BOTANY 5971 - SCHEDULE

SPRING SEMESTER 2005

Seminars are every Thursday at 4:30 pm in GLCH 310

Lots of titles still need to be filled in. Schedule is pending.

DateSpeakerTitle
JAN 13O R G A N I Z A T I O N A L    M E E T I N G
JAN 20
JAN 27 Dr. Bill Henley
Dept of Botany
Oklahoma State University
"Salt Plains Microbial Observatory: Halotolerant algae & cyanobacteria"
FEB 3Dr. Even Delucia, Dept Head
Department of Plant Biology
UIUC
"The changing role of forests in the global carbon cycle"
FEB 10Dr. Sherryl Bisgrove
Utah State University
"Microtubule regulation and plant development"
FEB 17Dr. Zengyu Wang
Noble Foundation
Genetic manipulation of forage crops
FEB 24Dr. Srinivasa R Uppalapati (Rao)
Oklahoma State University
"The role of phytohormones and pathogen-derived phytotoxins in plant-disease development"
MAR 3Mrs. Becky Powell
OU graduate student
"BRS3, a bri1-5 suppressor, characterization and identification"
MAR 10Mr. Kai He
OU graduate student
"BAK1 and BAK2, two redundant proteins, are essential for brassinosteroid-mediated plant growth"
MAR 17S P R I N G    B R E A K
MAR 24Mr. Mike Cyrwus
OU graduate student
"Rodent herbivory influences grassland plant communities"
MAR 31Dr. Xiaoping Gou
OU postdoctoral fellow
"Gene expression in the sperm cells of Plumbago zeylanica"
APR 7Mr. Jesse E. Bell
OU graduate student
"Probabilistic modeling applied to global change"
APR 14Mr. Brent Berger
University of Oklahoma
"Seed morphology of the Lindernieae and a review of the Lindernia dubia species complex"
APR 21Mr. Zhongxin Guo
OU graduate student
"BRS19, a ring-finger protein, regulates brassinosteroid signal transduction in Arabidopsis"
APR 28Ms. Gloria Hoggard
OU graduate student
"Pollen and viscid thread morphology in Gaur (Onagraceae)"
MAY 5Ms. Xiaoping Wei
OU graduate student
"Efficient plant regeneration and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated gene transformation of Plumbago zeylanica"