Reed College Biology Department


BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR PROGRAM

Fall Semester, 1998




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The following was the seminar schedule for the Fall semester of the 1998-1999 academic year.


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. 10
(please note
special date
and times)

DIVISIONAL SPEAKER: Dr. Christopher P. McKay (Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center)
    Dr. McKay will be giving two presentations: a talk at noon of a more technical nature and an evening presentation that is directed at a more general audience.

12:00, Noon, Psych 105
"Life in cold and dry environments"

8:00 PM, Psych 105
"Water and life on Mars"
* NEW *
ADDITION


Sept. 18

Dr. Roy Parker, (Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biochemistry Depts., Univ. of Arizona).
"Mechanisms and regulation of mRNA turnover in eukaryotes".
(Supported by the Liu Fund)

Sept. 25

INFORMATION SEMINAR: A panel discussion by the Biology Department Faculty.
"Graduate Schooling in the biological sciences: Where can you go and how do you get there?"

Oct. 2

Dr. Aaron Liston, (Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State Univ.).
"Pine trees: phylogenetic analyses and tests of coevolutionary hypotheses".
(Supported by the Ellis Fund)

Oct. 9

Dr. Paul Shapiro ( Department of Pathology, OHSU)
"Cellular Proteins which Interact with the Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid Precursor Proteins".
(Supported by the Liu Fund)

Oct. 30

Dr. Pamela Ronald (Reed '82) (Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis)
"Genetic engineering plants for disease resistance".
(Supported by the Liu Fund)

Nov. 6

Reed Biology Students
Student Summer Research reports.
Participants and titles TBA

Nov. 20

Reed Senior Thesis Students (December graduates).
"S.T.A.R.S. (Students Talking about Research Seminar)"
Participants and titles TBA



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