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See this year's seminars

Fall 2016 Schedule

September 1

Getting a 'chemist's eye' view of catalytic selectivity using classical and quantum molecular simulations

Will Pfalzgraff '10

Stanford University Department of Chemistry

4 pm, Thompson 175

September 8

Fall Student Research Symposium

All summer science research students will present posters of their research

4 pm to 6 pm, Harned Colonnade

September 15

Nitrogen cycle history in the Earth system: From planet birth to Snowball Earth

Ben Johnson '06

University of Victoria, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

4 pm, Thompson 175
 

Abstract

September 22

Sex sells: Using the evolution and biology of sex to engage non-majors in the process of science

Sehoya Cotner

University of Minnesota, Biology Teaching and Learning Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

September 29

Race, gender and disability in American engineering education: Why STEM diversity must and cannot work

Amy Slaton

Drexel University Department of History and Politics

4 pm, Thompson 175
 

Support for this seminar provided by the Dean of Students, the Bioethics Program, the STS Program, and President Emeritus Ron

Thomas

October 6

Ecological impacts of land use on wildlife in Seattle

Mark Jordan '97

Seattle University, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

October 13

What I learned in Chile about teaching, learning, and climate change

Steven Neshyba

University of Puget Sound, Chemistry Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

October 20

From ice shelf collapse to inclusiveness: The value of openness in science

Erin Pettit

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Geosciences

4 pm, Thompson 175

October 27 CANCELLED
November 3

Building unnatural proteins using enzymatic ligations

John M. Antos

Western Washington University, College of Science & Engineering

4 pm, Thompson 175

November 10

"Bdellovibrio and Ensifer and Water Bears," Oh My: Why I love all matters microbial

Mark Martin

University of Puget Sound, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

November 17

Designing nanoparticles to improve luminescent solar concentrators and to "green" photocatalysis

Andrea Munro

Pacific Lutheran University, Chemistry Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

November 24 Thanksgiving
December 1

Gut microbiota and barrier function: Using prebiotics to understand the early consequences of a high fat diet

Kristi Hamilton '06

University of Oregon, Meta Center for Systems Biology

4 pm, Thompson 175

Spring 2017 Schedule

January 19

Catfish: Hidden species, hidden senses

Jacob Egge

Pacific Lutheran University, Department of Biology

4 pm, Thompson 175

January 26

Cooperation and the origins of life

Niles Lehman

Portland State University, Department of Chemistry

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 2

Building a better mousetrap: Using T cells to treat blood cancers

Melinda Biernacki

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 9

*****SEMINAR CANCELLED*****

Understanding the adaptive immune response to malaria infection

Nicole Arroyo

University of Washington, Immunology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 16

**Jean Dreyfus Boissevain Lecture--Note different time and location**

Catalysis: A frontier at the center of chemistry

Eric Jacobsen

Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

7 pm, Schneebeck Concert Hall

February 23

Technology and seabirds: How innovative technology can influence the study of marine top predators

Emma Kelsey '10

USGS Western Ecological Research Center

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 2

Corresponding naturalists: Natural history and the letter-writing community

Janet Browne

Harvard University, History of Science Department

Author of Charles Darwin: Voyaging and Darwin: The Power of Place

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 9

Towards a more complete kinetochore: Identifying factors that enhance kinetochore-microtubule attachment

Amitabha Gupta

Post-doctoral fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 16 Spring Break
March 23

Understanding the adaptive immune response to malaria infection

Nicole Arroyo

University of Washington, Immunology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 30

Distribution and range expansion of blue crabs and their interactions with invasive green crabs

Tanya Rogers '10

Northeastern University, Marine Science Center

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 6

The ecological impact of invasive plant pathogens and how to manage them: Phytophthora, a case study

Frank Martin P '20

Plant Pathologist, Agricultural Research Service, USDA

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 13

Genetic and electrical engineering approaches to understanding plant-pollinator coevolution

Toby Bradshaw

University of Washington, Department of Biology

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 20

Geochemical studies of water and sediment in Washington

Angelica Calderon '17, Mitchell Dodo '17, Jon Golla '17, and Andrew Oberhelman '17

University of Puget Sound, Geology Department students

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 27

A bevy of biologists: Short research talks

Stacey Weiss, Bryan Thines, and Carrie Woods

University of Puget Sound, Biology Department Faculty

4 pm, Thompson 175

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