Biology Seminars

Spring 2008

4:00pm

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Month

 

Date

Time/

Location

Host

Speaker/

Institution

Title

January

18

10:30am

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Ralph Quatrano

Dr. Brian Larkin

University of Arizona

“The molecular basis of quality protein maize”

January

28

 

4:00pm

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Nicole Riddle

Bill Kelly

Emory University

“Epigenetic Erasure Events in the Embryonic Germ Line of C.elegans

February

4

4:00pm

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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

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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

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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

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Erik

Herzog

Valeria Cavalli

Washington University

Dept of Anatomy and Neurobiology

“Sunday Driver: Linking Vesicular Axonal Transport to Nerve Regeneration”

March

17

4:00pm

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Erik Herzog

Horacio de la Iglesia

University of Washington Seattle

“The Brain’s Master Clock and Its Rhythmic Symphony”

March

27

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4:00pm

Ralph Quatrano

Special Seminar

Pamela Soltis

“A Double Dose of Genes: A New Look at an Old Process”

April

1

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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

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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

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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

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John Orrock

Dr. Richard Mack

Washington State University

 

“Invasion! Immigration and spread of Bromus tectorum genotypes across North America

April

 

21

4:00pm

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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

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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

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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

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Dr. Raniner W. Bussmann

 

“Linking Research, Education and Development – A Holistic Approach to 21st 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”