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Seminar Series:
Fall 2009
Seminars will take place on Fridays at 4:00pm in Barnum 104, unless
otherwise noted.
Coffee, tea, and cookies will be available in the Barnum Elephant
Lobby before each
Friday talk, at 3:45pm. Undergraduates are encouraged to attend.
| September 11 |
Graduate Student Rotation Talk:
Tegan Morton, Christine Lattin |
| September 18 |
Graduate Student Rotation Talk:
Jessie Evans, Brook
Chernet |
| September 25 |
Dr. Jun Xu, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Host:
Juliet
Fuhrman,
Title: "Epigenetic Codes for Object Recognition" |
| October 2 |
Barnum Museum Lecture: Dr. Doug Emlen, University of Montana,
Hosts: Lewis/Orians
Title: "The origin and evolutionary diversification of beetle horns" |
| October 9 |
Faculty Seminar: Colin Orians
Title: TBA |
| October 16 |
Dr. Irina Arkhipova, Marine Biological Laboratory, Hosts: Freudenreich/Ernst
Title: "Treasure hunting at the chromosome ends of bdelloid rotifers:
accumulation of mobile DNA and genes of foreign origin near telomeres" |
| October 23 |
Dr. Jonathan Waage, Brown University, Host: Graduate Students
Title: TBA |
| October 30 |
Faculty Seminar: Dr. Mitch McVey, Dr. Sergei Mirkin
Title: TBA |
| November 6 |
Dr. Hochedlinger, Harvard University, Host: Graduate Students
Title: TBA |
| November 13 |
Dr. Thomas Shea, University of Massachusetts - Lowell, Host: Levin
Title: TBA |
| November 20 |
Dr. Antonia Monteiro, Yale University, Host: Lewis
Title: "Why do butterflies have eyes on their wings? Function and
developmental origin of a morphological novelty" |
| December 4 |
Dr. Dov Sax, Brown University, Host: Orians
Title: "Species invasions, climate change and species extinctions:
Evaluating the risks from alternative conservation strategies" |
| December 11 |
Dr. Lee Zou, MGH Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Host: Mirkin
Title: "Sensing and signaling DNA damage by the checkpoint pathways" |
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