Fall Quarter 2003

Sep 29    -  Dr. Ezra Yagil
                   Department of Biochemistry
                   Tel Aviv University
                   "Recruiting a Phage Recombination System for Eukaryotic Gene Manipulations"
                     Host lab: Huether

Oct 6      -  Dr. H. Lisle Gibbs
                   Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
                   The Ohio State University
                  "Genetic analyses of host races in a brood parasitic bird, the Common Cuckoo"
                     Host lab: Petren

Oct 13    -   Dr. Salim Merali
                    School of Medicine
                    New York University
                    "From Pneumocystis Chemotherapy to Diagnosis of Cancers: It's all about SAM"
                     Host lab: Kaneshiro

Oct 20    -   Dr. Ralph R. Meyer
                     Department of Biological Sciences
                     University of Cincinnati
                      "The 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of the DNA Double Helix:
                         Watson, Crick, and a Cast of Supporting Characters"

Oct 27    -  SPECIAL EVENT:  The Prof. Harris M. Benedict Memorial Lecture
                   Dr. Allison Snow
                   Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
                   The Ohio State University
                   "An Ecologist's View of Genetically Engineered Crops"

Oct 28    -  Dr. Allison Snow  (SPECIAL TUESDAY SEMINAR)  
                   Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
                   The Ohio State University
                   "Evolutionary Consequences of Gene Flow Between Crops and Weeds"
                    Host lab: Culley

Nov 3     -  No seminar

Nov 10   -  No seminar

Nov 17   -  Dr. Hans Pohl
                   Universitaet Rostock
                   Fachbereich Biowissenschaften
                   Institut fuer Biodiversitaetsforschung
                   "The Twisted-Wing Parasites: the Most Enigmatic Insect Order (Insecta: Strepsiptera)"
                    Host lab: Buschbeck

Nov  24  -  Dr. William J. Etges
                    Department of Biological Sciences
                    University of Arkansas
                    "Divergence in Mate Choice Systems: Does Evolution Play by the Rules?"
                     Host lab: Polak

Dec 1     -   Radiation Safety (Re-) Training

Winter Quarter 2004

Jan 5   -   Dr. Elaine Baird Day
                 University of California, Santa Barbara
                "Behavior, Brain, and Evolution in Bowerbirds"

Jan 12   -  Dr. Matthew Xu-Friedman
                 Harvard University
                 "Synaptic Structure and Function in Cerebellum and Auditory Brainstem"

Jan 19   -   MLK Holiday

Jan 26  -   Dr. Jenny M. Drnevich
                 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                 "Mechanisms of Male Reproductive Success: Behavioral and Genomic Approaches"

Feb 2     - Dr. John E. Layne
                  Cornell University
                 "Vision on the Run: Resolving Moving Natural Images with Arthropod Eyes"

Feb 9   -   Dr. Craig Tomlinson
                 Genomics and Microarray Laboratory
                 UC Department of Environmental Health
                 "Microarray Analysis of Cell Signaling Pathways Stimulated by Environmental Toxicants"
                 Host lab: Petren

Feb 16   -  Dr. Dennis Grogan
                 Department of Biological Sciences
                 University of Cincinnati
                 "Biochemical Aspects of Genetic Fidelity in Hyperthermophilic Archaea"

Feb. 20    -  SPECIAL FRIDAY EVENT:  Joint Colloquium with Chemistry and Physics - 3pm, 502 Rieveschl
                   Dr. Fred W. McLafferty
                   Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
                   Cornell University
                   "The Instrumentation and Science of Proteomics: Top Down Tandem Mass
                    Spectrometry for the Characterization of Protein Modification”
                    Host: Department of Chemistry

Feb 23   -   Dr. Benedikt Hallgrimsson
                   Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy
                   University of Calgary
                   "The Determinants of Phenotypic Variability"
                   Host lab: German

Mar 1     -  Florence Fulk
                  United States EPA, Ecosystem Research Branch
                  "Environmental Impact Study of Mountaintop Mining and Valley Fill Operations in West Virginia"
                  Host lab: Culley

Mar 8    -   cancelled

Spring Quarter 2004

April  5   -  Dr. Kevin Omland
                   Department of Biological Sciences
                   University of Maryland
                    "Using Introns to Test mtDNA Phylogenies: Studying Plumage Convergence in Orioles"
                    Host lab: Petren

April 12   - James Tepperman
                    Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
                    University of California at Berkeley
                    "Using Global Gene Expression Profiling to Dissect Light Signaling Networks
                     in Arabidopsis"
                     Host lab: Tepperman

April 19  -  Dr. Robin Cooper
                   Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
                   University of Kentucky
                   "Neuromodulation in the CNS and at the Neuromuscular Junctions of Arthropods"
 
April 26  -   Dr. George Uetz
                     Department of Biological Sciences
                     University of Cincinnati
                     "Sex, Lies and Videotape: Multi-media Approaches to the Study of Multi-modal
                      Communication in Spiders"

May 3       -   Dr. Peter Niewiarowski
                      Department of Biology
                      University of Akron
                      "Sources and Consequences of Life History Variation in Fence Lizards: Combining
                         Experimental and Comparative Methods in an Integrative Approach"
                       Host lab: Kinkle

 May 10     -  Dr. Genevieve Magarey
                     Center for the Conservation & Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW)
                     Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden               
                     "Marsupial Oocytes in Vitro"

May 13    -  SPECIAL THURSDAY EVENT:  Joint Colloquium with Physics & Chemistry
                                                                                4pm, 300 Braunstein Hall
                   Dr. Kevin S. Brown
                   Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
                   Harvard University
                   "The Statistical Mechanics of Sloppy Models: Nerve Growth Factor Signaling"
                    Host: Department of Physics

May 17   -   Dr. Michael Martin
                    Department of Biology
                    John Carroll University
                   "Protein-DNA Interactions on the Yeast U6 RNA gene"
                    Host lab: Paquin

May 24    -    Dr. Stephen J. Keller
                      Department of Biological Sciences
                      University of Cincinnati
                      "Hemorrhoids and Healing"

May 31     -    Memorial Day Holiday

June 10   -   Dr. Donna Jones  - Special time and place:  Noon in Rm 625 Rieveschl
                      Department of Biological Sciences
                      University of Cincinnati
                      "Hierarchical Levels of Variation in Ontogeny"

 

For information regarding these seminars, contact Dr. Theresa Culley