Presentation Schedule, Fall 2016
| Sept. 1, 2016 | 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 Host: Steven Neshyba |
| Sept. 8, 2016 | Fall Student Research Symposium All summer science research students will present posters of their research 4 pm to 6 pm, Harned Colonnade |
| Sept. 15, 2016 | 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 Host: Jeff Tepper Abstract |
| Sept. 22, 2016 |
Sex sells: Using the evolution and biology of sex to engage non-majors in the process of science 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Stacey Weiss |
| Sept. 29, 2016 | 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 Host: Amy Fisher Support for this seminar provided by the Dean of Students, the Bioethics Program, the STS Program, and President Emeritus Ron Thomas |
| Oct. 6, 2016 | Ecological impacts of land use on wildlife in Seattle Mark Jordan '97 Seattle University Biology Department 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Peter Wimberger |
| Oct. 13, 2016 | What I learned in Chile about teaching, learning, and climate change Steven Neshyba University of Puget Sound Chemistry Department 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
| Oct. 20, 2016 | 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 Host: Kena Fox-Dobbs |
| Oct. 27, 2016 | The originally scheduled seminar has been cancelled. There will not be a seminar this week. |
| Nov. 3, 2016 | Building unnatural proteins using enzymatic ligations John M. Antos Western Washington University College of Science & Engineering 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Dan Burgard |
| Nov. 10, 2016 | "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 |
| Nov. 17, 2016 |
Designing nanoparticles to improve luminescent solar concentrators and to "green" photocatalysis |
| Nov. 24, 2016 | Thanksgiving |
| Dec. 1, 2016 | 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 Host: Alyce DeMarais |
Presentation Schedule, Spring 2017
| Jan. 19, 2017 | Catfish: Hidden species, hidden senses Jacob Egge Pacific Lutheran University Department of Biology 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Gregory Johnson |
| Jan. 26, 2017 | Cooperation and the origins of life Niles Lehman Portland State University Department of Chemistry 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Vanessa Koelling |
| Feb. 2, 2017 | 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 Host: Vanessa Koelling |
| Feb. 9, 2017 |
*****SEMINAR CANCELLED***** Understanding the adaptive immune response to malaria infection 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
| Feb. 16, 2017 |
**Jean Dreyfus Boissevain Lecture--Note different time and location** Catalysis: A frontier at the center of chemistry |
| Feb. 23, 2017 | 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 Hosts: Kena Fox-Dobbs and Peter Wimberger |
| March 2, 2017 | 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 Host: Kristin Johnson |
| March 9, 2017 |
Towards a more complete kinetochore: Identifying factors that enhance kinetochore-microtubule attachment Host: Leslie Saucedo |
| March 16, 2017 | Spring Break |
| March 23, 2017 |
Understanding the adaptive immune response to malaria infection 4 pm, Thompson 175 |
| March 30, 2017 | 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 Host: Joel Elliott |
| April 6, 2017 |
The ecological impact of invasive plant pathogens and how to manage them: Phytophthora, a case study |
| April 13, 2017 | Genetic and electrical engineering approaches to understanding plant-pollinator coevolution Toby Bradshaw University of Washington Department of Biology 4 pm, Thompson 175 Host: Vanessa Koelling |
| April 20, 2017 | 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 Host: Jeff Tepper |
| April 27, 2017 |
A bevy of biologists: Short research talks Stacey Weiss, Bryan Thines, and Carrie Woods |