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