Fall 2005
Sept 12
Meet the Faculty, Faculty Open House
Sept 19
Paul Bockenstedt - Plant Ecologist, Boonestroo Associates, Botanical Survey of Lyle-Austin Wildlife Management Area
Prairie Remnants of the Chicago Great Western Railroad, Mower County, MN, Why do the sides of railroads often sustain rare prairie plant communities?
Sept 26
Graduate Schools Information Session
Who pays for grad schools? What do grad students do all day? Masters (M.A.) vs Doctorate (Ph.D.) What are some appropriate application strategies? Do I contact the program or individual faculty members?
Oct 3
Andrew McCall - Plant Evolutionary Ecology, UC Davis
Floral herbivory and the evolution of defenses in plant reproductive tissue
Oct 10
Adam Kay Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of St. Thomas
Toward a stoichiometric framework for behavioral ecology
Oct 24
Student
Poster Session – Peter Cathcart, Rebecca Hunt, Keisha Sedlack, Elizabeth Rivers
Oct 21
Dana Garrigan, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Biology, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, ‘Ole Class of ’88
Chemical Ecology of Parnassius Butterflies in the Colorado Alpine
Oct 31
Scott McPherson, PhD, ’80 Ole, Dept. of Ophthalmology University of Minnesota
Immune privilege of the eye: the limited vision of the immune system
Nov 7
Sharon Jansa (mammal phylogeny), Curator of Mammals, Bell Museum of Natural History and Assistant Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior,
University of Minnesota
Historical Biogeography of Island Rodents:
Case Studies from the Philippines and Madagascar
Nov 14
Grant W Anderson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy,
University of Minnesota, Duluth
Thyroid Hormone and Brain Development
Nov 28
Mark McKone, Carleton
Spring 2006
Feb 13
Summer Research Info Session
Participating faculty in the Sciences and Mathematics will discuss their research plans for the summer and the opportunities that are available for students.
Feb 20
Peter Hemstad, ’81, Scientist, University of Minnesota
Developing New Wine Grape Cultivars at the Univ of Minnesota using V. riparia as a Source of Genes for Disease Resistance and Extreme Cold Hardiness
Feb 23
Biology in South India (Kyla Bauer, Sarah Beisser, Brittany Bensch, Elizabeth Berg, Dana Burtness, Emily Knutson, Kendra Olson, Kristen Roys, Jennifer Sackrison, Andrew Tompsett)
Feb 27
Biology Interim Classes: Winter Ecology, Peruvian Medical Experience
March 5
Brian Burrell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Sanford School of Medicine, The University of South Dakota
The synapse is not enough: Modulation of excitability and its' contribution to learning
March 6
Jack A. Taylor, MD, Ph.D, Carleton Alum ’77, Head, Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology Section, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,
National Institutes of Health
From Minnesota Grey Wolves to Genetic Epidemiology at NIH: A Career Random Walk from Northfield
March 13
Charles Umbanhowar Jr, Ph.D., Chair, Environmental Studies, Professor, Biology, St. Olaf
Fire, Climate, and Culture: Science and Exploration in Western Mongolia
March 20
Jill Morris, Ph.D., ’87 St. Olaf grad (Biology), Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Joint Biology and Neuroscience Seminar
The role of DISC1 in Schizophrenia
April 4
Susan Galatowitsch, Associate Professor of Restoration Ecology, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota
Riparian restoration in South African headwater systems
April 10
Ian Barbour, Emeritus Professor of Religion and Physics, Carleton College
Intelligent Design: A Scientific and Religious Critique
May 1
Biology Student Research Poster Session
May 15
Scott L. Collins, Professor, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Director, Sevilleta LTER (Long Term Ecological Research)
Precipitation pulses and vegetation dynamics in desert grasslands
