Reed College Biology Department

BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR PROGRAM

Spring Semester, 2000




The following was the seminar schedule for the Spring semester of the 1999-2000 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
Jan. 28

Biology Dept. Faculty
"Opportunities for Summer Research".

Feb. 8
2:30 PM
Psych 102

Dr. Jamshed Bharucha, (Dept. of Psychology,Dartmouth Univ.).
"Neural Net Modeling of Knowledge about Music"
This seminar is part of the ROMP! Conference and is co-sponsored by the Departments of Psychology, Biology, and Philosophy

Feb. 8

Dr. Jeffrey McKinnon , (Dept. of Biol. Sciences,Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater).
"Two Fish Stories: Speciation and Female Coloration in Stickleback."


Feb. 15

Dr. Stephen Yezerinac (Biology Dept., Reed College)
"Sexual selection, coloration and reproductive strategies in songbirds".


Feb. 18

Dr. Mace Hack (Dept. of Ecology & Evol. Biology, Princeton Univ.)
"The Building of Animal Societies: From Interactions to Relationships."


Feb. 22

Dr. Janette Boughman (Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of British Columbia)
"Signal Divergence and the Origin of Stickleback Species."


Feb. 25

Dr. Doros Platika (Reed Class of '75; President and CEO of Ontogeny, Inc., President and CEO designate of Curis, Inc.
"Developmental Biology, Genomics, and Regenerative Medicine."


Mar. 3

Informational Session on the Keck Graduate Institute
Co-sponsored by Career Services


Mar. 10

Dr. Mary Moser, (Northwest Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service)
"Swamp things: Fisheries Management in North Carolina Blackwater."


Mar. 28

Dr. Robert M. Alba (Dept. of Biology, The Colorado College)
"Angiosperm Phytochromes: Role in Tomato Ripening and Potential for Crop Improvement."


Mar. 31

Dr. Raina Maier, (Dept. of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, Univ. of Arizona)
"The Biosurfactant Story: From Bioremediation to Biological Control."
(Supported by the Lamfrom Fund)

Apr. 7

Dr. Daniel R. Taub, (Div. of Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute)
"Effects of Atmospheric CO2 on plant tolerance of high temperature stress."


Apr. 13

Dr. John D. Sollinger, (Dept. of Biology, Carleton College)
"Unraveling the flower: A developmental genetics approach."


Apr. 14

Dr. Daniel Gottschling, (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
"Unstable at the end: Variegated gene expression at yeast telomeres."
(Supported by the Lamfrom Fund)

Apr. 21

Reed Senior Thesis Students (May graduates).



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