Poster Prizes, Amazing Presentations and Photographs
Poster prize winners, above, with PMB Chair N. Louise Glass
By Karyn Houston
Plant & Microbial Biology
Keynote Speech by Chris Somerville
The Department of Plant & Microbial Biology held its annual Retreat at Asilomar Conference Center Sept. 5-7, 2014.
Excellent scientific presentations by more than a dozen labs were complemented by amazing fall weather.
Energy Biosciences Institute Director Chris Somerville gave a warmly received keynote speech about biofuels, plants and microbiology, sharing a "big picture" glimpse about the research being done at the Institute. Somerville is also a PMB professor.
Grad Students Chris Hann-Soden and Justin Zik put together a memorable evening of skits, fun and games on both Friday and Saturday night. In addition, they introduced the incoming graduate student class of 2014-15.
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