Fall 2007
September 10
John Schade, St. Olaf College
Elements and Organisms: Biogeochemistry and Stoichiometry in Streams
September 17
Emily Schilling, University of Maine
Habitat on the brink? Assessing the Geographic Distribution and Invertebrate Biodiversity of Naturally Fishless Lakes in Maine.
September 24
Jerry Wolff, St. Cloud State University
Human Sexual Strategies on a Darwinian Paradigm
October 1
Sandy Voegeli, Gerace Research Center (San Salvador)
Living Jewels. Creating a National Park: Local Conservation Efforts on San Salvador Island
in the Bahamas.
October 4 Thursday, 4:30, SC 278
Kim Moss, Art Director, Electronic Publishing Services, Inc., New York
Scientific and Medical Illustration
Sponsored by the Marie M. Meyer Distinguished Professorship
October 8
Mara Robu, St. Olaf College
Using Zebrafish to Investigate Molecular Pathways Involved in Craniofacial Development
October 22
James Elser, Arizona State University
Biological Stoichiometry in Ecology, Evolution, and Disease
October 29
Fred Janzen, Iowa State University
The Evolutionary Ecology of Environmental Sex Determination
November 5
Liza Holeski, University Of Wisconsin
Quanitative Trait Evolution in Mimulus guttatus (Yellow Monkeyflower)
November 12
Paul Rupp, St. Olaf College
The In Vivo Study of Avian Cell Migration Using Quantitative Time-lapse Microscopy
November 19
Student Poster Presentations
Spring 2008
Feb 11
Roman Kauzlauskas, Professor, Univ. of Minnesota Biotechnology Institute
White Biotechnology
Ken Valentas, Director, Univ. of Minnesota Biotechnology Institute
Microbial Engineering Master's Program
Feb 15
Christopher Vaughan, PhD, Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology
University of Wisconsin
Conservation Strategies for an Endangered Costa Rican Scarlet Macaw Population
Feb 18
Biology in South India Student Presentation
Students who participated in this Aug-Dec 2007 study service program will share their experiences.
Feb 21
Cydney Peterson, '02 Biology Major, Racine Zoo Rhino/Giraffe Care Specialist and Animal Behavior Management Coordinator
Biology Major Alternatives: Racine Zoo Supports SOS Rhino Borneo
Feb 25
Desert Biology and Winter Ecology Student Presentation
Desert Biology: Factors affecting spatial distributions of Creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) in two desert ecosystems
Winter Ecology: MN Biological Field Station, Itasca State Park
March 3
Josh Steffen, Graduate Research Assistant, Biology Dept., University of Utah
Life after St. Olaf: Gene Expression in Plants, Dissecting Regulatory Networks Controlling Female Gametophyte Development
March 10
Brett Werner, Professor, English Department, St. Olaf College
Implications of Climate Change for Prairie Wetlands and Ducks
March 17
Cardiac Physiology (Atlanta) and Peruvian Medical Experience Student Presentation
March 31
Michael A. Walters, Ph.D., Director, Lead and Probe Discovery, ITDD (Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development), Research Associate Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota
Topic: Modern methods of drug discovery (HTS, combinatorial chemistry, etc)
April 9
Eric Schilling '99, Sr. Biomedical Systems Engineer, Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis
The intersection of physics, biology, and engineering: The life of an interdisciplinary industrial scientist
Joint Physics and Biology Seminar
Science Center Room 170
April 14
Mayo Scholars Program Student Presentation
April 21
Kent Johnson, Metropolitan Council Environmental Services, St. Paul
April 28
Honors Symposium
May 5
Cailin Orr, Visiting Instructor, Environmental Studies Department, St. Olaf
