BioNotes

March 17 through March 21, 2008

Monday, March 17, 11:00 am, 327 OSB—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Exploration, characterization, and genetic connectivity of deep-sea extreme environment ecosystems," Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Host: Dr. Markus Huettel. Dr. Baco-Taylor is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of Oceanography.

Monday, March 17, 11:15 am, 208 BIO—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE "TOWN MEETING", Meeting with Biological Science faculty, Dr. Betty Jean Gaffney, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Dr. Gaffney is a candidate for the chairmanship of Biological Science.

Monday, March 17, 12:15 pm, 208 BIO—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE "TOWN MEETING", Meeting with Biological Science staff, graduate students, and postdoctoral associates, Dr. Betty Jean Gaffney, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Dr. Gaffney is a candidate for the chairmanship of Biological Science.

Monday, March 17, 1:30 pm, A113 COE—CHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, "Nanostructured silicon as a biomedical material," Dr. Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Cheng is a candidate for a faculty position in Materials Research and Technology.

Tuesday, March 18, 10:30 am, 208 BIO—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE "TOWN MEETING", Meeting with Biological Science faculty, Dr. George Bates, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Dr. Bates is a candidate for the chairmanship of Biological Science.

Tuesday, March 18, 11:30 am, 208 BIO—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE "TOWN MEETING", Meeting with Biological Science staff, graduate students, and postdoctoral associates, Dr. George Bates, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Dr. Bates is a candidate for the chairmanship of Biological Science.

Tuesday, March 18, 2:30 pm, 707 KEN—MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR, "Engineering nanodevices for controlled drug delivery and proteomic analysis," Dr. Mark Ming-Cheng Cheng, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Cheng is a candidate for a faculty position in Materials Research and Technology.

Wednesday, March 19, 1:30 pm, 499 DSL—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Structural characterizations of integral membrane proteins: the nexus of solution and solid state NMR spectroscopy," Richard C. Page, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Timothy A. Cross.

Wednesday, March 19, 3:00 pm, 333 BIO—SEMINAR IN GENETICS, "Discussion of Chen et al., 2008, In vivo analysis of Drosophila SU(Z)12 function, Mol. Genet. Genomics, 279:159-170.," Joseph Foglio, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, March 20, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, None scheduled. Match Day.

Thursday, March 20, 1:00 pm, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Mom, it's all your fault: maternal transfer of contaminants in San Francisco estuary striped bass," Dr. David J. Ostrach, University of California, Davis.

Thursday, March 20, 2:30 pm, 707 KEN—MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR, "Directed and tunable electrostatic assembly of membrane proteins," Dr. Hongjun Liang, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Thursday, March 20, 3:45 pm, 101 UPL—LANNUTTI MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES, "Neutrinos get under your skin," Dr. Boris Kayser, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois. Host: Dr. Penny J. Gilmer.

Thursday, March 20, 4:00 pm, 228 CON—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Population genetic calculations that do not fit on the back of an envelope," Dr. Peter Beerli, FSU. Host: Dr. David Houle.

Friday, March 21 – Saturday, March 22, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, 204 LON—HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE WERKMEISTER WORKSHOP, "Do the history of science and the philosophy of science have anything to say to each other?." Fourteen speakers will address various aspects of the topic.

Friday, March 21, 11:00 am, A113 COE—CHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, "Quantum electron transport in toroidal carbon nanotubes," Dr. Mark Jack, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee.

Friday, March 21, 4:00 pm, 228 CON—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "The genetic architecture of introgression and reproductive isolation in Louisiana irises," Dr. Michael Arnold, University of Georgia, Athens. Host: Nicole D. Fogarty.

Friday, March 21, 7:00 pm, FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory Auditorium, St. Teresa, Florida—COASTAL AND MARINE CONSERVATION LECTURE, "Ecological forecasting of intertidal ecosystems: triaging the train wreck of climate change," Dr. Brian Helmuth, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Host: Dr. Laura Petes. Refreshments will be provided. Contact Dr. Petes by 20 March to arrange for transportation to the laboratory.

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