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Seminar Schedule for Spring 2010
SEE seminars start at 1:00pm in 101Life Sciences Annex, preceded by a social at 12:40pm in the lobby. SEE Schedule (PDF)
BMB/CDIB seminars start at 3:40pm in 101 Life Sciences Annex, preceded by a social at 3:20pm in the lobby. BMB/CDIB Schedule (PDF)
January 18
Martin Luther King Holiday |
January 25
SEE
Richard Stevens, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU.
TENURE SEMINAR: “New
Perspectives on Old Diversity Gradients”.
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February 1
SEE
John Colbourne, Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. “How the Genome
Biology of Daphnia is Shaped by Ecology”. Host: Andrew Whitehead.
BMB/CDIB
Jim Ottea, LSU Department of Entomology
“Biochemical mechanisms of insecticide resistance in pest insects.” |
February 8
SEE
Dan Doak, Department of Zoology & Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. “The
little beasts that run the Savanna: Termites and creation of spatial structure in an East African
ecosystem”. Host: Bret Elderd.
BMB/CDIB
Vishwa Deep Dixit, Laboratory of Neuroendocrine-Immunology
Pennington Biomedical Research Center,
Department of Biological Sciences Adjunct Seminar,
“Origin of adipose tissue inflammation in obesity” |
February 15
Mardi Gras Holiday |
February 22
SEE
Melanie Stiassny, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. “Evolution in a Vortex:
isolation and speciation in the Lower Congo River”. Host: Prosanta Chakrabarty.
BMB/CDIB
John Caprio, LSU Department of Biological Sciences,
"Chemoreception in Fish"...or What I have been doing other than attending football games and playing racquetball the last 33 years at LSU.
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March 1
SEE
Ganesh Bhattarai, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU. “Role of storm activity and
anthropogenic disturbances on the spatial spread of the invasive plant, Phragmites australis”.
BIOL 7921, Advisor: Jim Cronin.
BIOL 7921, Advisor: Jim Cronin.
BMB/CDIB
Nao Kato, LSU Department of Biological Sciences,
Promotion and Tenure Seminar,
"The protein interaction network in Arabidopsis vesicle trafficking" |
March 8
SEE
John McVay, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU. “Investigating the Evolution of North
American Water Snakes: Novel Approaches to Old Questions”. BIOL 7921, Advisor: Bryan
Carstens.
BMB/CDIB
Fareed Aboul-ela, LSU Department of Biological Sciences,
Promotion and Tenure Seminar,
“Small Molecules with Strong Arms: How Drugs and Metabolites Manipulate the Folding of RNA”
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March 15
SEE
Will Godsoe, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. “I Can't Define the Niche but I Know It When I See It: Using
Probability Theory to Understand Species Distributions”. Host: Alice Dennis (Hellberg Lab)
BMB/CDIB
Jim Brown, Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University,
“RNase P in Archaea: Looking to a warm place for P”
(Host - Fareed Aboul-ela)
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March 22
SEE
Sara Terrebonne, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU. “What are the Effects of Oil and
Gas Platforms and Associated Primary Production on Nearby Marine Communities in the
Gulf of Mexico?”. BIOL 7921, Advisor: John Fleeger.
BMB/CDIB
Elizabeth Didier, Tulane National Primate Research Center,
“Role of Macrophages in Microsporidiosis”,
(Host - Hollie Hale-Donze)
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March 29
SEE
Barry Aronhime, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU. “TBA”. BIOL 7921, Advisor: Ken
Brown.
BMB/CDIB
Crystal Johnson, LSU Department of Environmental Sciences,
Department of Biological Sciences Adjunct Seminar,
“Pathogenic Vibrios in the Environment”
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April 5
SPRING BREAK |
April 12
SEE
Lorelei Patrick, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU. “Phylogenetic Community Structure,
Morphological Overlap, and Diet of Western North American Bats”. BIOL 7921, Advisor:
Richard Stevens.
BMB/CDIB
Fangting Liang, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine,
“Team work of the borrelial surface lipoproteins”,
(Host - Bill Doerrler)
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April 19
SEE
Lindsay Wieland, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU. “The Effects of Avian and
Chiropteran Seed Dispersal on Secondary Succession in the Brazilian Amazon”. BIOL 7921,
Advisor: Bruce Williamson.
BMB/CDIB
Michael Cox, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin,
“The bacterial RecA protein and its regulation.”,
(Host – John Battista)
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April 26
SEE
Brian O’Meara, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN. “TBA”. Host: Bryan Carstens.
BMB/CDIB
Ashlee Earl, The Broad Institute of Harvard & MIT,
“Microbes 'R' Us: An Insider's Guide to The Human Microbiome Project”
(Host – John Battista)
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May 3
SEE
Adam Mclain, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU. “TBA”. BIOL 7921, Advisor: Mark
Batzer.
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