Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences Spring 2008 Seminar Series
1718 Wood Hall, 3:30 pm - 4:50 pm
January 18, 2008
Charles Mackenzie, Ph.D., FRCVP, FRCVS
Professor
Pathobiology and Diagnostics Department
Michigan State University
"Towards a healthy village."
January 25, 2008
Jay Lennon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
Michigan State University
“Ecological and evolutionary importance of viruses in aquatic ecosystems.”
February 1, 2008
Jerry Colca, Ph.D.
President and CSO
Metabolic Solutions Development Company
Kalamazoo, MI
“Preventing metabolic inflammation: a new approach to treating diabetes and a new approach to pharmaceutical development.”
February 8, 2008
Tao Sang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Plant Biology
Michigan State University
“The puzzle of rice domestication”
February 15, 2008
Jennifer Lau, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Biology
W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
Michigan State University
"Beyond the ecological: indirect effects and evolutionary
change"
February 22, 2008
To be announced.
March 14, 2008
Michael Henshaw, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biology Department
Grand Valley State University
“The evolution of multiple queen societies in social wasps”
March 21, 2008
Steve Gorsich, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biology Department
Central Michigan University
"Developing stress tolerance for tomorrow’s fuel – How yeast will take us there."
March 28, 2008
Peter Bednekoff, Ph.D.
Professor
Biology Department
Eastern Michigan University
"Developing and testing models of sentinel behavior."
April 4, 2008
Robert Yancey, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Pfizer Global Animal Health
Richland, MI
“Vaccine adjuvants – Can’t live without them.”
April 11, 2008
Yin-Long Qiu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Michigan
“Diversity, phylogeny and development: a natural history of lifecycles in land plants.”