22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, HUH Seminar Room 125
George Staples, PhD Independent Researcher and Scholar HUH Associate
Topic: Convolvulaceae: What? Where? Why?
Abstract: An overview of the family Convolvulaceae that describes their morphology and biology, where they can be found in the wild and in cultivation, and some of the interesting case studies—economic, taxonomic, biological, and inter-species relationships—that make them fascinating study subjects. Bring your morning glory...
22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, HUH Seminar Room 125
Donald H. Pfister Curator of the Farlow Library and Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany Asa Gray Professor of Systematic Botany Harvard University
Topic: Diversity in the Pezizomycetes and Orbiliomycetes
Abstract: These two classes of Ascomycota offer examples of ways of thinking about species diversity and some of the factors that come to play in detailed studies of fungi. In some cases collecting in habitats that have not been well explored reveal hidden diversity; in other cases a failure to recognize...
22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, HUH Seminar Room 125
Fay-Wei Li, Assistant Professor Boyce Thompson Institute Cornell University
Topic: Evolutionary genomics of seed-free plants: ferns, Isoetes, and hornworts
Abstract: Since the first complete plant genome from Arabidopsis thaliana was announced in 2000, reference genomes for all other major green lineages have been published, except for a few orphan clades such as ferns, quillworts (Isoetes), and hornworts. Here I will present the assemblies and analyses of two first fern genomes—Azolla...
22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, HUH Seminar Room 125
Megan Biango-Daniels, Postdoctoral Scholar Wolfe Lab Department of Biology, Tufts University
Topic: Bad apples: a new disease and its impacts, farm to fork
Abstract: The United States is the world’s second-largest apple producer. Before this economically important crop makes it to grocery shelves, it faces numerous fungal pathogens, a problem compounded by its long postharvest storage. Fungal rots contribute to the 10-15% of apples that are...
22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, HUH Seminar Room 125
Luis Quijada, Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow Pfister Lab, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University
Topic: Diversity and composition of micro-fungi along an elevation gradient in an oceanic island
Abstract: The distribution and ecology of two groups of micro-fungi, Helotiales and Orbiliales (Ascomycota), were studied in the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) in four different vegetation types, i.e. Euphorbia scrub, Pine forest, Laurel forest and summit broom scrubs....
