BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Fall 2009 Seminar Series 

Ithaca College
(BIOL 41100/41200)

4:00 pm
CNS 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 community.  Refreshments are offered 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.

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August 28
Introductory meeting for students taking Biology Seminar BIOL 411/412
September  3
(Jean Hardwick)
Steven L. Youngentob, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Fetal Ethanol Experience and Chemosensory Plasticity: Its Contribution to Adolescent Alcohol Abuse

September  17

Jason Hamilton, Ithaca College
Sustain This!  Total immersion in sustainability science and education

September 24
(
Bruce Smith)
James Saunders,  Operation Wallacea
Opportunities and Planning in Biology Careers
Co-Sponsored with the Department of Environmental Studies

October 1 Ed Cluett, Ithaca College
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

October 8
Student Research Options for Fall 2009 (informal)  
All students interested in enrolling in 302 must attend.

October 29
(Leann Kanda
Roland Kays, New York State Museum in Albany 
New York's Coyote/Coydog/Coywolf: What is it and how did it get here?

November 5
(Bruce Smith)
Kimberly Schulz, SUNY College of Environmental and Forest Biology
Tails of two invaders: A continuing quest to determine the roles of two spiny predatory invertebrates in aquatic food webs

November 12
(Maki Inada)
Frederick LaRiviere, Washington and Lee University
Revenge of the NRD:  quality control of Eukaryotic ribosomes

November 19
(Susan Swensen)
Don Weller, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 
Title TBA

December 3
(Susan Swensen)
Jaime Blair (Biology '99), Franklin & Marshall College 
Genomics of the Plant Destroyer:  Using Bioinformatic Approaches to Study
Phytophthora  Evolution and Pathogenicity

December 9-10       Jr. Research Symposia
Wednesday - Thursday


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