PBS Retreat Agenda
- Welcome and first year cohort introductions
- First year students: Mara DeMers, Shan Kothari, Molly Kreiser, Lotus Lofgren, Michael Maher, Sean O’Mara, Rebecca Sims, Erik Solhaug, Qian Tang, Jason Thomas, and Weidong Wang
- Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) and Assistant DGS Perspectives Cindy Tong (DGS) and Sue Gibson (Assistant DGS)
- PBS Student Research Talks
- Allison Haaning: "Investigating the genetics of tiller production in barley"
- Matthew Nelson: "A pathogenic system used in Sinorhizobium/Medicago symbiosis"
- Vai Lor: "Characterization of the roles of SPINDLY, SECRET AGENT, and the DELLA protein PROCERA in gibberellin signaling in Solanum lycopersicum"
- Kristin Grandt: "Investigating four putative O-GlcNAcylated proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana"
- Diana Trujillo: "Cross-species studies of nodulation-related signaling peptides"
- Amber Eule-Nashoba: "Predicting adaptive rate in partridge pea"
- Beth Fallon: "Drought freezing tolerances among elevationally-stratified oak species"
- Poster Session