Department of Biological Sciences, Spring 2012 Seminars
All seminars are in room CLS 005 at 4:00 pm unless otherwise indicated. Official date subject to change.
DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION/DEPARTMENT TITLE HOST
10-Jan, 3:30 in CLS 215 Jill Anderson, Conservation Search Duke University, Biology Department The evolutionary genetics and global change biology of flowering phenology
11-Jan, 4:00 pm in CLS 005 Bruce Cushing, Chairman Search The University of Akron, Department of Biology Male Social Behavior:  It's Better without Estrogen
12-Jan 3:30 pm in CLS 215 Shannon Pelini, Conservation Search Insect experiments reveal idiosyncratic warming responses across latitude and levels of biodiversity
13-Jan, 3:00 pm in PSC 002 Dr. Joel Llopiz, Oceanographer Search Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Picky feeding by fish larvae alters so-called size-structured food webs
16-Jan job search
17-Jan 3:30 pm in CLS 215 Randall Hughes, Conservation Search Consequences of biodiversity change in  marine plant communities
19-Jan 3:00 pm in CLS215 Sarah Diamond, Conservation Search North Carolina State University The ecology of novel environments: towards a predictive framework for understanding
species’ responses
19-Jan 4:00 pm in CLS 215 Miriam Greenberg, Chairman Search Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State Unversity Functions of cardiolipin as modifiers of the Barth syndrome phenotype
20-Jan, 3:00pm, PSC 002 Ryan Rykaczewski, Oceanographer Search Princeton University
23-Jan, 4:00 pm in CLS 005 Jeff Twiss, Chairman Search Department of Biology, Drexel University  Localized mRNA transport and translation in axon regeneration Matesic
27-Jan, 3:00 pm, PSC 002 Astrid Schnetzer, Oceanographer Search University of Southern California
30-Jan, 4:00 pm in CLS 005 Michael Lomas, Oceanographer Search Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Biological cycling of Phosphorus in the Sargasso Sea: Importance of Dissolved Organic Phosphorus
2-Feb 4:00 pm in CLS 215 Steven Theg, Chairman Search Department of Plant Biology, University of California at Davis
6-Feb job search
9-Feb 12:30 pm in CLS 104 David Jeruzalmi, Gene Expression Search Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University Inner workings of the UvrA•UvrB DNA Damage Sensor Felder
13-Feb job search
14-Feb 12:30 pm in CLS 104 David Bisaro, Gene Expression Search Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University Geminivirus Models for the Analysis of Epigenetic Pathways in Plants Connolly
20-Feb Anurag Agrawal Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University Coevolution between milkweed and root herbivores Kresovich
22-Feb 1:30 pm in CLS 215 Kumuda Das, Gene Expression Search Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Redox control of superoxide-2 (Sod2) gene expression in endothelial cells Patel
27-Feb Jeff McKinnon Department of Biology, East Carolina University Color Polymorphisms, Ecoloy, and Speciation in Fish Quattro
5-Mar Spring Break
12-Mar Judy Callis University of California at Davis, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology GABS
16-Mar 4:00 pm in CLS 005 Joel Kingslover  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Insects Evolving Rapidly: Local Adaptation, Colonization, and Climate Change GABS
19-Mar Richard Behringer The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Vrana
26-Mar Geoff Morris Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina In the deep end of the gene pool: Genomic diversity in switchgrass Dudycha
2-Apr Jennifer Nyland
9-Apr
16-Apr Jennie Tirnauer Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center Role of Tumor Suppressor Proteins in Spindle Orientation Smith
23-Apr Ann Loraine Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Krizek
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Department of Biological Sciences, Fall 2011 Seminars
All seminars are in room CLS 005 at 4:00 pm unless otherwise indicated.
DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION/DEPARTMENT TITLE HOST
29-Aug
5-Sep LABOR DAY
12-Sep Jason Reed Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Vance
19-Sep Brian Gregory Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania Vance
26-Sep
3-Oct Venu Raman John Hopkins School of Medicine The biology of RNA helicases in cancer: potential for targeted theray Chen
10-Oct Aaron Krochmal Department of Biology, Washington College Proximate and Ultimate Explanations for Phylogenetic Patterns in Learning and Decision-Making Abilities of Pitvipers (Viperidae: Crotalinae) Franklin
17-Oct Brett Harris Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, MUSC Development of the cardiac conduction system Matesic
24-Oct Robert Warner Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara Estimating dispersal scales and connectivity among coastal marine populations GABS
31-Oct Wiebke Ziebis Department of Biologicial Sciences, University of Southern California Ghost Shrimp, and their impact on the biogeochemistry of the seafloor Woodin
7-Nov Bob Thornburg Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology, Iowa State University
 How plants attract pollinators:  Regulation of gene expression within the floral nectary gland Stratmann
14-Nov job search
21-Nov A.C. Moore Lecture Frans de Waal 4pm in the Law School Auditorium Department of Psychology, Emory University Morality Before Religion: Empathy, Fairness and Prosocial Primates Hilbish
28-Nov job search
5-Dec job search
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