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Department of Biology Seminar Series, Fall 2009

All seminars are at 4 PM in 101 David Clark Labs unless otherwise noted.

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August-September 27 August GRADUATE STUDENTS, FACULTY, & STAFF in the DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY
"Meet the New Graduate Students"
hosted by Bob Grossfeld and Harry Daniels
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/biology
Keck
Symposium

4 September
1:30-5:30 P.M.
3503 S. Gardner

Behavioral Ecology of Mammals: A symposium in honor of Roger Powell
The Stanley G. Stephens Room, 3503 South Gardner Hall
flier

  10 September

Jeffrey Hinshaw, Biology, NCSU
"Cool and Coldwater Aquaculture: Nurturing a Sustainable Aquaculture Industry
in North Carolina"
hosted by Damian Shea

 

17 September

Michael Platt, Neurobiology, Duke University
"Neuroeconomics of Social Cognition"
hosted by Robert Anholt and Bob Grossfeld
http://www.neuro.duke.edu/faculty/platt/

  24 September Derek Aday, Biology, NCSU
"People and fish: managing natural resources in a dynamic
environment"
hosted by Damian Shea
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/fish-lab/
October

1 October

Robert W. Chapman, SC Marine Resources Research Institute
"EcoGenomics: A consilience for biology"
http://www.musc.edu/mbes/faculty/chapman.html

Keck
Seminar
5 October
Time TBA
Room TBA

Laurent Keller, Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne
"Extravagant Reproductive Systems in Ants: The Role of Sexual Conflicts and the Implications for Social Evolution"
http://www.unil.ch/dee/page6763.html

  8 October FALL BREAK
 

15 October

Leslie Sombers, Chemistry, NCSU
"Monitoring Rapid Cholinergic Modulation of the Mesolimbic Dopamine System in Awake, Behaving Animals"
hosted by Robert Anholt
http://www.ncsu.edu/chemistry/people/ls.html

  22 October Dan Tracey, Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University
"Genetic analysis of nociception and touch sensation in Drosophila"
hosted by Robert Anholt and Trudy Mackay
http://www.dibs.duke.edu/research/profiles/30-w-daniel-tracey
  29 October

Tanya Morozova, Biology, NCSU
"Genetics and genomics of alcohol sensitivity in Drosophila melanogaster"
hosted by Robert Anholt
November 5 November Heather Hines, Genetics, NCSU
The genetics and evolution of complex adaptive traits: mimetic
patterning in bumble bees and butterflies
Keck
Seminar

9 November
Room TBA

Joe Takahashi, Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Title TBA
http://www.northwestern.edu/neurobiology/faculty/takahashi.html
  12 November Marc Johnson, Plant Biology, NCSU
"Exploring the ecological and evolutionary consequences of plant sex using a
comparative phylogenetic approach"
hosted by Nick Haddad
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantbiology/Faculty/mjohnson/mjohnson.html
  19 November

Matina Kalcounis-Rueppel, Biology, UNC - Greensboro
"Understanding the behavioral context of ultrasound production by wild *Peromyscus* mice"
http://www.uncg.edu/bio/faculty/matina_kalcounis/

  26 November No Seminar, Thanksgiving Holiday
December 3 December Trudy Mackay, Genetics, NCSU
"Systems Genetics of Complex Traits in *Drosophila*"
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/genetics/mackay/mackay.html
January 14 January None
  21 January Michael Kuhar, Emory University
"Brain and Behavior"
hosted by Robert Anholt
http://www.emory.edu/NEUROSCIENCE/Kuhar/index.htm
  28 January Miles Silman, Wake Forest University
"Climate change, land use and biodiversity conservation in the Andes and Amazon"
hosted by Nick Haddad
http://www.wfu.edu/biology/faculty/silman.htm
February 4 February  
  5 February Keck Student Symposium
  11 February Bill Morris, Duke University
"Effects of climate change on the geographical ranges of species (particularly alpine/arctic plants)
hosted by Nick Haddad
http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Biology/wfmorris
  18 February Ann Yoder, Duke Lemur Center
"Historical Biogeography of Madagascar: Time is of the essence"
hosted by Robert Anholt
http://www.biology.duke.edu/yoderlab/
  25 February Donita Robinson, UNC Chapel Hill
"Booze and Cues! Neurodynamics of brain reward circuits during alcohol drinking in rats"
hosted by Leslie Sombers
http://www.med.unc.edu/psych/directories/faculty/donita-l-robinson-ph-d/
March 4 March Anthony Atala, Wake Forest University
"Stem cells for regenerative medicine"
hosted by Robert Grossfeld
http://www.wfirm.org/AboutUs/Fac/Atala.htm
  10 March Dan Ariely, Duke University
"Behavioral economics"
hosted by Robert Anholt
http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty_research/faculty_directory/ariely/
  18 March none - Spring Break
  25 March

Cory Suski, University of Illinois
“Ecological physiology”
hosted by Derek Aday
http://fishlab.nres.uiuc.edu/http://fishlab.nres.uiuc.edu/

April 1 April Spring Holiday
  8 April Karen Strier, University of Wisconsin
"Behavioral ecology of primates"
hosted by Robert Anholt
http://www.zoology.wisc.edu/faculty/Stri/Stri.html
  15 April TBA
  22 April

Cagla Eroglu, Duke University
“Glial cells and nervous system development”
hosted by Robert Grossfeld
http://www.cellbio.duke.edu/faculty/research/Eroglu.html

  29 April TBA
May 3 May David Anderson, Cal Tech
"Nervous system development and function"
hosted by Robert Anholt
http://www.dja.caltech.edu/
 

 

 

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