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Waller Scientific Lecture: Dr. Zachary Lippman

October 18, 2023
4:10 pm - 5:05 pm
Room 155 Jennings Hall

Dr. Zachary Lippman. Jacob Goldfield Professor of Genetics and HHMI investigator Watson School of Biological Sciences at Cold Spring Harbor

Dynamic evolution of duplicated genes and their interactions in shaping natural and engineered plant phenotypes.

The Adolph E. Waller Memorial Lectureship was established September 5, 1975, with his bequest and funds public lectures in plant sciences. Adolph E. Waller completed his Ph.D. at The Ohio State University in 1918 where he participated in the early efforts to control wheat stem rust through the USDA barberry eradication program. After postdoctoral work at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, England Dr. Waller  joined the staff of The Ohio State University Department of Botany in 1919 and was a Professor of Botany for 45 years prior to his retirement in 1964. Read more about his career here.

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