Please see these files for guidelines and forms. Final Proposals, paper and electronic, and all associated documents are due in Dean and Director’s Office March 1, 2019. Project Initiation in REEport needs to be completed before April 1, 2019.

REEport (Research, Education, and Extension project online reporting tool) is NIFA’s singular project reporting system, building on and replacing CRIS. For more information on REEport, please contact Darien Gibson darien.gibson@montana.edu in the Director’s office. Information is also available at http://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/REEport User Manual.pdf.

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MAES Documents

MAES Project Review Seminars 2018-2019

Faculty:            Dr. Megan Van Emon
Department:   Animal and Range Sciences
Title:                 "Developing Nutritional Strategies for Cattle Development."
Date/Time:       Thursday, October 25th  at 1:00pm
Location:           ABB 138
  

Faculty:            Dr. Mac Burgess
Department:   Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology
Title:                 "Production Practices for Small Acreage Specialty Crop Growers."
Date/Time:        Wednesday, October 31st  at 2:00pm
Location:          PBB 108
 

Faculty:            Dr. Alan Dyer
Department:   Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology
Title:                 "Management and Population Dynamics of Cereal Pathogens."
Date/Time:      Wednesday, October 31st  at 9:00am
Location:          PBB 108

 
Faculty:            Dr. Jeff Littlefield
Department:   Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Title:                 "The Ecology of Invasive Species and their Biological Management/Containment Augmentation and   Release of Exotic Biocontrol Agents"
Date/Time:       Thursday, November 1st at 2:30pm
Location:          Leon Johnson 325
 

Faculty:            Dr. Kevin McPhee
Department:   Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology
Title:                 "Genetic Enhancement of Pulse Crops."
Date/Time:       Monday, November 5th  at  1:30pm 
Location:          PBB 108
 

Faculty:            Dr. Eric Belasco
Department:   Agricultural Economics and Economics 
Title:                 "Risk Management and Farm Policy in Agricultural Markets"
Date/Time:       Tuesday, November 13th at 9:30am
Location:         LINH 406
 

Faculty:            Dr. Joseph Atwood
Department:   Agricultural Economics and Economics 
Title:                 "Agricultural/Agribusiness Management and Finance in a  Changing Physical, Market, and Policy Environment"
Date/Time:       Friday, November 16th at 11:30am
Location:         LINH 406
 

Faculty:            Dr. Fabian Menalled
Department:   Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Title:                 "Integrated Management of Agricultural Weeds in Montana"
Date/Time:     Wednesday, November 28th  at  10:00am 
Location:          Leon Johnson 325
 

Faculty:            Dr. Jack Brookshire
Department:   Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Title:                 "Biological Roots and Physical Constraints to Macroscopic Patterns of Nitrogen Cycling on Land"
Date/Time:       Wednesday, December 5th  at  10:00am 
Location:          Leon Johnson 325

 
Faculty:            Dr. Bruce Maxwell
Department:   Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Title:                 "The Ecology of Weedy and Invasive Plant Species in Montana"
Date/Time:       Thursday, December 13th at  10:00am
Location:          Leon Johnson 325

 

Faculty:            Dr. Scott Powell
Department:   Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Title:                 "Development of Multi-Scall Geospatial Monitoring Systems for Vegetation and Land Use Dynamics"
Date/Time:       Wednesday, December 19th at 3:00pm
Location:          Leon Johnson 731

 
Faculty:            Dr. Agnieszka Rynda-Apple
Department:   Microbiology & Immunology
Title:                 "Virus-like particles as treatment for Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae infections in domestic sheep."
Date/Time:       Wednesday, January 9th, 9:30-10:30am
Location:          Lewis 110


Faculty:            Dr. Cathy Zabinski
Department:   Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Title:                 "Restoration of Ecological Systems in the Context of Aboveground-Belowground Linkages"
Date/Time:     Tuesday,  January 22nd at 2:00pm
Location:          Leon Johnson 325
 

Faculty:            Dr. Edward Schmidt
Department:   Microbiology & Immunology
Title:                 "Food quality and metabolic parameters influencing development and progression of liver diseases” 
Date/Time:       Monday, January 28th, 11:30-12:30pm
Location:          Lewis 110

Faculty:            Dr. Ben Lei
Department:   Microbiology & Immunology
Title:                 "Pathogenesis of Streptococcus equip and Group A Streptococcus” 
Date/Time:    Thursday, February 6th, 3:00-4:00pm
Location:          Lewis 110
 

Faculty:            Dr. Zach Miller 
Department:   RC: Western Agricultural Research Center
Title:                 "Using research to facilitate production of anti-oxidant rich berries and small fruits in the Northern
Rockies” 
Date/Time:    Thursday, February 7th, 1pm
Location:          ABB 138
 

Faculty:            Dr. Ligia Prezotto
Department:   RC: Northern Agricultural Research Center
Title:                 "Investigating the Underlying Physiology of Economically Important Traits in Livestock Nutritional Physiology” 
Date/Time:    Thursday, February 7th, 3pm
Location:          ABB 138
 

Faculty:            Dr. Jessica Torrion
Department:   RC: Northwestern Agricultural Research Center
Title:                 "Adaptation and resource-use efficiency of legumes” 
Date/Time:    Friday, February 8th, 11am
Location:          ABB 138
 

Faculty:            Dr. Ken Kephart 
Department:   RC: Southern Agricultural Research Center
Title:                 "Field Crop Production for South Central Montana"
Date/Time:    Friday, February 8th, 1:30pm
Location:          ABB 138
 

Faculty:            Dr. Seth Walk
Department:   Microbiology & Immunology
Title:                 "Defining and understanding gut microbiome residency” 
Date/Time:    Wednesday, February 13th, 9:30am
Location:          Lewis 110