Monday, 13 Apr 2015
Entomology Seminar
"Detection and bioactivity of Cry1Ab fragments: Implications on risk assessments," Vurtice Albright, ISU entomology.
Special Plant Breeding Seminar
Vegetable Breeding Challenges at Seminis Vegetable Seeds Dr. Terry Berke Lunch for students to follow from noon-1pm
Tuesday, 14 Apr 2015
Symposium: Interlocking the Pieces for Global Food Security
"Interlocking The Pieces For Global Food Security." Three sessions are planned to include topics on nutrition; capacity building/education; private/public partnerships and entrepreneurship; and production environments -- seeds, soil and water.
David W. Staniforth Memorial Lecture
Managing Pests in the Transgenic Era: Is the Integration in IPM an All But Forgotten Consideration? Presenter: Dr. Michael E. Gray, Professor & Assistant Dean ANR Extension, University of Illinois
Plant Breeding Seminar
Student Presentations Andreomar Kurek: Bringing the optimization concepts to a self-pollinated breeding program Matt Dzievit: High throughput phenotyping and genotyping to dissect canopy architecture in maize inbred lines
Welcome reception: CALS Student Services
Meet Elizabeth Martinez-Podolsky, undergraduate retention specialist in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' student services office. She will act as the CALS multicultural liaison officer and provide programming for a broad range of student interests including undergraduate multicultural, adult, LGBT, veteran and military students.
Wednesday, 15 Apr 2015
Symposium: Interlocking the Pieces for Global Food Security
"Interlocking The Pieces For Global Food Security." Three sessions are planned to include topics on nutrition; capacity building/education; private/public partnerships and entrepreneurship; and production environments -- seeds, soil and water.
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Food Hub Start-Up Presenter: Nick McCann, Iowa Food Hub Value Chain Coordinator
Soil Science Seminar
Evaluation of Requate® Decomposing Agent Presenter:Omar De Kok-Mercado
Friday, 17 Apr 2015
MS Defense Seminar
MS Defense Seminar Presenter: Mason Neal
MS Defense Seminar
Resource optimization and the Pedagogy of Team Based Learning: Creating a lesson module for a short course in advanced plant breeding topics Presenter: Erin Jones