BioNotes

February 25 through February 29, 2008

Monday, February 25, 1:00 pm, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "The vertebrate centromere: what evolution tells us about this genomic 'black hole'," Dr. Rachel J. O'Neill, University of Connecticut, Storrs. Host: Dr. James M. Fadool. Dr. O'Neill is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department Biological Science.

Monday, February 25, 2:30 pm, 707 KEN—MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR, "Single-molecule and local studies of mechanical (un)folding of proteins: enzymatic catalysis and water structure at solid surfaces," Dr. Robert Szoszkiewicz, Columbia University, New York, New York. Dr. Szoszkiewicz is a candidate for a faculty position in FSU's Integrative NanoScience Institute.

Tuesday, February 26, 9:30 am, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, Presentation of research plans, Dr. Rachel J. O'Neill, University of Connecticut, Storrs. Host: Dr. James M. Fadool. Dr. O'Neill is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department Biological Science.

Tuesday, February 26, 2:00 pm, 707 KEN—MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR, "Quantitative insight into biologial or bio-mimicked systems via single-molecule and local studies," Dr. Robert Szoszkiewicz, Columbia University, New York, New York. Dr. Szoszkiewicz is a candidate for a faculty position in FSU's Integrative NanoScience Institute.

Wednesday, February 27, 3:00 pm, 333 BIO—SEMINAR IN GENETICS, "Discussion of Jin et al., 2007, Simultaneous mutation of methylated lysine residues in histone H3 causes enhanced gene silencing, cell cycle defects, and cell lethality in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mol. Cell. Biol. 27:6832–6841," John M. Robida, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Wednesday, February 27, 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Developmental song learning in the zebra finch: from sensory development to cultural evolution," Dr. Ofer Tchernichovski, City College of New York, New York.

Thursday, February 28, 11:00 am, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "How Sinorhizobium meliloti and its plant hosts cooperate to establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis," Dr. Kathryn M. Jones, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Host: Dr. Peter Beerli. Dr. Jones is a candidate for a microbiology faculty position in the Department of Biological Science.

Thursday, February 28, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, None scheduled. Spring college faculty meeting.

Thursday, February 28, 12:15 pm, A105 PDB—HOWARD BAKER RESEACH SEMINAR, "Developmental song learning in the zebra finch: methods and rationale," Dr. Ofer Tchernichovski, City College of New York, New York.

Thursday, February 28, 12:50 pm, 214 HTL—ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY SEMINAR, "The design and characterization of new polyers for drug delivery," Dr. Kevin Sill, Intezyne Technologies, Tampa, Florida.

Thursday, February 28, 3:45 pm, 101 UPL—PHYSICS DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM, "E. coli's division decision: modeling Min-protein oscillations," Dr. Ned S. Wingreen, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Refreshments will be served at 3:15 pm.

Thursday, February 28, 4:00 pm, 228 CON—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Predator identity determines ecosystem function," Dr. Oswald J. Schmitz, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Host: Dr. Thomas E. Miller.

Friday, February 29, 11:00 am, A113 COE—CHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, "Cold War biogeochemistry: nuclear legacy waste in the subsurface of U.S. DOE sites," Dr. Joel E. Kostka, Department of Oceanography, FSU.

Friday, February 29, 11:15 am, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, Presentation of research plans, Dr. Kathryn M. Jones, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Host: Dr. Peter Beerli. Dr. Jones is a candidate for a microbiology faculty position in the Department of Biological Science.

Friday, February 29, 3:00 pm, B101 MAG—CONDENSED MATTER SCIENCE SEMINAR, "Modeling adaptation in E. coli chemotaxis: precise, robust, and optimized," Dr. Ned S. Wingreen, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

Friday, February 29, 4:00 pm, 228 CON—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Predator diversity and trophic interactions," Dr. Oswald J. Schmitz, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Host: Dr. Thomas E. Miller.

Saturday, March 1, 8:30 pm, Mission San Luis Visitor Center, Mission Road, Tallahassee—HISTORIAL HAPPENINGS AT MISSION SAN LUIS, "From yaupon holly to basil: what we grow at Mission San Luis and why," Alvis Neville, certified Master Gardener, and members of the Mission San Luis staff. The presentation will describe the gardens and crops grown by the Apalachee and Spanish residents of this 17th-century mission. For more information, call (850) 487-3711.

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