BioNotes

February 11 through February 15, 2008

Monday, February 11, 1:00 pm, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "The multilayered epigenetic environment of the mammalian X-chromosome," Dr. Michael J. O'Neill, University of Connecticut, Storrs. Host: Dr. Nora Underwood. Dr. O'Neill is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department Biological Science.

Tuesday, February 12, 9:30 am, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, Presentation of research plans, Dr. Michael J. O'Neill, University of Connecticut, Storrs. Host: Dr. Nora Underwood. Dr. O'Neill is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department Biological Science.

Thursday, February 14, 11:00 am, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Predataxis behavior in Myxococcus xanthus," Dr. James E. (Jeb) Berleman, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Host: Dr. Robert H. Reeves. Dr. Berleman is a candidate for a microbiology faculty position in the Department of Biological Science.

Thursday, February 14, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "Postural tachycardia syndrome," Dr. Michael Joyner, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Host: Dr. Michael Overton.

Thursday, February 14, 2:30 pm, 112 KLB—MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR, "Polymeric devices for targeting and capturing cancer cells," Dr. Seungpyo Hong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Thursday, February 14, 4:00 pm, 228 CON—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Hepatitis C virus regulation of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor," Dr. Stanley M. Lemon, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. Host: Dr. Hengli Tang.

Thursday, February 14, 5:00 pm, 327 OSB—SPECIAL OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR, "Dead carbon: a tripod approach to balancing sources and sinks below the photic zone," Dr. Ian MacDonald, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi. Host: Dr. Jeffrey Chanton. Dr. MacDonald is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of Oceanography.

Thursday, February 14, 7:00 pm, FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory, St. Teresa, Florida—COASTAL AND MARINE CONSERVATION LECTURE, "Coastal ecosystems: windows into ecological consequences of global warming?," Dr. Bruce A. Menge, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Host: Dr. Laura Petes. Refreshments will be provided. Contact Dr. Petes by 13 February to arrange for transportation to the laboratory.

Friday, February 15, 11:00 am, A113 COE—CHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, "Manipulating liquid crystalline phases in the lipid bilayer," Dr. Linda Hirst, Department of Physics, FSU.

Friday, February 15, 11:00 am, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Presentation of research plans: molecular mechanisms of predation in Myxococcus xanthus," Dr. James E. (Jeb) Berleman, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Host: Dr. Robert H. Reeves. Dr. Berleman is a candidate for a microbiology faculty position in the Department of Biological Science.

Friday, February 15, 4:00 pm, 228 CON—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Experimental metaecosystem ecology: test of a conceptual model in rocky intertidal communities," Dr. Bruce A. Menge, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Host: Dr. Laura Petes.

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