Fay-Wei Li seminar at Cornell University
The newest member of the BTI faculty, Fay-Wei Li, will give a seminar on his work with ferns and bryophytes at Cornell University on Feb 3rd, 2017 at 11:15 am. […]
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Annual BTI Summer Picnic
Food, fun, and free t-shirts! Employees and their families are invited to the CRC Park from 4-7pm for buffet picnic, outdoor games, and fun surprises! Click here to RSVP. Take […]
PGRP Summer Symposium
For the past 15 years, BTI has held a student symposium during the last week of the Plant Genomics Research Program (PGRP) summer internship program. This day-long event provides student […]
Monday Morning Seminar: Carmen Catala and Philippe Nicolas
Monday, October 23rd at 9am Please join BTI for a presentation by Carmen Catala (BTI Senior Research Associate) and Philippe Nicolas (Catala Lab member, postdoctoral scientist). Research in the Catala […]
Monday Morning Seminar: Suzy Strickler
Monday, November 6th at 9am Monday, November 6th at 9am Please join BTI for a presentation by Suzy Strickler. Suzy is a bioinformatics postdoctoral researcher in BTI's Mueller Lab. She […]
Martin Chalfie: “GFP: Lighting up Life”
Cornell Biotechnology Building 526 Campus Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesNovember 8th | 4pm | Cornell Biotechnology Building G10 Please join the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) for a presentation by Professor Martin Chalfie as part of BTI’s Distinguised Lecturer Series, titled "GFP: Lighting […]
Martin Chalfie: “Guarantor Transcription Factors in Cell Differentiation”
Thursday, November 9th | 4pm | BTI Atrium Title: "Guarantor Transcription Factors in Cell Differentiation" Please join BTI for a presentation by Professor Martin Chalfie as part of BTI's Distinguised […]
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Live at BTI: BTI Gives Back!
Why should you support science? Find out by tuning in on Giving Tuesday 2017 for live virtual tours and interviews with BTI scientists.
Monday Morning Seminar: Star Gao and the GOBii Project
BTI AuditoriumPlease join BTI for a presentation by Star Gao (GOBII Breeding Informatics Instructor) and members of the Genomic Open-source Breeding Informatics Initiative (GOBII).
Monday Morning Seminar: Leila Feiz
Please join BTI for a presentation by Leila Feiz (Research Associate, Stern Lab): Photosynthetic mutants of the C4 model, Setaria viridis, link chloroplast RNA metabolism to intercellular communication and C4 cell […]
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Georg Jander and David Stern: Monday Morning Seminar
Monday Seminar, February 26th | 9am | BTI Auditorium Please join BTI for a Monday morning seminar with Georg Jander and David Stern. Georg Jander: “Aphid resistance in perennial soybeans: Two […]
Monday Morning Seminar. Richards Lab: “Determinants of Nuclear Morphology in Plants”
Monday, March 12th | 9am | BTI Auditorium Please join BTI for a Monday Morning Seminar by the Richards Lab. Topic: "Determinants of Nuclear Morphology in Plants"
Blissard Lab: Monday Morning Seminar
Monday, March 26th | 9am | BTI Auditorium Please join BTI for a Monday morning seminar by members of BTI's Blissard Lab: Speaker 1 – Anita Shrestha Title: "Transcriptome analysis […]
Fei Lab: Monday Morning Seminar
Monday, April 9th | 9am | BTI Auditorium Please join BTI for a Monday morning seminar by the Fei Lab. Zhangjun Fei - “CucCAP: Leveraging applied genomics to increase disease resistance […]
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PGS Fest Seminar: “Applying Biology to the Challenges of Sustainable Energy”
In this talk, Dr. Buz Barstow will outline his team’s plans to use applied biology to solve pressing problems in sustainable energy. A happy hour will follow.
Richard Durst: “Pathological Science and the Perils of Thinking Outside of the Box”
This presentation will look at the various causes of pathological science and examine some of the interesting examples, such as Martian canals, N-rays, 21-gram soul, extrasensory perception, polywater, cold fusion and, the latest, the Hydrino Suncell..
Martin Lab: Monday Morning Seminar
Monday, April 23rd | 9am | BTI Auditorium Please join BTI for a Monday morning seminar by the Martin Lab: Fabian Giska, Postdoctoral Associate Ning Zhang, Postdoctoral Associate Molecular […]
PGS Career Symposium 2018
9:00am to 5:00pm Please join BTI's Postgraduate Society (PGS) for their annual Career Symposium. Events will include a panel discussion, workshops, and a happy hour. Panelists will include: Workshop topics: […]
Harrison Lab: Monday Morning Seminar
Please join BTI for a Monday morning seminar (May 7, 2018) by the Harrison Lab.
BCBC 2018 Symposium
Please join the BTI Computational Biology Center (BCBC) for their inaugural BCBC Symposium (May 8, 2018).
“Non-academic Careers” – Seminar with BTI Board Member Paul Chomet
Please join Cornell SIPS for a seminar by BTI Board Member Paul Chomet (NRGene).
From Binghamton to Borneo: Engaged Learning Across Space and Time
Dr. Allred is the faculty director of the Global Citizenship and Sustainability program in Borneo and the Rust to Green Scholars program in Binghamton.
Technology Transfer: Monday Morning Seminar
Please join BTI for a Monday morning seminar (May 21, 2018) by BTI's Technology Transfer and Advancement Departments.
Piñeros Lab: Monday Morning Seminar
Monday, June 4th | 9am | BTI Auditorium Miguel Piñeros, USDA-ARS/BTI adjunct professor The ALMT family: a unique plant anion channel family with intricate roles Snacks will be provided from […]
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PGRP Seminar: Adrienne Roeder
Cornell Vet School Auditorium (Lecture Hall 1) 930 Campus Rd., Ithaca, NY, United StatesHosted as part of BTI's Plant Genome Research Program, taking place every Wednesday (except July 4th) from June 6th – August 1st, 2018.
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PGRP Seminar: Georg Jander
Hosted as part of BTI's Plant Genome Research Program, taking place every Wednesday (except July 4th) from June 6th – August 1st, 2018.
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PGRP Seminar – Research in the McArt lab: Pesticides, pathogens and pollinator health
Hosted as part of BTI’s Plant Genome Research Program, taking place every Wednesday (except July 4th) from June 6th – August 1st, 2018.
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PGRP Seminar – Jim Giovannoni: Genes that make tomatoes (bad)
11am to Noon, Cornell Vet School Auditorium (Lecture Hall 1) Ripening is a process by which the texture, color, flavor, and nutritional content of fruit is enhanced. These traits contribute […]
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PGRP Seminar – Gaurav Moghe: Breaking the Tower of Babel: The evolution of complexity and diversity in plant metabolism
11am to Noon, Cornell Vet School Auditorium (Lecture Hall 1) Metabolic pathways in plants are quite dynamic, resulting in production of over a million metabolites across ~300,000 estimated plant species. […]
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PGRP Seminar – Joyce Van Eck: Gene editing as a tool to advance improvement of underutilized crops
11am to Noon, BTI Auditorium "The focus of research in the Van Eck laboratory is biotechnological approaches to the study of gene function and crop improvement. For our studies, we […]
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PGRP Seminar: Mike Scalon
11am to Noon, BTI Auditorium Mike Scalon is a Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell University. His expertise includes genetics and genomics of plant development, shoot apical […]
Plantae Webinar
Join us on Thursday, July 28 from 12:00-1:00 PM for a lunch-and-learn with the Plantae team from the American Society of Plant Biologists. Plantae is a community platform developed by ASPB for plant scientists.
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PGRP Seminar: Jocelyn Rose
11am to Noon, BTI Auditorium Research in the Rose lab is focused on understanding the biological importance of the structural polymers that form plant cell walls, as well as the […]
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2018 Summer Intern Symposium
This day-long event on August 9th, 2018, provides student interns an opportunity to either present their research through a presentation in our auditorium or be part of a poster session. Awards are given to best presentation and poster each year.
PGS Science Symposium
Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd, Ithaca, NY, United States“High-end research meets tech-transfer; how small molecules can change our world” The Annual BTI Science Symposium provides the BTI community with an all-day event that includes scientific seminars, a PGS […]
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Transforming Breeding through Integrated Data Management and Analysis
Together with the BCBC, GOBii, Cassavabase, and Cornell, BTI will be hosting a fall workshop titled "Transforming Breeding through Integrated Data Management and Analysis". We invite the community to join […]
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Science Cabaret: Can we survive on planet Earth? Let’s discuss!
Graduate students from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology will be visiting as part of an annual problem solving workshop in collaboration with Cornell grad students and postdocs. The broad […]
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BTI PGS distinguished lecturer series: Living La Vida Verde: a quest to understand the molecular logic of plant signaling
Jennifer Nemhauser will be visiting BTI as part of the BTI PGS distinguished lecturer series in October. Talk title: Living La Vida Verde: a quest to understand the molecular logic of plant signaling Thursday, […]
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Yin and Yang in RNA silencing
Yin and Yang refer to dualities in Chinese philosophy: they describe how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent on each other. They mean the […]
Flash Science
BTI AuditoriumWe're excited to revive the competition that challenges scientists to communicate their research in three minutes, while tailoring their presentation for a lay audience. The goal of Flash Science is […]
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BTI Faculty Cluster Hire Symposium
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Monday Morning Seminar: “Advancement: An update and overview of how Development, Communications, and Alumni Relations serve BTI”
BTI Monday Morning Seminar Monday, November 12, 2018 9:00 AM in the BTI auditorium Stephanie Meyer and Keith Hannon: “Advancement: An update and overview of how Development, Communications, and Alumni Relations […]
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Fall Mingle
Board of Directors Meeting
The Fall Board of Directors Meeting will be held on Friday, November 16, 2018, with the dinner scheduled on Thursday, November 15. The meeting will be held at the Country […]
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Monday Morning Seminar: Fei Lab
Speakers: Fei Lab Chen Jiao: Plant terrestrialization: insights from the genome of a unicellular green algae Shan Wu: Pan-genomes of Citrullus species Snacks will be provided from 8:45 am. These […]
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Giving Tuesday
Tune In Here! Unrestricted Futures 2018 Our planet is rapidly approaching nine billion people and with that rise in population comes serious threats to our food supply and health. At […]
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From Contigs to Chromosomes: How Hi-C is transforming genome and metagenome assembly
Ivan Liachko, Ph.D., Founder/Chief Scientist, Phase Genomics, Inc, presents From Contigs to Chromosomes: How Hi-C is transforming genome and metagenome assembly. Chromosome conformation capture methods like Hi-C measure the 3D organization of […]