Department of Biology
College of Science and Engineering

Department Seminars

SPRING 2011 Seminar Series

Seminars are held Mondays or Fridays at noon in WSB-125 unless noted..

Date Speaker & Topic
F 2/4

Dr. Gary Croghan.  LESSONS LEARNED, my experience in Graduate and Medical School .

M 2/14

Dr. Oladele Gazal . Sabbatical Report.   

M 2/21

Dr. John Cornell. A Brief History of Anatomy.

M 2/28

Chris Sorenson. Thesis Defense: The effect of Vasopressin on Juvenile Rat Paternal Behavior.

M 3/14

Dr. Gordon Schrank. . History of Microbiology.                                                                  

M 3/21

Jason Hein. Thesis Defense: Characterization of aspirin binding to human adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (aP2) through crystallographic study.

M 3/28

Dr. Heiko Schoenfuss. Biological Implications of Contaminants of Emergent Concern: Are Our Waters on Steroids?

F 4/1

Carrie Deans. Thesis Defense: The Influence of Stream N:P on Mayfly Growth in Enriched and Un-enriched Systems.

M 4/4 Teresa LePiane. Non Thesis Presentation: Sensory Contributions to Postural Orientation & Equilibrium.
F 4/8

Joe Hobbs. Thesis Defense: Role of Regulatory T Cells in Development of Mouse Autoimmune Low Dose Streptozotocin induced type 1 diabetes.

M 4/11

Jeffrey Miller. Thesis Defense: How Does Treated Wastewater Effluent Affect the Biology of Fish in Receiving Streams?

F 4/15

Jessica Wade-Ferrell. Thesis Defense: Molecular Characterization of a Proposed Cell Cycle Gene from Toxoplasma gondii.

M 4/18

Zachary Jorgenson. Thesis Defense: Is Laboratory Toxicity Testing Adequate to Protect Endangered Species Found in Wastewater Dominated Streams?

F 4/22 Dasanayaka Neranjana. Thesis Defense: Teratogenic Effects of Ethylene Glycol Ethers on Xenopus laevis: Role of ALDH.
M 4/25 Tony Alfano. Thesis Defense: Characterizing the Regulation of PGC-1 alpha, a protein linked to Parkinson disease.
F 4/29 Anshu Sharma. Thesis Defense Discovery and Characterization of AP2 Using X-ray Crystallography.
M 5/2 Beth Poganski. Thesis Defense: Are All Lakes Habitats Equal? Effects of Endocrine Compounds From Non-point Sources on Sunfish.