Department of Biology Seminars

University of Minnesota Duluth

Fall 2007

Secretory Vesicle Function During Spermatogenesis and Fertilization in Caenorhabditis elegans

Dr. Steve L'Hernault

Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology

Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Population cycles, nutrient cycles, and growth allocation in wild rice

Dr. John Pastor

Professor

Department of Biology, UMD

9/21/07
12:00pm

142 SMED

Ecology of the Cooper's Hawk in Florida
Brian Millsap

USFWS Southwest Region, New Mexico

Co-sponsored by Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory

Pathogenicity and transmissibility of the 1918 influenza pandemic virus

CSE Academy Nominee Dr. Terrence Tumpey

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

NCID/DVRD/Influenza Branch, Atlanta, GA

A new modeling paradigm for estimating pesticide effects on avian reproductive success

Dr. Matt Etterson
Senior Research Associate

Mid-Continent Ecology Division -US EPA, Duluth, MN

From Feast to Famine: Regulation of Metabolism by Nuclear Receptor-FGF Cascades

Dr. Steven Kliewer

Professor

Department of Molecular Biology

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Extra-pair Mating Tactins in Birds: How Far to Go?

Dr. Bridget Stutchbury

Canada Research Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology

Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ONT

Beyond good and evil: a pragmatic deconstruction of key issues in community ecology

Dr. Evan Weiher

Professor

Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

Hierarchical space use and habitat selection of the Canada lynx in Minnesota

Chris Burdett

Ph.D. degree candidate, Conservation Biology Graduate Program, UMTC

Measuring Lipoprotein (a) to access cardiac risk in patients
Dr. Joe McConnell

Departments of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology and Cardiology & Vascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic

*Seminar begins at 3:15pm

What do I do next? Training and jobs in laboratory medicine at the Mayo Clinic

Dr. Kevin Foley

Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Clinic

*Seminar begins at 4:00pm

An Approach to Establishing Organisms as in situ Environmental Bioindicators of Natural Hazards

Dr. Steve Bortone

Director

Minneosta Sea Grant, Duluth, MN

Evolution in response to anthropogenic change in the environment
Dr. Julie Etterson

Assistant Professor

Department of Biology, UMD

MONDAY

11/19/07

3:00pm

CHEM 150

Zebrafish neural development: morphogenesis to function

Dr. Jennifer Liang

Developmental Biology - Assistant Professor Candidate

Departments of Biology & Genetics

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

The Roles of Chemical Defenses in Antarctic Macroalgal-Herbivore Relationships

Dr. Chuck Amsler

Professor

Department of Biology

University of Alabama - Birmingham

MONDAY

12/3/07

3:00pm

CHEM 150

Amphioxus and the evolution of chordate development

Dr. Laura Beaster-Jones

Developmental Biology - Assistant Professor Candidate

Department of Biology

Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD

THURSDAY

12/6/07

3:00pm

175 LSci

Patterning dynamic tissues: the action of TGF-beta signals in zebrafish embryos
Dr. Scott Dougan

Developmental Biology - Assistant Professor Candidate

Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia - Athens

GK-12: Biology graduate students in the K-12 science classroom

Rachel MaKarrall & Brian Kram

Master's degree candidates

Department of Biology, UMD

MONDAY

12/10/07

3:15pm

CHEM 150

What We Have Learned from Hibernating Mammals
Dr. Matt Andrews

Recipient of Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Research

Head, Department of Biology, UMD

WEDNESDAY

12/12/07

3:00pm

CHEM 150

Axon Guidance and Glomerulus Development in the Fly Olfactory System

Dr. Huey Hing

Developmental Biology - Assistant Professor Candidate

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign