Biology Department Seminar Schedule
All Seminars are held in 109 Leidy Lab at 4:00 pm unless otherwise noted.
SPRING 2008
January through March
Currently reserved for job candidates
Tuesday, Januaury 8, 2008 @ Noon
Title: Jumping scales: How 3D structures and molecular genetics meet in protein networks.
Area: Genomics Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Philip Kim Yale University
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 @ 4pm
Title:. Time and chance: Modeling evolution after genome duplication.
Area: Genomics Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Gavin Conant
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 @ Noon
Title: Decoding regulatory networks- transcription and translation control in Drosophila development.
Area: Genomics Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Ulrike Gaul Rockefeller University
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 @ 4pm
Title: Epigenetic noise in genome evolution.
Area: Genomics Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Nizar Batada Harvard Medical School
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 @ Noon
Title: Evolutionary forces shaping genome variation: comparative and population genomics approaches.
Area: Genomics Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Alisha Holloway
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Thursday, January 24, 2008 @ 12pm
Title: Genome diversity and adaptive evolution in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Area: Genomics Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Chris Toomajian Univ. of Southern California
Location: 130 Hill Pavilion
Thursday, January 31, 2008 @ 4pm
Title: Mutations, gene expression, and phenotypic evolution.
Area: Genomics Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Scott Rifkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: 130 Hill Pavilion
Tuesday, Fuebruary 5, 2008 @ 12pm
Title: Molecules and Circuits in Memory and Motion.
Area: Neurobiology Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Sam Kunes, Harvard University
Location: 132 Hill Pavilion
Thursday, February 7, 2008 @ 12pm
Title: Understanding a small neural circuit (piece by piece).
Area: Neurobiology Search Seminar Series
Speaker:David Biron, Harvard University
Location:Leidy 109
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 @ 12pm
Title: Memory processing within a fly brain. - New insights on molecules, sub-cellular organizations and circuitries.
Area: Neurobiology Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Martin Schwarzel, Saarland University
Location:Leidy 109
CANCELLED
Thursday, February 14, 2008 @ 12pm
Title: Unravelling the Circuitry of Decision-Making: Aggression vs. Courtship.
Area: Neurobiology Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Sarah Certel, Harvard University
Location:132 Hill Pavilion
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 @ 12pm
Title: Neurogenetic basis of complex behaviors in C. elegans.
Area: Neurobiology Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Jon Pierce-Shimomura, Univ. of Califonia San Francisco
Location:132 Hill Pavilion
Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 12pm
Title: Genetic tools for studying memory circuits.
Area: Neurobiology Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Leon Reijimers, Scripps Research Institute
Location: 132 Hill Pavilion
Thursday, February 28, 2008 @12 pm
Title: Using zebrafish to reveal principles of neural circuit function.
Area:Neurobiology Search Seminar Series
Speaker: David McLean, Cornell University
Location:132 Hill Pavilion
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 @ 12pm
Title: Elucidating Spatiotemporal Transcriptional Regulation in the Arabidopsis Root.
Area: Neurobiology Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Siobhan Brady, Duke University
Location:132 Hill Pavilion
Thursday, March 20, 2008 @ 12pm
Title: Deep sequencing of small RNAs reveals the regulatory potential of uncapped transcripts in Arabidopsis.
Area: Neurobiology Search Seminar Series
Speaker: Brian D. Gregory, The Salk Institute
Location: 109 Leidy Laboratories
April 3
Title: TBA
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Pines (University of Cambridge)
April 10
Title: TBA
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Marx (Harvard University)
April 17
Title: TBA
Speaker: Dr. Yu-Li Wang (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
May 1
Biological Basis of Behavior Student presentation
Hosted by: Dr. Ted Abel
