Organizing Committee
Of the 37th Plant Sciences Graduate Student Symposium hosted by the University of Manitoba
Sonia Wilson
President, PSGSA
MSc candidate working on QTL mapping of tolerance to excess moisture in canola.
M M Uzzal Ahmed Liton
Vice-President, PSGSA
PhD candidate working on pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) resistance in Canadian Red Spring Wheat.
Hao Luu
Treasurer, PSGSA
MSc candidate studying the QTLs for lodging resistance in Brassica napus L.
Caroline Brown
Outreach Coordinator I, PSGSA
PhD candidate working on the QTL mapping for the secondary dormancy trait in canola.
James DeCastro
Outreach Coordinator II, PSGSA
MSc candidate working on phytoglobin expression as a molecular marker for waterlogging tolerance in barley.
Samantha Curtis
Social Director I, PSGSA
MSc candidate studying the resource use efficiency in diversified, no-till cropping systems on the Canadian Prairies.
Dale Penner
Social Director II, PSGSA
MSc candidate studying the shoulder season cover crops in annual crop production systems in Manitoba.
Jacob Kolody
UMGSA Rep 1, PSGSA
MSc candidate studying the soil health of a long-term nutrient management study in the Red River Valley.
Md Ehsanul Haq
UMGSA Rep 2
MSc candidate examining the effects of altered levels of phytoglobins during seed oil accumulation in Brassica napus L.
Lakmini Pathiranage
Seminar Committee Rep, PSGSA
MSc candidate studying the effect of phytoglobin expression on the regeneration of maize (Zea mays) quiescent centers during hypoxia.