Biology Department
Seminar Schedule
Fall 2006
| Sept. 8 | Student Summer Research Presentations: "A poster session" including students from Biology/Chemistry/Psychology" Supported by Sherman Fairchild, Merck/AAAS, HHMI, NSF, Murdock, Mellon, NAS, Diack Field, Milton Fischer |
| Sept. 15 | Dr. David M. Parichy '91 (Dept of Biology, UWA) "Zebrafish in context: integrative studies of development, evolution, and behavior" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund |
| Sept. 22 | Dr. Justin Courcelle (Dept of Biology, Portland State University) "Recs Preventing Wrecks" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund |
| Sept. 29 | Dr. Diane Lipscombe (Department of Neuroscience, Brown University) "Neuronal Ion Channels Custom Designed by Alternative Splicing" Supported by the Liu Fund |
| Oct. 6 | Dr. Kevan Shokat '86 (Dept of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF, Dept of Chemistry, UCB) "Combining Chemistry with Genetics to Understand Kinase Cascades in Normal and Disease Physiology" Supported by the Liu Fund |
| Oct. 13 | * * * Special Senior-Oriented Session * * * "Thesis Advice (Computer User Services) and Resources (Library)" All Biology Majors invited to attend. Special refreshments served. |
| Oct. 20 | Fall Break--No Seminar |
| Oct. 27 | Dr. Greta Binford (Biology Department, Lewis & Clark) "The evolutionary history of brown recluse spiders and their toxic venoms" Supported by the Ellis Fund |
| Nov. 3 | Dr. Steven Black (Biology Department, Reed College) "Gastrulation and inversion in spider embryos" Supported by the Ellis Fund |
| Nov. 10 | Dr. David E. Fastovsky '77 (Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island) "Catastrophic extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, 65 million years ago" Supported by the Ellis Fund |
| Nov. 17 | S.T.A.R. Lectures: A series of brief lectures presented by Students Talking About Their Research |
