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Spring 2002 Schedule


Biology Seminar Schedule

Truman State University

Spring 2002

 

 

 

January

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

                         “Undergraduate research opportunities for summer 2002”

 

       25        Dr. Cynthia Cooper; Truman State University, Kirksville, MO

                         “Sabbatical research and related adventures in North Carolina”

                       

February

         1        Dr. Melissa Stuart; Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine; Kirksville, MO

                         “A potential role for intracellular antibodies in the biological control of pest

                         insects”

 

         8        Dr. Thomas Smith; Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; St. Louis, MO

                         “Structures of an antifungal toxin and cucumber mosaic virus”

 

       15        Dr. Shawn Meagher; Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL

                         “Genetic diversity and parasitism in rodent-nematode systems”

 

       22        Dr. Steve Hess; Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ

                         “What marine snails and street drugs tell an electrophysiologist about drug targets”

                    

March

         1        Dr. Robert Wallace; Iowa State University, Ames, IA

                         “The botany of beer”

                       

    8-15        No Seminars – Midterm Break

 

       22        Dr. Sue Bruenderman; Missouri Department of Conservation, Columbia, MO

                         “Conservation of Missouri’s freshwater mussels”

 

       29        No Seminar – Friday before Easter

                 

  April

         5        Dr. Adrienne Edwards; Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Champiagn, IL

                         “Rare plants in isolated wetlands:  Treasure islands”

 

       12        Dr. Don Tillitt: U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia, MO

                         “Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency in Great Lakes salmonids”

 

       19        Dr. Prem Seth; Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA

                         “Adenoviruses: Basic biology to gene therapy”

 

       26        No Seminar – National Conference on Undergraduate Research

 

   May

       2*        Biology Honors Students  (4:30-6:00 pm, Thursday – Magruder Hall, room 124)

 

       3*        Biology Honors Students  (4:30-6:00 pm, Friday – Magruder Hall, room 124)

 

 

All seminars are on Fridays from 12:30 – 1:30 pm in Magruder Hall, room 124 unless otherwise noted (*).  Refreshments are available at 12:15 pm.