BioNotes

January 28 through February 1, 2008

Monday, January 28, 1:00 pm, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Modeling evolution after genome duplication," Dr. Gavin C. Conant, University of Dublin, Ireland. Host: Dr. Hank W. Bass. Dr. Conant is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department Biological Science.

Monday, January 28, 3:30 pm, 499 DSL—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Networks and their applications to biological systems," Volkan Sevim, Computational Science and Department of Physics, FSU.

Tuesday, January 29, 9:00 am, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, Presentation of research plans, Dr. Gavin C. Conant, University of Dublin, Ireland. Host: Dr. Hank W. Bass. Dr. Conant is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department Biological Science.

Wednesday, January 30, 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "The vestibular reflexes: a sixth sense," Dr. James F. Baker, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Thursday, January 31, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "Prevening risk behaviors among rural African American youth through the Strong African American Families Program," Dr. Velma McBride Murray, University of Georgia, Athens. Host: Dr. Kathryn Rost.

Thursday, January 31, 12:15 pm, A204 PDB—HOWARD BAKER RESEARCH SEMINAR, "Vestibular reflexes and mouse models of genetic defects," Dr. James F. Baker, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. On the occasion of this seminar, A204 PDB, located in the Psychology Department's new building, will be dedicated to the speaker's father, as the Howard Baker Seminar Room.

Thursday, January 31, 4:00 pm, 228 CON—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Detecting footprints of selection in the human genome," Dr. Kent E. Holsinger, University of Connecticut, Storrs. Host: Dr. Peter Beerli.

Friday, February 1, 4:00 pm, 228 CON—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Fire, demography, and population viability in a rare Florida plant, Dicerandra frutescens," Dr. Kent E. Holsinger, University of Connecticut, Storrs. Host: Dr. Peter Beerli.

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