Biology Department Seminars and Events
The biology department hosts weekly seminars on Mondays at 4:00pm in Regents Hall 310 unless otherwise noted.
Fall 2009
Monday, Sept 14
Kevin Crisp, Ph.D., Department of Biology, St. Olaf College
Cellular and Behavioral Properties of Learning in the Leech
Monday, Sept 21
Jay Demas, Ph.D., Department of Physics, St. Olaf College
Amniotes Wave and Amphibians Look: Retinal Activity and the Wiring of Visual Circuits
Joint Biology, Physics and Neuroscience Seminar
Monday, Sept 28
Jodi Enos-Berlage, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Luther College
Investigating the Role of Calcium in Bacteria
Joint Biology and Chemistry Seminar
Monday, Oct 5
Robert Askins, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Connecticut College
Conservation of Birds of Early Successional Habitats
Joint Biology and Environmental Studies Seminar
Monday, Oct 12
Thomas Eddinger, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University
Smooth Muscle Contraction: Who are the Players and What are the Rules?
Monday, Oct 19
John Pastor, Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth
Using Mathematics to Think Clearly about Sustainable Harvesting of Natural Resources
Joint Biology, Environmental Studies and MSCS Seminar
Monday, Nov 2
Dan Hernandez, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Carleton College
Cars, Cows, and Carbon Cycling: Effects of Grazing and Nitrogen Deposition in Serpentine Grasslands
Joint Biology and Environmental Studies Seminar
Monday, Nov 9
Raka Mitra, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Carleton College
The Bacterial Wilt Disease of Plants – Getting to the Root of the Problem
Monday, Nov 16
Steve Carpenter, Ph.D., Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Early Warnings of Big Changes in Ecosystems
Joint Biology and Environmental Studies Seminar
Regents Hall 150
Monday, Nov 23
Karla Marz, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Gustavus Adolphus College
Cryptochromes and the Circadian Clock
Joint Biology, Chemistry and Neuroscience Seminar
Monday, Nov 30
Jennifer Bankers-Fulbright, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Augsburg College
Search and Destroy: How Your Immune System Finds and Kills Microbes
Monday, Dec 7
Michael Reagan, Ph.D., Department of Biology, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
The Effect of DNA Ethylation Damage on RNA Polymerase II Transcription in a Eukaryotic cell
Joint Biology and Chemistry Seminar
Friday, Dec 11, 3:00pm
Student Poster Session
Past Seminars and Events
2008-2009 Seminars
2007-2008 Seminars
2006-2007 Seminars
2005-2006 Seminars
