2019 Walter E and Helen Parke Loomis Lecture and Mini-Symposium

Monday, May 6th, 2019

Great Hall, Memorial Union, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

10:00AM-4:00PM

Lunch Provided w/ Free Registration 

This symposia joins a long history of annual Interdepartmental Plant Biology symposia that honors the life and achievements of Walter E. Loomis.  With a listing of symposium spanning over a decade this event allows for discussion of exciting new plant biology topics for undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and industry supporters.  

Co-organizers: Dr. Dior Kelley, Dr. Steve Howell and Dr. Yanhai Yin

Topic: Synthesis, Structure, and Signaling: The Ins and Outs of Plant Hormones

Loomis Lecturer: Keiko Torii-“Harnessing synthetic chemistry to understand and manipulate plant development”

Mini Symposium Speaker: Jose Alonso -"Translation regulation of plant hormone responses"

Mini Symposium Speaker: Stacey Harmer -“Circadian rhythms are turning heads: clock regulation of sunflower growth and development"

Mini Symposium Speaker: Joseph Kieber -“One hormone, many roles; Role of cellular context in the response to cytokinin”

Registration for the symposium, lunch, and poster session: https://shorturl.at/yLRZ9

Contact dkelley@iastate.edu, maxwelllm@iastate.edu, or bbchna@iastate.edu for more info.