Fall 2009 Biology Department Seminars

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Month

 

Date

Time/

Location

Host

Speaker/

Institution

Title

August
Special Seminar

 

31

4:00pm

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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

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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

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Biology Department

Tiffany Knight

Washington University

 

“Role of Interspecific Interactions in Rarity and Invasiveness of Closely Related Plant Species”

October

5

4:00pm

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Ram Dixit

Geoff Wasteneys

University of British Columbia at Vancouver

Microtuble Dynamics, Close Encounters and the Goldilocks Principle”

October

12

4:00pm

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Sally Elgin

Vicki Chandler

University of Arizona

Patamutation: Epigenetic Silencing Across Generations”

October

26

4:00pm

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Yehuda Ben- Shahar

Robert Anholt

North Caroline State University

“Genetic Architecture of Behavior”

November

2

4:00pm

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Sally Elgin

John Lis

Cornell University

“New Views of Local and Genome-wide Transcription Regulation in Vivo”

November

16

4:00pm

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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

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Bruce Carlson

David McLean

Northwestern

University

“Switching Gears: New perspectives on motor control from zebrafish”