22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, Seminar Room
* Special Presentation *
Walter P. Pfliegler Dept. of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Debrecen Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Topic: Some aspects of evolution and adaptations in ascomycete yeasts
Abstract: Yeasts in the phylum Ascomycota are diverse in their evolutionary history, genome size...
22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, Seminar Room
* Special Presentation *
Dennis Wm. Stevenson Vice President for Laboratory Research Editor, Botanical Review New York Botanical Garden
Topic: From Fieldwork to Neurobiology. A botanical journey with cycads.
Abstract: Cycads with their 280 million year history are an important and irreplaceable group within plant biodiversity that have retained seemingly unchanged features during this time as well as having developed important, unique...
22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, Seminar Room
M. Catherine Aime Associate Professor of Mycology Director of the Arthur and Kriebel Herbaria Department of Botany & Plant Pathology Purdue University
Topic: Uncovering Mycological “dinosaurs” in the remote jungles of Guyana's lost world
Abstract: In terms of species numbers and ubiquity, rust fungi (Pucciniales) are an incredibly successful lineage. Together, the more than 7000 described species form the largest known monophyletic group of plant pathogens. All are obligate parasites of...