Seminars are held on Thursdays 4:15-5:15 in room Jeffords 110. People gather beforehand to socialize in room Jeffords 326 beginning at 3:45pm.
Seminars this semester will be held in person with a simultaneous livestream via Microsoft Teams. If you would like to attend a seminar remotely, please email plantbio@uvm.edu to request a link to the MS Teams live stream.
The current seminar schedule is posted below. Marvin Seminar schedules for previous academic years can be accessed here.
Fall 2022 Marvin Seminar Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | Dr. Sonali Roy, Tennessee State University | Peptides in Nodulation and Nitrogen Acquisition |
| Sep 29 | open | open |
| Oct 6 | Dr. Li Li, Cornell University (ARS) | Uncovering the regulatory mechanisms underlying pigment accumulation in plants |
| Oct 13 | Dr. Aman Husbands, University of Pennsylvania | The complex and reproducible nature of development |
| Oct 20 | Charlotte Uden, UVM Plant Biology graduate student | Modeling Fire Resilience of Oak Species in Northeastern Forests |
| Oct 27 | Dr. Tessa Burch-Smith, Danforth Plant Science Center | Beyond defense and nutrition: glucosinolates as signals for regulating intercellular communication in plants |
| Nov 3 | Dr. Rachael Floreani, UVM Engineered Biomaterials Laboratory | Plant Biopolymers: Medicine to Meat |
| Nov 10 | Hannah Shafer & Sandra Nnadi, UVM Plant Biology graduate students | Evolution of the (de)vernalization flowering response in temperate Pooideae grasses Examining the link between the root fungal microbiome and floral traits in Northern Highbush Blueberry |
| Nov 17 | Bertrand Black & Rachel Wilson, UVM Plant Biology graduate students | Research Update: A phylogenetic revision of Athyrium Sect. Athyrium in the Americas |
| Nov 24 | Thanksgiving | No Seminar |
| Dec 1 | Greta Savisky & Connor Lewis, UVM Plant Biology graduate students | Title TBA CCDC22 and CCDC93 Contribute to Root and Root Hair Growth in Arabidopsis |
| Dec 8 | Jessica Rubin, UVM Plant & Soil Science graduate student | Myco-Phytoremediation Research for Phosphorus Mitigation & Pollinator Habitat on Unceded Abenaki Territory at Shelburne Farms |