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Seminars and Journal Clubs

Plant Lunch McDonnell 212
Julie Thole DDPSC
Turning moss into algae: Loss of cell polarity and adhesion in prenylation-deficient Physcomitrella patens
McDonnell 212
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
History & Philosophy of Science & Medicine Brown Bag Seminar Series
Edward J. Larson Chair Pepperdine University School of Law
"Haldane, Fisher and the Emergence of Modern Population Genetics"
LS-202

Edward J. Larson     University Professor and Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law Pepperdine University School of Law

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Thomas S. Hall Lecture Louderman 458
Edward J. Larson, Professor & Chair Pepperdine University School of Law
"From Dayton to Dover: A Brief History of the Evolution Teaching Controversy in the United States"
Louderman Hall 458

Edward J. Larson - University Professor and Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law, Pepperdine University School of Law

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Spring 2010 Biology Department Seminar Rebstock 322
Dr. David Queller, Rice University
"Real selfish genes: the evolution of cooperation and cheating in a social amoeba"
Rebstock 322
Thursday, February 11, 2010

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
EEPB Seminar Rebstock 322
Dr. Steven Lima - Indiana State University
"Sleeping is dangerous: an ecological perspective on the study of sleep"
R-322

Dr. Steven Lima - Indiana State University R-322

Thursday, February 11, 2010

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Spring 2010 Biology Department Seminar Rebstock 322
Chris Hayes - University of California, Santa Barbara
"Bang-bang, you're dead: toxic effector domains of contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) system
322 Rebstock

Host: Petra Levin

Monday, February 15, 2010

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Plant Lunch McDonnell 212
Narayanan, DPPSC
Functional Characterization of a Novel Iron Transporter, REA 1, From Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and its Application for Iron-Specific Metal Uptake in Plants
McDonnell 212
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
EEPB Seminar Rebstock 322
Dr. Jeff Gordon Washington University
The Human Gut Microbiome: dining in with a few trillion fascinating friends"
R-322

Dr. Jeff Gordon - Washington University R-322

Thursday, February 18, 2010

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Bioforum McDonnell 362 Jez Lab
Naveen Bisht
McDonnell 362 (Danforth campus)

email kranz@biology.wustl.edu with questions or comments or if you are from the Biology Dept and want to present

Pizza and cold drinks will be available at 3:50
Lab Sponsor: Jez (moderator)

Friday, February 19, 2010

4:00 pm
Teaching & Learning in Science Seminar Series McDonnell 162
Dr. Rich Moog - Franklin & Marshall University
"Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL): A Student-Centered Approach to Instruction"
McDonnell 162

Committe on Life Science Education and College of Arts & Sciences - Teaching & Learning in Science Seminar Series

Dr. Rich Moog Franklin and Marshall University

Monday, February 22, 2010

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Spring 2010 Biology Department Seminar Rebstock 322
Dr Jason Wolf, University of Bath
Rebstock 322
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

4:00 pm
Special Seminar at the McDonnell Science Bldg Rm 823 Medical School
Manolis Kellis Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
"Regulatory genomics and epigenomics in fly and human"
Medical School TBA

Host: Sally Elgin

Thursday, February 25, 2010

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
EEPB Seminar Rebstock 322
Shih-Chung Hsu
"Rice Gone Wild Part II - adding Japanese and Korean weedy rice into the pot"
R-322

Shih-Chung Hsu  Olsen Lab

Thursday, February 25, 2010

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
EEPB Seminar Rebstock 322
Nicole Miller
"Plant Community Phenological Responses to Regional Climate Change: Habitat effects vs. local adaptation
R-322

Nicole Miller - Washington University

Friday, February 26, 2010

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Spring 2010 Biology Department Seminar Rebstock 322
Dr. Graham F. Hatfull University of Pittsburgh
"Exploration and Exploitation of Mycobacteriophages"
322 Rebstock

Host: Sally Elgin

Monday, March 1, 2010

4:00 pm