Reed College Biology Department

BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR PROGRAM

Spring Semester, 2002



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. Keith Karoly (kkaroly@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
Feb. 7

 


Dr. Keith Karoly (Biology Departmennt, Reed College)
"Evolutionary stasis and the origin of higher taxa: tetradynamism in the Brassicaceae"
Feb.15

Dr. Günter P. Wagner (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University)
"Developmental Evolution of Limbs"
Supported by the Liu Fund
Feb. 22



Biology Department Presents:
INFORMATION SEMINAR: Summer Research Opportunities, both here and there.
A panel discussion

 
March 1
CANCELLED

Dr. Margaret Kidwell (University of Arizona
Dr. Kidwell will be rescheduled for the Fall semester, 2002

March 8

Dr. Stephen Smith (Division of Molecular Medicine, Oregon Health SciencesUniversity)
"Direct recording from cortical nerve terminals reveals that extracellular calcium modulates a novel signaling pathway."
Supported by the Liu Fund
March 22

Dr. Elsbeth Walker (Biology Department, University of Massachusettes, Amherst)
"The role of the Yellow Stripe-Like (YSL) family of transporters in the uptake and distribution of metals in plants"
Supported by the Liu Fund
March 29

Dr. Dick D. Mosser, (Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph)
"Prevention of stress-induced apoptosis by the molecular chaperone hsp70"
Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
April 5

Dr. Gina Turrigiano, Reed Class of '84 (Dept. of Biology and Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University)
"Stability and Plasticity in Developing Cortical Networks"
Supported by the Liu Fund
April 12

Dr. Bruce G. Baldwin, (Jepson Herbarium and Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley )
"Origin and adaptive radiation of the Hawaiian silversword alliance(Compositae)."
Supported by the Ellis Fund

April 19
CANCELLED


Reed Senior Thesis Students (May graduates).
STARS presentations

Seminar Schedules from Past Semesters

  • Fall 2001 seminar schedule
  • Fall 2000 seminar schedule
  • Spring 2001 seminar schedule
  • Fall 1999 seminar schedule
  • Spring 2000 seminar schedule
  • Fall 1998 seminar schedule
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  • Spring 1999 seminar schedule
  • Fall 1997 seminar schedule
  • Spring 1998 seminar schedule

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