Charles Darwin Biology
Seminar Series 2009-10
Department of Biological Sciences
Florida International
University
Unless otherwise noted, seminars are on Monday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. in the Wertheim Conservatory (WC 130) at the University Park campus. Light refreshments are served beginning at 3:45 p.m. Please follow the hyperlinks (underlined), when available, for additional information.
The Department of Biological Sciences is grateful for financial support for enhancement of several seminars from the FIU University Graduate School and the Office of the Dean, FIU College of Arts & Sciences. These special seminars are indicated by the following symbol: ►
The Dept. of Biological Sciences is also grateful for financial support from the Stanley J. Glaser Professorship in Biology Endowment for the visit of Dr. Gary King during the week of March 8-12, 2010.
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Date |
Speaker |
Title |
| August 31 | Maureen Donnelly, Dept. of Biological Sciences, FIU |
Amphibian Conservation in the New World Tropics: A Tragedy in Three Acts |
| September 7 | No seminar (Labor Day) | |
| September 14 | Ophelia Weeks, Dept. of Biological Sciences, FIU | Transforming Biological Science Education: QBIC - A Test Case for Change |
| September 21 | Alejandro Barbieri, Dept. of Biological Sciences, FIU | Regulation of Rab5 During Endocytic Membrane Trafficking and Its Potential Implications |
| September 28 |
Marten Edwards, Biology Department, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA (Host: Fernando Noriega) |
Investigations of the Molecular Interface Between Mosquitoes and Human Pathogens |
| October 5 |
Richard Primack, Department
of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA (Host: Laurie Richardson) |
The Role of Plant Phenology in Climate Change and Conservation Research: Examples from Massachusetts and East Asia |
| October 12 | Biology Honors Presentations Gabriel Correa (Advisor: Dr. Charles Bigger) Christina Crum (Advisor: Dr. Rene Herrera) (Host: DeEtta Mills) |
Allogeneic Memory in the
Gorgonian Coral Swiftia exserta The Allelic Abundance of Afghanistan, a Pool for West and South Eurasian Genes and a Blockade Against Eastern Admixture |
| October 19 |
Jacques Robert, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (Hosts: Charles Bigger and the FIU Comparative Immunology Club) |
Comparative Study of Host Immune Defenses to Emerging Viral Infectious Diseases in the Frog Xenopus |
| October 26 | John Makemson, Dept. of Biological Sciences, FIU | A New Idea in Flavin-related Bioluminescence |
| November 2 |
Mikki McComb, Dept. of
Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (Host: Mo Donnelly) |
Visual Adaptations in Sharks, Skates and Rays |
| November 9 | Joel Trexler, Dept. of Biological Sciences, FIU |
Controls of Population Dynamics in a Spatially Structured Environment: Fishes in the Everglades |
| November 16 |
Scot Hagerthey, Everglades
Division, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL (Host: Joel Trexler) |
Accelerating the Recovery of the P-impacted Everglades by Altering Ecosystem State Stability |
| November 23 |
Fulvia Verde, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Miller School
of Medicine, University of Miami, FL (Host: Alejandro Barbieri) |
Control of cell morphogenesis in fission yeast |
| November 30 |
Amy Faivre, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Cedar Crest College,
Allentown, PA (Host: Jennifer Richards) |
Fire, Rain, and Flowering Along Florida's Lake Wales Ridge |
| January 4, 2010 | Jennifer Richards, Dept. of Biological Sciences, FIU | Determining Hydrologic Tolerances and Optima for Everglades Slough Species |
| January 11 |
Lawrence Salkoff, Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology and Dept. of Genetics,
Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (Host: Alejandro Barbieri) |
How we revealed an essential set of potassium channels conserved throughout the Metazoa |
| Tuesday, January 12, 4:00 PM, in WC 130 | Celia Santi, Dept. of Anatomy &
Neurobiology, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine, St.
Louis, MO (Host: Alejandro Barbieri) |
Slo3: a sperm-specific potassium channel with a vital role in fertilization |
| January 18 | No seminar (Martin Luther King Day) | |
| ►January 25 |
Dara
Frank, Medical College of Wisconsin, Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular
Genetics, Milwaukee, WI (Host: Sushmita Mustafi / Barbieri lab) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoU: Killing from the inside-out |
| ► February 1 |
Philip
DeVries, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, New
Orleans, LA (Host: Vivian Maccachero/ Donnelly lab) |
What do butterflies tell us about tropical diversity? |
| ► February 8 |
Peter Underhill, Dept. of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA (Host: Tenzin Gayden / Herrera lab) |
The Phylogeography and Regionalization of Human Y-Chromosomes |
| February 15 |
Jeffrey Wells, Dept. of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown,
WVA (Host: DeEtta Mills) |
DNA Applications for forensic entomology: General lessons for forensic non-human DNA analysis |
| February 22 | Douglas Wartzok, Dept. of Biological Sciences, FIU | Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammals |
| ► March 1, in MSB 105 @ BBC, broadcast to WC 130 |
Monty Graham, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, University of South Alabama,
Dauphin Island, AL (Host: Elizabeth Stoner/ Layman lab) |
Evidence for the replacement of fish by jellyfish due to climate-fishery interactions in the northern Gulf of Mexico coastal ecosystem |
| March 8 (Glaser Distinguished Biology Lecture) |
Gary King, Dept. of
Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Host: Laurie Richardson) |
Madam Pele's Contributions to
the Microbial Biology and Ecology of Carbon Monoxide-Oxidizing Bacteria (For other presentations this week by Dr. King, please click here.) |
| March 15 | No seminar (Spring Break) | |
| ► March 22, in MSB 105 @ BBC, broadcast to WC 130 |
Randall Hughes, Coastal and Marine Laboratory, Florida State University,
St. Teresa, FL (Host: Bryan Dewsbury / Fourqurean lab) |
Population- and Community-level Effects of Seagrass Genetic Diversity |
| ► March 29 |
James Goodson,
Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington,
IN (Host: Anya Goldina / Stoddard lab) |
Birds of a Feather: Evolution of Sociality and the Social Brain |
| ► Thursday, April 1, 4:00 PM, in WC 130 |
Michael
Surette, Dept. of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases and Dept. of
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of
Calgary, Alberta (Host: Melissa Doud/ Mathee lab, College of Medicine) |
Overlooked Pathogens in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Infections |
| April 5 | Biology Honors Presentations Kimberley Lee (Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Murray) Juan Molina (Advisor: Dr. Philip Stoddard) Myron Evans (Advisor: Dr. Lidia Kos) (Host: DeEtta Mills) |
Novel Purification of the Archaeal Protein, Pfu RPP38, for NMR Studies Social and Seasonal Plasticity of Brachyhypopomus gauderio Characterization of a Novel Phenotype with Marked Hydrocephalus |
| April 12 | Biology Honors Presentations Manuela Noriega (Advisor: Dr. Alejandro Barbieri) Tahrim Rahman (Advisor: Dr. Leung Kim) (Host: DeEtta Mills) |
The Expression of RAP6 During Early Mouse Embryonic Development The Role of PP2A Regulatory Subunit B56 in Dictyostelium discoideum Motility |
| Thursday, April 22, 4:00 PM, in WC 130 |
Jeffrey Wells, Dept. of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown,
WVA (Host: Laurie Richardson) |
Everything we knew was wrong: Molecular systematic analysis overturns most hypotheses about evolution in the blow fly genus Chrysomya |