| Date
|
Seminar Speaker/Title |
|
Sept. 2 |
No seminar |
|
Sept. 9 |
Drs. Sharon
Babcock, Chris Rose and Jon Monroe
"What do professors
do on leave?
Three travel-logs:
Nepal, France and California" |
Sept. 16
|
Dr. Debbie Mohler
JMU, Department of Chemistry
Hosted by Louise Temple
"Chemical Studies
of DNA/protein Assemblies"
|
|
Sept. 23 |
Dr.
Kelly Zamudio
Cornell
University, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Hosted by Grace Wyngaard
Sponsored by Office of Minority Programs
"Population
structure and sexual selection
in the aggregate breeding spotted salamander"
|
|
Sept. 30 |
Dr.
David Marsh
Washington and Lee
University, Dept. of Biology
Hosted by Reid Harris
"Dispersal and
migration of terrestrial salamanders
in continuous and
fragmented habitats"
|
|
Oct. 7 |
JMU Biology Graduate Symposium - Part I
Trey Wahl
- "The Effect of Nest Site Selection
and
Joint Nesting Behavior on the
Embryonic Survival of the Four-Toed Salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum"
Theresa
Thieling - "Assessment and
Predictive Model for Brook Trout
Populations in the
Mid-Atlantic Highlands"
Beth Cheever
- "The effect of brook trout (Salvelinus
fontinalis) and mottled
sculpin (Cottus
bairdi) on trophic cascades in
temperate streams"
|
|
Oct. 14 |
JMU Biology Graduate Symposium - Part
II
Brendan Gallagher - "Determining
the presence and quantification of
enterohemorrhagci
E. coli and Salmonella in Virginia streams"
Pete Barlow - "Comparison
of antibiotic resistance proflies in
stream sediment and
water samples"
|
|
Oct. 21 |
No Seminar - Fall Break |
|
Oct. 28 |
Dr.
Rob Atkinson, JMU Alumnus (B.S. '84, M.S. '86) Photos
Christopher
Newport University
Dept. of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science
Hosted by Kevin Simon
"Dancing on the
head of a pin: Recent findings
from a globally-threatened swamp"
|
| Nov
4 |
Dr. Nina Shishkoff
USDA Agricultural Research Service, Fort Detrick, MD
Hosted by Jon Monroe
"Sudden oak death:
the threat to eastern forests" |
|
Nov. 11 |
Dr. Christine Wall
Duke University, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
Hosted by Roshna Wunderlich
"Specializations of
the Jaw Musculature for Generating High Bite Forces in Baboons"
|
|
Nov. 18 |
Dr. Thomas F.
Huff Photo and PPT file
Professor & Vice Provost of Life Sciences
Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine
Hosts: Louise Temple, Bob McKown, Chris Lantz
Co-sponsored by the Biotechnology Program
"The Science and
Ethics of Stem Cell Research"
|
|
Nov. 25 |
No Seminar - Thanksgiving Week
|
|
Dec. 2 |
Dr. Thomas B.
Knudsen
Molecular, Cellular and Craniofacial Biology, Birth Defects Center
School of Dentistry, University of Louisville,
KY
Hosted by Judith Wubah
"Comparative
Bioinformatics in Development and Disease" |
