| Date
|
Seminar Speaker/Title |
| January 16 |
Dr. Kirsten A. Guss (link)
Department of Biology at Dickinson College
Host: Kim Slekar
"Beyond learning to fly: scalloped and vestigial function
during Drosophila embryogenesis"
|
| January 23 |
John Cianchetti
JMU Biology Masters Degree Program
Thesis advisor: Dean Cocking
"Survey of the mercury content of earthworms
on the South River, VA, floodplain"
|
| January 30 |
Dr. Stephanie Batchelet
JMU Department of Integrated Science and Technology
Host: Jon Monroe
"In soil and in planta: a role for TonB-dependent receptors and alternate
sigma factors in Bradyrhizobium japonicum"
|
| February 6 |
|
| February 13 |
Dr. Dagmar Frisch (link)
Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma Biological Station
Host: Grace Wyngaard
"Patterns of metacommunity build-up in a new pond complex in a
mediterranean wetland (Doqana, Southern Spain)"
|
|
Tuesday, February 17 |
College of Science and Mmathematics
Assessment Day
Faculty Research and Teaching Symposium |
| February 20
|
Master's
Degree Research Proposal Presentations
Leigh Siderhurst (Advisor: Heather Griscom) "Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
mortality and changes in light levels at a southern Appalachian
brook trout stream - Fridley Gap, VA"
Brianna Lam (Advisor: Reid Harris) "Investigating amphibian co-existence with
the amphibian disease chytridiomycosis: A synergy between
components of the innate immune system"
Nhut Minh Le (Advisor: Justin Brown) "Investigating the role of 5HT1A receptors
in the raphe nuclei in mediating cardiovascular responses to stress"
|
Thursday,
February 26
6125 Memorial Hall
3:45 PM
|
Dr. Hubert Staudigel (link)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Co-hosted by the Department of Geology
"3.5 Billion years of glass bioalteration: Volcanic rocks as a basis for microbial life"
|
| March 6 |
Master's
Degree Research Proposal Presentations
Elizabeth Steidle (Advisor: Jon Monroe) "Discovering the
function of BAM9 in Arabidopsis thaliana."
Chastine Kyger (Advisor: Mark Hudy) "Fish community responses
to the addition of wood in Smith Creek, Virginia.
|
| March 13 |
No seminar - Spring Break
|
| March 20 |
Dr. Corey Cleland (link)
JMU Department of Biology
Host: Tim Bloss
"Inflammation and trauma in infancy can permanently alter adult nociceptive
sensitivity - The behavior, physiology, biochemistry and anatomy of the
long term consequences of brief injury in neonatal rats"
|
| March 27 |
Master's
Degree Research Proposal Presentations
Bareza Rasoul (Advisor: Alex Bannigan) "Interactions and
Functions of Arabidopsis Kinesin-5 Family Members"
Brad Trumbo (Advisor: Mark Hudy) "Resiliency of small
scale brook trout habitats to climate change"
|
| April 3 |
Dr. Reid Harris (link)
JMU Department of Biology
Host: Tim Bloss
"Amphibian defense: mutualistic microbes and their antifungal metabolites"
|
| April
10 |
Divya Bansal
JMU Biology Masters Degree Program
Thesis advisor: Terrie Rife
Title: TBA |
April 17
|
Biosymposium Keynote seminar
Dr. Alison Buchan ’94 (link)
University of Tennessee, Department of Microbiology
Host: Bruce Wiggins
"Genetic diversity and ecology of the marine Roseobacter lineage"
|
|
April 24
|
Dr. Tom Arnold (link)
Department of Biology at Dickinson College
Host: Jon Monroe
"Ploughshares to swords: how plants mobilize carbohydrates
for the production of chemical defenses."
|
