Spring 2010
Life Sciences Summit
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| Title | Author(s) | Campus |
| Logistic Modeling of a Biomass Utilization System | Maetee Patana-Anake, Jinglu Tan, Steve Flick, Kurt Herman, Shane Danson | MU |
| Higher Oleic Acid from Soybean Plant Introductions for Improved Oil Functionality | Jeong-Dong Lee, P. N. Rajesh, Kristen Bilyeu, David Sleper, Henry Nguyen and J. Grover Shannon | MU |
| Plant Adaptation to Drought --- Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Missouri | Robert E. Sharp, Felix B. Fritschi, Candace Galen, Robert L. Kallenbach, Mannie Liscum, Henry T. Nguyen, Melvin J. Oliver, Stephen G. Pallardy, J. Grover Shannon, David A. Sleper, Xi Xiong | MU |
| Root Growth under Drought – Role of Cell Wall Localized Reactive Oxygen Species | Priya Voothuluru, Mineo Yamaguchi, Jinming Zhu, In-Jeong Cho, Mary E. LeNoble, Melvin J. Oliver, John Simmonds, Robert E. Sharp | MU |
| An integrated approach to use genetic resources for resurrection plants to enhance drought tolerance in breeding-extension programs | Mel Oliver | MU |
| Strategies for improving plant productivity under drought and global climate changes | Henry T. Nguyen, Babu Valliyodan, Son Tran, Mamatha Hanumappa, Satish Guttikonda, Truyen Quach, Robert Sharp, and J. Grover Shannon | MU |
| Enhancement of plant vision to increase drought tolerance and bioproduction | Jennifer J. Holland, Brandon Celaya, Daniel Leuchtman, Thomas Juenger, Candace Galen, Mannie Liscum | MU |
| Constructing proteome and metabolome maps for genetic improvement of energy-related traits in soybean | Babu Valliyodan, Laurent Brechenmacher, Jianlin Cheng, Dong Xu, Gary Stacey, Henry T. Nguyen | MU |
| Systems Biological Analysis of a Seed-Specific Mutation in Fatty Acid Synthesis Reveals assorted changes in Metabolism | Mingjie Chen, Brian P. Mooney, Martin Hajduch, Jill E. Casteel, Trupti Joshi, Mingyi Zhou, Dong Xu, Jay J. Thelen, Charles Gehrke | MU |
| Genetic Mapping of Soybean Cyst Nematode (Heterodera glycines) Resistance to Enhance Soybean Production in the United States | T.D. Vuong, X. Wu, D.A. Sleper, J.G. Shannon, and H.T. Nguyen | MU |
| Plant defenses are triggered when the plant perceives pathogen-derived molecules | Walter Gassmann | MU |
| Understanding and exploiting plant defenses against insects | Jack Schultz, Heidi Appel | MU |
| Cellular Signaling Following Recognition of Bacterial Pathogens Leading to Resistance and Growth Inhibition | Scott C. Peck | MU |
| Lignocellulolytic Enzyme Discovery by Metagenomic Screening | Seth D. Findley, Andrea Sommer-Hurley, Monty Kerley, James H. Porter, Tim McDermott, Gary Stacey | MU |
| Bioenergy from Algae | Keesoo Lee | Lincoln |
| A Study on the Utilization of Biomass at the University of Central Missouri (UCM) | Scott McKay, Gija Geme, Keshav Bhattara | UCM |
| Biomass - Renewable Energy Solutions for MU | Paul Hoemann, Gregg Coffin | MU |
| Wood-for-energy: the possibility for entrepreneurship. "What potential exists for large-scale conversion of cropland to a multiple-yield agroforestry model?" | Adam Saunders | MU |
| Nitrogen management for biofuel production from sweet sorghum | Roland Holou & Gene Stevens | MU |
| Nutrients management for biofuel production from switchgrass | Roland Holou & Gene Stevens | MU |
| Integrated Systems Approach to Biomass Utilization | Jinglu Tan, Leon Schumacher, Steve Borgelt, Bill Jacoby, Gene Stevens | MU |