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4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

Richard Michelmore	Blake Meyers

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speakers

• Richard Michelmore, Founding Director, The Genome Center
  Blake Meyers, Director, The Genome Center
  
  Changing of the guard at the UC Davis Genome Center
  See: UC Davis Genome Center appoints new Director - Plant scientist Blake Meyers to lead 'the next generation of genomics'
  
  This event will bring together Seed Central members and the new
  Director of the Genome Center so they can learn about each other and engage in a beneficial dialog.

  Seed Central member companies will be represented at the Roundtable by:

Moderator	Panelists
Patricia Baldrich Director of Strategic Initiatives and Research Funding The Genome Center UC Davis	Ella Katz Plant & Data Scientist | Workflow Strategy, Veg R&D Bayer	Joe King Market Segment Lead, Vegetables US-West Syngenta	Justin Ma Spinach & Lettuce Breeder Bayer	Carlos Galeano Senior Scientist Crop Genetics Senior Scientist Crop Genetics	TBA

Location: ARC Ballrooms, UC Davis (W)

> If your company wishes to present & exhibit, contact François Korn @ fkorn@seedcentral.org.

> If you wish to register to attend the presentations and exhibits, click HERE to register.

12:00 to 12:45 PM
Exhibits set up at the Conference Center, UC Davis

1:00 to 3:00 PM
Pitch session at the Conference Center, UC Davis

3:30 to 6:00 PM
Networking exhibits at the Conference Center, UC Davis
with the TALENTS CORNER
 

Featuring:
	Flex BioCulture
	and more ... and these incubators:

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00 
Featured postdoctoral researchers present their research.
Presentations:

• "Decoding Plant-Pathogen Dynamics to Enhance Agricultural Resilience" (Nathalie Aoun)
• "Improving Nitrogen Fixation in Chickpea" (Laura Perilla Henao)
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Nathalie Aoun Postdoctoral Researcher Lowe-Power Lab Dept. of Plant Pathology UC Davis	Laura Perilla Henao Postdoctoral Researcher Cook Lab Dept. of Plant Pathology UC Davis	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Location: Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

• Britt Koskella
  Associate Professor
  Department of Integrative Biology
  University of California, Berkeley
  
  The future of human health and sustainable agriculture rests on our ability to view microbial evolution as part of the solution rather than the problem. The Koskella lab takes on this challenge by combining discovery-based science on plant microbiomes with hypothesis-driven experimentation. Our research examines host-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions by first identifying patterns in nature and then, in line with current theory where available, generating predictions to explicitly test in the laboratory using a combination of experimental evolution, microbial ecology approaches, and molecular biological techniques.
  
  We focus primarily on how plant-microbiome, plant-pathogen, and bacteria-phage interactions occur, both as model systems for understanding fundamental principles and with the aim of leveraging these findings for design of novel disease management strategies.  

Location: ARC Ballrooms, UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

• Xiaofei Zhang
  Assistant Professor
  Genetics and Breeding of Small Grains Crops
  Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
  
  Dr. Zhang's research program aims to address the needs of small grains crop growers and consumers both nationally and internationally. It will be focusing
  on 1) Yield Increase beyond the Green Revolution; 2) Nutrient Use and Environmental Footprint; 3) Nutrition and Health; 4) Breeding Technology and Genetic Gains.

Location: Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speakers

• Barbara Blanco-Ulate, Associate Professor,
  and Irwin Donis-Gonzalez, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension
  Co-Directors of the UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center
  
  Topic: The UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center

Location: ARC Ballrooms, UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

Location: Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

Location: Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis

Focus on artificial intelligence and recent research at the AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems (AIFS) @ UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speakers

• (TBA)

Location: , UC Davis

Special joint Seed Central / Protein Central event
Launched by the Integrative Center for Alternative Meat and Protein, the quarterly ‘Protein Central’ event includes a seminar and time for networking/discussion, often with alternative meat/protein products available for tasting.
The Integrative Center for Alternative Meat and Protein (iCAMP) leads the way in developing transformative knowledge & innovation to accelerate the commercialization of alternative proteins and sustainably fulfill all global need predicted by 2050.

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

• (TBA)

Location: , UC Davis