Science Café presents Dr. Sarah Wyatt on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 5 p.m. in the Front Room at Baker University Center.
Wyatt is Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University. She will talk about plants, gravity and her lab’s recent spaceflight experiments.
Plants have evolved on Earth to use gravity as a defining force. It directs plant growth in a germinating seedling and positions flowers and fruits in a mature plant.
But how about plants used for hanging baskets, weeping trees and trailing plants? These plants have different responses to gravity, and although growers can breed for these responses, they do not always know what genes are being affected.
The mechanisms underlying plant responses to gravity are difficult to study. Experiments require controls, but there is no way to turn off’ gravity, at least not on Earth. The only real control for gravity experiments is the lack of gravity, and pretty much the only way to do that is through spaceflight.
Dr. Sarah Wyatt
Science Café events are held on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in the Front Room at Baker University Center. They are free and open to students, faculty and staff. Science Café is a venue for students to share their interests informally during a conversation exchange in a friendly setting.
The Science Café is hosted by Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology and Vice President of the Ohio University Chapter of Sigma Xi, and Roxanne Malé-Brune, Director of Grant Development and Projects in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creativity.
Science Café and Café Conversations are sponsored by the Office of Vice President for Research and Creativity and the Ohio University Chapter of Sigma Xi.
Fall 2018 Science Café & Café Conversations
Sept. 19—Dr. Scott Moody, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, “Why we need the EPA and ESA for our health?” Watch on A&S TV.
Sept. 26, Conversation—Dr. Laeeq Khan, Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Studies
Oct. 3—Dr. Ronan Carroll, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Watch on A&S TV
Oct. 17—Dr. Natalie Daniels, Associate Professor in the Voinovich School Watch on A&S TV
Oct. 24, Conversation—Dr. Julie Paxton, Professor of Economics Watch on A&S TV.
Nov. 14—Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology Watch on A&S TV.
Dec. 5—Dr. Julie Suhr, Professor of Psychology
Spring Semester 2019
Jan. 23—Dr. Doug Clowe, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Jan. 30, Conversation—Julie Owens, Professor of Psychology
Feb. 6—Dr. Lawrence Witmer, Professor of Biomedical Sciences in the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Feb. 20—Dr. John Kopchick, Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences in the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine & Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar
March 6—Dr. Ryan Chornock, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Spring Break (March 11-16)
March 27—Dr. Jacqueline Wolf, Professor of Social Medicine
April 10—Dr. Deborah McAvoy, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
April 11 Research and Creativity Expo
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