Plant Pathology

Plant Pathology

UF Plant Pathology Seminar Schedule
Fall 2026

Check back soon for the updated seminar calendar!

Location: Blueberry Building, Room 154
Time: 4:05 PM (Period 9)

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DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
August 25	Organizational meeting for students	No Seminar
September 1	Nabil Killiny Professor UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center Department of Plant Pathology Google Scholar	Generous hosts across kingdoms: Galleria mellonella and Catharanthus roseus as powerful experimental models for fastidious bacterial pathogens
September 8	John Davis Senior Associate Dean for Research UF/IFAS Office of the Dean for Research Benita Bannis Director of Workforce Development UF/IFAS Office of the Senior Vice President	From Applications to Offers: An Insider’s Playbook to Launch Your Research Career
September 15	Zhonglin Mou Professor UF/IFAS Department of Microbiology & Cell Science Google Scholar	The signaling network of systemic acquired resistance
September 22	Jessie Garcia Fernandez Assistant Professor UF/IFAS Department of Microbiology & Cell Science Google Scholar	Rice Blast: Uncovering Molecular Insights of a Cereal Killer
September 29	Jason C. Hong Research Molecular Biologist USDA-ARS US Horticultural Research Laboratory Google Scholar	Current research on anaerobic soil disinfestation
October 6	Joanne B. Emerson Professor Department of Plant Pathology University of California, Davis Google Scholar	The magnificent, frustrating diversity of soil viruses
October 13	Meixia Zhao Assistant Professor UF/IFAS Department of Microbiology & Cell Science Google Scholar	Sex-specific and epigenetic regulation of meiotic recombination in maize
October 20	Xiaofeng Wang Associate Professor School of Plant and Environmental Sciences Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Google Scholar	Protein, lipid, and membrane interactions in positive-strand RNA virus genome replication
October 27	Emile Gluck-Thaler Assistant Professor Department of Plant Pathology University of Wisconsin-Madison Google Scholar	Starships: a new framework for understanding fungal biology
November 3	Jian Hua Professor School of Integrative Plant Science Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Google Scholar	Function and regulation of basal cytosolic calcium ion levels for plant environmental responses
November 10	Ina Schlathoelter Research Assistant Scientist UF/IFAS Department of Plant Pathology Google Scholar	The rise of Neopestalotiopsis rosae on strawberry - Lessons from population and comparative genomics
November 17	Shouan Zhang Professor UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center Department of Plant Pathology Google Scholar	Dragon fruit canker caused by Neoscytalidium dimidiatum: integrated management in Florida
November 24	UF Holiday	No Seminar
December 1	Discussion Session with Registered Students	No Seminar