Seminar Series 2007-2008
| Fall Quarter |
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| Date |
Speaker |
Title | Host |
| Sep
27 |
Anurag Agrawal Dept Eco Evo Cornell U |
Merging community and evolutionary
approaches to predicting patterns of herbivory http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/agrawal/index.html |
Fishbein mfish at pdx.edu 5-3872 |
| Oct
04 |
No seminar | |
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| Oct 09* | Andrew Schuerger Dept Plant Path U Florida |
Survival of Terrestrial Microorganisms in
Simulated Mars Environments: Implications for Aerial Transport of
Pathogens in Earth's Atmosphere http://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/People/Faculty/Schuerger/Schuergercv.htm |
Stedman kstedman at pdx.edu 5-3253 |
| Oct 18 | George Wittemyer Dept of ESPM UC Berkeley |
Where Relatedness and Sociality Diverge:
Factors Driving Hierarchical Social Organization in African Elephants http://nature.berkeley.edu/~georgew/index.htm |
Cruzan/ Ruedas cruzan at pdx.edu 5-8391 |
| Oct
26* SB1 rm107 |
Jan Zinck Dept of Pathology Stanford U |
From Networking to Networks: As the Bat
Flies http://www.biology.pdx.edu/people/adjunct.php |
Duffield duffieldd at pdx.edu 5-4078 |
| Nov 01 | Dee Denver Dept of Biology Oregon State U |
Roles of mutation and natural selection in
shaping nematode genome evolution http://denverlab.science.oregonstate.edu/ |
Estes estess at pdx.edu 5-8782 |
| Nov 08 | Valerian Dolja Bot & Plant Path Oregon State U |
A unifying concept of virus origin derived
from comparative genomics http://www.cgrb.oregonstate.edu/faculty/dolja |
Stedman kstedman at pdx.edu 5-3253 |
| Nov 15 | David Carlon Dept Zoology U Hawaii |
Testing the model of ecological speciation
in tropical reef corals http://www.hawaii.edu/zoology/faculty/carlon.htm |
Eppley eppley at pdx.edu 5-8986 |
| Nov 22 | No
Seminar |
Thanksgiving
Break |
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| Nov 29 | Kevin Grove Neurosciences Primate Res Cen OHSU |
Maternal Obesity and Fetal Lipotoxicity in the Nonhuman Primate http://onprc.ohsu.edu/discovery/dspScientistsItem.cfm?doc_id=200 |
Williams willisar at ohsu.edu 970-1313 |
*Special Time and Date
| Winter Quarter |
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| Date |
Speaker |
Title | Host |
| Jan
10 |
Trish Schulte Dept of Zoology U British Columbia |
From molecules to behavior: an integrated
approach to studying physiological adaptation in fish embryo http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/zoology/z/schulte/ |
Podrabsky podrabsj at pdx.edu 5-5772 |
| Jan 17 | Janis Shampay Dept Biology Reed College |
Frog telomeres: Not the end of the
story http://academic.reed.edu/biology/professors/jshampay/index.html |
Courcelle justc at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| Jan 24 | Bruce Bowerman Dept of Molbiol U Oregon |
Cell Division and Cell Polarity in the
early C. elegans embryo http://www.molbio.uoregon.edu/facres/bowerman.php |
Estes estess at pdx.edu 5-8782 |
| Jan 31 | Dave Lytle Dept Zoology Oregon State U |
Flash floods, epic droughts, and the
evolutionary ecology of aquatic insects http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/lytlelab/ |
Masta smata at pdx.edu 5-8505 |
| Feb 07 | John Hayes Dept Env & Molec Tox Oregon State U |
Genomic Stability and Somatic Mutation in
Plants http://emt.oregonstate.edu/faculty/hays.htm |
Courcelle justc at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| Feb 14 | Mitchell Turker Molec & Medic Genet OHSU |
Age-related accumulation of mutations:
differences in gender and tissue types http://www.ohsu.edu/croet/faculty/turker/ |
Bartlett micb at pdx.edu 5-3858 |
| Feb 21 | Eric Forsman Dept Fish & Wildlife Oregon State U |
Barred Owls, Spotted Owls and the Northwest
Forest Plan http://outreach.forestry.oregonstate.edu/nwforestplan/bios/forsmanbio.htm |
Murphy murphym at pdx.edu 5-8734 |
| Feb 28 | Nancy Maizels Dept Immunology U of Washington |
Evolution in Real Time: Immunoglobulin Gene
Diversification http://depts.washington.edu/immunweb/faculty/profiles/maizels.html |
Courcelle justc at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| Mar
06 |
David Dalton Dept Biology Reed College |
Nitrogen fixation and oxygen toxicity in
plants http://academic.reed.edu/biology/professors/ddalton/index.html |
Rosenstiel rosensti at pdx.edu 5-4238 |
| Mar
13 |
Jose de la Torre Dept Civil & Env Eng U of Washington |
From the Deep Sea to Yellowstone Hot
Springs: Physiology, Diversity and Distribution of Ammonia-Oxidizing
Archaea http://stahl.ce.washington.edu/staff/current/jose3rd.html |
Reysenbach reysenbacha at pdx.edu 5-3864 |
| Spring Quarter |
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| Date |
Speaker |
Title | Host |
| Apr
03 |
Bryan Kolaczkowski Dept Biology U Oregon |
How do Genes Evolve? Inferring Accurate
Evolutionary Information http://evodevo.uoregon.edu/people/Kolaczkowski.html |
Fishbein mfish at pdx.edu 5-3872 |
| Apr 10 | Peter Kennedy Dept Biology Lewis & Clark College |
Mycorrhizal impacts on plant-plant
interactions http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/~bruns/people/pk.html |
Rosenstiel rosensti at pdx.edu 5-4238 |
| Apr 17 | Jo-Ann Mellish Alaska SeaLife Ctr U Alaska |
Alaska to Antarctica: adaptations in seals
and the scientists that study them http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/directory/faculty/mellish/index.html |
Buckley bbuckley at pdx.edu 5-4239 |
| Apr 24 | Joseph Needoba Env & Biomed Sys Oregon Grad Inst |
New methods for coastal biogeochemical
research: in situ sensors and coastal ocean observatories http://ogi.edu/people/dsp_person.cfm?person_id=D6DCB09E-9AD8-0F35-56E9D2AB9204AC78 |
Bartlett micb at pdx.edu 5-3858 |
| May
01 |
James Ford Dept Oncology Stanford U |
p53 and BRCA1: dualing roles in DNA repair
and apoptosis http://jamesfordlab.stanford.edu/index.html |
Courcelle justc at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| May 08 | Donald Sodora Seatlle Biomedical Research Inst |
Understanding the benign nature of SIV
infection in natural hosts http://www.sbri.org/research/sodora_bio.asp |
Courcelle justc at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| May 09* | George Poinar Bot & Plant Path Oregon State U |
Finding ancient life in amber http://oregonstate.edu/home/stories/poinar.html |
Stedman kstedman at pdx.edu 5-3253 |
| May 15 | David Jones Dept Zoology U British Columbia |
Necrophysiological determination of blood
pressure in fishes allows insights into evo-physio http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/person/jones |
Hillman hillmas at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| May 22 | Angel Islas Dept Biology Santa Clara U |
Tying Up Loose Ends: Polymerase End-Joining http://www.scu.edu/cas/biology/staffandfaculty/Angel-Islas.cfm |
Courcelle justc at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| May 23* | Rachel Whitaker Dept Microbiol U Ill Uban-Cham |
Genome dynamics in local populations of
Sulfolobus and its viruses http://www.life.uiuc.edu/micro/faculty/faculty_whitaker.htm |
Stedman kstedman at pdx.edu 5-3253 |
| May 29 | Chad Tillberg Dept Biology Linfield College |
The ecology of invasive Argentine ants in
their native and introduced range http://www.linfield.edu/bio/faculty_detail.php?id=436 |
Masta smata at pdx.edu 5-8505 |
| Jun
05 |
Tony DeTomaso Dept of Pathology Stanford U |
Allorecognition and pluripotent stem cells
in the marine tunicate, Botryllus schlosseri http://detomaso.stanford.edu/ |
Buckley bbuckley at pdx.edu 5-4239 |
