Fall 2002 Schedule

September

13 - Biology Faculty Panel, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
"Preparing for health professional schools after Truman"

20 - Biology Faculty Panel, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
"Preparing for graduate school in biology after Truman"

27 - Dr. Donald Kangas, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
"What I did on my sabbatical: Becoming a zookeeper"

October

4 - Bill Allen, Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources, St. Louis, MO
"The joys of reporting on field science"

11 - Homecoming - Alumni Presentation Dr. Andrew Herbig,
University of Missouri–Columbia; Columbia, MO
"Regulation of zinc homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae"

18 - No Seminar - Fall Vacation Day

25 - Dr. Jim Shull; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
"Breast cancer genetics"

November

1 - Dr. Jan S. Tkacz, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ
"Antifungals: What’s in the pipeline"

8 - Dr. Candice Shoemaker, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
"People and plants: Beyond basic survival"  

15 - Dr. Elisabeth Kellogg, University of Missouri–St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
"Grass for breakfast, grass for lunch"  

22 - Dr. Taner Edis, Truman State University (Physics), Kirksville, MO
"Chance and necessity . . . and ‘intelligent design’?"  

29 - No Seminar – Thanksgiving

December

6 - Biology Honors Students

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