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MS Thesis Proposal Defense: Kwaku Agyekum

Name: Kwaku Agyekum Toitle: Unraveling the intracellular transport and local regulation of endocytic factors in C. elegans neurons Advisor: Dr. Zhao Xuan Location: Nutting Hall 257 Date: 25 March, 2025 Time: 9:30 am

PhD Proposal Defense: Nahida Kabir

101 Norman Smith Hall

Name: Nahida Kabir Title: Impact of Mummy Berry and Red Leaf Diseases on Physiology of Wild Blueberry in Maine Advisors: Co-advisor Dr. Seanna L. Annis and  Co-advisor Dr. YongJiang (John) Zhang Location:   Conference Room 101, Norman Smith Hall Date:  April 4, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM Zoom Link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/81052672725?pwd=CeqgRoJ2uE4D0PIsbpJtDyQMThCLC5.1

SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Jess Gersony, Smith College

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, Orono, ME, United States

TITLE: Tangled up in blue: Understanding carbon movement in trees during water stress ABSTRACT: Plants take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and convert it into sugars through photosynthesis. Once carbon dioxide is in the form of sugar, it is then transported all throughout the plant through the “sugar highway” known as the phloem to […]

MS Proposal Defense: Sara Rawal

108 Nutting Hall

Name: Sara Rawal Title: Effect of changing environmental conditions and foliar water uptake on wild blueberries and trees Advisor: Yongjiang (John) Zhang Location: 106 Nutting Hall Date: May 2, 2025 Time: 1:00PM

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