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Fall 2013 Schedule

Date Lecture Information

September 5

Good timing: Optimal control in fisheries biology

Carl Toews

University of Puget Sound, Math & Computer Science Department

4 pm, Thompson 175
 

Abstract

September 13

Fall Student Research Symposium

All summer science research students will present posters of their research

4 pm to 6 pm, Harned Colonnade

September 19

Retrievals of polar cloud properties from infrared radiance spectra

Penny Rowe

University of Idaho

4 pm, Thompson 175

September 26

Improving safety and preventing human error in anesthesiology practice through the application of simple technology

Andrew Bowdle P'16, Professor of Anesthesiology

University of Washington School of Medicine

4 pm, Thompson 175
Abstract

October 3

Genetic conflicts: The usual suspects and beyond

Harmit Malik

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

4 pm, Thompson 175

Abstract

October 10

Sediment loads and geomorphology of rivers draining Mount Rainier

Christopher Magirl

U.S. Geological Survey, Tacoma

4 pm, Thompson 175
 

Abstract

October 17

Under the spell of the surroundings: How environmental factors affect brain physiology, behavior and reproduction

Siddharth Ramakrishnan

University of Puget Sound, Neuroscience Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

Abstract

October 24

 

Chaos and synchrony

Lucas Illing

Reed College, Physics Department

4 pm, Thompson 175
 

Abstract

October 25

Chemistry Magic Show

Wizard Tim Hoyt

Two shows: 4 pm & 7:30 pm

Schneebeck Concert Hall

October 31

Environmentally friendly chemical industry? Sustainable synthesis of chemicals through green chemistry and catalysis

Luc Boisvert

University of Puget Sound, Chemistry Department

4 pm, Thompson 175
 

Abstract

November 7

Forty years in the desert: Looking for clues about past climate and environmental change

Barry Goldstein

University of Puget Sound, Geology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

November 14

Hormonal tango shapes seedling growth

Anahit Galstyan

University of Washington, Department of Biology

4 pm, Thompson 175

November 21

Evolutionary consequences of polyploidy: A case study in the genus Arabidopsis

Andreas Madlung

University of Puget Sound, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175
 

Abstract

November 28

Thanksgiving

December 5

The role of small molecules in regulating a methylotrophic metabolic network

N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez

University of Washington, Department of Chemical Engineering

4 pm, Thompson 175

Spring 2014 Schedule

January 23

Sawmills, sulfides and symbiosis: How an environmental legacy has resulted in novel relationships between bacteria and marine

organisms in Puget Sound

Joel Elliott

University of Puget Sound, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

January 30

The inorganic chemistry of metal phthalocyanine complexes

Laura Strausberg

University of Puget Sound, Chemistry Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 6

Adventures in genomics: A Puget Sound alum's experiences in a rapidly changing field

Doug Turnbull '01

Director, Genomics Core Facility, University of Oregon

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 13

Size, sociality, and symbiosis in the sea

Kristin Hultgren

Seattle University, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 20

Labeling neurons involved in quadrupedal stepping in mice using a viral marker

Jung Kim

University of Puget Sound, Exercise Science Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 27

A magnetic perspective on magmatic processes in the Stillwater Complex, Montana

Peter Selkin

University of Washington Tacoma, Environmental Science Department

4 pm, Thompson 175
 

Abstract

March 6

Alternation of generations as a model for evolution: A surprise from the nineteenth century

Lynn Nyhart

President, History of Science Society and Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 13

Mind, Brain, and Education

James Bernhard

University of Puget Sound, Mathematics & Computer Science Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

Abstract

March 20

Spring Break

March 27

Analysis of the functional evolutionary history of lentiviral proteins in primates

Oliver Fregoso

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 3

**Phi Sigma Symposium Keynote Speaker**
 

Bacterial quorum sensing, social cheats and a solution to Darwin's dilemma--A metabolic constraint on freeloaders in a cooperating

group of bacteria

E. Peter Greenberg

University of Washington, Department of Microbiology

5 pm (please note later start time), Thompson 175

Abstract

April 10

The fish and the battery: Mimicking nature in late 18th and early 19th-century science

Amy Fisher

University of Puget Sound, Science, Technology & Society Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 17

Genetic factors required for maintenance of the germ line in roundworm C. elegans during times of stress

Stacy Alvares

University of Washington, Biochemistry Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 24

Modern pharmaceutical development: Optimization of SX-682 for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Dean Y. Maeda

Director, Chemistry and Preclinical Development, Syntrix Biosystems

4 pm, Thompson 175

May 1

The fallacy of fairness: Rethinking the meritocracy of science

Jo Handelsman

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor and Frederick Phineas Rose Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and

Developmental Biology, Yale University

4 pm, Thompson 175

Abstract

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