Biology Department
Seminar Schedule
All Biology Department Seminars are free and open to the public. Seminars take place Fridays at 4:10 PM in B-19 in the basement of the Biology Building on the Reed College Campus (unless otherwise noted on the schedule). Seminars are immediately preceded by a service of coffee, tea, and other refreshments.
The Reed College campus is located in southeast Portland at 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. (Online maps are available for getting to Reed and for the Campus).
Spring 2008
| Feb. 1 | * * * Special Senior-Oriented Session * * * |
| Feb. 8 | Dr.
Shawn E. Holt,
Depts of Pathology; Human Genetics; Pharmacology/ Toxicology Depts
(Massey Cancer Center) Virginia Commonwealth University's Medical
College |
| Feb. 15 | Information Seminar: Summer Research Opportunities |
| Feb. 22 | Dr. Rafe Brown, Div of Biological Sciences,
The University of Kansas "Ecomorphology, call transmission, and acoustic adaptation in Asian forest frogs" Supported by the Ellis Fund |
| Feb. 29 | Dr. C. Titus Brown, Depts
of Computer Science & Engineering and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics,
Michigan State University "A Tale of Two Organisms--Understanding how development works with gene regulatory networks " Supported by the Lamfrom Fund |
| Mar. 7 | Dr. A. Malcolm
Campbell,
Biology Dept, Davidson College |
| Mar. 14 | No seminar--Friday before Spring break |
| Mar. 21 | No seminar--Spring break |
| Mar. 28 | Dr.
Peter Greenberg, Dept of Microbiology, University
of Washington |
| Apr. 4 | Dr.
Paul H. Taghert '75,
Dept of Anatomy & Neurobiology,
Washington University Medical School, St. Louis |
| Apr. 11 | Dr. Roger Cone, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University |
| Apr. 18 | Dr. Peter Kennedy, Biology Dept, Lewis & Clark "The role of symbiotic interactions in forest community dynamics " Supported by the Ellis Fund |
| Apr. 25 | S.T.A.R. Lectures: A series of brief lectures presented by Students Talking About Their Research
“Mycoremediation of used engine lubricants” Luke O. Frishkoff “Do urban nature parks preserve genetic diversity? Inbreeding and population subdivision of the Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa)” Maximillian O. Press “Microevolution of G. aculeatus in the Johnson Creek Watershed” Aroon S. Karra “A carboxy-terminal tale of two serines: an estrogenic lesson in gene repression" |
Past Seminars
| Fall 2007 | |
| Fall 2006 | Spring 2007 |
| Fall 2005 | Spring 2006 |
| Fall 2004 | Spring 2005 |
| Fall 2003 | Spring 2004 |
| Fall 2002 | Spring 2003 |
| Fall 2001 | Spring 2002 |
| Fall 2000 | Spring 2001 |