Date

Speaker/Title

Jan 11

Dr. Rajeev Vaidyanathan, SRI: “Starting from scratch: Bed bug research at SRI”. Abstract

Jan 18

Dr Hinrich Kaiser, Victor Valley College, "East Timor Discoveries: Seven Surveys of Amphibians and Reptiles in Asia's Newest Country." Abstract

Jan 25

Job candidate seminar

Monday
Feb 4

*special time

1. Invertebrate field ecologist position candidate research seminar: 11:15-12:05 in Bioscience 2007
2. Molecular biology position candidate research seminar: 4:00-5:00 in Bioscience 1007

See digital messageboards in Bioscience Building for talk titles

Wednesday Feb 6

*special time

Molecular biology position candidate research seminar: 4:00-5:00 in Bioscience 1007

See digital messageboards in Bioscience Building for talk titles

Monday
Feb 11

*special time

Invertebrate field ecologist position candidate research seminar: 11:15-12:05 in Bioscience 2007

See digital messageboards in Bioscience Building for talk titles

Wednesday Feb 13

*special time

Invertebrate field ecologist position candidate research seminar: 11:15-12:05 in Bioscience 2007

See digital messageboards in Bioscience Building for talk titles

Feb 15

Molecular biology position candidate research seminar

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Thursday
Feb 21

*special time

Physiology coordinator candidate lecture demonstration:

“Oxygen transport in the blood"

Bioscience room 2009, 4pm

Feb 22

Jessica Newnam-Baicy, JMU: “Fetal and Neonatal Mandibular Growth and Development” Abstract

Monday
Feb 24

*special time

Physiology coordinator candidate lecture demonstration:

“Oxygen transport in the blood"

Bioscience room 2009, 4pm

March 1

Chris Berndsen, Ph.D. , Deparment of Chemistry & Biochemistry, "When a structure says 1,000 words: Mechanistic studies on the ubiquitin conjugation enzyme" Abstract

March 8

SPRING BREAK

Monday March 11

*special time

Physiology coordinator candidate lecture demonstration:

“Oxygen transport in the blood"

Bioscience room 2009, 4pm

March 15

*special time: 1:25pm-2:15

Leeann Thornton, Associate Professor of Biology at The College of New Jersey, "Plant responses to the environment: structure, function, and genetic redundancy of cytochrome P450 enzymes" Abstract

March 22

FIRST YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINARS

Steven McBride Survival of Enterococcus spp. in turkey liter under different environmental conditions

Anisa Tracy Exploration of genomic determinants for host range in phages of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Mycobacteria

March 29

FIRST YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINARS

Dehat Jalil Understanding the role of Z-DNA in the development of Alzheimer and Parkinson's Disease

Will Noftz Ephrin-B3 signaling in topographic map formation in the inferior colliculus 

 Kyle Snow The effects of temperature, streambed sedimentation, and interspecific competition on cover use by brook trout in an experimental channel

April 5

FIRST YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINARS

John Marafino Synthesis, colloidal properties, and antibacterial activity of cationic tricephalic amphiphiles

Sarah Auclair The Role of Interleukin-3 in Murine Plasmodium Infection

James Conrad Isolation of Bdellovibrio from Canadian geese (Branza canadensis) and strain differentiation and characterization

April 12

Eria A Rebollar-Caudillo, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. “Understanding bacterial evolution: The case of Exiguobacterium, a halophilic bacteria living at the Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Mexico.” Abstract

April 19

BIOSYMPOSIUM

April 26

Casey Huckins, Michigan Technological University: "Coaster brook trout and the Salmon Trout River: ecology and restoration with shifting stressors" Abstract