BioNotes

November 17 through November 21, 2008

Monday, November 17, 11:00 am, 112 KLB—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Meiotic crossover control in C. elegans," Dr. Judith L. Yanowitz, Carnegie Institution, Baltimore, Maryland. Host: Dr. James M. Fadool. Dr. Yanowitz is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department Biological Science.

Tuesday, November 18, 11:00 am, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, Presentation of research plans, Dr. Judith L. Yanowitz, Carnegie Institution, Baltimore, Maryland. Host: Dr. James M. Fadool. Dr. Yanowitz is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department Biological Science.

Thursday, November 20, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "Mental disorders in primary care," Dr. Javier I. Escobar, College of Medicine, FSU. Host: Dr. Donna Cherry.

Thursday, November 20, 2:00 pm, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "A microRNA pathway involved in CO₂ sensory circuit assembly in insects," Dr. Pelin Cayirlioglu, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California. Host: Dr. James M. Fadool. Dr. Cayirlioglu is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department Biological Science.

Thursday, November 20, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Maize genomics: new tools and complexities," Dr. Patrick S. Schnable, Iowa State University, Ames. Host: Amber N. Brown.

Thursday, November 20, 6:30 pm, 101B Mag—TALLAHASSEE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY PUBLIC LECTURE, "Globally transported African and Asian dust," Dr. Dale W. Griffin, microbiologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Tallahassee, Florida. Refreshments will be served at 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, November 20, 7:30 pm, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee—HERBERT STODDARD NATURAL HISTORY SEMINAR, "Burned to be wild: Herbert L. Stoddard and the roots of ecological conservation in the southern coastal plain," Dr. Albert Way.

Friday, November 21, 11:00 am, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, Presentation of research plans, Dr. Pelin Cayirlioglu, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California. Host: Dr. James M. Fadool. Dr. Cayirlioglu is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department Biological Science.

Friday, November 21, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Fickle females and the evolution of lekking behavior," Dr. Emily H. Duval, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

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