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Spring 2009 Schedule

FEB

13

Matt Combes, Fisheries Biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation, NE Regional Office, Kirksville, MO   Title: To Be Announced

Host: Dr. Steve Hudman

 

20

Christopher G Ingersoll. Columbia Environmental Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey. Columbia, Missouri  Assessing the sensitivity of mussels and snails to contaminants in water or sediment. Host: Dr. Jon Gering

 

27

Jeff Biggler State Herpetologist, Missouri Department of Conservation. 

Hellbender recovery and conservation in Missouri

Host: Dr. Chad Montgomery

MARCH

7-14

No Seminars . . .midterm break

 

20

Dr. Deron Herr Post-doctoral Fellow, Helen L. Dorris Institute for Childhood and Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Scripps Research Institute, San Diego  Sphingosine 1-phosphate signaling: drug target for deafness and cancer  Host: Dr. Chad Montgomery

 

25

Dr. Charles Sing  Professor of Human Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan. Promises, realities and possibilities for including genomic information in the medical and public health management of the common chronic diseases 

Host: Dr. Anton Weistein

APRIL

3

Dr. Elizabeth Haswell, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis. Under Pressure:  A Family of Mechanosensitive Channels in Plants and Bacteria. Host: Dr. John Ma

 

10

Dr. Kai (Billy) Hung Assistant Professor of Biology, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL.  Life in Acid. Host: Dr. Cynthia Cooper

 

17

Dr. Brad Goodner, Associate Professor of Biology and Director, Center for Deciphering Life's Languages, Hiram College, Hiram, OH. 

Adventures with Undergrad Genomics: It is Not Their DNA, But Rather What They Do With DNA That is the Adventure Host: Dr. Anton Weistein

 

24

Truman Biology Honors Student Presentations

To Be Announced

MAY

1

NO SEMINAR - Last day of classes

 

 

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