BioNotes

March 31 through April 4, 2008

Monday, March 31, 2:30 pm, 707 KEN—MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR, "Extreme muscle biology: force sensing and signal transduction: nanomechanics of intrinsically disordered elastic proteins," Dr. Kuan Hong Wang, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Host: Dr. P. Bryant Chase.

Monday, March 31, 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—SPECIAL NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR, "How time flies: the molecular architecture of memory," Dr. Thomas J. Carew, University of California, Irvine. Host: Dr. Lisa C. Lyons.

Tuesday, April 1, 9:30 am, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Extreme muscle biology: force sensing and signal transduction: superfast muscles: the broad band connection," Dr. Kuan Hong Wang, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Host: Dr. Stephan van Molnár.

Wednesday, April 2, 3:00 pm, 333 BIO—SEMINAR IN GENETICS, "Discussion of Clough et al. (2007), Histone methylation is required for oogenesis in Drosophila, Development134:157-164," Stephen Klusza, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Wednesday, April 2, 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR, "Seeing what the nose tells the brain: imaging odor coding in the awake rat," Dr. Matt Wachowiak, Boston University, Massachusetts. Host: Dr. Debra Ann Fadool.

Wednesday, April 2, 5:00 pm, 327 OSB—SPECIAL OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR, "Measuring natural isotope fractionation of mercury and iron: what does this tell us about the environmental cycling of each element?," Dr. Bridget A. Bergquist, University of Toronto, Ontario. Host: Dr. William Landing.

Thursday, April 3, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "Global pediatric AIDS: at the tipping point," Dr. Mark W. Kline, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Host: Dr. Myra M. Hurt.

Thursday, April 3, 12:15 pm, A105 PDB—HOWARD BAKER RESEARCH SEMINAR, "Neural coding strategies underlying rapid perception of odors," Dr. Matt Wachowiak, Boston University, Massachusetts. Host: Dr. Debra Ann Fadool.

Thursday, April 3, 3:30 pm, 208 BIO—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE FACULTY MEETING

Friday, April 4, 11:00 am, A113 COE—CHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, "Meeting future energy challenges with biofuels," Dr. K. C. Chen, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Friday, April 4, 11:30 am, 208 BIO—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Tree nut allergens," Pallavi D. Tawde, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Friday, April 4, 4:00 pm, 228 CON—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, None scheduled.

Friday, April 4, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE YERGER LECTURE, "Basic science, applied science, and graduate education in ecology," Dr. Joel C. Trexler, Florida International University, Miami, Florida.

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