Bioforum (and Happy Hour)            Fall 2009/Spring 2010

[Sponsored by the Washington University Biology Department

Organizer:  Bob Kranz, email kranz@biology.wustl.edu with questions or comments or if you are from the Biology Dept and want to present]

 

Time:  Friday, 4:00 PM  (Pizza and cold drinks will be available at ~ 3:50)

Place: McDonnell 362 (Danforth campus)

 

Date

Speaker

Lab

Provisionary Title

September 11, 2009

 

Cindy Richards-Fogal

Brian San Francisco

Kranz

Heme trafficking and redox control in

Cofactor attachment

September 25, 2009

Frederick Cummings

Univ of California

Pickard

 

On Pattern and Evolution

October 9, 2009

 

Luciano Marpegan

Herzog

Cicadian……

October 23, 2009

Vipula Shukla

Dow AgroSciences

Ho

“Targeted Genome Modification in Plants Using

Zinc-finger Nucleases: The ExZactTM Precision

Technology Toolkit”

November 6, 2009

 

Zi Wang

Goodenough

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a model system for understanding algal lipid production

November 20 , 2009

 

Angie LaMora

Ben Shahar

 

December 4, 2009

 

Bob Kranz

(moderator)

 

Discussion of dept equipment, methods etc.

 

SPRING semester

 

 

 

January 22, 2010

Nicole Riddle

Elgin

 

February 5, 2010

TBN

Quatrano

 

 

February 19, 2010

Naveen Bisht

Jez

 

 

March 5, 2010

TBN

Levin

 

March 19, 2010

Joseph Tang

Blankenship

 

 

April 2, 2010

TBN

Quatrano

 

April 16, 2010

Mark Freeman

Herzog

 

April 30, 2010

TBN

Kranz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Bioforum

 

Speakers:  Please develop a ~45 minute talk for a general audience but with some data.  [Outside guest speakers, I will set up things etc.]   Departmental speakers: A practice talk beforehand is recommended.  Speakers are typically introduced by their mentor. (Speakers are responsible for setting up the projector or whatever they need for the talk---- a projector is present in McDonnell 362.   The lab of the speaker is responsible for throwing away garbage and cleanup, returning food cart to Wilson office--- as payment, any leftover pizza and drinks are yours.

 

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Duties for Bio office:

1)  please make and post fliers, and send email to Bio dept, on the Monday before each talk (and on the Friday of talk).  NOTE: Speakers are responsible for emailing Betty Dawes title of talk at least the week before the bioforum:  bdaues@biology2.wustl.edu

 

2) please order pizza and get together snacks and beer/soda with ice for ~ 3:50pm in McDonnell 362.