Friday, 01 Apr 2022
Seminar: Functional gains achieved with electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves
Join us for this Kinesiology Pease Scholar Seminar featuring Dr. Roger Enoka, professor from the University of Colorado - Boulder.
Monday, 04 Apr 2022
Seminar: Determining Effective Organic Poultry Litter Fertilization for Containerized Herbs
Join this Department of Horticulture Graduate Seminar to hear ISU graduate student Jaden Gimondo discuss research into characterizing the growth, morphology and plant tissue nutrient concentrations of six different culinary herbs using organic turkey litter fertilizer applications in response to the recent commercial production adoption of containerized growing conditions.
Tuesday, 05 Apr 2022
Seminar: Scales of genetic variation in corals from clonal polyps to widespread reefs
Join this session of the Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology Promising Scientist Research Series to hear Elora Lopez-Nandam, a Hope for Reefs postdoctoral fellow at California Academy of Sciences, discuss research into how studying somatic mutation rates and within-colony variation has yielded insights into DNA repair mechanisms that coral may employee.
Monday, 11 Apr 2022
Seminar: Soil in the Lab and on the Canvas
Join this seminar to hear Kirsten Kurtz, Manager at the Cornell Soil Health Laboratory and Research Support Specialist with Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, discuss measuring and quantifying soil health through the Comprehensive Assessment of Soil Health (CASH). Gain a behind the scenes look at some unique apparatuses used in the Cornell Soil Health Laboratory and learn more about Kirstens research into soil degradation in agriculture practices.
Monday, 18 Apr 2022
Seminar: Landscape Diversity in the Upper Midwest: Identifying and Developing New Woody Plants
Join this Department of Horticulture Seminar to hear Dr. Brandon Miller, assistant professor in the Department of Horticultural Science from the University of Minnesota, discuss the need to identify, develop, and utilize diverse species and selections of landscape plants capable of tolerating the demands of a changing climate as a forefront issue in horticulture in the Upper Midwest.
Monday, 25 Apr 2022
Seminar: Exploring Perennial Groundcover Species Compatibility with Maize and Their Effects on Soil Water and Nutrient Dynamics
Join this Department of Horticulture Graduate Seminar to hear Patrick Galland, Horticulture graduate student at Iowa State University, discuss research into the use of perennial ground cover with maize. The focus was primarily on how the soil water and available nutrients were impacted with the goal to indentify which combination of factors had the greatest influence on grain yield reductions.