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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180801T110000
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SUMMARY:PGRP Seminar: Jocelyn Rose
DESCRIPTION:11am to Noon\, BTI Auditorium\nResearch in the Rose lab is focused on understanding the biological importance of the structural polymers that form plant cell walls\, as well as the water resistant barrier\, called the cuticle (the plant ‘skin’)\, which covers the above ground surfaces of land plants. We look at how those polymers are synthesized and assembled into complex polymer matrices\, and how they contribute to factors such as plant architecture\, resistance to pathogens and limiting drought stress. This involves a wide range of analytical approaches\, including genomics\, proteomics and imaging techniques. Much of the research uses tomato as a model system and the research aims to bridge basic science and practical applications geared towards enhancing fruit quality traits and food security. \nThis seminar is hosted as part of BTI’s Plant Genome Research Program\, taking place every Wednesday (except July 4th) from June 6th – August 1st\, 2018.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pgrp-seminar-jocelyn-rose/
CATEGORIES:Education,Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180726T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180726T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180724T211718Z
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SUMMARY:Plantae Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Plantae Webinar for BTI and Cornell University researchers and staff\nJoin us on Thursday\, July 26 in the BTI Auditorium 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. \nThis special webinar for BTI and Cornell researchers and staff will focus on the professional development opportunities available through Plantae.  Attendees will be given an overview of the Plantae features and provided with tips on how to effectively present your scientific research and outreach efforts. \nPlease plan to bring your laptop to the workshop. \nIf you’re new to using Plantae\, sign up now at community.plantae.org to create your profile. \nPizza will be provided starting at 11:45am. If you have any questions or require accommodations in order to participate\, contact Delanie Sickler at dbs266@cornell.edu.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/plantae-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Education,Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180725T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180725T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
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SUMMARY:PGRP Seminar: Mike Scalon
DESCRIPTION:11am to Noon\, BTI Auditorium\nMike 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 meristem structure and function.\nThis seminar is hosted as part of BTI’s Plant Genome Research Program\, taking place every Wednesday (except July 4th) from June 6th – August 1st\, 2018.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pgrp-seminar-mike-scalon/
CATEGORIES:Education,Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180718T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180718T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180718T150049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180622T150233Z
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SUMMARY:PGRP Seminar - Joyce Van Eck: Gene editing as a tool to advance improvement of underutilized crops
DESCRIPTION:11am to Noon\, BTI Auditorium\n“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 apply several genetic engineering strategies to two major food crops: potato and tomato. The development of biotechnological techniques has made it possible to design and introduce gene constructs into plant cells and recover plants that express the introduced genes. Genes of interest to us have the potential to strengthen a plant’s resistance to disease\, improve fruit characteristics\, and enhance nutritional quality.” \nThis seminar is hosted as part of BTI’s Plant Genome Research Program\, taking place every Wednesday (except July 4th) from June 6th – August 1st\, 2018.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pgrp-seminar-joyce-van-eck/
CATEGORIES:Education,Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180711T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180711T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180711T150032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180622T142355Z
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SUMMARY:PGRP Seminar - Gaurav Moghe: Breaking the Tower of Babel: The evolution of complexity and diversity in plant metabolism
DESCRIPTION:11am to Noon\, Cornell Vet School Auditorium (Lecture Hall 1)\nMetabolic pathways in plants are quite dynamic\, resulting in production of over a million metabolites across ~300\,000 estimated plant species. These metabolic pathways are in a constant state of innovation due to gene duplication\, transcriptional divergence\, enzyme promiscuity etc. How have specific metabolic pathways originated and diversified? What is the role of positive selection and genetic drift in shaping metabolic diversity? How does enzyme promiscuity influence evolution of specialized metabolic pathways? We are investigating these and other allied questions using evolutionary genomic approaches\, by performing comparative analyses of plant genomes\, transcriptomes and proteomes. Research in the Moghe Lab is highly integrative and comprised of both computational and wet-lab approaches. \nThis seminar is hosted as part of BTI’s Plant Genome Research Program\, taking place every Wednesday (except July 4th) from June 6th – August 1st\, 2018.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pgrp-seminar-gaurav-moghe/
CATEGORIES:Education,Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180703T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180703T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180703T150047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180622T142309Z
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SUMMARY:PGRP Seminar - Jim Giovannoni: Genes that make tomatoes (bad)
DESCRIPTION:11am to Noon\, Cornell Vet School Auditorium (Lecture Hall 1)\nRipening is a process by which the texture\, color\, flavor\, and nutritional content of fruit is enhanced. These traits contribute to the healthfulness and desirability of the fruit as a food source. Clearly\, understanding the processes behind fruit ripening are important in terms of nutrition\, but also for commercial applications such as transportation and shelf-life. Thus\, the focus of research in the Giovannoni lab is molecular and genetic analysis of fruit ripening and related signal transduction systems\, using tomato as the model system. \nJim Giovannoni is a faculty advisor as part of the Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) internship program. \nThis seminar is hosted as part of BTI’s Plant Genome Research Program\, taking place every Wednesday (except July 4th) from June 6th – August 1st\, 2018.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pgrp-seminar-jim-giovannoni/
CATEGORIES:Education,Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180627T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180627T120000
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CREATED:20180627T150059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180622T142223Z
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SUMMARY:PGRP Seminar - Research in the McArt lab: Pesticides\, pathogens and pollinator health
DESCRIPTION:11am to Noon\, Cornell Vet School Auditorium (Lecture Hall 1)\nResearch in the McArt Lab is focused on pollinator health. Major current projects include 1) Evaluating pesticide exposure and risk to wild bees and managed honey bees in different landscapes\, 2) Combining empirical data with network modeling to understand pathogen transmission in complex plant-pollinator networks\, and 3) Understanding how pesticide and pathogen stress influence bee behavior and delivery of pollination services to agriculturally important crops. \nScott McArt is an assistant professor of pollinator health\, disease ecology\, and ecotoxicology in Cornell University’ Department of Entomology. McArt is also a faculty advisor as part of BTI’s Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) internship program. \nThis seminar is hosted as part of BTI’s Plant Genome Research Program\, taking place every Wednesday (except July 4th) from June 6th – August 1st\, 2018.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pgrp-seminar-scott-mcart/
CATEGORIES:Education,Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180620T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180620T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180620T150048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180606T183523Z
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SUMMARY:PGRP Seminar: Georg Jander
DESCRIPTION:11am to Noon\, Cornell Vet School Auditorium (Lecture Hall 1)\nHosted as part of BTI’s Plant Genome Research Program\, taking place every Wednesday (except July 4th) from June 6th – August 1st\, 2018.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pgrp-seminar-georg-jander/
CATEGORIES:Education,Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180613T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180613T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180613T150029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180611T180317Z
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SUMMARY:PGRP Seminar: Adrienne Roeder
DESCRIPTION:11am to Noon\, Cornell Vet School Auditorium (Lecture Hall 1)\n“Size is a critical property of plants\, yet we know little about how it is controlled. In the Roeder laboratory\, we ask how does a cell know how big to be and how does the whole organ (e.g. leaf\, sepal or petal) made up of many cells know how big to be. To answer these questions we image living plants on a confocal microscope and measure the growth of cells\, examine the cell division pattern\, and quantify fluorescent proteins expressed.” \nAdrienne Roeder is a Nancy M. & Samuel C. Fleming Term Associate Professor at the the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology\, and the Section of Plant Biology\, School of Integrative Plant Science. Roeder is also a faculty advisor in BTI’s Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) internship program. \nThis seminar is hosted as part of BTI’s Plant Genome Research Program\, taking place every Wednesday (except July 4th) from June 6th – August 1st\, 2018.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pgrp-seminar-adrienne-roeder/
LOCATION:Cornell Vet School Auditorium (Lecture Hall 1)\, 930 Campus Rd.\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14853\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180605T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180605T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180606T150022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T170630Z
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SUMMARY:“Reprogramming root cells for arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis”
DESCRIPTION:2018 Summer Internship Program Seminar Series presents:\nMaria Harrison – “Reprogramming root cells for arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis”\nWednesday\, June 6 | 11am to 12pm\nBTI Auditorium
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/reprogramming-root-cells-for-arbuscular-mycorrhizal-symbiosis/
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180604T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180604T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180604T130040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180602T033710Z
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SUMMARY:Piñeros Lab: Monday Morning Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, June 4th | 9am | BTI Auditorium\n \nMiguel Piñeros\, USDA-ARS/BTI adjunct professor\nThe ALMT family: a unique plant anion channel family with intricate roles\n \nSnacks will be provided from 8:45 am.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/monday-am-june2018-pineros/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Monday Morning Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180521T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180521T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180521T130034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180515T203436Z
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SUMMARY:Technology Transfer: Monday Morning Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 21st | 9am | BTI Auditorium\nPlease join BTI for a Monday morning seminar on technology transfer at BTI: \n \nPaul Debbie\, Director of Research\, Director of Technology Transfer and Licensing\nBTI technology as the basis for a new commercial entity – two case studies \n 
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/technology-transfer-and-advancement-monday-morning-seminar/
CATEGORIES:Board Calendar,Institute,Monday Morning Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180514T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180517T143054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180514T162635Z
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SUMMARY:From Binghamton to Borneo: Engaged Learning Across Space and Time
DESCRIPTION:From Binghamton to Borneo: Engaged Learning Across Space and Time\nThursday\, May 17th | 10:30-11:30am\nPresentation by Shorna Allred\, Ph.D. \nOrganized by CAPE: Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti\, Southeast Asia Program \nCommunity-based research interlinks university actors (faculty\, researchers\, students) with community actors from government\, private sector\, NGO\, business\, and Extension sectors.  Working together\, universities and communities engage in co-researching and co-creating innovative and actionable research projects that address a community’s unique context\, problems\, and needs while benefitting local people and places. \nDr. Allred is the faculty director of the Global Citizenship and Sustainability program in Borneo and the Rust to Green Scholars program in Binghamton.  This talk will focus on the role of students in community-based research for resilience.  These programs expand the university-community knowledge network with the goal of fostering greater sustainability\, resiliency\, and prosperity in communities here in NYS and around the globe.  Students working on community-based research reap the benefits of working and learning alongside community members\, contributing knowledge\, and developing new skills and abilities in community development research and action.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/from-binghamton-to-borneo-engaged-learning-across-space-and-time/
CATEGORIES:Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180510T122000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180510T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180510T162040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180501T204214Z
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SUMMARY:"Non-academic Careers" - Seminar with BTI Board Member Paul Chomet
DESCRIPTION:Plant Biology Friday Seminar\nMay 10\, 2018 (Thursday)\n12:20 PM | Plant Science\, Room 404 \nPlease join Cornell SIPS for a seminar by BTI Board Member Paul Chomet (NRGene).\n\nIn the spring of 2016\, six years after forming in Ness Ziona\, Israel\, NRGene\, Ltd. opened the doors to its US office in St. Louis. The biotech company has developed analytics\, technology and software to compare genomes and plant performance across breeding populations to help predict the best genomic makeup.\n\n\n \n\n\nWhy? Because the world needs to eat.\n\n\n \n\n\n“We need to feed 9 billion people by 2050 using less arable land\, less water and fewer inputs\,” says Dr. Paul Chomet\, scientific adviser for the company. “One important solution will be to accelerate breeding by using big genomic data to efficiently select and advance desirable genetic diversity.”\n\n\n \n\n\nChomet was the last graduate student of Dr. Barbara McClintock\, the Nobel Prize-winning cytogeneticist who challenged existing concepts of genome structure and function. Now NRGene is helping to continue her legacy.\n\n\n \n\n\nAfter assembling more than 80 complete genomes in 2015—including one of the most complex: bread wheat\, about five times the size of a human genome—NRGene entered into a partnership with Illumina\, one of the largest sequencing companies in the world.\n\n\n \n\n\n“I’m very excited about NRGene’s technology\, [particularly] the GenoMAGIC (TM) platform\, which is being utilized extensively across both academia and industry to transform how scientists make breeding decisions using big genomic data\,” says Dr. Chomet. “NRGene in St. Louis really just demonstrates the universal truth of business: You need to be in the right location\, selling the right goods at just the right time. St. Louis\, our technology and the ever-increasing need to feed the world puts us right there.\n\n\n \n\n\nPlease note this event is NOT being hosted at or by BTI.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/non-academic-careers-seminar-with-bti-board-member-paul-chomet/
CATEGORIES:Institute
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180510
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180509T040000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180224T045307Z
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SUMMARY:Board of Directors Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/board-of-directors-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Board Calendar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180508T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180508T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180508T130058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180501T203124Z
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SUMMARY:BCBC 2018 Symposium
DESCRIPTION:9:00am to 4:30pm | BTI Auditorium\nPlease join the BTI Computational Biology Center (BCBC) for its inaugural symposium. \n \nSpace is limited and you must register in advance (no walk-ins). \nPlease register below:
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/bcbc-2018-symposium/
CATEGORIES:Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180507T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180507T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180507T130027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180504T170928Z
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SUMMARY:Harrison Lab: Monday Morning Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 7th | 9am | BTI Auditorium\nPlease join BTI for a Monday morning seminar by the Harrison Lab: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPenelope Lindsay\, Graduate Student\nSergey Ivanov\, Postdoctoral Associate\n\n\nPhosphorus demand allows AM symbiosis to proceed independently of a key component of the common symbiosis signaling pathway\nUltrastructural analysis of arbuscule-containing cells during mycorrhizal symbiosis
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/monday-am-may-2018-harrison/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Monday Morning Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180427T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180427T130023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180416T141046Z
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SUMMARY:PGS Career Symposium 2018
DESCRIPTION:9:00am to 5:00pm \nPlease join BTI’s Postgraduate Society (PGS) for their annual Career Symposium. Events will include a panel discussion\, workshops\, and a happy hour.\nPanelists will include: \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Jesse Munkvold (DowDupont)\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Erica Fishel (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center)\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Tom Ruttledge (Cornell University)\n				\n		\n\nWorkshop topics:\nJesse Munkvold: The value of a plan\nErica Fishel: From Ph.D. to Patent Law:  Bringing Together Science\, Technology Transfer\, and Entrepreneurship\nTom Ruttledge: Taking the road less traveled and finding happiness \nSchedule\n\n\n\n9:00 AM \nRegistration and breakfast\n\n\n9:15 AM\nOpening remarks and program introduction – Kitty Zhang\n\n\n9:35 AM\nPanelists introduction with brief talk by each speaker\n\n\n10:35 AM\nPanel discussion\n\n\n12:00 PM\nLunch with speakers\n\n\n1:30 PM\nWorkshop 1\n\n\n2:20 PM\nWorkshop 2\n\n\n3:15 PM\nGames and gifts\n\n\n3:45 PM\nClosing remarks – Paul Debbie\n\n\n4:00 PM\nHappy hour\n\n\n\nRegistration\nLimited space is available for the workshops and lunch. First preference will be given to BTI PGS members. \nLoading… \nThis event is sponsored and presented by BTI’s Postgraduate Society (PGS). If you need any accommodations in order to participate in this event\, or you would like more information\, please contact Kitty Zhang (yz787@cornell.edu) or Hanno Andreas Ludewig (hal44@cornell.edu). \n  \nThis event is presented with generous support from BTI and the Triad Foundation.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pgs-career-symposium-2018/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Post Graduate Society
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180423T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180423T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180423T130009Z
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SUMMARY:Martin Lab: Monday Morning Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 23rd | 9am | BTI Auditorium\nPlease join BTI for a Monday morning seminar by the Martin Lab: \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nFabian Giska\, Postdoctoral Associate\nNing Zhang\, Postdoctoral Associate\n\n\nMolecular mechanisms underlying the role of the Pti1 kinase in plant immunity\nApplying CRISPR-Cas9 to efficiently knock out immunity-associated genes in tomato
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/monday-am-apr2018-martin/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Monday Morning Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180419T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180419T113000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180419T143049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180319T143048Z
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SUMMARY:Richard Durst: "Pathological Science and the Perils of Thinking Outside of the Box"
DESCRIPTION:“Pathological Science and the Perils of Thinking Outside of the Box”\n \nCAPE: Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti Lecture\nPresenter: Richard Durst\, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry\, Food Science\nThursday\, April 19 | 10:30 to 11:30am | BTI Auditorium\nRevolutionary science often requires thinking outside of the box.  However\, stepping outside of the box can be fraught with many hazards\, not the least of which is the loss of objectivity. \nScientists are often not very good judges of the scientific process. The best intentions can be subverted by self-deception.  Even eminent scientists have had their careers tarnished or ruined by misinterpreting unremarkable events and convincing themselves that they have made a great discovery. \nError is a normal part of science\, and many revolutionary discoveries turn out to be wrong.  Uncovering flaws in observations or reasoning is part of what scientists do\, by replicating measurements and designing control experiments. \n“Pathological science” is the term coined by Irving Langmuir in 1953. Other terms for this phenomenon include: pseudoscience; voodoo science; junk science; weird science; etc.  However\, pathological science should be distinguished from hoaxes and fraud — which are intentionally meant to deceive. \nThis 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.. \nSelf-deception can affect anyone — scientists are only human — even some of the best minds have been fooled.  Critical thinking must be used to avoid the pitfalls of pathological science.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pathological-science-and-the-perils-of-thinking-outside-of-the-box/
CATEGORIES:Institute
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180412T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180412T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180309T212023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180312T133825Z
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SUMMARY:PGS Fest Seminar: "Applying Biology to the Challenges of Sustainable Energy"
DESCRIPTION:PGS Fest Seminar\nThursday\, April 12th | Beginning at 3:30pm | BTI Auditorium | Happy Hour immediately after seminar (Official Facebook Event)\nSeminar by: Dr. Buz Barstow\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering\, Cornell University\nCredit: Barstow Lab \nBiology has the potential to make contributions to sustainable energy from the synthesis of advanced materials for construction and transportation to ultra-low-cost\, high-efficiency solar power. \nAdvances in sustainable energy enabled by applied biology could have a transformative effect on human health by mitigating the effects of climate change\, revolutionizing access to energy\, and improving air and water quality. If this can be realized\, the impact of these advances could be large as those made by antibiotics\, vaccines and recombinant protein drugs. \nIn this talk\, Dr. Buz Barstow will outline his team’s plans to use applied biology to solve pressing problems in sustainable energy including facilitating the widespread adoption of battery energy storage; enabling the environmentally friendly extraction of rare earth elements for energy efficient electronics; producing better biofuels; increasing the efficiency of photosynthesis; and democratizing the creation of double-gene knockout collections to enable genome-wide genetic interaction studies in organisms useful for sustainable energy. \nFor more about Dr. Barstow’s research: http://barstow.bee.cornell.edu/research/
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/pgs-fest-seminar-dr-buz-barstow/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Post Graduate Society
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180409T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180409T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180214T202029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180406T130105Z
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SUMMARY:Fei Lab: Monday Morning Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 9th | 9am | BTI Auditorium\nPlease join BTI for a Monday morning seminar by the Fei Lab. \nZhangjun Fei – “CucCAP: Leveraging applied genomics to increase disease resistance in cucurbit crops” \nLei Gao – “Pan genome analysis reveals extensive gene component variations and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor in tomato”
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/monday-am-apr2018-fei/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Monday Morning Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180326T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180326T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180326T130005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180320T134220Z
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SUMMARY:Blissard Lab: Monday Morning Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 26th | 9am | BTI Auditorium\nPlease join BTI for a Monday morning seminar by members of BTI’s Blissard Lab: \nSpeaker 1 – Anita Shrestha \nTitle:  “Transcriptome analysis of baculovirus AcMNPV infection in Trichoplusia in midgut and cell line” \nSpeaker 2 –  Lorena Chaves \nTitle:  “Improving the baculovirus expression vector system for applications in biotechnology and medicine”
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/morning-am-feb2018-blissard/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Monday Morning Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180312T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180312T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180312T130026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180227T202219Z
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SUMMARY:Monday Morning Seminar. Richards Lab: "Determinants of Nuclear Morphology in Plants"
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 12th | 9am | BTI Auditorium\nPlease join BTI for a Monday Morning Seminar by the Richards Lab. \nTopic: “Determinants of Nuclear Morphology in Plants”
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/monday-am-mar2018-richards/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Monday Morning Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180308T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180308T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180209T174306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180213T204836Z
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SUMMARY:16th Annual Big Boyce Chili Cookoff
DESCRIPTION:Downloadable Cookoff Poster \nRULES AND REQUIREMENTS\n\nTrue chili is defined as any kind of meat or combination of meats (or vegetarian options such as beans) cooked with chili peppers\, various other spices\, and other ingredients.\nYou MUST provide a list of all ingredients at the event. This list must be printed and posted at your chili station.\nAll ingredients must be pre-cooked & treated prior to the event. Your chili is to be brought “ready-to-eat” and temperature must be maintained for proper serving during the event.\nContestants are responsible for providing their own serving utensils and supplies relating to their chili submission. Electricity\, serving cups and spoons will be provided by BTI’s Fun Committee.\nContestants should prepare only large pot of competition chili (plan to serve 50-75 small servings).\nEach contestant is responsible for cleaning up their space at the end of the event (1pm).\nVotes will be cast with colored tokens (Best Overall\, Best Meat\, and Best Vegetarian). Each chili submission will receive a voting bag for their station.\n\n  \nThe winners will receive a prize set forth by the BTI Fun Committee.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/16th-annual-big-boyce-chili-cookoff/
CATEGORIES:Staff Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180301T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180301T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180122T161108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180222T182237Z
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SUMMARY:BTI Movie Night
DESCRIPTION:BTI Movie Night \nThursday\, March 1 | BTI Auditorium\nPresenting…Monsters\, Inc.! \nSnacks and refreshments will be available beginning at 6:00pm. Movie screening will begin at 6:30pm. \nAll BTI faculty\, staff\, visiting scholars\, students\, and their families are welcome to attend this event. \nReserve your seats by completing the Google Form below by Monday\, February 19th. If you require any special accommodations in order to participate\, please contact me at mz457@cornell.edu.  \nLoading…
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/bti-family-movie-night/
CATEGORIES:Staff Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180228
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180301
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180213T203918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180213T203918Z
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SUMMARY:Safety Poster Contest
DESCRIPTION:Pick a topic. Design a poster. Be creative!\nThe BTI Safety Committee wants everyone to be more involved with safety at BTI. To increase everyone’s awareness of safety\, the Committee is starting a poster contest! \nSubmit your poster design to the Safety Committee by the end of the month (Wednesday\, February 28th). Please send to gh329@cornell.edu. \nThe Safety Committee will review the posters and vote on the best poster\, which will be displayed on every floor at BTI on the safety boards\, and earn the winner a gift certificate to Wegmans. \nIf the poster is for an event\, allow more than a month of lead time. Size of the poster should be 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/safety-poster-contest/
CATEGORIES:Staff Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180226T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180226T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20180214T200819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180221T134748Z
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SUMMARY:Georg Jander and David Stern: Monday Morning Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Monday Seminar\, February 26th | 9am | BTI Auditorium\nPlease join BTI for a Monday morning seminar with Georg Jander and David Stern. \nGeorg Jander: “Aphid resistance in perennial soybeans: Two genomes are better than one” \nDavid Stern: “The Plant Science Research Network: Preparing for a New Era of Plant Science by Re-imagining Postgraduate Training”
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/monday-am-feb2018-jander-stern/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Monday Morning Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171218T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171218T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20171117T175615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171211T141052Z
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SUMMARY:Monday Morning Seminar: Leila Feiz
DESCRIPTION:Please join BTI for a presentation by Leila Feiz (Research Associate\, Stern Lab): \nPhotosynthetic mutants of the C4 model\, Setaria viridis\, link chloroplast RNA metabolism to intercellular communication and C4 cell differentiation. \nThese seminars are part of the BTI Monday Morning Seminar Series which occurs bi-weekly.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/monday-morning-seminar-leila-feiz/
CATEGORIES:Institute,Monday Morning Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171216T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171216T223000
DTSTAMP:20260404T135257
CREATED:20171106T193655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171106T193655Z
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SUMMARY:BTI Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:  \nClick here for registration link.
URL:https://btiscience.org/event/bti-holiday-party/
CATEGORIES:Staff Events
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