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Biology Department Seminars

Seminars will be held Tuesdays at 4:00 pm in Coker 201 unless otherwise noted below.
Refreshments will be served before seminars at 3:45 in Coker 215. Everyone is
welcome, so please join us!

Directions & Contact Info

Fall 2011 Seminars

Changes in Caribbean Reef Communities: Patterns, Causes and Mitigation
Speaker: Dr. John Bruno, UNC Chapel Hill
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Bill Kier
Coordination of Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Membrane Trafficking for Cell Shape Change and Motilty
Speaker: Stephanie Gupton, UNC, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Date and Time: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Bob Goldstein

Distinguished Seminar in Evolutionary Biology

Nature, Nurture and the Nurturers
Speaker: Michael Wade, Indiana University
Date and Time: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Joel Kingsolver

Lawrence Gilbert Distinguished Seminar in Biology

A Dual Role for Dynamin in Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis
Speaker: Sandra Schmid, Scripps Research Institute
Date and Time: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Mara Duncan
9th Annual Biology Retreat and Symposium
Speaker:
Date and Time: Monday, October 24, 2011 @ 12:00 PM
Location: Hitchcock Multipurpose Room, Stone Center
Experimental Evolution of Multicellularity
Speaker: Michael Travisano, University of Minnesota
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Christina Burch Lab
Divergent Selection and the Evolution of Reproductive Isolation in Sticklebacks
Speaker: Dr. Jenny Boughman, Department of Zoology, Michigan State University
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Maria Servedio
Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Wnt Signaling
Speaker: Raymond Habas, Temple University
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Frank Conlon

Winner of the Biology Grad Students intra-departmental speaker vote

Delving into the Devonian: Evolution and Early Plant Structure
Speaker: Pat Gensel, UNC Chapel Hill
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: BGSA Eric Earley
Polyploidy and Aneuploidy During Drosophila Tissue Remodeling
Speaker: Don Fox, Duke University
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Mark Peifer

Spring 2012 Seminars

Quantitative Imaging Faculty Search Seminar

Cytoskeletal Control of CD36 Diffusion Promotes its Receptor and Signaling Function
Speaker: Khuloud Jaqaman, Harvard Medical School
Date and Time: Monday, January 9, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Vicki Bautch

Metagenomics Faculty Search Seminar

The Molecules and Mechanisms of Microbial Interspecies Interactions
Speaker: Elizabeth Shank, Harvard University
Date and Time: Thursday, January 12, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Sarah Grant

Quantitative Imaging Faculty Search Seminar

A Speedy Service for Nucleocytoplasmic Transport
Speaker: Weidong Yang, Bowling Green State University
Date and Time: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Kevin Slep

Quantitative Imaging Faculty Search Seminar

How Can Molecular Dynamics Predict Cellular Function?
Speaker: Catherine Galbraith, NIH
Date and Time: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Bob Goldstein

Quantitative Imaging Faculty Search Seminar

Imaging Epigenetic Events Regulating Chromosome Segregation
Speaker: Paul Maddox, IRIC, University of Montreal
Date and Time: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Mara Duncan

Mangelsdorf Seminar, Chosen by the Biology Graduate Students, Co-Sponsored by NCBiotech

How does a frog egg solve geometry problems?
Speaker: Tim Mitchison, Harvard University
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Biology Graduate Students

Metagenomics Faculty Search Seminar

Daily Tracking of Human Health, Behavior, and Gut Microbiota over One Year
Speaker: Lawrence David, Harvard University
Date and Time: Thursday, February 9, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Alain Laederach

Quantitative Imaging Faculty Search Seminar

Imaging mRNA Transport To and Through the Nuclear Pore Complex
Speaker: David Grünwald, Kavli Institute of Bionanoscience
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Dorothy Erie (Department of Chemistry)

Metagenomics Faculty Search Seminar

Microbes in Honey Bee Health and Disease
Speaker: Scott Cornman, USDA-ARS Beltsville
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Karin Pfennig

Metagenomics Faculty Search Seminar

The Evolution of Diversity in the Medicago truncatula-Sinorhizobium Symbiosis
Speaker: Maren Friesen, University of Southern California (USC)
Date and Time: Thursday, February 23, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Jason Reed

Metagenomics Faculty Search Seminar

Predictive Models of Host/Microbe Interactions in Gnotobiotic Mice
Speaker: Jeremiah Faith, Washington University in St. Louis
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Jeff Dangl
Membrane protein assembly: What are the rules?
Speaker: Gunnar von Heijne, Stockholm University
Date and Time: Thursday, March 8, 2012 @ 4:00 PM, Thursday
Location: Coker 201
Host: Darrel Stafford
Once in a lifetime: control of cell fate and architecture by a Hippo signaling system
Speaker: Eric Weiss, Northwestern University
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Kerry Bloom and Pat Brennwald

Lawrence Gilbert Distinguished Seminar in Biology

Learning from Insect Brains: Explorations of a 'Simple' Olfactory System
Speaker: John Hildebrand, University of Arizona
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Larry Gilbert and Ken Lohmann
Adaptive Landscapes for RNA in vitro
Speaker: Donald Burke, University of Missouri
Date and Time: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Alain Laederach
Impacting Policy Through Noninvasive Wildlife Monitoring
Speaker: Samuel Wasser, University of Washington
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Keith Sockman
Phytochrome Nuclear Bodies and Light Signaling in Plants
Speaker: Dr. Meng Chen, Duke University
Date and Time: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Coker 201
Host: Jeff Dangl