Events

2026

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  Spring Seminar: Guest speaker Dr. Dipali Sashital - Jan 29th, 12-1:00pm

  Jan 29, 2026 - 12:00 PM

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  Location

  Room 1330, ATRB

  Talk title: “Cellular conditions shape CRISPR-Cas specificity and mechanism”

  Dipali Sashital is the Roy J. Carver Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology at Iowa State University.

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  Spring Seminar: Guest speaker Dr. Margaret Frank - Feb 25th, 12-1:00pm

  Feb 25, 2026 - 12:00 PM

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  Location

  1330 ATRB

  Talk title: “Illuminating the Hidden Half through Grafting”

  Margaret received her bachelor’s from Barnard College in 2007 and her PhD in Plant Biology from Cornell University in 2014.

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  Spring Seminar: Guest speaker Dr. Piero Barone - March 25th, 12-1:00pm

  Mar 25, 2026 - 12:00 PM

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  Location

  TBD

  Piero Barone earned his PhD from the University of Perugia, Italy, focusing on the cytological and molecular characterization of a female sterility trait in alfalfa and during an exchange program with the University of Georgia, he developed transg

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  Spring Seminar: Guest speaker Dr. Steve Strauss - April 29th, 12-1:00pm

  Apr 29, 2026 - 12:00 PM

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  Location

  1330 ATRB

  Dr. Steven H. Strauss is a University Distinguished Professor of Forest Biotechnology in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State University.

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  CBC Spring CRISPR Workshop

  May 19, 2026 - 12:00 AM

  to May 22, 2026 - 11:59 PM

  Location

  ISU, Advanced Research and Teaching Building (ATRB)

  Unlock the power of plant genome editing! 

  Join our 3.5 day (Friday will be a half day workshop) hands-on workshop to master CRISPR-Cas guide RNA design, vector construction, and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation for maize, sorghu

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