Plant Phenomics Symposium
September 18, 2018
202 PACCAR – 1:00 to 7:00 PM
Through the generous support of the Campbell Lecture Series Fund, WSU will host a symposium on plant phenomics to celebrate the commissioning of the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust supported phenomics facility in Johnson Hall.
Confirmed Speakers (schedule below):
Becky Bart
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Seminar Title: “Sorghum responses to abiotic stress and microbes defined through high throughput phenotyping”
Alex Bucksch
Department of Plant Biology
University of Georgia
Seminar Title: “Frontiers in root phenotyping under field conditions: Physical and mathematical limits in the light of ongoing developments”
Todd DeZwaan
Lemnatec
Seminar Title: “High-resolution phenotyping for product development in the digital era of agriculture”
Margaret Frank
School of Integrative Plant Science
Cornell University
Seminar Title: “Capturing the whole plant phenotype of grafting-induced vigor”
Pubudu Handakumbura
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Seminar Title: “Metabolite profiling in Genome-to-Phenome Mapping of Plant Traits”
James Schnable
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Seminar Title: “Integrating Phenotyping and Quantitative Genetics in Maize and Sorghum”
RSVP for the symposium at the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/EQLXot33LAwU1I393
Schedule
1:00 –Tour of Phenocenter in Johnson Hall
Karen Sanguinet, Assistant Professor, Crop & Soil Sciences, WSU, will introduce Dean Wright
1:30—Opening remarks, André Wright, CAHNRS Dean, WSU
Session I
Chair: Kiwamu Tanaka, Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology, WSU
1:40—Becky Bart, Associate Faculty Member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
2:05—Alex Bucksch, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia
2:30—Todd De Zwaan, Vice President of Business Development, North America, LemnaTec
2:55-3:30 –Coffee break
Session II
Chair: Henning Kunz, Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, WSU
3:30—Margaret Frank, Assistant Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
3:55—Pubudu Handakumbura, Plant Scientist, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
4:20—James Schnable, Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
4:45—Final thoughts and open panel discussion
5:20—Closing remarks by Scot Hulbert, CAHNRS Dean of Research
*5:30-7:00—Mixer and Heavy Hors D’oeuvres
*Reception sponsored by the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences (CAHNRS).