Presentation Schedule, Fall 2018
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| August 30, 2018 |
Retooling an Enzyme: Converting a Glycosidase into a Thioglycoligase
John Hanson, Professor
University of Puget Sound, Department of Chemistry
4 pm, Thompson 175
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| September 6, 2018 |
Fall Student Research Symposium
All summer science research students will present posters of their research
4 pm to 6 pm, Harned Colonnade |
| September 13, 2018 |
From the Forest to the Deep Blue Sea, Wood Shapes Animal Communities
Jenna Judge
Puget Sound Partnership
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Peter Wimberger
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September 20, 2018
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Probing Natural Products Biosynthesis with Chemical Reporters
Tony Davis, Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, San Diego
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Dan Burgard
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September 27, 2018
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Is Race Real? A Century of Asking the Wrong Question
Prof. John Jackson
James Madison College for Public Affairs and Public Policy, Michigan State University
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Kristin Johnson
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October 4, 2018
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Designing supramolecular assemblies for the molecular recognition of beta-chiral primary alcohols
Matt Minus, Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Texas at Austin
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Dan Burgard
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October 11, 2018
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Shallow Urban Lakes Increase Arsenic Exposure from Legacy ASARCO Contamination
James Gawel, Associate Professor
University of Washington Tacoma, Department of Environmental Studies
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Kena Fox-Dobbs
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October 18, 2018
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Assessment of altered lipid homeostasis in human diseases by mass spectrometry​
Libin Xu, Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Washington, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Megan Gessel
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October 25, 2018
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Snapping shrimps as a model system to explore marine biodiversity
Kristin Hultgren
Seattle University, Biology Department
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Stacey Weiss
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November 1, 2018
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The State of the Climate: 2018
Steven Neshyba and Barry Goldstein
University of Puget Sound, Departments of Chemistry and Geology
4 pm, Thompson 175
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November 8, 2018
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Cancer evolution: Lessons from Barrett’s esophagus
Thomas Paulson, Sr. Staff Scientist
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Barrett's Esophagus Program
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Leslie Saucedo
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November 15, 2018
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Chasing glaciers: life history and phenotypic changes associated with life at high elevation in western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) in Yosemite National Park
Sima Bouzid
University of Washington, Department of Biology
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Stacey Weiss
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November 22, 2018
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Thanksgiving |
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November 29, 2018
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Comprehensive identification of HIV envelope mutations that permit infection of Rhesus macaque
Jeremy Roop, Postdoctoral Fellow
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
4 pm, TH 175
Host: Leslie Saucedo
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Presentation Schedule, Spring 2019
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| January 24, 2019 |
The effects of external flow on the feeding currents of sessile microorganisms
Rachel Pepper, Associate Professor
University of Puget Sound, Department of Physics
4 pm, Thompson 175
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| January 31, 2019 |
Title TBA
Matthew F. Bush, Assistant Professor​ of Chemistry
University of Washington
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Megan Gessel
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| February 7, 2019 |
Title TBA
Amy Spivey and Kena Fox-Dobbs
University of Puget Sound
4 pm, Thompson 175
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| February 14, 2019 |
Environmental Change and Avian Life Histories: An Ecophysiological Perspective
Dan Ardia
Franklin and Marshall College
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Peter Wimberger
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| February 21, 2019 |
Conservation and Education Through Photography
Drew Collins, Founder of Made in Puget Sound
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Leslie Saucedo
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| February 28, 2019 |
Title TBA
Ben Goldfarb, Science Writer
Author of Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Peter Wimberger |
| March 7, 2019 |
Title TBA
Robert Harley
Carl W. Johnson Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
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| March 14, 2019 |
Natural salinization of the Jemez Watershed, New Mexico: an insight from trace element geochemistry
Jon Golla
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Kena Fox-Dobbs
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| March 21, 2019 |
Spring Break
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| March 28, 2019 |
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| April 4, 2019 |
Behavior in the city: Can we uncover personality traits in urban coyotes using movement ecology?
Chris Schell
University of Washington, Tacoma
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Stacey Weiss |
| April 11, 2019 |
Saving Southern Resident Killer Whales
Joe Gaydos
SeaDOC Society
4 pm, Thompson 175
Hosts: Lindsay Walker and Peter Wimberger
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| April 18, 2019 |
The Evolution and Development of Jaw Protrusion in Fishes
Dr. W. James Cooper, School of Biological Sciences
Washington State University
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Alyce DeMarais
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| April 25, 2019 |
Untangling the Interfacial Details of Biologically and Environmentally Relevant Nanoemulsions
Andrew Carpenter, PhD Candidate
University of Oregon
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Dan Burgard |
| May 2, 2019 |
Title TBA
Scott Hotaling, Postdoctoral Researcher
Washington State University
Host: Peter Wimberger
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