Reed College Biology Department

BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR PROGRAM

Fall Semester, 2003

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
Sep. 5	Dr. Nels Olson Reed Class of '89 (Illumina, Inc.) "Biotechnology and the Challenge of Discovery: The role of the creative mind in industrial research" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Sep. 12	Dr. Larry Sherman Reed Class of '86 (Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center) "A novel transgenic mouse model of progressive demyelination: Clues for new strategies to treat multiple sclerosis" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Sep. 19	Biology Department Presents: Student Summer Research Presentations A poster session
Sep. 22	Dr. Roger Perlmutter Reed Class of '73 (VP of Research, Amgen, Inc.) *THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED--PLEASE CHECK WEB SITE FOR NEW DATE SOME TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.*** Supported by the Liu Fund
Sep. 26	Biology Department Faculty "Graduate schooling in the Biological Sciences: Where can you go and how do you get there?"
Oct. 3	Dr. Julia Parrish, (School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences and Zoology Department, University of Washington) "Predators, People, and the PDO: Seabird Conservation in the Pacific Northwest" Supported by the Ellis Fund
Oct. 10	Dr. Lorne M. Wolfe, (Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University) "Born to Run: The evolutionary ecology of a biological invasion" Supported by Ellis Fund
Oct. 31	Dr. Kenneth Stedman (Biology Department and Center for Life in Extreme Environments, Portland State University) "Viruses from Hell" Supported by the Ellis Fund
Nov. 7	Dr. Timothy Smock (Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado) "Is omnicide caused by a virus" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Nov. 14	Dr. Vincent M. Eckhart (Department of Biology, Grinnell College) "The evolutionary landscape of a flower-color polymorphism" Supported by the Ellis Fund
Nov. 21	Reed Senior Thesis Students (Dec. graduates). STARS presentations--CANCELLED!!
Dec. 4	Dr. Sara Harris (Chief Scientist, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA) "Paleoceanography: Unraveling past climate from deep sea sediments: Undergraduate research experience at Sea Education Association" Special Seminar!!!

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