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HUGHES PROGRAM IN THE LIFE
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Summer '09 Seminar Series |
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All seminars held at noon ~ 107 Shanklin* ~ Refreshments provided |
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3 June |
Amy MacQueen Department of MB&B Wesleyan University |
Chromosome Matchmaking During Meiosis |
Scott Holmes |
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11 June THURSDAY |
Saraswathi Vishveshwara Molecular Biophysics Unit Indian Institute of Science |
Functional Insights from Protein Structure Networks |
David Beveridge |
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17 June |
Brendan
Buckley, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observation of Columbia University |
Seven centuries of hydroclimate variability in Southeast Asia from tree rings: mega-droughts and societal collapse |
Suzanne O'Connell |
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24 June |
Daniel Funk Dept. of Biological Sci, Vanderbilt University |
Ecological adaptation promotes speciation: examples from maple and willow associated populations of Neochlamisus bebbianae leaf beetles |
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30 June TUESDAY |
Linda Strausbaugh Director, Center for Applied Genetics & Technology, UCONN(PhD from Wes Bio Dept) |
Forensic Applications of DNA Science |
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8 July |
Malcolm Whiteway, NRC Biotechnology Research |
Genomic Investigations of a Fungal Pathogen |
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14 July TUESDAY Daylong Symposium *Woodhead
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Liz Lerman,
Elizabeth Johnson, Liz Lerman/Dance Exchange;
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Science Choreography: Linking Science Education and Embodied Learning |
Laura Grabel, Michael Weir, Katja Kolcio, Laurel F. Appel |
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22 July |
Brenton Graveley UCONN Health Center |
Alternative Splicing in Drosophila |
Laura Grabel |
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31 July FRIDAY *150 Exley |
Laura Grabel Dept. of Biology, Wesleyan University |
Towards an embryonic stem cell-based therapy for neurodegenerative disease |
Michael Weir |