SUMMER SCIENCE SEMINARS |
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WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY |
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Summer '17 Seminar Series |
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June seminars held at noon in 107 Shanklin |
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8 June |
Giovanna Bonadonna Universita di Torino |
"A Long Term Study on the Behavioral Ecology of Indri: Research and Conservation Projects in Madagascar." |
Joyce Powzyk |
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15 June |
Jay Farihi Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy University College London |
"Exoplanetary Archaeology: The Fossil Record of Rocky Planetary Systems” |
Seth Redfield |
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22 June |
Dean Astumian Professor of Physics The University of Maine |
"How molecular motors work–insights from the molecular machinist's toolbox: the Nobel prize in Chemistry 2016" |
Brian Northrop |
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29 June
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James Russell Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Brown University |
"Climate change and tropical mountain glaciers: a view from the geological record" |
Ellen Thomas |
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6 July |
Ece Karatan Department of Biology Appalachian State University |
“Vibrio Cholerae Biofilm Formation” | Erika Taylor |
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13 July
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Sandra Passchier M.S. Earth and Environmental Science Montclair State University |
"The Geological Archive of Polar Ice Behavior in a Warmer Climate Extracted from Ocean Drillcores on Antarctica's Continental Margin" |
Suzanne O'Connell |
| 20 July | Koleen McCrink Assistant Professor of Psychology Barnard University |
“Spatial Biases in Childhood”” | Hilary Barth |
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27 July |
Janice Naegele Biology Department Wesleyan University |
"Reconstructing the damaged brain with neural stem cells—perspectives from electrophysiology, optogenetics and 3-D computer modeling" |
Francis Starr |
