BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT Spring 2008 Seminar Series Ithaca College (BIOL 411/41200)
4:00 pm CNS Rm.112 unless otherwise noted Everyone is welcome to attend! Refreshments beforehand* (3:45-4:00pm) in first floor lobby *Please bring your own reusable mug for beverages. Reuse, reduce, recycle!

The Biology department offers a seminar series each semester representing a broad range of topics in  biology.  These seminars are open to the entire college community.  Refreshments are offer d prior to the seminar and students are invited to meet with the speaker in a small group following the talk to answer questions related to the topic presented, or to answer questions regarding different careers in Biology.
 

January 24	Introductory meeting for students taking Biology Seminar BIOL 411/412
January 31	Michael Mazourek (’99 Biochemistry), Cornell University Graduate Student,  Plant Breeding
(Vicki Cameron)		Build a Better Burn: improving hot peppers through systems biology
February 14	Dan Rabosky, Cornell University
(Kit Muma)		Ecological controls on diversification during major evolutionary radiations
February 28	Jeff W. Dawson, Carleton University
(Bruce Smith)		Lofty pursuits - flight and steering in locusts
March 6	Student Research Options for Summer AND Fall 2008 (informal)
		All students interested in enrolling in 302 must attend.
March 20	Assistant Professor Candidate
		Investigating the role of E. coli RNA polymerase pausing in transcription regulation
March 27	Assistant Professor Candidate
		Using RNA Interference to Analyze Sugar Transport in Plants
April 3	Paige Lawrence, University of Rochester School of Medicine
(Ed Cluett)		Do Pollutants Make you More Susceptible to the Flu?
Co-Sponsored by the Sustainability Café
April 10	Ellis Loew, Cornell University
(Andy Smith)		The Evolution of Color Vision in Reptiles
April 17	MANDATORY Majors Test for all BIOL-411/41200 seniors
April 24	Don Bertolini ('71 Biology Alumni), Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
(Marc Servetnick)		Putting science to work: A career in the pharmaceutical industry
April 29	Honor Research Symposium
Tuesday
April 30 & May 1	Jr. Research Symposia
Wednesday & Thursday