Presentation Schedule, Fall 2015
Sept. 3, 2015 |
Antioxidants: Suddenly a foe once you have cancer Leslie Saucedo University of Puget Sound Biology Department 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
Sept. 10, 2015 |
Fall Student Research Symposium |
Sept. 17, 2015 |
Land, livelihood, and legacy: Community-based conservation and natural resource management--Lessons from a year of study and international travel as a 2014 Watson Fellow Kelsey Crutchfield-Peters '14 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
Sept. 24, 2015 |
How to build a mouse muscle in 3 easy steps: Functional divergence of myogenic transcription factors Melissa Conerly Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
Oct. 1, 2015 |
Applying evolutionary ecology to real-world problems Megan Van Etten University of Michigan Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Vanessa Koelling |
Oct. 8, 2015 |
Larkspurs in the wake of the flood: Origin and diversification of an endangered PNW wildflower Keith Karoly Reed College Biology Department 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Vanessa Koelling |
Oct. 15, 2015 |
Extensive antibody mutations and the road to HIV vaccine discovery Mesfin Mulugeta Gewe Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
Oct. 22, 2015 |
Larval biology of organisms from deep-sea cold seeps and hydrothermal vents Shawn Arellano Western Washington University Shannon Point Marine Center 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Kena Fox-Dobbs |
Oct. 29, 2015 |
Ion mobility mass spectrometry: New instrumentation and applications to structural biology Matthew Bush University of Washington Department of Chemistry 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Megan Gessel |
Nov. 5, 2015 |
Does mate choice speed adaptation in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster? Devin Arbuthnott University of Washington Department of Pathology 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
Nov. 12, 2015 |
Discovery of novel per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) in aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) and AFFF-impacted groundwater Krista Barzen-Hanson Oregon State University Chemistry Department 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Dan Burgard |
Nov. 19, 2015 |
Mercury cycling in Pacific Northwest forests Abir Biswas Biogeochemist, The Evergreen State College 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Kena Fox-Dobbs |
Nov. 26, 2015 | Thanksgiving |
Dec. 3, 2015 |
Blue whales: Great size, tiny prey Louise McGarry Cornell University Ocean Resources & Ecosystems Program 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
Presentation Schedule, Spring 2016
Jan. 21, 2016 |
Get stressed! Protein degradation in plant responses to the environment University of Puget Sound Biology Department 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
Jan. 28, 2016 |
Coupled vibrations in musical drumheads: Experimental and numerical methods University of Puget Sound Physics Department 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
Feb. 4, 2016 |
Chemical and biological sensing using liquid crystals 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
Feb. 11, 2016 |
Aging brains and lifestyle choices: From humans to bumblebees University of Puget Sound Biology Department 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
Feb. 18, 2016 |
Aneuploidy and adaptation in yeast University of Washington Genome Science Department 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Rachel Pepper |
Feb. 25, 2016 |
Methods promoting forest recovery by accelerating ecological succession Western Washington University Huxley College of the Environment 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Leslie Saucedo |
March 3, 2016 |
Gene regulation in Borrelia burgdorferi, the tick-borne agent of Lyme disease Scott Samuels University of Montana Division of Biological Sciences 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
March 10, 2016 |
The Visioneers: How a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future Patrick McCray University of California Santa Barbara History Department 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Kristin Johnson |
March 17, 2016 | Spring Break |
March 24, 2016 |
Accretion of the Olympic Mountains and the Eocene transformation of Washington geology 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
March 31, 2016 |
Exploring the molecular mechanisms that allow plants to interpret light signals and alter their development University of Puget Sound Biology Department 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
April 7, 2016 |
Sex, stress, and plastics: How the brain responds to chemicals in the environment Siddharth Ramakrishnan University of Puget Sound Biology and Neuroscience Departments 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
April 14, 2016 |
The maintenance of an ecologically relevant trait in nature: Herbicide resistance in the common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea University of Michigan Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Vanessa Koelling |
April 21, 2016 |
Investigating metacognition and learning: Implications for teachers and students Amy Siegesmund Pacific Lutheran University Biology Department 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Gregory Johnson |
April 28, 2016 |
Building a brain with stem cells: TAF lessons from fruit flies Postdoc, Eisenman Lab, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Leslie Saucedo |