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Department of
Biological Sciences

Science and Engineering 601,
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: 479.575.3251
Fax: 479.575.4010

Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
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Spring 2013 Seminar Schedule

 

Reception (coffee and snacks) held 30 minutes prior to event in SCEN 502

Seminars are held in SCEN 604 at 4 p.m. unless noted otherwise

 

Upcoming Seminars:

   

April 18

Dr. David Krementz

Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Department of Biological Sciences

Title: Marshbird Ecology and Management

 

April 25

Dr. Andrew Schurko

Hendrix College

Title: Abstinence only? Searching for evidence of sexual reproduction in bdelloid rotifers

 

Past Seminars:

 

February 7

Dr. Richard Meisel

Cornell University

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

Title: Sex Chromosomes and Sexual Dimorphism

 

February 14

Dr. Suzanne McGaugh

Duke University

Title: The impact of recombination on genomic diversity and divergence

 

February 21

Dr. Timothy Evans

University of Pennsylvania

Title: Wiring the insect nervous system: the roles of Slit/Robo signaling in embryonic axon guidance in Drosophila and Tribolium

 

February 28

Dr. Shuzhen Chen

Harvard University

Title: Understanding the roles of histone methylation in cell differentiation

 

March 14

Dr. Kerry Rabenold

Purdue University

Title: Ecological specialization, rarity, and vulnerability to climate change in birds of a tropical cloud forest

     

March 28

Dr. Mark Smeltzer

UAMS

Title: Bad to the Bone: Pathogenesis of Staphylococcal Musculoskeletal Infection

 

April 4

Dr. John Marzluff

University of Washington

Title: Neuroecology of the crow: a new look at the bird brain

April 12, 12:30 p.m., SCEN 402

Dr. Russell J. Borski

Professor, Department of Biology
North Carolina State University, Raleigh

      Title: “Catch-Up” Growth: Hormones and Mechanisms

 

April 15

Dr. Lex Flagel

Monsanto Company

Title: Finding a Needle in the Haystack: Using Genomics to Identify the Genes Responsible for Adaptation and Domestication in Plants