Seminars

 
 
 
Seminar Schedule

Fall 2013

Fall semester seminars are held on Wednesdays in the Stephen's Room (3503 Thomas Hall) from 10:30 to 11:30 am.

September 4
 
"Controlling Plant Diseases and Insect Pests by RNA Interference (RNAi)"
Chuck Niblett, President of Venganza, Inc. 
 
September 11
 
Lee-Ann Jaykus, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, Scientific Director, USDA-NIFA Food Virology Collaborative (NoroCORE) , Department of Food Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, NCSU
 
September 18
 
Peter Ojiambo, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, NCSU
 
September 25
 
Peter Balint-Kurti, USDA-ARS Plant Research Geneticist/Pathologist, USDA Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, NCSU
 
October 2
 
Lisa J. Vaillancourt, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky
 
October 16
 
Suzanne Kjemtrup, Research Scientist, Monsanto
 
October 23
 
Raymond J. St.Leger, Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland
 
October 30
 
"A Plant Pathologist View of Global Food Security"
Jean Beagle Ristaino, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, Jefferson Fellow, USAID, Bureau of Food Security, Department of Plant Pathology, NCSU
 
November 6
 
"The Birth, Life and Death of Metabolic Pathways in Fungi"
Antonis Rokas, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University

 
November 13
 
John Cavanagh, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Development, NCSU