The UVM Plant Biology Department provides research and education in the basic biology of plants at all levels of organization, from the molecule to the organism to the ecosystem. World problems addressed by plant biologists include natural-resource sustainability, food security, global climate change, renewable energy, and human health and well-being.
The plant sciences provide novel strategies, new technologies, and practical solutions or mitigations to some of the major global challenges that face future generations.
The James Marvin Memorial Seminar Series is held on Thursdays at 4:15pm in room Jeffords 110 during the academic year.
April 25: Complex families, complex histories: developmental genetics and the evolution of developmental genes in the grasses (Madelaine Bartlett)
May 2: The role of stomatal trait evolution in Pooideae (Poaceae) stress tolerance (Aayudh Das) and Encapsulation of plant protoplasts in agarose microspheres: a developing platform for single cell studies in plant systems (Matt Grasso)
