Biology Seminars

Spring 2008

4:00pm

Rebstock 322

Month	Date	Time/ Location	Host	Speaker/ Institution	Title
January	18	10:30am Rebstock 322	Ralph Quatrano	Dr. Brian Larkin University of Arizona	“The molecular basis of quality protein maize”
January	28	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Nicole Riddle	Bill Kelly Emory University	“Epigenetic Erasure Events in the Embryonic Germ Line of C.elegans”
February	4	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Doug Chalker	Susan Dutcher Chair Genetic Dept Washington Univeristy	“Probing basal body structure and function with genetics and genomics in Chlamydomonas”
February	11	2:00pm Erlanger Auditorium Wash U Med School Campus		Symposium Department of Developmental Biology Washington University
February	18	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Doug Chalker	Ruth Lewis Wash U Bio Library Cathy Sarli Wash U Becker Medical Library	“Where is the bio library going?” “The NIH public access mandate and you”
February	25	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Jim Cheverud	Gunter Wagner Alison Richard Professor and Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Yale University	“Molecular Evolution of an Evolutionary Novelty: The Endometrial Stromal Cells of Mammals”
February	26	12:00noon R-322	Sally Elgin	Jerry Workman	“Functions of histone modifications in yeast and flies”
March	3	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Erik Herzog	Valeria Cavalli Washington University Dept of Anatomy and Neurobiology	“Sunday Driver: Linking Vesicular Axonal Transport to Nerve Regeneration”
March	17	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Erik Herzog	Horacio de la Iglesia University of Washington Seattle	“The Brain’s Master Clock and Its Rhythmic Symphony”
March	27	Rebstock 322 4:00pm	Ralph Quatrano	Special Seminar Pamela Soltis	“A Double Dose of Genes: A New Look at an Old Process”
April	1	Rebstock 322 4pm		Gar Allen 2008 Humanities Center Fellow- Washington U	“Preserving the Best Germ Plasm: Eugenics and the Conservation Movement in U.S. 1900-1960”
April	7	4:00pm Rebstock 322		R. Scott Hawley American Cancer Society Research Professor Stowers Institute for Medical Research	“The Sleeping Beauty Kiss: How Polo Kinase re-awakens an oocyte nucleus”
April	11	4:00pm Mc362 SPECIAL BIOFORUM	Sally Elgin	Lori Wallrath Associate Professor Dept of Biochemistry University of Iowa	“Life at the Edge of the Drosophilia Nuclear Envelope”
April	14	4:00pm Rebstock 322	John Orrock	Dr. Richard Mack Washington State University	“Invasion! Immigration and spread of Bromus tectorum genotypes across North America”
April	21	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Barbara Kunkel	Dr. Jenya Grinblat University of Wisconsin	“A Zic of all trades: understanding the roles and regulation of the zic2/5 gene pair during zebrafish brain development”
April	28	4:00pm Rebstock 322	Barbara Kunkel	Dr. Ravishankar Palanivelu University of Arizona	“Right on Target: Pollen Tube Guidance to egg is mediated by multiple signals”
April	29	12:00pm Rebstock 322	Kathy Miller	Spector Prize Seminar	Aashish Magnlik Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey McKinney “Mechanisms Mediating Salmonella-Cancer Cell Interactions” Jason Metcalf Mentor: Dr. Katherine Ponder “Excessive Phosphorylation of STAT 1 Leads to Reduced Chondrocyte Proliferation and Shortened Bones in Mucopolysaccharidosis VII
May	1	4:00pm Rebstock 322		Dr. Raniner W. Bussmann	“Linking Research, Education and Development – A Holistic Approach to 21^st Century Economics”
May	6	4:00pm Wilson 214	Ian Duncan	Dr. Janet Rossant Senior Scientist Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program Research Institute University of Toronto	“Stem Cells and Early Development”
May	9	4:00pm McDonnell 162	Eric Richards	SPECIAL SEMINAR Varner Lecture Dr. Nick Carpita Purdue University	“Structure and biosynthesis of Cell Walls of Grasses”