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Biological Sciences Seminar Series

Friday 3:30 - 4:30pm, 1718 Wood Hall
Faculty Coordinator: Cindy Linn (269) 387-5615

 

January 20, 2012
Dr. Douglas Schemske
Kellogg Biological Station
Topic: "Ecological genetics of adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana "

January 27, 2012
Dr. Derek Thomas
Grand Valley State University
Topic: "Using Molecular tools to analyze traits associated with Candida albicans pathogenesis "

February 3, 2012
Dr. Jack Mosher
University of Michigan
Topic: "Neural crest stem cells and their role in the development and disease of the peripheral nervous system "

February 10, 2012
Dr. Scott Leisner
University of Toledo
Topic: "Internal and external factors influencing plant virus infections: the role of viral protein interactions and host environment."

February 17, 2012
Dr. Gary Dunbar
Central Michigan University
Topic: "Use of Stem Cells as Potential Treatments for Behavioral Deficits in Rodent Models of Huntington's Disease"

February 24, 2012
Dr. Martin Burg
Grand Valley State University
Topic: TBA

March 16, 2012
Dan Kueh (M.S.)
Western Michigan University
Ph.D. defense: Discrete targeting of peptide and non-peptide varicosities to different sites on the heart tube in the leech Hirudo: Implications for development of neural circuits.

March 23, 2012
TBA

March 29, 2012 (Thursday)
Dr. Kevin Padian
Hadley Lecturer: Berkeley
Special lecture to the community
This seminar will be on Thursday at (6pm) at the Kirsch Auditorium in Fetzer Center
Topic: "The origin of birds and their flight"

March 30, 2012
Dr. Kevin Padian
Hadley Lecturer: Berkeley
Topic: "What Darwin Said (and didn't say): Evolution, "intelligent design," and education"

April 6, 2012
Dr. Kent Keyser
University of Alabama
Topic: "Smoke gets in your eyes: the effects of nicotine on visual processing"

April 9, 2012 (Monday)
Dr. Bali Pulendran
Bach Lecturer: Emory
This seminar will be on Monday from 12:30-1:30 in room 1220 in the Chemistry building
Topic: "Systems Vaccinology: Enabling rational vaccine design with systems biology"

April 13, 2012 - CANCELED
Dr. John Jellies
Western Michigan University
Topic: "Brains Have Bodies: Peripheral Translation of Central Neural Commands"

April 20, 2012
Dr. Paul Malchow
University of Illinois, Chicago
Topic: Testing the H+ Hypothesis of Feedback Inhibition from Horizontal Cells to Vertebrate
Photoreceptors: a Tale of Two Techniques"