Dr. Lufang Zhou: "Mitochondrial Network Excitability in Normal and Failing Hearts" Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham November 8 - 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Dr. Dafang Wang: "Epigenetic Silencing on DNA Transposons in Maize" Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Delta State University November 15 - 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Dr. Jiaxu Li: "Improving Drought Tolerance in Soybean via Silicate Application and Gene Manipulation" Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University November 1 - 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Dr. Olga Zabotina: "A Toolset to Study the Plant Cell Wall-mediated Stress Responses and to Dissect the Signaling Pathways" Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University October 25 - 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Dr. John Gustafson: "Mechanism of Reduced Susceptibility to a Multitargeting Antimicrobial: a Foundation in Growth Inhibition" Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University October 18 - 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Dr. Ye Xia: "Plant-pathogen Interactions at the Surface" Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University October 4 - 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Dr. Heather Jordan: "Measuring the Disease Risk of an Environmental Pathogen" Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University September 27 - 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Dr. Shahid Mukhtar: "Network Biology and Predictive Modeling to Link Genome to Phenome" Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham September 20 - 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Dr. Seung-Joon Ahn: "Metabolic adaptation of herbivorous insects to plant defense compounds." Assistant Professor; Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology & Plant Pathology; Mississippi State University September 13 - 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Dr. Federico Hoffmann: "Interplay between piRNAs and Transposable Elements and PIWIs in mammal." Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology & Plant Pathology; Mississippi State University September 6 - 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm