THE DOBROGOSZ/BIOGAIA GRADUATE LECTURE "The Role of the Microbiome in IBS" Presented by Mark Pimentel M.D. Professor Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Department of Medicine Los Angeles, CA No Zoom/Not Being Recorded  

"Shaping the root’s surface and microbial colonization...in the end, it comes down to ROS" Presented by Dr. Guido Grossmann Professor, Institute for Cell and Interaction Biology CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences The Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany Special Start Time 1:00pm Virtual Only! Zoom Link: go.ncsu.edu/grossmann

"Unveiling the Roles of Plant RAB7: Orchestrating Endomembrane Trafficking and Stress Responses" Presented by Dr. Cecilia Rodriguez-Furlan Assistant Professor The School of Biological Sciences Washington State University, Pullman, WA Zoom Link: go.ncsu.edu/furlan  

"Beyond Pairwise: Higher-Order Interactions across Changing Environments" Presented by Dr. Senay Yitbarek Assistant Professor Department of Biology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Zoom Link: go.ncsu.edu/yitbarek

"Value Beyond Yield - Sustainable Solutions Through Agriculture" Presented by Rodrigo Sarria, Ph.D. Chief Technology Officer NuSeed Durham, NC Zoom Link: go.ncsu.edu/sarria

"Microbe-Dependent Heterosis in Maize" Presented by Dr. Solomon Samuel Postdoctoral Research Scholar Department of Plant & Microbial Biology NC State University, Raleigh, NC Zoom Link: go.ncsu.edu/samuel

"FDA’s Premarket Review Programs for Food and Food Ingredients" A Professional Development Session of Special Interest to Students and Advisors Presented by Dennis Keefe, Ph.D. Senior Managing Scientist Exponent Washington, DC Zoom Link: go.ncsu.edu/keefe

"Some Fascinating Aspects of Fern Biology" REMOTE ONLY  Presented by Robbin C. Moran, Ph.D. Curator Emeritus The New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY Zoom Link: go.ncsu.edu/moran  

"RoadMAPs for Sustainability: Mining Ancient Genomes for Crops of the Future" Presented by Angela Kent, Ph.D. Professor Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL Zoom Link: go.ncsu.edu/akent

"The Genetics of Pathogen and Microbiome Control in the Switchgrass Leaf" Presented by Acer VanWallendael Assistant Professor Department of Horticulture and Crop & Soil Sciences NC State University, Raleigh, NC Zoom Link: go.ncsu.edu/vanwall