BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR SERIES – SPRING 2009

TIME: COMMONLY ON FRIDAYS FROM 11:10 – 12:00;
LOCATION: Clyde P. Fisher Science (building#33) – The Museum (room# 285)

April 03, 2009: Daniel Rozelle, Ph.D. candidate, UC Davis
How chromosomal passenger proteins promote mitotic fidelity from yeast to humans
(Host: Elena Keeling)

April 10, 2009: Don Mykles, Ph.D., Colorado State University
Using molecular and proteomic tools to study signal transduction pathways in the crustacean molting gland
(Host: Lars Tomanek)

April 17, 2009: OPEN HOUSE

April 24, 2009: Gregory R. Lampard, PhD, Stanford University
Stressful environments are fast approaching: What can Arabidopsis stomatal development tell us about how to cope?
(Host: Elena Keeling)

May 01, 2009: Bill Smith, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Molecular and Cell Biology
Modeling morphogenesis using invertebrate chordates
(Host: Lars Tomanek)

May 08, 2009: Brooke Humphrey, Ph.D., Cal Poly, Animal Science
Feeding habits and preferences of the immune system
(Host: Lars Tomanek)

May 15, 2009: COSAM Research Conference

May 22, 2009: Gordon Frankie, Ph.D., UC Berkeley
Native California bees looking for bargain real estate
(Host: John Perrine)

May 29, 2009: Don Pinkel, MD, Cal Poly, Biological Sciences
The story of Actynomycin
(Host: Lars Tomanek)

June 05, 2009: Scott Edwards, Ph.D., Harvard University
Genomics of host and parasite: evolutionary dynamics of the Mycoplasma epizootic in House Finches
(Host: Francis Villablanca)