Integrated Biosciences Graduate Program

Spring 2008
IBS 8020 Colloquia Schedule

Class will meet on Mondays from 9:00-9:50 am in 173 Kirby Plaza (KPlz).  Faculty Presenters are from the University of Minnesota-Duluth unless otherwise indicated.

Date

Presenter(s)

CMP

EOP

January 28

TBD
Dr. Mustafa al'Absi -- *CANCEL*
Dept. of Behavioral Sciences
Medical School-Duluth
Moderator:  Dr. Matt Andrews

TBD
Dr. Tim Craig
Dept. of Biology
Moderator:  Dr. Matt Andrews

February 4

"Toxicity Mechanisms of Perfluorinated Fatty Acids"
Dr. Kendall B. Wallace
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Medical School-Duluth
Moderator:  Jon Bostrom

"Evolution in response to climate change"
Dr. Julie Etterson
Dept. of Biology
Moderator:  Jami Sloan

February 11

"Mathematical descriptors of chemical and biological systems: Development and applications"
Dr. Subhash Basak
Center for Water and the Environment
NRRI
Moderator: LaRae Lehto

"Integrated Molecular and Microbiology of Corrosion"
Dr. Randall Hicks
Dept. of Biology
Moderator:  Tyler Ahrenstorff

February 18

 

"Pituitary-Adrenocortical Responses to Stress and Endogenous Opioids in Dependent Smokers"
Dr. Mustafa al'Absi
Dept. of Behavioral Sciences
Medical School-Duluth
Moderator:  Dustin Palm

"Predicting Amphibian Responses to Climate Change in the Prairie Pothold Region"
Dr. Lucinda Johnson
Center for Water and the Environment
NRRI
Moderator:  Mike Lynch

February 25

TBD
Dr. Jon Holy
Dept. of Anatomy, Microbiology & Pathology
Medical School-Duluth
Moderator:  Kristin Carlson

"The conservation of Hucho taimen in the Eg-Uur watershed in northern Mongolia"
Dr. Tom Hrabik
Dept. of Biology
Moderator:  Lindsey Blake

March 3

 

"Modeling and Mysteries of Mammalian  Hibernation"
Dr. Marshall Hampton
Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics
Moderator:  Derek Eklund

"Plant physiological and interactive growth responses to changing environments -- implications for global change biology and restoration efforts"
Dr. Tali Lee
Dept. of Biology
Moderator:  Heidi Seeland

March 10

"Designed type 2 copper sites in azurin"
Dr. Steve Berry
Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Moderator:  Jami Sloan

TBD
Dr. Anne Hinderliter
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Moderator:  Josh Dumke

March 17
SPRING BREAK -- NO CLASS MEETING

March 24

"Design and Engineering Artificial Chromosomes for Therapeutic Protein Delivery"
Dr. Ed Perkins
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Medical School-Duluth
Moderator:  Tyler Ahrenstorff

"From Ecology to Sustainable Development:  Why Conservation Biology?"

Dr. Gerald Niemi
Center for Water & the Environment
NRRI
Moderator:  LaRae Lehto

March 31

"Copper Deficiency Disturbs Iron Homeostasis"
Dr. Joseph R. Prohaska
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Medical School-Duluth
Moderator:  Mike Lynch

TBD
Dr. Rodney Johnson
Environmental Health & Effects Research Laboratory
US EPA, Mid-Continent Ecology Div.
Moderator:  Jon Bostrom

April 7

"Pathophysiology and Treatment of Traumatic Injury and Hemorrhagic Shock"
Dr. Gregory Beilman (CMP)
Dept. of Surgery
Medical School (Minneapolis)
Moderator:  Dr. Matt Andrews

April 14

TBD
Dr. Yosef Cohen (EOP)
Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology
University of Minnesota-St. Paul
Moderator:  Dr. John Pastor

April 21

"Molecular dissection of nectar production in flowering plants"
Dr. Clay Carter
Dept. of Biology
Moderator:  Dustin Palm

"Efficient and effective aquatic macroinvertebrate monitoring for rocky coasts"
Dr. Valerie J. Brady
Center for Water & the Environment
NRRI
Moderator:  Lindsey Blake

April 28

CMP Presenter -- CANCELLED


Moderator:  Heidi Seeland

"Superior stream data for discovery and decision-making"
Dr. Richard Axler
Center for Water & the Environment
NRRI
Moderator:  Kristin Carlson

May 5

TBD
Dr. Ayman Noreddin
Dept. of Pharmacy Practice & Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy-Duluth
Moderator:  Josh Dumke

TBD
Dr. Bjoern Bauer (CMP)
Dept. of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy-Duluth
Moderator:  Derek Eklund

May 12-15
FINALS WEEK -- NO CLASS MEETING