selosse
CEFE-CNRS, France
"How forest plants compensate for shade by eating mycorrhizal fungi (mixotrophy), and sometimes become achlorophyllous (mycoheterotrophy)"
 
  April 17, 2008
Dr. Hong Zhang
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"NAD metabolic pathways: variations and regulation"
 
  May 1, 2008
Dr. Kelly Craven
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Plant Biology Division
"It's all about networking: the role of anastomosis in the lifestyle and evolution of fungal endophytes of grasses"
 
  May 15, 2008
Dr. Elison Blancaflor
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Plant Biology Division
"Polarity establishment in plants"
 
  May 22, 2008
Dr. Xiaoqiang Wang
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Plant Biology Division
"Structural biology study of plant natural product biosynthesis"
 
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Unless otherwise specified, invited speaker seminars take place at 10:00 a.m. in Kruse Auditorium at the Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Okla. If you are interested in attending a seminar, please contact Scotty McGill, email: sbmcgill@noble.org, telephone: 580.224.6602 to verify the date and time.
 
         
       
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