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Biology

Spring 2007 Schedule

January

19

 

 

Dr. Brent Buckner, Professor of Biology, Truman State University

Summer Research Opportunities for Students

26

 

 

Dr. Justin Fay, Assistant Professor, Genetics, Washington Univ. School of Medicine

Evolution of Gene Regulation

Host: Dr. Stephanie Fore

February

2

 

 

Dr. George Carlson, Professor of Physiology, AT Still University, Kirksville, MO

Animal Model of Muscular Dystrophy

Host: Dr. John Rutter

 

9

 

 

Dr. Brent Buckner, Professor of Biology, Truman State University

The Evolutionary History of Maize: Gene Duplications, Orphan Genes and Nucleotide Diversity

 

16

Dr. Charles Whitfield, Assistant Professor, Entomology, University of Illinois

Quantitative Genomics and Population Genetics of Behavioral Maturation in the Honey Bee      Host: Dr. Stephanie Fore

 

23

Dr. Michael Scanlon, Associate Professor, Plant Biology, Cornell University

Developmental Genetics of the Maize Shoot Apical Meristem

Host: Dr. Diane Janick-Buckner and Dr. Brent Buckner

March

2, 9

No seminars - Midterm Break

 

16

Dr. Volodymyr Dvornyk, Assistant Professor, Biology, Kent State University, OH

Circadian System of Cyanobacteria: Witnesses of Earth’s Geological Evolution

Hosts: Drs. Liubov Kreminska & Cynthia Cooper

 

23

To be announced  

 

30

Dr. Michael Herman, Associate Professor, Biology, Kansas State University

Ecological Genomics of Soil Nematode Community Responses: Model and Non-model Approaches   Host: Dr. Tim Walston              

 

April

 

6

 

 

Dr.Dwight Krehbiel, Professor of Psychology, Bethel College, Kansas

Continuously Measured Emotional and Physiological Responses to Music

Host: Dr. Jon Gering

 

 

13

Dr. Andrew Li, Research Entomologist, US Department of Agriculture

Electrophysiology and pharmacological modulation of the feeding and cardiac activity in the tick Amblyomma americunum

Host: Dr. Laura Fielden

 

 

20

 

Andrew Annuar, M.Sc., Genzyme Corporation, Langley , B.C., Canada

Protecting and Commercializing Research Results

 

 

27

Truman Biology Honors Student Presentations

 

 

Fridays, 12:30-1:20 PM, Magruder(Science) Hall 2001 Refreshements at 12:20