Autumn Quarter 2006

Winter Quarter 2007

 

Jan 8	-	Dr. Markus Friedrich Department of Biological Sciences Wayne State University  Detroit, MI "Elucidating the developmental evolution of insect metamorphosis through the eyes of grasshopper and flour beetle" Host lab: Layne
Jan 15	-	MLK Holiday
Jan 22	-	Dr. James Lazorchak Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, OH "Current status and EPA research on 'Emerging contaminants'" Host lab: Jayne
Jan 29	-	Dr. Eric Villegas Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, OH "Understanding Host-Parasite Interactions: Towards Improved Detection and Treatment Measures for Waterborne Protozoan Infections" Host lab: Kaneshiro
Feb 7	-
Feb 12	-
Feb 19	-	Dr. Gene Kritsky Department of Biology College of Mount St. Joseph Cincinnati, OH "Periodical Cicadas: the new discoveries." Host lab: Buschbeck
Feb 26	-	Dr. Francine Marciano-Cabral Department of Microbiology and Immunology Medical School of Virginia Richmond, VA "Free-Living Amebae as Agents of Fatal CNS Infections" Host lab: Kaneshiro
Mar 1	-	*2* Special Public Lectures Co-sponsored with the University of Cincinnati Fellows of the Graduate School Dr. Lynn Margulis Department of Geosciences University of Massachusetts, Amherst     1. “Symbiogenesis: aerotolerant spirochates and origin of mitotic motility” *12-1pm Vontz Auditorium* 2. "Gaia: Our living earth from space" *4-5pm Old Chem*
Mar 5	-	Dr. Gisela Garcia-Ramos Department of Biology University of Kentucky Lexington, KY   "Invasion Dynamics: Application to HIV Infection and Population Spread" Host lab: Petren

Spring Quarter 2007

 

April  2	-	Dr. Lien Luong Department of Biological Sciences University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH "Costs of resistance: genetic trade-offs between ectoparasite resistance and host fitness"
April 9	-	Dr. Jim Belanger Department of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA   "Comparative approaches to understanding motor control: From the behavior to the biophysics of crustacean locomotion" Host lab: Layne
April 16	-	Dr. Tom Rooney Department of Biological Sciences Wright State University Dayton, OH "The white-tailed deer as an all-pervasive force in eastern North American forests " Host lab: Cameron
April 23	-	Dr. David Carr Department of Environmental Sciences & Orlando E. White Arboretum University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA "Plant mating-systems and their consequences for ecological interactions" Host lab: Matter
April 26	-	Special Thursday Lecture Dr. Peter Fraser Department of Biological Sciences University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, Scotland "Hydrostatic pressure reception and the neurobiology of path integration in crustaceans and fish" 1pm, 422D Rieveschl Host lab: Layne
April 30	-	Dr. Rick Lee Department of Zoology Miami University; Oxford, OH "Life in a frozen gall and other chilling tales of insects in the cold" Host lab: Buschbeck
May 2	-	Special Wednesday Lecture Co-sponsored with the University of Cincinnati Fellows of the Graduate School Dr. David Allis The Rockefeller University, New York, NY.    "Beyond the Double Helix: Writing and Reading the ‘Histone Code’" *DAAP Auditorium*
May 7	-	Dr. George Farnsworth Department of Biology Xavier University Cincinnati, OH "Experiments with wild songbirds: exploring behavioral ecology & intelligence" Host lab: Matter
May 14	-	Dr. John Polk Department of Anthropology University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, IL "Comparative analyses of primate joint posture" Host lab: Jayne
May 21	-	Dr. Carrie Wu Department of Biology Duke University Durham, NC "Adaptive divergence versus gene flow in the wild: insights from a natural plant hybrid zone" Host lab: Culley
May 28	-	Memorial Day Holiday

For information regarding these seminars, contact Dr. John Layne

For previous seminar schedules, click for 2002-2003, 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 academic years.