Fall 2011 Seminar Series

The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science and Mathematics has established distinguished lecture series to provide a forum for the presentation of topics in the biological and environmental sciences. All seminars will be held on Monday at 1:30pm in Room 103 Biological Sciences.



Mon
12
Sept '11
Dr. Don Cipollini

HOST: Dr. Tom Rooney

 Wright State University, Department of Biological Sciences "Invasive species, at-risk plants and insects, and a trip to costa Rica: reflections on a year"
Mon
19
Sept '11
Dr. Akua Asa-Awuku

HOST: Dr. Kate Excoffon

University of California, Riverside
"Is there a silver lining in air quality? Undestanding cloud droplet formation"
Mon
26
Sept '11
Dr. Marvin Nieman
HOST: Dr. Paula Bubulya
Case Western Reserve Univeristy, Department of Pharmacology
"Thrombin receptor dimerization: Implications for antiplatelet therapy development."
Mon
3
Oct '11
Dr. Elizabeth Rhoads

HOST: Dr. Dan Krane

University of Dayton, Department of Biology
"Landscape genetics of the small-mouthed salamander in Ohio fragmented forest."
Mon
10
Oct '11
Dr. Leo Obitas-Acurio

HOST: Dr. Tom Rooney

 University of Andidad-Cusco
 "The role of natural history in tropical forest conservation.."
Mon
17
Oct '11
Dr. Brian Kaspar

HOST: Dr. Kate Excoffon

Nationwide Children's Hospital
"Gene targeting of cells involved in motor neuron disease."
Mon
24
Oct'11
Dr. Brian McGill

HOST: Dr. Volker Bahn

University of Maine, School of Biology & Ecology
"The effects of climate change on organisms."
Mon
31
Oct '10
Dr. Caroline Turner

HOST: Dr. David Goldstein

Michigan State, Zoology Department
"Interactions between ecology and evolution in a 50,000 generation experiment with E. coli."
Mon
7
Nov '10
Dr. Andrew Hipp

HOST: Dr. Tom Rooney

Morton Arboretum
"A bug's-eye view of oak evolution."