Webinar Description

November 12, 2024 to September 16th, 2025
Plant Cell Identity Webinar Series
We are excited to announce the Plant Cell Identity Webinar Series hosted by the PCA. This series of talks brings together experts around the world to discuss the wonders of plant cell identity. From working out how cells develop their identity to uncovering how cell states change through development and from stress, these webinars will cover how plant cell types and states are defined quantitatively and qualitatively using single-cell and spatial omics approaches.

These webinars will take place monthly at 9am PST/12pm EST/5pm GMT starting November 12, 2024 and ending on September 16, 2025 (with a break in January and August.) 

Register for the series today!
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Speakers and Schedule

November 12, 2024 - 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/5:00 PM GMT

Dr. Dennis Stevenson (New York Botanical Gardens) - "Cell Identity Across Species"

December 10, 2024 - 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/5:00 PM GMT

Dr. Rachel Shahan (University of California, Los Angeles) - "Investigating Cell Fates and States Over Time with the Arabidopsis Root"
Dr. Geoff Schiebinger (University of British Columbia) - "Towards A Mathematical Theory of Development"

February 11, 2025 - 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/5:00 PM GMT

Dr. Kenneth Birnbaum (New York University) - "Cell Types and Cell States: Measuring the Difference Between Cells"
Dr. Kaisa Kajala (Utrecht University) - "Evolution of Plant Cell Types - Exodermis, A Root Barrier Cell Type, As A Case Study"

March 11, 2025 - 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/5:00 PM GMT

Dr. Keiko Torii (University of Texas) - "Cell States During Cell Development"
Dr. Justin Walley (Iowa State University) - "Proteomic Approaches to Defining Cell Types and States"

April 8, 2025 - 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/5:00 PM GMT

Dr. Jazz Dickinson (University of California, San Diego) - "The Chemistry of Cell Types and States"
Dr. Nemanja Vukašinović (Ghent University) - "Live Imaging Reveals New Cell States in Root Meristems"

May 5, 2025 - 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/5:00 PM GMT

Dr. Elliot Meyerowitz (Caltech) - "One Cell, Many Functions - Single-Cell Organisms (Algae)"
Dr. Alex Marand (University of Michigan) - "The Effects of of Regulatory Diversity on Cell Identity"

July 1, 2025 - 4:00 PM PST/7:00 PM EST/7:00 AM WA

Dr. Marina Oliva (University of Western Australia) - "Environmentally Responsive Cell States"
Dr. Alex Canto-Pastor (Yale University)

September 16, 2025 - 9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/5:00 PM GMT

Open Panel Discussion

Panelists:
Dr. Olivia Wilkins (University of Manitoba)
Dr. Bas Bargmann (Virginia Tech)
Dr. Marc Libault (University or Missouri)

Moderators:
Dr. Kaisa Kajala (Utrecht University)
​Dr. Benjamin Cole (DOE-Joint Genome Institute)