Dr. Esther van der Knapp, Distinguished Research Professor College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics Thursday October 20th, at 3:30pm VIRTUAL ONLY “The hidden gems in semi-domesticated germplasm: the surprising levels of genetic diversity in fruit quality traits in tomato” Abstract: Esther van der Knaap1, Manoj Sapkota1, Lara Pereira1,…Read more about HLA Fall Seminar: Dr. Esther van der Knapp[Read More]
The Purdue 1869 Tree Planting Master Plan, an initiative that involves planting 3738 trees by fiscal year 2025, won an award this fall in the “Environmental Sustainability Category” from the Indiana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (INASLA). The total number of trees proposed for planting on campus was determined by doubling 1869,…Read more about The Purdue 1869 Tree Planting Master Plan Wins Award at from INASLA[Read More]
Several HLA grad students are involved in the planning of the 2022 Graduate Student Plant Science Symposium, including George Meyer, Vera Vukovic, Cristian Salinas, Emerson Luna, Emmanuel Cooper, Sofia Gomez, Xiaojing Wang, Frederick Mildenhall, Scott Benzinger, and Jeanine Arana. Students from other departments in the College of Ag include Rebecca Leuschen-Kohl, Nathan Smith, Juan Diego…Read more about HLA Graduate Students Involved in Planning Graduate Student Plant Science Symposium[Read More]
Thiti Suttiyut, Scott Benzinger, Rachel McCoy, and Josh Widhalm published a chapter in Methods in Enzymology titled “Strategies to study the metabolic origins of specialized plant metabolites: The specialized 1, 4-naphthoquinones.”
Dr. Amolkumar Solanke and Dr. Nimmy Manduparambil Subramanian, two Senior Research Scientist from National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR),PUsa Campus, New Delhi, will be visiting Professor Avtar Handa Laboratory for two weeks (October 11 to October 24, 2022). The purpose of their visit is to discuss and learn recent…Read more about Handa Lab Hosts Two Visiting Senior Research Scientists[Read More]
Dr. Shin-Han Shiu, Professor, Michigan State University, Plant Biology Thursday October 6th, at 3:30pm in HORT 117 or join via Zoom “Computational modeling of plant functions and traits: challenges and opportunities” Abstract: The rapid growth in a wide range of biological data has led to discoveries transforming plant science. Beyond the original intents for generating these data, there…Read more about HLA Fall Seminar: Dr. Shin-Han Shiu[Read More]