Biology Seminars
The School of Biology hosts a weekly seminar series that covers research across the breadth of the biological sciences. All students and faculty are invited to attend. Seminars take place on Thursday at 11:00 AM in Cherry Emerson 320, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
For speaker and topic suggestions, please contact, Joshua Weitz < >. If you have questions about logistics or would like to set up an appointment with a speaker, please contact Lisa Tuttle <>.
We are grateful to SOB faculty/staff, our alumnae and VWR International (www.vwrsp.com) for their donations in support of our seminar program.
Spring 2009 School of Biology Seminar Schedule
Date |
Seminar Information |
1/15 |
Todd Sulchek ::
Georgia Institute of Technology Title: "Pathogen mimetics to better understand the kinetics of phagocytosis" |
1/22 |
Robert Steneck ::
University of Maine Title: "Accelerating booms and busts: The loss of resilience in the world’s coastal ecosystems" |
1/29 |
Elizabeth Wright :: Emory University Title: "Cryo-electron tomography: Providing new insights into bacterial & viral ultrastructure" |
2/5 |
Michael Desai :: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Title: "Natural selection and the shape of diversity in asexual populations" |
2/13 |
Dmitry Gordenin :: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Title: "Genome-Wide and Localized Damage Induced Hypermutability" |
2/19 |
TBA |
2/25 |
Harry Swinney :: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN Title: "Deadly competition between bacterial colonies" |
3/5 |
E. Fidelma Boyd :: University of Delaware Title: "Pathogenicity islands and Vibrio cholerae virulence" |
3/12 |
Valerie Odero-Marah :: Clark Atlanta University Title: "Snail Transcription Factor Regulates Reactive Oxygen Species Signaling in Human Prostate Cancer Cells" |
3/19 |
Spring Break |
3/26 |
Max Cooper :: Emory University Title: "Convergent Evolution of Adaptive Immunity" |
4/3 |
Alan Covich :: University of Georgia Title: "Effects of Extreme Droughts on Biodiversity and Freshwater Ecosystem Services" |
4/9 |
Peter Gogarten :: University of Connecticut Title: "Phylogenetics in light of gene transfer" |
4/16 |
No seminar schedule due to Suddath Symposium The Future Direction of Biosciences & Bioengineering Research |
4/23 |
Megan Cole :: MIT Title: Dissecting the Transcriptional Regulatory Circuitry of Embryonic Stem Cells |
Biology-related Seminars
Center for Environmental Systems Microbiology
Center for the Study of Systems Biology
Mathematical Biology & Ecology Seminar
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience Events
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquia