Plant Biology 2018 Speaker Spotlight Series – Diana Santelia

The spotlight is on Dr. Diana Santelia, Group Leader in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at the University of Zurich. Her talk is titled: Sugar transport to guard cells is required for stomatal opening and plant growth during concurrent symposium 21 on Monday morning. 1)     What are you most excited about during PlantBio18?  DS: … Read more

Plant Biology 2018 Speaker Spotlight Series – Yannick Jacob

Today’s speaker is Yannick Jacob Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale University. Dr. Jacob will be presenting a talk “Increased efficiency of targeted mutagenesis by CRISPR/Cas9 in plants using heat stress” during concurrent session 28 on Tuesday at 10:45am. 1) What are you most excited about during PlantBio18? Having the chance to meet … Read more

Plant Biology 2018 Speaker Spotlight Series – Nicky Creux

The spotlight is on Dr. Nicky Creux, postdoctoral research assistant at University of California Davis. Her talk is titled: The circadian clock and environmental cues co-ordinate flower maturation and pollinator visits in sunflower in concurrent symposium 22 on Tuesday morning. 1) What are you most excited about during PlantBio18? NC: Aside for all the awesome research we … Read more

Plant Biology 2018 Speaker Spotlight Series – Pallavi Singh

This spotlight highlights Dr. Pallavi Singh, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge. Her talk will be in concurrent symposium 19 and is titled: Unravelling the dynamic landscape of transcription regulation in C4 photosynthesis   1) What are you most excited about during PlantBio18? PS: I am excited that this year Plant Biology 2018 is … Read more

Plant Biology 2018 Speaker Spotlight Series – Daniel Scholes

In 2 weeks, we can pick up our badges and get our first glimpse of #PlantBio18. Over the next 2 weeks I will be posting these Speaker Spotlights of concurrent symposium speakers to start the introductions. The first of these is Dr. Daniel Scholes, Assistant Professor of Biology at University of Indianapolis. Dr. Scholes will be presenting … Read more