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Department of Botany and Plant Pathology

FALL 2009 SCHEDULE

Coordinator: Bruce McCune 737-1741

Thursdays 4 p.m. ALS 4001


Oct 2


Professorial Faculty, Botany & Plant Pathology, Oregon State University
Meet the Profs

Oct 9


Dr. Gayle Hansen Courtesy Research Associate Professor, US EPA, Newport, Oregon
Willapa Bay: A new hotspot for seaweed introductions on the US West Coast

Oct 16


Molly Botts BPP Graduate Student of Dr. Everett Hansen, OSU
MS Proposal Seminar: A microscopic approach to investigating interactions between Phytophthora ramorum and Lithocarpus densiflora
AND
Laurie Gilligan BPP Graduate Student of Dr. Patricia Muir, OSU
MS Proposal Seminar: Structural and spatial distribution of Quercus garryana-dominated communities in SW Oregon

Oct 23


Dr. Todd Mockler Assistant Professor, Botany & Plant Pathology, OSU
Plant transcriptome

Oct 30


Matthew Parks BPP Graduate Student of Drs. Aaron Liston & Rich Cronn, OSU
PhD Proposal Seminar: Phylogenetic analyses and genomic architecture of the genus Pinus
AND
Robin Mulvey BPP Graduate Student of Dr. Everett Hansen, OSU
MS Proposal Seminar: White pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) phenology and new alternate hosts (Castilleja and Pedicularis) in the Cascade Range: Implications for whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) ecosystem management

Nov 6


Dr. Alix Gitelman Associate Professor, Statistics, OSU
Applications of bayesian methods to ecological questions

Nov 13


Dr. Johan Six Associate Professor, Agroecology Lab, Dept. Plant Sciences, Univ. CA, Davis (guest of Dr. Kate Lajtha)
Not organic versus mineral resources, but the combination of the two is sustainable

Nov 20


Dr. David Hibbs Professor, Forest Ecosystems and Society, OSU
Twenty years of post-fire recovery in the Klamath-Siskiyous

Nov 27


Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec 4


Dr. Sally Hacker Associate Professor, Zoology, OSU
A tale of two invaders: Why species identity matters to the impact of two non-native congeneric beach grasses

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!!!