Fall 1995 Schedule

September

8 - Dr. Charisse Buising; Drake University; Des Moines, IA
"Transformation of elite alfalfa lines by particle bombardment"
 
15 - Dr. Mary Haskins; Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO
"The role of cantharidin in juvenile and adult female blister beetles"
 
29 - Dr. Victor Rush; University of Kentucky; Lexington, KY
"I only have eyes for you: the evolution of visual systems in live bearing fishes (Poeciliidae)"

October

6 - Dr. Ramareddy Guntaka; University of Missouri; Columbia, MO
"Genes, germs, and gene therapy"
 
11 - Biology Faculty Panel; Northeast Missouri State University; Kirksville, MO
"How to gain admission to graduate school in biology"
* Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 pm – Science Hall 124 *
 
20 - Dr. Ethan Port; Northeast Missouri State University; Kirksville, MO
"Mathematical considerations of DNA sequence analysis"
 
27 - Dr. Bruce Patterson; Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago, IL
"Life after dark in the world's richest park: the bats of Manu (Peru)"

November

3 - Dr. Robert Theobald; Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine; Kirksville, MO
"The role of ATP in lower urinary tract function"
 
10 - Dr. Cynthia Cooper; Northeast Missouri State University; Kirksville, MO
"A neurotoxicity study of Methylglyoxyl bis(Guanylhydrazone) and alpha- Difluoromethylornithine on PC12 cells"
 
17 - Dr. Chris Barnhart; Southwest Missouri State University; Spingfield, MO
"Hard times for amphipods in Lake Taneycomo"
 
29 - Dr. Richard Lewontin; Harvard University; Cambridge, MA
"Evolutionary constraints on DNA and Proteins"
* Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 pm – Activities Room, Student Union Building *
 
"Biology as a social weapon"
* Wednesday, 7:30 pm – Activities Room, SUB, Science Seminar Series *