Important dates:
May
Friday 5/3 - Formal classes end
Friday, 5/3 - PMB Spring Social, Alumni House - PMB Faculty, students, staff.
(contact pmbinfo@berkeley.edu for more information)
Mon. 5/6 - Fri. 5/10 - Reading, Recitation and Review (aka Dead) Week
Mon. 5/13 - Fri. 5/17 - Finals Week
Sun. 5/19 - CNR Commencement (7 pm)
Mon. 5/27 - Memorial Day
Thur. 5/30 - PMB Faculty Meeting
Future
Aug. 26-28 - Incoming Grad Students Orientation
Fri. 9/13, 2013 - PMB Retreat, Clark Kerr
Fri. 12/6, 2013 - PMB Holiday Party, Alumni House
Fri. 5/2, 2014 - PMB Spring Social, Alumni House
Fri. 9/5 - Sun. 9/7, 2014 - PMB Retreat, Asilomar
Calendars
The department maintains two calendars:
pmbcalendar.berkeley.edu - Integrates with the campus calendar network and showcases events the public is invited to. Check here if you want to see what is going on in the department and on campus. Also includes links to our affiliates.
department calendar - For department-specific events, including Finishing Talks, a variety of seminars, Open Lunches, Lab Happy Hours, Scientific Retreats and all the fun stuff we do. If you'd like to subscribe to this calendar please contact Karyn Houston
Spring Semester Seminars
The remaining regular PMB seminars for the Spring semester will be from noon to 1pm in 101 Barker:
05/01/13: Judy Wall (University of Missouri) on "Genetics and biochemistry of mercury methylation by sulfate-reducing bacteria."
05/08/13: Elena Alvarez Buylla (Visiting Miller Professor at UCB, Chelsea Spetch Lab) on "Regulatory networks of stem-cell niche patterning in Arabidopsis roots: molecular genetic and modeling approaches."
In addition, there are a number of other seminars, including PMB student and postdoc seminars (on campus) and Plant Gene Expression Center Seminars (in Albany) that have been posted on our pmb.berkeley.edu.