"Feeding your friends: Do plant exudates shape the root microbiome? (plus 2nd bonus seminar: Investigation of rhizosphere interactions using ecosystem fabrication)" Presented by Dr. Trent Northen Senior Scientist Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and the Joint Genome Institute, San Francisco, CA Refreshments will be served at 3:45 PM
"A Million Little Workers: Harnessing Microbial Diversity for Applications in Agriculture and Industry" Presented by Dr. Charles Hall Senior Scientist Novozymes, Raleigh NC Streamed via Zoom
"Never Invited to a Feast: Exploring the Ecology of Oligotrophic Soil Bacteria" Presented by Dr. Noah Fierer Professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology College of Arts and Sciences University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Zoom Link: go.ncsu.edu/fierer
"Microbial Responses to a Changing World" Presented by Dr. Stephanie Kivlin Assistant Professor Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Zoom Link: coming soon
"Delving into diversity within the legume–rhizobia mutualism" Presented by Dr. Kimberly Komatsu Associate Professor, Florence Schaeffer Distinguished Scholar Department of Biology University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC Zoom Link: go.ncsu.edu/komatsu
"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