January

      15         Job candidate for faculty postion in Plant Cell Biology/Physiology

      22         Biology Faculty Panel; Truman State University; Kirksville, MO

                   "Undergraduate research opportunities for summer 1998"

      29         Dr. Ray Semlitsch; University of Missouri; Columbia, MO

                   "Evolutionary and ecological maintenance of the hybrid frog, Rana esculenta"

February   

      12         Dr. James Mills; Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA

                   "Hanta virues in the Americas:  The last twenty million years"

      19         Dr. Jann Primus; Spelman College; Atlanta, GA

                   "Biochemical and molecular biological approaches to studying pteridine                               cofactor biosynthesis in Drosophilia"

      26         Dr. John Kiss; Miami University; Oxford, OH

                   "Plant gravity perception studies on the Space Shuttle"

March

        5         Dr. Jack Hayes; University of Nevada; Reno, NV

                   "Natural selection on physiological performance of high-altitude deer mice"      

      19         [Undergraduate Research Symposium preparation]

      26         Truman Undergraduate Biology Honors Students

April

        2         Truman Undergraduate Biology Honors Students

      14         Dr. Mary Powell; University of Kentucky; Lexington, KY

                   "Biological costs of chronic disease in the prehistoric Southeast:  Endemic

                   Treponematosis and Tuberculosis" 

                   *12:30 pm, Tuesday – Governor's Room, Student Union*    

                   "Trading old aches for new pains" 

                   *7:30 pm, Tuesday – Alumni Room, Student Union, Sigma Xi Lecture *     

      16         Dr. Michael Tannenbaum; Truman State University; Kirksville, MO

                   "Fungal endophyte consumption and reproduction in wild rodents"

      23         [National Conference on Undergraduate Research]