McNair Program

Office of Diversity and Institutional Partnerships
McNair Program

Wesleyan McNair Research Talks 2007-8

Nov. 11, 2008

Dr. Stephanie A. Morris
Wesleyan '00 ( Biology, NSB and McNair)
Post-doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, Nat'l Cancer Insitute

The Role of Chromatin Remodeling in the Activity of the Glucocorticoid Receptor
Oct. 21, 2008 Dr. Martha S. Gilmore
Wesleyan Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Planetary Science Group		 Environmental Remote Sensing
Oct. 14, 2008 Dr. Ann C. Burke
Wesleyan Dept. of Biology  		Evolutionary Morphology in the 21st century
Oct. 7, 2008 Dr. Brian Stewart
Wesleyan Dept. of Physics, Molecular Collisions Lab		 When Atoms and Molecules Collide
Mar. 4, 2008 Dr. Hilary Barth
Wesleyan Dept. of Psychology, Cognitive Development Lab		 Abstract Number and Arithmetic in Preschool Children
Feb. 26, 2008 Dr. Ishita Mukerji
Wesleyan Dept. of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry		 How Do Fibers Form in Sickle Cell and Alzheimer's Disease? Insights from Spectroscopy
Feb. 19, 2008 Dr. Tim Ku
Wesleyan Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences		 The Biogeochemistry of Freshwater Lakes & Tropical Coasts: Implications for Cultural Eutrophication & Bioluminescent Bays
Feb. 12, 2008 Dr. Laurel F. Appel
Dept. of Biology, Director, Wesleyan McNair Program		 Getting Involved in Research while at Wesleyan: Professors, Projects, Funding, Internships
Nov. 27, 2007 Dr. William Herbst
Wesleyan Dept. of Astronomy		 Making Planets from Thin Air . . . Really Thin Air!
Nov. 13, 2007 Dr. Laura Grabel
Wesleyan Dept. of Biology		 Toward Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy

The McNair Research Talks are designed for interested, non-expert, students.
For more information, please contact Valerie Marinelli, Administrative Assistant, McNair Program at (860) 685-3733 or vmarinelli@wesleyan.edu.