| Date
|
Seminar Speaker/Title |
| Jan
13 |
|
| Jan.
20 |
Dr. Steve Freedberg
University of Virginia, Department of Biology
Host: Dr. Kimberly Bolyard
"Sex ratio
evolution under environmental sex determination:
Lessons from reptiles"
|
Jan. 27
|
Dr. Grace Wyngaard
JMU Department of Biology
"Variability in
genetic architecture of the cryptic species complex of
Acanthocyclops vernalis (Crustacea:
Copepoda): Evidence for its origins and
continuity from crossbreeding experiments, cytogenetics and rDNA
sequences" |
| Feb. 3 |
Regular time slot reserved
for job candidate
seminar
Special seminar
- 2:30 PM in Burruss 238
Dr. Pamela Trotter
(link)
Department of Chemistry, Augustana College
Host: Dr. Janet Daniel
"Beyond
bread and beer: Using
yeast to probe
pathways and compartmentation in cells"
|
| Feb. 10 |
Tom Raffel
(PhD candidate)
Penn State University
Host: Dr. Louise Temple
"Transmission
dynamics and life history implications of
Ichthyophonus infection in
Red-spotted newts" |
| Feb. 17 |
Master's
Degree Research Proposal Presentations
Robert Fathke
(Mark Gabriele,
advisor), "Patterns
of convergence for
multiple afferent projections to the central nucleus
of the inferior
colliculus define functional compartments prior to
the onset of hearing"
Catherine
Peterson (David
Jaynes, advisor), "Levels of human
epidermal
growth factor (hEGF) in healing and nonhealing chronic
wounds"
Debora Weiss
(Corey Cleland,
advisor), "Tail withdrawal patterns
after
application of multiple stimuli to intact and spinalized rats" |
|
Feb. 24 |
Dr. Clyde Herreid (link)
Distinguished
Teaching Professor in Biology
University at Buffalo
"Using Case
Studies in Effective Biology Teaching"
|
| Mar. 3 |
Master's
Degree Research Proposal Presentations
Erika
Gehr (Jim Herrick, advisor), "The
potential for replication and
transmission of R plasmids in and to an E. coli population in
agriculturally impacted
stream sediment"
Teresa
Pelletier (Sharon Babcock, advisor), "A
Staging Table for
Embryonic Development of Hemidactylium
scutatum"
|
|
Mar. 10 |
No Seminar - Spring Break |
| Mar. 17 |
Teresa Thieling
M.S. thesis seminar
Mentor - Mark Hudy
"Assessment
and
predictive model for brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
population status in the eastern United
States"
|
|
Mar. 24 |
Jessica L
Sullivan-Brown (JMU alumna)
Graduate Student, Princeton Univeristy
Host: Jim Herrick
"A fishy
tale: Understanding the links between left-right patterning
defects and kidney cyst formation in the zebrafish embryo"
|
Monday
April
3
3:30 PM
Burruss 238
|
Pete Barlow M.S. Thesis seminar
Mentor - Bruce Wiggins
"Comparison of
fecal bacteria in streambed sediment and the
water column
using antibiotic resistance analysis"
|
| April 7 |
Dr. Ling Xu
JMU Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Host: Louise Temple
"Are body-size
distributions the same?"
|
|
April
14 |
Dr. Anthony Tongen
(link)
JMU
Department of Mathematics
and Statistics
Host: Louise
Temple
"Deformation
of Biological Membranes" |
| April 20-21 |
Biosymposium
2006
Keynote
seminar, Friday, April 21 at 12:30 in Burruss 238
Dr. Joe Mettenburg
(JMU alumnus)
Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
UVA School of Medicine
"Beta-Amyloid
Peptide Interactions with Alpha-2-macroglobulin:
Implications
in Understanding and Treating Alzheimer Disease |
|
April 28
|
Trey Wahl
M.S.
thesis seminar
Mentor - Reid Harris
"Effects of joint nesting and nest site
selection on embryonic
survival in four-toed salamanders, Hemidactylium scutatum."
|
