Biology

Clark stained glass from Geography building of Biology

Seminar schedule

Regular seminars are conducted from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Wednesdays in Lasry 237.

2012 Speaker
January 18 Casey Dunn, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University. Title: “What are we going to do with the 10 Million non-Model Organisms?” Host: Hibbett
January 25 Laszlo Nagy, Title: "The Evolution of Defense Mechanisms in an Adaptive Radiation of Mushrooms" Host: HIbbett
February 8 Jose Arguello, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Title: "Bacterial Heavy Metal Transport ATPases: Mechanisms of Transport and Role in Virulence" Host: Wiatrowski
March 14 Mitchell Nuhn, Biology Department, Clark University. Title: “Ecology and Systematics in the Boletales”. Host: Hibbett
March 21 Carol Thornber, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island. Title: “Ecological Dynamics of Macroalgal Blooms”. Host: Deb Robertson
March 28 Joseph Laning, Director of the MA Human Stem Cell Bank and Registry. Title: “Stem Cells:  Tools, Treatments, and the Future of Personalized Medicine”. Host: Larochelle
April 4 open
April 18 Mark Alkema, Department of Neurobiology, UMass Medical School. Title: “The Neuroethology of the C. elegans Escape Response.” Host: Hibbett
April 25 Jonathan Losos, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University. Title: “Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of anoles.” Host: Bergmann.