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DEPARTMENTS OF BIOLOGY+ and
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
*

2008 FALL SEMINAR SERIES


Seminars are held in SCIE 121 at 12 NOON on Thursdays unless otherwise indicated in red.

 Date

Speaker and Title

Host

SEPTEMBER

9/11

+Lee Dyer

  Biology Dept.

  Univ. Nevada, Reno

Diversity as a consequence of predation, herbivory, and plant chemistry.

Singer

9/181

*Taekjip Ha

   Physics Dept.

   Univ. of Illinois

   Urbana/Champaign

Shredding light on helicase mechanisms one molecule at a time.

Biophysics

Retreat

1Please note:  -The Biophysics Retreat is held at Wadsworth Mansion, 421 Wadsworth Street, Middletown CT.

9/25

no seminar

   

   

OCTOBER

10/2

+Richard Ostfeld

  Senior Scientist

  Carry Institute of

  Ecosystem Studies

Biodiversity loss and the rise of emerging infectious diseases.

Cohan

10/9 no seminar

10/16

+Melanie Tallent

  Pharmacology &

  Physiol. Dept.

  Drexel Univ.

  College of Medicine

Novel mechanisms of the neuropeptide somatostatin in brain function and disease.

Naegele

10/23

*Daniel Simons

  Neurobiology Dept.

  Univ. of Pittsburg

Corticothanlamic feedback and sensory processing in the whisker-to-barrel system.

Aaron

10/30

TBA

TBA

TBA

NOVEMBER

11/6

 TBA

TBA

TBA

11/13

+Julie Etterson

   Biology Dept

   Univ. of Minnesota

   Duluth

Evolution in response to anthropogenic change.

Sultan

11/20

canceled

 

 

DECEMBER

12/4

TBA

TBA

TBA

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