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URL:https://cmsweb.org/events/dr-robert-blanchette-talk/
SUMMARY:Dr. Robert Blanchette
DESCRIPTION:\nDr. Robert Blanchette is a mycologist and plant pathologist w
 hose groundbreaking work has reshaped how we understand fungi's role in fo
 rest ecosystems.\n\nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Robert Blanchette\n\nBob Blanchette i
 s a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Mi
 nnesota where he teaches classes and carries out research on the biology a
 nd ecology of fungi that grow on and attack trees and wood. He has studied
  fungi around the globe\, from Minnesota’s old growth temperate forests 
 to the rainforests of the Amazon and Asia\, as well as many investigations
  on fungi in the Arctic and Antarctic. He also has been involved with many
  ethnomycological investigations to understand better how Indigenous Peopl
 e from different parts of the world used forest fungi. A few of his curren
 t studies include investigating gigantic bioluminescent fungal networks in
  the Ecuadorian Amazon\, using Minnesota fungi to control invasive exotic 
 species such as the emerald ash borer (using insect pathogens) and bucktho
 rn (using canker\, wilt and root rot fungi)\, evaluating the fungi in the 
 historic civil war ironclad gunboat – the USS Cairo\, and the taxonomy 
 of Ganoderma and other polypores.\n\nMeeting Schedule:\n7:00 - 7:30 Social
 izing\, show and tell\, and hangout time\n7:30 - 9:00 Presentation\n\nZoom
  Stream:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89591461031?pwd=doNDPUTfMaBVMB17ETaFRn
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LOCATION:Sturm Auditorium - Denver Botanic Gardens\, 1085 York St\, Denver\
 , CO\, 80206\, United States
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