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Biology

Fall 1994 Schedule


September

7 - Dr. Thor Holmes; University of Kansas; Lawrence, KS
    "Sexual dimorphism in North American weasels"
 
21 - Dr. Mark R. Brodl; Knox College; Galesburg, IL
  "The heat-shock response in plants: Regulation of normal cellular protein   synthesis"
 
28 - Dr. Nevin Aspinwall; St. Louis University; St. Louis, MO
    "Hybridization phenomena in fishes"

October

5 - Dr. Michael G. Tannenbaum; Northeast Missouri State University; Kirksville, MO
    "How to gain admission to graduate school"
 
19 - Dr. George J. Schulte; Northeast Missouri State University; Kirksville, MO
    "Characterization of transmural potential difference and short circuit current in
    isolated gut segments of Pacific hagfish Eptatretus stoutii"
 
26 - Dr. Stephen L. Timme; Pittsburg State University; Pittsburg, KS
    "Neotropical rainforests: The Amazon center for environmental education
and research"

November

2 - Dr. Marian Smith; Southern Illinois University; Edwardsville, IL
    "The decurrent false aster (Boltonia decurrens), an endangered floodplain species:
    Beyond the flood of 1993"
 
9 - Dr. Richard Cenedella; Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine; Kirksville, MO
    "Studies into the mechanisms of cataract production"
 
16 - Dr. Jim Maher; University of Nebraska Medical Center; Omaha, NE
    "Designing artificial gene repressors"
 
30 - Mr. Bill Pusateri; Iowa Department of Transportation; Des Moines, IA
    "Iowa's lost plant diversity"

December

7 - NMSU Undergraduate Biology Honors Students
    Mr. David Bourdon - "Measurement of proline accumulation in Cucumis sativus