Botany 2015 Featured Speakers
Plenary Speaker
Botany is cool;
so why doesn’t the public know that?
Dr. Ken Thompson
Read his Blog here
Sunday July 26, 2015 - 7:30 pm
Annals of Botany
Special Lecture
The invisible hand of floral scent in plant-pollinator interactions
Dr. Robert Raguso
Wednesday, July 29 11:00 am
Enhancing Scientist Diversity
in Plant Biology Luncheon
Can I Really Make a Difference?
Enhancing Diversity in the Sciences Through Mentoring:
The critical role we play and how to get involved
Dr. Gretchen Adams
Tuesday July, 28 Noon
(a Ticketed Event)
Regional Botany
Special Lecture
Does beer make a good fertilizer?
Jim Hole
Monday, July 27, 11:00 am
Weresub
Special Lecture
Curating and characterizing fungi at the University of Alberta
Microfungus Collection and Herbarium (UAMH) – a Canadian biodiversity centre
Dr. Lynne Sigler
Monday, July 27 8:00pm
Address of the
BSA
President-Elect
The International Botanist
Dr. Richard Olmstead
Wednesday
July 29, 6:00 pm
CD Nelson Lecture
Type III Effectors and the Plant Immune Response
Darrell Desveaux
Tuesday, July 28 4:00 pm
Pelton Award
Lecture
Extracellular DNA-based trapping by
border cells in defense of the root tip.
Dr. Martha Hawes
Day and Time TBA
Pelton Award Lecture
Generality and diversity of
development in land plants
Dr. Mitsuyasu Hasebe
Day and Time TBA
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Exhibitors and Sponsors
Important Dates
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