Fall 2009 Biology Department Seminars

4:00 pm

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Month	Date	Time/ Location	Host	Speaker/ Institution	Title
August Special Seminar	31	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Bruce Carlson	Matthew Arnegard University of British Columbia	“Mechanisms of Species Radiation in Electric Fish: Genes, Ion Channels, and Sexual Selection”
September	14	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Ram Dixit	Tao Ju WashU Dept of Computer Science Viktor Gruev Dept of Computer Science	“Geometric Tools for Bio-medical Image Analysis” “Learning from polarization-sensitive eyes in nature and designing a better imaging systems”
September	21	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Biology Department	Tiffany Knight Washington University	“Role of Interspecific Interactions in Rarity and Invasiveness of Closely Related Plant Species”
October	5	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Ram Dixit	Geoff Wasteneys University of British Columbia at Vancouver	“Microtuble Dynamics, Close Encounters and the Goldilocks Principle”
October	12	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Sally Elgin	Vicki Chandler University of Arizona	“Patamutation: Epigenetic Silencing Across Generations”
October	26	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Yehuda Ben- Shahar	Robert Anholt North Caroline State University	“Genetic Architecture of Behavior”
November	2	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Sally Elgin	John Lis Cornell University	“New Views of Local and Genome-wide Transcription Regulation in Vivo”
November	16	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Jon Chase	Kevin Smith Washington University Tyson Research Center	“Species additions and extinctions across spatial scales: Biotic homogenization as a form of global change”
December	7	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Bruce Carlson	David McLean Northwestern University	“Switching Gears: New perspectives on motor control from zebrafish”