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5/2 PSLA Seminar Series: Lindsay Triplett

PSLA Seminar Series: Lindsay Triplett

Friday, May 2nd, 2025

12:15 PM - 01:15 PM

Young Building

Host: Sohyun Park
Location: YNG 132
When: Friday May 2nd 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Webex Link: s.uconn.edu/psla_seminars
Plant productivity is intricately linked to its microbiome, as beneficial microbes can solubilize nutrients, enhance stress tolerance, and inhibit pathogens. Diverse predatory eukaryotes called protists are an abundant but little-studied part of the rhizosphere environment. Protists shape the bacterial community through selective predation, enhancing the fitness and activity of certain plant beneficial bacteria. But how do the bacteria benefit from predators? This question inspired our plant bacteriology lab, through collaboration with UCONN, to expand our focus to protists and their effects on rhizosphere bacteria. Using amplicon, metagenomic, and transcriptomic sequencing of the protist and plant microbiomes, we identified signaling traits prevalent among protist-associated bacteria, and found that some of the molecular signals promoted growth of diverse protists. By understanding how beneficial bacteria interact with protists, we hope this research will reveal new strategies to optimize sustainable crop production.
Lindsay Triplett is Agricultural Scientist, Department Head of Plant Pathology and Ecology, and Vice Director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. She grew up in rural Indiana and earned a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Michigan State University, focusing on bacterial plant pathogens, before completing postdoctoral research at Colorado State University. She loves living in Connecticut and doing interdisciplinary research at a small institution.

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5/7 Memorial Bench Dedication in Honor of Nicole Gabelman

Memorial Bench Dedication in Honor of Nicole Gabelman

Wednesday, May 7th, 2025

01:30 PM

Young Building

Please join us for a memorial bench dedication in honor of our dear friend and former colleague, Nicole Gabelman.
Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Garden Outside of W.B. Young 100
1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06268
This gathering is an opportunity for us to come together, reflect and celebrate Nicole’s lasting impact on our community. The bench, placed in her memory, serves as a tribute to the dedication, kindness, and the many lives she touched during her time with us.
We hope you will join us to honor her legacy and enjoy some light refreshments.

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5/8 ANSC PhD Proposal Defense: Gaurav Dutta

ANSC PhD Proposal Defense: Gaurav Dutta

Thursday, May 8th, 2025

11:30 AM

Online

ANSC PhD Proposal Defense: Gaurav Dutta
Date: 05/8/2025
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Virtual via Teams (https://s.uconn.edu/dutta)
If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Dr. Breno Fragomeni at 860-486-1069 or breno.fragomeni@uconn.edu at least 5 days in advance of the seminar

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Breno Fragomeni
Department of Animal Science
Phone: 860-486-1069
Email: breno.fragomeni@uconn.edu

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