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Fall 2019 Schedule

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Lecture Information

September 5

Cognitive Bias in Domestic Dogs and Horses (abstract)

Robin Foster, PhD, Research Professor

University of Puget Sound, Department of Psychology

4 p.m., Thompson 175

September 12

Fall Student Research Symposium

All summer science research students will present posters of their research

4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Harned Colonnade

September 19

Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of New Drugs for African Sleeping Sickness

Dr. Amy Dounay, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Colorado College, Department of Chemistry

4 p.m., Thompson 175

September 26

Biology can do that?! How little microbes can have a big impact on national security

Alex Titus, Head of Biotechnology

United States Department of Defense

4 p.m., Thompson 175

October 3

Rapid evolution of HIV drug resistance through time and space

Alison Feder, Miller Postdoctoral Fellow

University of California Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology

4 p.m., Thompson 175

October 10

Domestication of Bacteria by Maple Aphids

Marie Bunker, Research Technician

University of Puget Sound, Department of Biology

4 p.m., Thompson 175

October 17

Setting temporal baselines for benthic resources using Conservation Paleobiology

Julieta Martinelli, Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

4 p.m., Thompson 175

October 24

Seeing without eyes: Functional evolution of the light receptor phytochrome

Andreas Madlung, Professor

University of Puget Sound, Department of Biology

4 p.m., Thompson 175

October 31

The deer of the U.S. Virgin Islands: A case study in environmental resiliency

Suzanne Nelson, Fish and Wildlife Biologist

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

4 p.m., Thompson 175

November 7

Primary succession and plant sex influence ecosystem function in streams of Mount St. Helens

Carri LeRoy, Professor

Evergreen State College, Freshwater Ecology Lab

4 p.m., Thompson 175

November 14

A Sticky Situation: the mechanisms maintaining a trichome dimorphism in nature

Jay Goldberg ('13), PhD Candidate

University of Indiana

4 p.m., Thompson 175

November 21

Flow sensing in predator-prey interactions (abstract)

Daisuke Takagi, Associate Professor

University of Hawaii, Department of Mathematics

4 p.m., Thompson 175

November 28 Thanksgiving
December 5

State of the Climate Series: Climate Dissonance

Peter Hodum and Kristin Johnson, Professors

University of Puget Sound, Departments of Biology, EPDM and Science, Technology, and Society

4 p.m., Thompson 175

Spring 2020 Schedule

January 23

State of the Climate Lecture Series: Atmosphere and Cryosphere

Steven Neshyba and Barry Goldstein, Professors

University of Puget Sound, Departments of Chemistry and Geology

4 pm, Thompson 175

January 30

Tuning Selectivity for Supramolecular Hydrochalcogenide Anion Binding

Hazel Fargher, Graduate Student

University of Oregon

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 6

Scanning Probe Microscopy: A versatile tool for electrical, mechanical and magnetic measurements (abstract)

Katherine Aidala, Professor

Mt. Holyoke College, Department of Physics

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 13

State of the Climate Series: Resilience, Restoration, and Roasting: It's not just your coffee that's in danger

Ellen Moore, Senior Lecturer in Communication

University of Washington Tacoma

Carrie Woods, Assistant Professor

University of Puget Sound, Department of Biology

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 20

Polar bears and climate change: new research in the Chukchi Sea

Dr. Eric Regehr, Principal Quantitative Ecologist

University of Washington, Polar Science Center

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 27

Implications of deoxygenation and acidification for deep sea urchins in southern California

Dr. Kirk Sato, Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 5

CANCELED: Developing a drug from a small grant to clinical trials

Richard Gandour, Professor

Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Department of Chemistry

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 12

CANCELED: Influencing rumen microbial communities to improve bovine milk production efficiency

Madison Cox (Class of 2015), Graduate Student

University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Microbiology

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 19 Spring Break
March 26

CANCELED: From American Eugenics to Genetic Medicine & Human Enhancement: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives

(Part of a series of events associated with the ‘History of Eugenics at Puget Sound and Beyond’ March 28. Visit www.pugetsound.edu/history-of-eugenics for more info)

Kristin Johnson and Justin Tiehen, Professors

University of Puget Sound, Departments of Science, Technology, & Society and Philosophy, respectively

April 2

CANCELED

Caitlin Latimer, MD, PhD

University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Pathology

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 9

CANCELED

Dr. Megan Friesen, Assistant Professor

St. Martin's University, Department of Biology

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 16

CANCELED

Corinne Heyning Laverty,

Research Fellow at the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County and Author of North America's Galapagos: The Historical Channel Islands

Biological Survey

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 23

CANCELED: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Strategies for Understanding Nanoparticle Surface Interactions

Leah Casabianca, Assistant Professor

Clemson University, Department of Chemistry

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 30

CANCELED: The Role of Conformational Dynamics in Shear-Enhanced FimH-mediated Bacterial Adhesion

Dr. Pearl Magala, Postdoctoral Fellow, Klevit Laboratory

University of Washington, Department of Biochemistry

4 pm, Thompson 175

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