| Date
|
Seminar Speaker/Title |
| Jan
12 |
Job candidate |
Jan.
19
|
no seminar
|
Jan. 26
|
Dr. Carol Hurney Link
Department of Biology, JMU
"Cloning
and Embryonic Expression of Myf-5 in the Four-Toed Salamander
(a tale from both sides of the pond)" |
Feb. 2
|
Teresa Pelletier,
M.S. thesis seminar
Mentor - Sharon Babcock
"A staging table
for the embryonic development of Hemidactylium scutatum" |
| Feb. 9 |
|
| Feb. 16 |
Master's
Degree Research Proposal Presentations
Sara Sweeten
(Advisor: Mark Hudy), "Home range and site fidelity of three
Wood turtle (Glyptmys
insculpta) populations in northern
Virginia"
Brad Fink
(Advisor: Mark Hudy), "Stream temperature modeling for watershed
management and brook trout (Salvenius fontinalis) restoration"
Jeremy Shiflet
(Advisor: Mark Hudy), "Habitat selection and spatiotemporal
patterns of
movement of a fluvial population of white sucker
(Catostomus commersoni)"
|
|
Feb. 23 |
Master's
Degree Research Proposal Presentations
Denise Conley
(Advisor: Jim Herrick), "Assessing the distribution of
virulence genes in Escherichia
coli isolated from stream sediments
and from known fecal sources"
Matt Becker
(Advisor: Reid Harris), "Cutaneous bacteria of the red-backed
salamander, Plethodon
cinereus, as a factor in inhibiting
the
growth of the skin pathogen, Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis"
John Cianchetti
(Advisor: Dean Cocking), "Mercury concentrations in
earthworms found in
the South River flood plain"
|
Mar. 2
|
Reserved
for job candidate |
Mar. 9
|
No seminar -
Spring Break |
| Mar. 16 |
Dr. Bernard
Courtney
National Biodefense Analysis and
Countermeasures Center, Ft. Detrick, MD
"Biology
and
Homeland Security"
|
| Mar. 22 (Thursday) |
Dr. Carole Baldwin BE the
CHANGE
Curator of Fishes, Smithsonian Institution
"Journey to Earth's
Inner Space"
3-4 pm in
Grafton-Stoval Theatre, Thursday, 3/22/07
|
|
Mar. 23 |
Reserved
for Biosymposium |
Mar. 30
|
Dr. Malcolm
Campbell Link
Department of Biology, Davidson College
Host: Judith Wubah
"Learning Genomics
Through Student Research"
|
| April
6 |
Dr. Amanda Glenn
Biesecker Link
Department of Integrated Science and Technology, JMU
Hosted by Marta Bechtel
"Investigating an
Unusual Viral Fusion Protein"
|
| April
13 |
Dr. Grace Wyngaard -
Madison Scholar Lecture Link
Department
of Biology, JMU
"Coincidence,
Coevolution, or Causation?
Genome Size and
Fitness Traits in Zooplankton"
|
| April 20 Postponed |
Dr. David A.
Slykhuis Postponed
Department of Middle, Secondary and Math Education, JMU
Hosted by Terrie Rife
"An
Education on Biology Education"
|
|
April 27
|
Duncan Reid
National Institutes of Health, Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research
Program
Hosted by the biology graduate students
"Fish
Surveys in Central Africa: a Tale of Fish, Politics, and Parasites"
|
