This year's 2024 Walter E. & Helen Parke Loomis and IPB Symposium will be held on May 17th, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, with check-in beginning at 8:30 AM, in 1414 MBB. Meals and poster sessions will be held in the MBB atrium. This year's symposium will feature four guest lecturers and a poster session showcasing post-doc and graduate student research. This annual event is hosted by the Interdepartmental Plant Biology graduate program and sponsored by the CBC and other entities on campus. This event is free to attend, and breakfast and lunch are provided. Please register here by 4/26.

Schedule of events

8:30 – 9:00 am            Check-in and continental breakfast

9:00 – 9:10 am            Welcome remarks

9:10 – 10:00 am          Venkatesan Sundaresan, UC Davis

10:10 – 11:00 am        Hilde Nelissen, VIB UGent

11:10 – noon               Poster session and coffee break

12:10 – 1:00 pm          Lunch, MBB atrium

1:10 – 2:00 pm            Timothy Kelliher, Syngenta

2:10 – 3:00 pm            "Nano and biotechnology development for plant and planet health" - Gözde Demirer, Cal Tech

3:00 pm                       Adjourn.