The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology's weekly Plant Pathology 250 seminar series is presented this week by:

Moriaki Saito, PLPA Graduate Student 

Seminar Title: "Investigating new players in RNAi machinery to fine-tune plant immunity against bacterial pathogens"

Biography: Moriaki Saito is a 2nd year graduate student in Dr. Hailing Jin's lab.  His research focuses on RNAi-mediated plant immune systems, emphasizing on Argonaute proteins.