Reed College Biology Department

BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR PROGRAM

Fall Semester, 2002


All Biology Department Seminars are free and open to the public.
Seminars take place Fridays at 4:15 PM in B-19 in the basement of the newly renovated 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).

Links to the seminar schedules for past semesters can be found at the bottom of this page.

Questions about the seminar program should be directed to Prof. Jay Mellies (jay.mellies@reed.edu)


PLEASE NOTE: Where possible, we have linked each speaker's name to their home institution or personal homepage. To find out more information about each speaker, follow these links.

Date

Seminar
Sept. 6

Dr. Cammie Lesser (Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Department of Microbiology)
"Modeling mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis in yeast"
Sept. 12
Dr. David Hillis (Director of the School of Biological Sciences and Roark Centennial Professor in the Section of Integrative Biology and the Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at Austin)
General Audience Seminar: "The tree of life and its importance to Biology"
Sept. 13

Dr. David Hillis (Director of the School of Biological Sciences and Roark Centennial Professor in the Section of Integrative Biology and the Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at Austin)
"The accuracy of phylogenetic inference"
Sept. 20

Dr. Ann Hill (Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, OHSU)

 
Sept. 27

Informational Seminar

 
Oct. 4
Dr.Bruce Lyon, (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UC, Santa Cruz)
"Life history and demographic consequences of egg recognition in avian brood parasites"
Supported by the Ellis Fund
Nov. 1

Dr. Robert Piper, (Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa)
"How lysosomes form and degrade proteins"
Supported by the Liu Fund

Nov. 8
Dr. Steven H Strauss, (Forest Science, Oregon State University)
Molecular Domestication of Tree Crops: Genomic Power, Ecological Questions, Social Controversies Supported by the Ellis Fund

Nov. 14
7-8 PM, B19
(NOTE: special seminar time)

 Dr. George Weiblen Reed Class of '92 (Dept. of Plant Sciences, Univ. of Minn)
Plants and People in Papua New Guinea Supported by the Ellis Fund

Nov. 15

 Dr. George Weiblen Reed Class of '92 (Dept. of Plant Sciences, Univ. of Minn)
"Evolution of a Pollination Mutualism in the Mulberry Family, Moraceae"
Supported by the Ellis Fund
Nov. 22
Reed Senior Thesis Students (December graduates).
STARS presentations

Seminar Schedules from Past Semesters

  • Fall 2001 seminar schedule
  • Spring 2002 seminar schedule
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  • Fall 2000 seminar schedule
  • Spring 2001 seminar schedule
  • Fall 1999 seminar schedule
  • Spring 2000 seminar schedule
  • Fall 1998 seminar schedule
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  • Spring 1999 seminar schedule
  • Fall 1997 seminar schedule
  • Spring 1998 seminar schedule

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