- Plant Path Seminar List

Plant Pathology Seminar--Monday, February 23
by Madilyn McKay 23 Feb '26

23 Feb '26

Good morning everyone, Please join us next Monday as we bring you the next presentation in the Plant Pathology Spring 2026 seminar series! Dr. Bruna Botelho, visiting scholar in the Van Etten lab in the Department of Plant Pathology, will be presenting “The Genomic Landscape of Chloroviruses: Insights into Taxonomy, Diversity, and Evolution”. We will meet Monday, February 23 in-person in Keim 264 and online via Zoom. [Botelho-February23.jpg] To join seminars via Zoom, use the link and passcode below. Recordings of individual presentations may be available the Tuesday following seminar. https://go.unl.edu/spring2026-seminars (Link will take you directly to meeting) Passcode: 649734 To add this year’s seminar dates to your Outlook calendars, click here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/tJAqcO6ppz4vHNw7nnH… >. The link will open a browser window and begin a download. Once the download is complete, open it and it should open a calendar event through Outlook. Just click “Save and Close” and it should add all seminars (with Zoom info) to your calendar. See you Monday! [cid:image001.gif@01D9219D.4B9C0B00] Madilyn McKay Office Associate (she / her) University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Plant Pathology<https://plantpathology.unl.edu/ > Plant Sciences Hall (PLSH) 406 402-472-2528<tel:4024722528>

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Plant Pathology Seminar--Monday, February 16
by Madilyn McKay 16 Feb '26

16 Feb '26

Good morning everyone, Please join us next Monday as we bring you the next presentation in the Plant Pathology Spring 2026 seminar series! Olivia Dooley, MS student in the Department of Plant Pathology, will be presenting "Soybean cyst nematode virulence assay against resistant sources in Nebraska". We will meet Monday, February 16 in-person in Keim 264 and online via Zoom. [cid:image001.jpg@01DC99C2.B27BDF80] To join seminars via Zoom, use the link and passcode below. Recordings of individual presentations may be available the Tuesday following seminar. https://go.unl.edu/spring2026-seminars (Link will take you directly to meeting) Passcode: 649734 To add this year's seminar dates to your Outlook calendars, click here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/tJAqcO6ppz4vHNw7nnH… >. The link will open a browser window and begin a download. Once the download is complete, open it and it should open a calendar event through Outlook. Just click "Save and Close" and it should add all seminars (with Zoom info) to your calendar. See you Monday! [https://ucomm.unl.edu/images/email-signature/Nebraska_N_RGB_small_on_white.… ] Madilyn McKay Office Associate (she / her) University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Plant Pathology<https://plantpathology.unl.edu/ > Plant Sciences Hall (PLSH) 406 402-472-2528<tel:4024722528>

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Plant Pathology Seminar--Monday, February 9
by Madilyn McKay 09 Feb '26

09 Feb '26

Good afternoon everyone, Please join us next Monday as we bring you the next presentation in the Plant Pathology Spring 2026 seminar series! Nisha Rokaya, PhD student in the Department of Plant Pathology, will be presenting “Investigating the role of glutathione metabolism in rice blast disease caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae”. We will meet Monday, February 9 in-person in Keim 264 and online via Zoom. [Rokaya-February9.jpg] To join seminars via Zoom, use the link and passcode below. Recordings of individual presentations may be available the Tuesday following seminar. https://go.unl.edu/spring2026-seminars (Link will take you directly to meeting) Passcode: 649734 To add this year’s seminar dates to your Outlook calendars, click here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/tJAqcO6ppz4vHNw7nnH… >. The link will open a browser window and begin a download. Once the download is complete, open it and it should open a calendar event through Outlook. Just click “Save and Close” and it should add all seminars (with Zoom info) to your calendar. See you Monday! [cid:image001.gif@01D9219D.4B9C0B00] Madilyn McKay Office Associate (she / her) University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Plant Pathology<https://plantpathology.unl.edu/ > Plant Sciences Hall (PLSH) 406 402-472-2528<tel:4024722528>

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Plant Pathology Seminar--Monday, February 2
by Madilyn McKay 02 Feb '26

02 Feb '26

Good afternoon everyone, Please join us next Monday as we bring you the next presentation in the Plant Pathology Spring 2026 seminar series! Mei Iwamura, visiting scholar in the Kim Lab with the Department of Plant Pathology, will be presenting “Investigation of Genotypic Effects in Salicylic Acid Response of Komatsuna”. We will meet Monday, February 2 in-person in Keim 264 and online via Zoom. [Iwamura-February2.jpg] To join seminars via Zoom, use the link and passcode below. Recordings of individual presentations may be available the Tuesday following seminar. https://go.unl.edu/spring2026-seminars (Link will take you directly to meeting) Passcode: 649734 To add this year’s seminar dates to your Outlook calendars, click here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/tJAqcO6ppz4vHNw7nnH… >. The link will open a browser window and begin a download. Once the download is complete, open it and it should open a calendar event through Outlook. Just click “Save and Close” and it should add all seminars (with Zoom info) to your calendar. See you Monday! [cid:image001.gif@01D9219D.4B9C0B00] Madilyn McKay Office Associate (she / her) University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Plant Pathology<https://plantpathology.unl.edu/ > Plant Sciences Hall (PLSH) 406 402-472-2528<tel:4024722528>

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Plant Pathology Seminar--Monday, January 26
by Madilyn McKay 26 Jan '26

26 Jan '26

Good afternoon everyone, Please join us next Monday as we bring you the first presentation in the Plant Pathology Spring 2026 seminar series! Dr. Kim Ha Nguyen, post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Plant Pathology, will be presenting "Dissecting the endomembrane trafficking of AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B under pathogen response". We will meet Monday, January 26 in-person in Keim 264 and online via Zoom. [cid:image002.jpg@01DC8A1D.4CE1E6B0] To join seminars via Zoom, use the link and passcode below. Recordings of individual presentations may be available the Tuesday following seminar. https://go.unl.edu/spring2026-seminars (Link will take you directly to meeting) Passcode: 649734 To add this year's seminar dates to your Outlook calendars, click here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/tJAqcO6ppz4vHNw7nnH… >. The link will open a browser window and begin a download. Once the download is complete, open it and it should open a calendar event through Outlook. Just click "Save and Close" and it should add all seminars (with Zoom info) to your calendar. See you Monday! [https://ucomm.unl.edu/images/email-signature/Nebraska_N_RGB_small_on_white.… ] Madilyn McKay Office Associate (she / her) University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Plant Pathology<https://plantpathology.unl.edu/ > Plant Sciences Hall (PLSH) 406 402-472-2528<tel:4024722528>

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Plant Pathology Spring 2026 Seminar Schedule
by Madilyn McKay 16 Jan '26

16 Jan '26

Good morning everyone, I'm excited to announce that the schedule for the Plant Pathology Spring 2026 Seminar Series is now available! The full schedule for this semester is attached to this email. Seminars will be held from 4:00 - 5:00 pm on their respective dates in Keim 264 and via Zoom. Any changes to the mode of presentation will be announced prior to the seminar. As always, individual seminar announcements will be sent the week before the presentation and the day of the presentation. The seminar series will kick off on Monday, January 26. To join seminars via Zoom, use the link and passcode below. Recordings of individual presentations may be available the Tuesday following seminar. https://go.unl.edu/spring2026-seminars (Link will take you directly to meeting) Passcode: 649734 To add this year's seminar dates to your Outlook calendars, click here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/tJAqcO6ppz4vHNw7nnH… >. The link will open a browser window and begin a download. Once the download is complete, open it and it should open a calendar event through Outlook. Just click "Save and Close" and it should add all seminars (with Zoom info) to your calendar. If you have any questions about this semester's seminar series, please feel free to reach out to myself or Dr. Mitra. We look forward to seeing you on Mondays! [https://ucomm.unl.edu/images/email-signature/Nebraska_N_RGB_small_on_white.… ] Madilyn McKay Office Associate (she / her) University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Plant Pathology<https://plantpathology.unl.edu/ > Plant Sciences Hall (PLSH) 406 402-472-2528<tel:4024722528>

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Plant Pathology Seminar--Monday, December 8
by Madilyn McKay 08 Dec '25

08 Dec '25

Good morning everyone, Please join us next Monday as we bring you the final presentation in the Plant Pathology Fall 2025 seminar series! Amany Gomaa, PhD candidate in the Department of Plant Pathology, will be presenting "Revealing Plant-Virus Interactions Through Genomic Approaches". We will meet Monday, December 8 in-person in Keim 264 and online via Zoom. [cid:image001.jpg@01DC636B.39497C40] To join the seminar via Zoom, use the link and password below. Recordings of individual presentations may be available the Tuesday following seminar. https://go.unl.edu/fall2025-seminars (Link will take you directly to meeting) Passcode: 905976 To add this year's seminar dates to your Outlook calendars, click here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/tJAqcO6ppz4vHNw7nnH… >. The link will open a browser window and begin a download. Once the download is complete, open it and it should open a calendar event through Outlook. Just click "Save and Close" and it should add all seminars (with Zoom info) to your calendar. See you Monday! [https://ucomm.unl.edu/images/email-signature/Nebraska_N_RGB_small_on_white.… ] Madilyn McKay Office Associate (she / her) University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Plant Pathology<https://plantpathology.unl.edu/ > Plant Sciences Hall (PLSH) 406 402-472-2528<tel:4024722528>

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Plant Pathology Seminar--Monday, December 1
by Madilyn McKay 01 Dec '25

01 Dec '25

Good morning everyone, Please join us next Monday as we bring you the next presentation in the Plant Pathology Fall 2025 seminar series! Claudio Dias da Silva, Jr., PhD student in the Department of Plant Pathology at Kansas State University, will be presenting "From Field Trials to Probability Models: Synthesizing Knowledge on Stripe Rust Management". We will meet next Monday, December 1 in-person in Keim 264 and online via Zoom. [cid:image003.jpg@01DC5DF6.1ADE8180] To join the seminar via Zoom, use the link and password below. Recordings of individual presentations may be available the Tuesday following seminar. https://go.unl.edu/fall2025-seminars (Link will take you directly to meeting) Passcode: 905976 To add this year's seminar dates to your Outlook calendars, click here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/tJAqcO6ppz4vHNw7nnH… >. The link will open a browser window and begin a download. Once the download is complete, open it and it should open a calendar event through Outlook. Just click "Save and Close" and it should add all seminars (with Zoom info) to your calendar. See you Monday! [https://ucomm.unl.edu/images/email-signature/Nebraska_N_RGB_small_on_white.… ] Madilyn McKay Office Associate (she / her) University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Plant Pathology<https://plantpathology.unl.edu/ > Plant Sciences Hall (PLSH) 406 402-472-2528<tel:4024722528>

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Plant Pathology Seminar--Monday, November 24
by Madilyn McKay 24 Nov '25

24 Nov '25

Good afternoon everyone, Please join us next Monday as we bring you the next presentation in the Plant Pathology Fall 2025 seminar series! Lauren Gabriel, MS student in the Department of Plant Pathology, will be presenting "Identification of Receptor-Like Kinases Associated with Maize Immunity to Common Rust". We will meet next Monday, November 24 in-person in Keim 264 and online via Zoom. [cid:image001.jpg@01DC5870.DC270B40] To join the seminar via Zoom, use the link and password below. Recordings of individual presentations may be available the Tuesday following seminar. https://go.unl.edu/fall2025-seminars (Link will take you directly to meeting) Passcode: 905976 To add this year's seminar dates to your Outlook calendars, click here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://unl.zoom.us/meeting/tJAqcO6ppz4vHNw7nnH… >. The link will open a browser window and begin a download. Once the download is complete, open it and it should open a calendar event through Outlook. Just click "Save and Close" and it should add all seminars (with Zoom info) to your calendar. See you Monday! [https://ucomm.unl.edu/images/email-signature/Nebraska_N_RGB_small_on_white.… ] Madilyn McKay Office Associate (she / her) University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Plant Pathology<https://plantpathology.unl.edu/ > Plant Sciences Hall (PLSH) 406 402-472-2528<tel:4024722528>

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Plant Pathology PhD Defense--Tuesday, November 18
by Madilyn McKay 18 Nov '25

18 Nov '25

Good morning everyone, I'm excited to announce that we will be hosting the PhD Defense Seminar for Nawaraj Dulal next Tuesday, November 18. Nawaraj will be presenting his defense titled "Mechanisms of Magnaporthe oryzae biotrophic growth, membrane integrity and secretion". The abstract for his presentation is attached. The public portion of the defense will be held from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in Keim 150 and via Zoom. [cid:image001.jpg@01DC52EA.876BDC10] To join the seminar via Zoom, use the link below (please note the highlighted passcode): https://go.unl.edu/dulal-defense (Link will take you directly to meeting) Passcode: 396124 See you next week! [https://ucomm.unl.edu/images/email-signature/Nebraska_N_RGB_small_on_white.… ] Madilyn McKay Office Associate (she / her) University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Plant Pathology<https://plantpathology.unl.edu/ > Plant Sciences Hall (PLSH) 406 402-472-2528<tel:4024722528>

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