Life Sciences Colloquium Spring 2012
All lectures are help Mondays. Tea and cookies are served at 4 p.m. in the McConnell Foyer. All lectures are at 4:30 in McConnell 103, unless otherwise noted.
February 2, 2012
Plant Physiological Ecology Candidate Lecture
February 6, 2012
Plant Physiological Ecology Candidate Lecture
February 9, 2012
Plant Physiological Ecology Candidate Lecture
February 20, 2012
Speaker: Nancy Forger
Topic: Naked Mole-Rats, Who Needs Sex Difference?
Host: Mary Harrington
February 27, 2012
Speaker: Neal McHale
Topic: The genetics and evolution of the leaf blade: the living solar panel
Host: Michael Marcotrigiano
March 5, 2012
Speaker: Erica Lasek-Nesselquist
Topic: Giardia, genomics, and emerging frontiers
Host: Laura Katz
March 12, 2012
Speaker: Louise McCullough, UCONN Health Center
Topic: Sex Differences in Stroke
Host: Adam Hall
March 19, 2012
No colloquium series–spring break
March 26, 2012
Speaker: David Ross, PhD, Institution Ohio University
Topic: Muscle Fatique and Aging
Host: Stan Scordilis
April 2, 2012
Speaker: Martin Smith, Duke University
Topic: Economic impacts of hypoxia on fisheries
Host: Paulette Peckol
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April 9, 2012
Speaker: Jo Trapani, Amherst College
Topic: hearing Ear Fish: Using zebrafish to study sensory hair cells
Host: Michael Barresi
April 16, 2012-TIME CHANGED TO 12:15-1:00PM, LOCATION IS STILL MCCONNELL 103, LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED
Speaker: Zoe Donaldson
Topic: The neurogenetics of sociality: examing a functional role for V1a receptor genetic diversity
Host: Annaliese Beery
Life Sciences Colloquium Fall 2011
All lectures are help Mondays. Tea and cookies are served at 4 p.m. in the McConnell Foyer. All lectures are at 4:30 in McConnell 103, unless otherwise noted.
September 12, 2011
Speaker: D. Joseph Jerry, Ph.D., Scientific Director
Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute
Co-Director, Rays of Hope Center for Breast Cancer Research
and Dept. Of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, UMASS
Topic:
Breast Cancer: Role of p53 in Risk and Resistance
Host:
Stan Scordilis
September 19, 2011
Speaker: Dave Gorin, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Smith College
Topic:
Mechanism and Methods: From Gold Catalysis to PCR
Host: Betty Jamieson
September 26, 2011
2:40 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Seeley 301
Speaker:
Alyssa Bennett, Wildlife Technician for the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
Topic:
Where have all the bats gone? Current research on the deadly White-nose Syndrome
Host:
Paul Wetzel/Ginny Hayssen
October 3, 2011. Note: held in Ford 240
Speaker:
Dr. Elizabeth McCarthy, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, New York Botanical Garden
Topic: The Effect of Polyploidy on Floral Evolution in Nicotianapolyploids of Different Ages
Host: Bob Merritt
October 8 - 11 , 2011 FALL BREAK
Week of October 17, 2011
Speaker: Benedikt Salmen, Ph.D., Scientific Coordinator, International Graduate Program in Medical Neurosciences, Charite, Berlin, Germany
Topic: How Basic Research into Febrile Seizures Can Impact Clinical Practice
Host: Adam Hall/Mary Harrington
Week of October 24, 2011
Speaker:
Kayla Sheets, Genetic Counselor, MS in the field of Other Service Providers
Topic:
Experiences in Genetic Counseling
Host:
Steve Williams
October 31, 2011
Cancelled due to inclement weather
November 7, 2011
Speaker: Stephen Smith
Topic:
Biogeography and Large Phylogenies in Flowering Plants
Host: Laura A. Katz
November 14, 2011
Speaker:
Carolyn Dehner, McPherson Post-doctoral Fellow, Smith College
Topic:
Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: the Microbial Quest for Iron in an Aerobic Environment
Host:
Chris White-Zeigler
November 21, 2011
Speaker:
Jesse Bellemare, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Smith College
Topic:
Research on the Edge: Plant Distribution Limits and Climate Change
Host:
Paulette Peckol
November 29, 2011
Speaker:
C. Sue Carter,
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Professor and Director of the Brain-Body Center
Topic:
The Healing Power of Love: An Oxytocin
Hypothesis
Host:
Annaliese Beery
December 5, 2011
Speaker: Matthew Heintzelman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, Bucknell University
Topic: Gliding Locomotion: the Other Way Cells Can Get into Where They're Going
Host: Stan Scordilis
December 12, 2011
Speaker: Joel Stafstrom, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, Northern Illinois University
Topic: Dirty Rotten G-Proteins: Highly Conserved Genes in Search of a Function
Host: Graham Kent
