DEPARTMENTS OF BIOLOGY+ and MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY* 2009 FALL SEMINAR SERIES Date Speaker Title Host September 17+ Biology Seminar TBA September 24* at Wadsworth Mansion 4:00 PM Wilma Olson Rutgers University DNA Mechanics and Gene Regulation Biophsical Retreat October 1+ David Marshall UCONN Population differentiation, speciation and higher clade diversification in cicadas revealed by songs and DNA Scott Homes October 8+ Michael J. O'Neill UConn The Multilayered Epigenetic Environment of the Mammalian X-Chromsome Scott Holmes October 15+ Jacqueline Webb URI Development and Evolution of the Mechanosensory Lateral Line System in Fishes October 22* Victoria Robinson UCONN Exploring the Interaction Between the Translation Factor BipA and the Ribosome Rich Olson October 29* Lisa Miller Brookhaven National Labs Understand the Role of Metal Ions in Alzheimer's Disease Pathology using Spectroscopic Imaging Ishita Mukerji November 5+ Biology Search Candidate TBA Biology Dept. November 12+ Biology Search Candidate TBA Biology Dept. November 19+ Biology Search Candidate TBA Biology Dept. December 3+ Roger Traub IBM TJ Research Center Very fast oscillations in the brain (>80 Hz) and neuronal gap junctions Glosteer Aaron December 10* MB&B Seminar TBA