Distinguished Lecturer
Quatrano, Ph.D., the Spencer T. Olin Professor and chair of the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences and interim dean of the faculty of Arts & Science at Washington University in St. Louis spoke at the Boyce Thompson Institute on October 6, 2008.
He is internationally known for his work on model plant systems to unravel the molecular and cellular mechanisms controlling seed development and how cells acquire polarity. More recently, he has used the moss Physcomitrella patens to study the mechanism of drought tolerance.
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Student Internships in Plant Biology
The Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) at the Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University is offering paid, 10-week undergraduate summer internships for highly qualified students interested in doing plant biology research. Internship applications are now being accepted for 2009.
BTI scientists star in JoVE movies
BTI scientists recently exhibited their acting skills for the Journal of Visualized Experiments (www.jove.com). These scientists showed the world that bugs are cool, particularly in their interactions with host plants.
2008 Seminars
- The MetaCyc database and the BioCyc Collection of Pathway/Genome Databases
Monday 20th of October 2008 01:00 PM
Special Guest Speaker
Dr. Ron Caspi
BTI Auditorium
Scientific Database Curator, Artificial Intelligence Center, Stanford Research Institute
