2010 Fall Seminars
August 31, CGRC 133:
“Special delivery: tools for the treatment of dominant diseases of the retina”
Alfred S. Lewin, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida
September 14, CGRC 133:
“One plus one is better than two: genome doubling in flowering plants”
Douglas E. Soltis, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor,
Department of Biology, University of Florida
September 21, CGRC 101:
“Exploring genomic sequences of specialized and ordinary chromosome regions in tropical plants”
Jianping Wang, Ph.D., (new) Assistant Professor,
Agronomy Department, University of Florida
September 28, CGRC 101:
“Data analysis tools for variation discovery in high-throughput sequencing data”
Gabor Marth, D.Sc., Associate Professor,
Department of Biology, Boston College
October 12, CGRC 133:
“Mating system and patterns of diversification: a test using moss model systems”
Stuart F. McDaniel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Biology, University of Florida
October 19, CGRC 101:
“Therapeutic modulation of RNA processing”
Luca Cartegni, Ph.D., Laboratory Head,
Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York
November 2, CGRC 101:
“Utilizing population and comparative genomics to discover and exploit natural diversity”
Stephen Kresovich, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Graduate Education and Center of Economic Excellence Endowed Chair of Genomics,
University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina
November 9, CGRC 101:
Speaker TBD
November 16, CGRC 133:
“Genomics-assisted elucidation of bioenergy traits in grasses”
Wilfred Vermerris, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Agronomy Department, University of Florida
November 30, CGRC 101:
Speaker TBD
December 7, CGRC 133:
“Peaches in Florida. Breeding a fruit tree adapted to a hostile environment”
Jose X. Chaparro, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida