Biology Department

Seminar Schedule

Fall 2008

Sept 12 "Student Summer Research Presentations: A poster session"
Supported by the Arch and Fran Diack Student Field Research Fund, Milton L. Fischer Memorial Field Research Fellowship, James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, Murdock Foundation, National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation, and the Reed College Science Research Foundation
Sept 19 Susan Gottesman PhD (NIH Distinguished Investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute)
"Regulating with RNAs: A bacterial perspective "
Supported by the Gabe Lester Memorial Fund
Sept 26

Robert A. Drewell PhD (Biology Dept, Harvey Mudd College)
"Regulation of Drosophila Hox genes - functions in the dark matter of the genome"
Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Oct 3 Suzanne Estes PhD (Department of Biology, Portland State University)
"Evolution of fitness and aging: Insights from experimental and natural populations of nematodes "
Supported by the Ellis Fund
Oct 9

* * * Special Thursday Seminar * * *
Sasha Kramer '99 PhD (Department of International Studies, University of Miami)
"Transforming Wastes, Transforming lives: Ecology and Empowerment in Haiti "
Supported by the Ellis Fund

Oct 10 Elaine Ostrander PhD (Cancer Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH)
"Dog Genes Tell Surprising Tales: Mapping Genes for Complex Traits in the Dog"
Supported by the Liu Fund
Oct 17

No seminar--Friday before Fall break

Oct 24 No seminar--Fall break
Oct 31 Thomas V. Tittle PhD (Pres & CEO, Chimeragen, LLC, Portland, OR)
"MHCll Binding Motifs, TR3 and a Sweet Kiss of Death"
Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Nov 7 Creagh Breuner PhD (Organismal Biology and Ecology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana)
"A 'good' stress response?: in search of relationships between stress and fitness"
Supported by the Ellis Fund
Nov 14

Peter Chivers PhD (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine)
"Pockets of nickels - mechanisms of metalloregulation in bacteria"
Supported by the Lamfrom Fund

Nov 21

Patrick C. Phillips '86 PhD (Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oregon)
"The evolution of sex, outcrossing, and sexual conflict "
Supported by the Ellis Fund

Nov 28 No seminar--Thanksgiving holiday