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pm, Marley 230<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fall 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=776 style='width:581.7pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:#CCFFFF;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Seminar Date</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#CCFFFF;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Speaker</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#CCFFFF;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Institution</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#CCFFFF;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Seminar Title</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;background:#CCFFFF;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Host</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>08.23.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Ramin Yadegari</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Arizona</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>School of Plant Sciences</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=351 colspan=2 style='width:263.15pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>PLS/PLP 696A Orientation -<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Registered Graduate Students Only</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>08.30.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>No Seminar</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>09.06.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. James Schnable</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>UC Berkeley</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Department of Plant and Microbial Biology</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Characterizing functionally and evolutionarily relevant differences between paleopolyploid subgenomes of the grasses</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>E. Lyons</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>09.13.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Nathan Springer</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Minnesota</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Department of Plant Biology</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Genomic and Epigenomic Variation in Maize</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;background:white;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>X. Wang</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>09.20.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Ravi Palanivelu</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Arizona</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>School of Plant Sciences</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000099'>Molecular mechanisms underlying cell-cell interactions during pollen tube growth and guidance in Arabidopsis</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000099;mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>K. Schumaker</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>09.27.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Brett Tyler</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Virginia Bioinformatics Institute</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>How oomycete and fungal pathogen effectors enter host cells and promote disease</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>B. Pryor</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>10.04.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Mark Tester</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Adelaide</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>High throughput phenotyping to link plant genomes to phenomes and its application to study novel traits contributing to salinity tolerance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>D. Galbraith</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>10.11.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Jeffrey Chen</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Texas</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Genetics and epigenetics of polyploidy and hybrid vigor</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>X. Wang</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:9.4pt'><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt;height:9.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>10.18.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt;height:9.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Judith Carney</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt;height:9.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>UCLA</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Department of Geography</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt;height:9.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>African Rice (Oryza glaberrima) in Historical Context</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt;height:9.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>R. Wing</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>10.25.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stephen Goff</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Arizona</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>iPlant Collaborative</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>R. Yadegari</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>11.01.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TBA</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>11.08.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Joel Cuello</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Arizona</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Department of Agricultural Biosystems and Engineering</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>C. Kubota</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>11.15.10</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Keith Slotkin</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ohio State University</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Department of Molecular Biology</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>The Epigenetic Regulation of Transposable Elements: Reports from the front lines of the intra-genomes arms race.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>R. Mosher</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>11.22.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=709 colspan=4 style='width:531.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>No Seminar, Thanksgiving Recess</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:13.9pt'><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt;height:13.9pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>11.29.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt;height:13.9pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TBA</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt;height:13.9pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt;height:13.9pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt;height:13.9pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=67 style='width:50.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>12.06.11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=169 style='width:126.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr. Frank Louws</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=189 style='width:141.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>North Carolina State University</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Department of Plant Pathology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=246 style='width:184.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=105 style='width:78.9pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.4pt 2.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>C. Kubota</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:JA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>