Spring 2024 PMB Seminars
Seminars are held in 3503 Thomas Hall - Stephens Room, from 4:00-5:00 pm, unless otherwise stated. View our events calendar here. Check back periodically for added seminars.
We also list presentations in the Microbiomes and Complex Microbial Communities cluster, a Chancellor's Faculty Excellence Program. These are labeled as "(M^3)".
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/30 | Dennis Keefe | Exponent | “FDA’s Premarket Review Programs for Food and Food Ingredients“ | Madison Moore, MBGSA |
| 2/1 | Brianna Almeida and Xavious Allen | NC State University | TBD, (M^3) | Christine Hawkes |
| 2/20 | Robbin C. Moran | The New York Botanical Garden | “Some Fascinating Aspects of Fern Biology” (Remote) | Jim Mickle |
| 2/27 | Angela Kent | University of Illinois | “RoadMAPs for Sustainability: Mining Ancient Genomes for Crops of the Future“ | Christine Hawkes |
| 3/5 | Acer VanWallendael | NC State University | “The genetics of pathogen and microbiome control in the switchgrass leaf” | Jenny Xiang |
| 3/7 | Tyler J. Carrier | GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research | “Microbes as Manipulators of Sea Urchin Development” (M^3) | Manuel Kleiner |
| 3/12 | Miranda Sinnott-Armstrong | Duke University | “The Evolution of Color Diversity in Fleshy Fruits” | Jenny Xiang |
| 3/19 | Nick Kortessis | Wake Forest University | “Understanding how spatiotemporal variation can enhance the growth and spread of infectious disease” | Seema Sheth |
| 3/26 | LW Parks Lecture: Caroline Ajo-Franklin | Rice University | “Programming Bacteria for Real-time Sensing and Sustainable Materials | MB Students & Faculty |
| 4/4 | Zhe Lyu | NC State University | TBD, (M^3) | Manuel Kleiner |
| 4/9 | Kylie Allen | Virginia Tech | “Uncovering New Functions of Old Radical SAM Enzymes in Anaerobic Archaea” | Zhe Lyu |
| 4/16 | BW Wells Speaker: Sarah Davidson Evanega | Boyce Thompson Institute | “Agricultural Biotechnology: The Time is Now” | PBGSA |
| 5/2 | Adina Howe | Iowa State University | “Microbial drivers of global change” (M^3) | Manuel Kleiner |
| 6/6 | Samuel Oliveira | N.C. A&T State University | TBD, (M^3) | Manuel Kleiner |