Reed College Biology Department

BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR PROGRAM

Spring Semester, 2004

All Biology Department Seminars are free and open to the public. Seminars take place Fridays at 4:10 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. Jay Mellies (jay.mellies@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
Jan. 30	Dr.John Peterson Meyers Reed Class of '72 (Environmental Health Sciences, White Hall, VA)) "From Silent Spring to Scientific Revolution" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Feb. 6	Dr. Fred Janzen (Iowa State University) "Exploring the Evolutionary Ecology of Environmental Sex Determination" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Feb. 13	Dr. Susan Alberts Reed Class of '83 (Biology Department, Duke University) "Kin Recognition in Wild Baboons: Looking for Signposts in the Genetic Landscape " Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Feb. 20	Biology Department Presents an Information Seminar Panel Discussion: Summer Research Opportunities, both here and there
Feb. 27	Dr. John Roth (University of California, Davis, Division of Biological Sciences - Microbiology) "Darwin's Dilemma: Does Selection Cause Mutations? (A new look at the adaptive mutation controversy)" Supported by the Liu Fund
Mar. 5	Dr.Peter Wimberger (Biology/Environmental Studies, University of Puget Sound, WA) "Population genetic structure and hybridization of quillback and copper rockfish" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Mar. 26	Dr. Wenbiao Chen (Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Sciences University) "Genetic Analysis of Retinal Development and Diseases in Zebrafish" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Apr. 2	Dr. Paul Ludden (Plant and Microbial Biology, UC, Berkeley) "Biosynthesis of the Iron Molybdenum Co-factor of Nitrogenase" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Apr. 9	Dr. Anna-Louise Reysenbach (Biology Department, Portland State University) "Thermophilic Aquificales from Deep-Sea Vents and Hotsprings: From Genomes to Geology" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Apr. 15 Special Seminar!!	Dr. Roger Perlmutter Reed Class of '73, MD/PHD (VP of Research & Development, Amgen, Inc.) "Drug Discovery in the 21st Century" Supported by the Liu Fund
Apr. 16	Dr.Gary Hartshorn (World Forestry Center, Portland, OR) "What Future for Tropical Forests?" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Apr. 23	Reed Senior Thesis Students STARS

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