The Plant Sciences Graduate Student Council is excited for our 9th Annual Plant Sciences Symposium! View our speaker abstracts here!
Interested in attending? Register here!
THEME: “Plant Sciences: Evolving with the Times”
DATE: Friday, November 15th, 2019
LOCATION: H.F. DeLuca Forum in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (330 N Orchard St, Madison, WI 53715)
INVITED SPEAKERS:
Dr. Sarah Hart, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Dr. Matthew Hufford, Iowa State University
Dr. Seth Murray, Texas A&M University
Dr. Matt Smalley, Corteva Agriscience
Dr. Selena Smith, University of Michigan
Dr. Chelsea Specht, Cornell University
Program
7:30 am Registration and Breakfast
8:15 am Introduction by Bridget McFarland, PSGSC President
8:20 am Opening Remarks by Tabare Abadie, Coretva Agriscience
8:30 am Plant paleobiology in the digital era: using X-ray computed tomography to shed light on plant evolution
Dr. Selena Smith, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan
9:20 am Searching for phylogenetic signal: a holistic view for the Zingiberales
Dr. Chelsea Specht, Professor of Plant Biology at Cornell University
10:10 am Break- Poster presentations in atrium
10:30 am Assembly and Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Maize NAM Founders
Dr. Matthew Hufford, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology at Iowa State University
11:20 am Lightning Talk Competition
11:45 am Lunch
12:45 pm Disturbance ecology in a changing world: Cross-scale interactions amongst climate, trees, and bark beetles
Dr. Sarah Hart, Assistant Professor of Forestry and Wildlife Ecology at UW-Madison
1:35 pm Evolution of Industrial Hybrid Breeding
Dr. Matt Smalley, Research Director at Corteva Agriscience
2:25 pm Break- Poster presentations in atrium
3:15 pm Plant phenomics and unoccupied aerial systems (UAS, aka drone) phenotyping for Southern maize crop improvement
Dr. Seth Murray, Associate Professor in Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University
4:05 pm Closing Remarks by Bridget McFarland, PSGSC President
Funding for the 9th Annual Plant Sciences Symposium has been graciously provided by Corteva Agriscience, Ball Horticultural Company, Valent U.S.A. Corporation, the Associated Students of Madison (ASM), the Wisconsin Experience Grant, Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association (WALSAA), University Lectures Grant and the UW-Madison College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
PREVIOUS UW-MADISON SYMPOSIA:
2018- Leavesdropping on Plants: Microscopic to Macroscopic Conversations
2017 – Plants in the Anthropocene: Diversity, Genetics, and Biotic Interactions
2016 – Turning a New Leaf on Plant Evolution and Ecology
2015 – Leveraging Data in Plant Sciences: In vivo, in vitro, in silico
2014 – Plants and Society: Integrating Food and Science in Today’s Culture
2013 – Transforming Innovation into New Resources for Plant Science
2012 – Emerging Trends and Paradigm Shifts in Plant Breeding
2011 – Modern Tools for Plant Genetic Improvement