Seminar Series

Date	Name	Institution	Title	Host
2/3	Dr. Ben Strycker	Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative	Characterization and Identification of Microfungi with Raman Spectroscopy	Brian Shaw
2/10	Dr. Kranthi Mandadi	Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center at Weslaco	Strategies to combat unculturable pathogens: Getting to the root of the problem(s)	PLPM
2/17 POSTPONED	Dr. Xin-Gen “Shane” Zhou	Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center at Beaumont	Innovative Technologies and Approaches Used to Manage Rice Diseases	PLPM
2/24	Dr. Dzmitry Kurouski	Biochemistry and Biophysics, TAMU	Laser-Based Diagnostics of Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Plants	Kevin Ong
3/3	Dr. Richard Griffin	Prairie View A&M University	Saharan Dust as a Source of Iron for Redoximorphic Features in Sandy Soils on the Texas Gulf Coast Prairie: Potential Bioenvironmental and Biomedical Implications	Tom Chappell
3/10	Ms. Brittnay Meyer	Plant Pathology and Microbiology, TAMU	Survey of fungal pathogens affecting watermelon production throughout Texas growing regions	Kevin Ong
3/17	Mr. Shankar Gaire	Plant Pathology and Microbiology, TAMU	Fungal pathogens associated with rice seedling blight in the southern U.S.: their identification, pathogenicity, population diversity and interaction with rice genotypes	Shane Zhou
3/24	Dr. Xin-Gen “Shane” Zhou	Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center at Beaumont	Innovative Technologies and Approaches Used to Manage Rice Diseases	PLPM
4/28	Dr. Olufemi Alabi	Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center at Weslaco	TBD	PLPM
5/18	Mr. Bing Xu	Plant Pathology and Microbiology, TAMU	Develop the Rhodococcus and Pseudomonas putida as the platforms for biofuel and PHA production	Susie Dai