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All talks are held at 12:10 p.m. in McConnell Hall - Room B05. Lunch is provided, please bring your own beverage.

 

Fall 2013  SCHEDULE - Coming soon

 

Spring 2013

Monday January 28

Changes in Nutrient Cycling as a Result of Eastern Hemlock Removal

Jenna Zukswert

Spatial and Temporal Variation of the Ciliate Chilodonella uncinata

Carmen Hernandez
Honors presentations, Biological Sciences, Smith College

Monday February 4

The effects of estrogen receptor agonists on the murine myogenic proteome

Annie Austin
Honors presentations, Biological Sciences, Smith College

 

Monday February 11

Exploring the promoter of Brugia malayi thioredoxin peroxidase-2 gene

Iju Shakya

Isoflurane Impacts the Actin Cytoskeletal Signalling Pathway by Depleting Cofilin Reserves through a RhoA mediated pathway in Neonatal Murine Cortical neurons in culture

Belinda Nhundu
Honors presentations, Biological Sciences, Smith College

 

Monday February 18

The role of the dopaminergic system in Fatigue

Bushra Anis

Modulation of GABAA Receptor Currents by Stereoisomers of the Potential Anesthetic compounds 2, 6-dimethylcyclohexanol and
2, 6-diisopropylcyclohexanol

Luvana Chowdhury
Honors presentations, Biological Sciences, Smith College

 

Monday March 4

Academia and Industry: two sides of scientific research

Jean Merrill, Ph.D., MBA, Smith Alumna, Class of 1969
Vice President, Global Head of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Research
Neurodegenerative Diseases
EMD Serono Research Institute, Inc./ Merck Serono
Boston, MA and Geneva, Switzerland

 

Monday March 11

Exploring the Diversity of Testate Amoebae Diversity in Tom's Swamp

Charlene Gemora, Special Studies
Student presentations, Biological Sciences, Smith College

Monday April 1

Nanochannels: novel mechanism for cancer progression

Sonya Bhatia,
Special Studies, Neuroscience, Smith College

 

Monday April 15

Microbial Diversity in the Oceans

Jean-David Grattepanche
Biological Sciences, Smith College

 

Monday April 29

Proteome Profiling of C2C12 Myogenesis

Katharine von Herrmann
Biological Sciences, Smith College