Archives: Research Talks

  • Current knowledge of the Bryophyte flora of Sub-Saharan Africa: Biodiversity insights, herbarium records, and ongoing research

    Date and Time: October 31, 2025 12:00 pm

    Speaker: Lova Marline
    HUH Bartram Research Fellow

  • Herbaria in the modern age: Insights from powdery mildews and managing a small mycological collection

    Date and Time: October 17, 2025 12:00 pm

    Speaker: Michael Bradshaw
    Assistant Professor; Center for Integrated Fungal Research; Director of the NC State Mycological Herbarium; Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology: NCSU; IN-PERSON AT HUH IN CAMBRIDGE ONLY

  • Particulate matter pollution and leaf surface microbes at the urban forest edge

    Date and Time: October 6, 2025 12:10 pm

    Speaker: 🌳 Emma Daily
    Graduate Student, Boston University; Visiting Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum

  • A comparative analysis of root morphology in various spinach (Spinacia oleraceae) varieties: Field vs hydroponic growth systems

    Date and Time: March 9, 2026 12:10 pm

    Speaker: Deniz Camli-Saunders
    Graduate Student, University of Rhode Island

  • DaRin Butz Foundation Undergraduate Research Program Summer Presentations

    Date and Time: August 8, 2025 12:51 pm

    Speaker: 2025 DaRin Butz Interns

  • Developmental processes behind habit transitions from lianas to self-supporting plants

    Date and Time: February 24, 2025 12:10 pm

    Speaker: Marcelo Pace
    Associate Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología
    Head of the National Herbarium of Mexico (MEXU)
    Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
    Host: Friedman Lab

  • Pizza theory! Developmental mechanisms that limit the spread and impact of new mutations

    Date and Time: February 3, 2025 2:00 pm

    Speaker: Brad Nelms, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia

    This plant genetics seminar is sponsored by the Boston Children's Hospital and the Harvard Medical School. It will take place in person on the Longwood Campus. We will be streaming the talk at Weld Hill.

  • Latitudinal gradient in leaf forms and the nnfolding story of leaf margins

    Date and Time: March 10, 2025 12:10 pm

    Speaker: Oluwatobi Oso
    PhD Student, Yale University
    2024 Cunin-Sigal Award Recipient

  • Comparative -omics of polyploid apples narrows the search for the genetic basis of apomixis in Malus

    Date and Time: March 24, 2025 12:10 pm

    Speaker: Charity Goeckeritz
    Postdoctoral Fellow, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
    Host: Kramer Lab

  • Decoding the cellular and genetic basis of nectary development

    Date and Time: November 4, 2024 12:10 pm

    Speaker: Yan Gong
    NSF PRFB Fellow, Kramer Lab, Harvard University

  • The effects of invasive exotic plants on tritrophic interactions

    Date and Time: October 7, 2024 12:10 pm

    Speaker: Michael LaScaleia
    Arnold Arboretum Putnam Fellow

  • What is driving the evolution of fern vasculature?

    Date and Time: November 18, 2024 12:10 pm

    Speaker: Jacob Suissa
    Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Visiting Scholar, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University