Seminar Title and Speakers: Patrick Freeze “Effect of iron minerals in iron-enriched compost on lead and arsenic sequestration and bioavailability in contaminated soil” Anjuman Islam “Evaluating cover crops to mitigate chlorosis in Concord grapevine: Soil microbial community response and feedback” Tara Burke “Indaziflam Resistance in Winter Wheat” Abdelsalam Aldarmon “Effect of pyrolysis temperature and feedstock […]

Seminar Title: “Metabolic adjustments required for algae & cyanobacteria to survive variable light” Speaker:  Graham Peers, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Colorado State University Location: Abelson 201 Refreshments will be served in Abelson 312 at 3:30 p.m.

Seminar Title: “Developing a dynamic soilborne pathogen research program for Columbia Basin dryland wheat production” Speaker:  Christina H. Hagerty, Assistant Professor of Cereal Pathology, Oregon State University – CBARC Pendelton  Location: Johnson Hall 343 Schedule here (AMS dialup #2058)  

Seminar Title: “X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Heterogeneous Catalysis: a Retrospective and Perspective” Speaker:   Simon Bare, Distinguished Staff Scientist, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), SLAC National Accelerator  National Laboratory, Menlo Park CA. Location: ADBF 1002/Floyd 256 (Tri-Cities) Refreshments will be served in Abelson 312 at 3:30 p.m.  

Seminar Title and Speakers: Tanya Cheeke, Assistant Professor, WSU Tri-Cities School of Environment “Harnessing the power of soil microbes for ecological restoration” Jeremy Thompson “Field bindweed: Breaking rhizomatous bud dormancy to improve control” Location: Johnson Hall 204 Schedule here (AMS dialup #2933)

Seminar Title: “Leaf litter decomposition: Legacy effects and VOCs” Speaker:  Dr. Michael Strickland, University of Idaho Location: Johnson Hall 204 Schedule here (AMS dialup #5984)  

Seminar Title: “Predicting ecosystem consequences of global change via altered plant physiology” Speaker:  Nathan Lemoine, Research Scientist, Colorado State University Location: Spark 335

Seminar Title: “Rivers in the Sky, Rivers on the Ground: Atmospheric Rivers, Rain and Floods in the Willamette Valley” Speaker:  Dr. Andrew Martin, Dept. of Geography, Portland State University and host: Deepti Singh Location: Engineering and computer Science Building room 125, WSU, Vancouver WA.

Seminar Title: “Biological and Molecular Investigations into Tospovirus-Host Interactiosn” Speaker Cristian André Olaya Arias, Graduate Student, PhD, Exit Seminar Location: Johnson Hall 343 Schedule here  (AMS dialup #3394)  

Seminar Title: Effective Use of Google / Google Scholar & Plagiarism Issues Speaker:  Betty Galbraith, Professor, Owen Science Library, WSU Location: Johnson Hall 204 Schedule here  (AMS dialup #5834)