Events

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Statement of Expertise

April 7th, 2023
Angela Ricono, PhD Candidate, Greenham lab, University of Minnesota
1:00 PM in Room 105 Cargill

April 21st, 2023
Tom Schreiber, Postdoctoral Researcher
Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany

Increased in planta gene targeting efficiency by fusion of 5´ exonucleases to CRISPR endonucleases

Virtual presentation with in-person watch-party in 239 Gortner

SPECIAL TIME = 9 AM Can't join us in person? Tune in remotely: https://umn.zoom.us/j/95864691896

Wednesday May 3rd, 2023 - Visiting Scholar hosted by Dan Voytas
Dr. Kamil Witek, Project Leader, The 2Blades Group, The Sainsbury Laboratory
SPECIAL DAY & TIME = 3 PM in Room 105 Cargill

Monday May 8th, 2023 - Visiting Scholar hosted by Dan Voytas
Dr. Lena Tripathi, Director of Eastern Africa Hub and Leader of the Biotechnology Program at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
SPECIAL DAY & TIME = 1 PM in Room 105 Cargill

 

Friday May 12th, 2023 - Visiting Scholar hosted by Mike Smanski
Dr. James Thompson, Research Geneticist, USDA ARS
1:00 PM in Room 105 Cargill

 

Thursday June 8th, 2023
Luc Mathis, CEO at Meiogenix
SPECIAL DAY & TIME = 3 PM in Room 105 Cargill
Title Forthcoming

 

About the CPPG Meetings:

  • Either the PI or a student/staff person of choice may present
  • Kit Leffler will contact all PIs the week before their presentation date for the speaker name and title of talk. This information will be distributed via CPPG newsletter.
  • If it is your group’s week to present, please arrive to the Zoom call or 105 Cargill five minutes early with a flash drive in order to set up.