BioNotes

December 1 through December 5, 2008

Tuesday, December 2, 2:00 pm, 1306 MSR—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "The genetic studies of cell cycle transition in budding yeast," Hong Liu, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Advisors: Dr. Yanchang Wang and Dr. Hank W. Bass.

Thursday, December 4, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "Lessons learned from Katrina," Dr. L. Lee Hamm, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. Host: Dr. Myra M. Hurt.

Thursday, December 4, 12:00 pm, 005 DIF—HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE BROWN BAG SEMINAR, "Science quality for regulation," Dr. David Castle, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Host: Dr. Frederick R. Davis.

Thursday, December 4, 3:30 pm, 208 BIO—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE FACULTY MEETING

Friday, December 5, 9:00 am, 1306 COM—J. HERBERT TAYLOR LECTURE IN GENETICS, "Statistical analysis of microarray data—established routines and new directions," Dr. Xiangqin (Shungshin) Cui, University of Alabama, Birmingham. Host: Dr. David M. Gilbert.

Friday, December 5, 11:00 am, A113 COE—CHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, Title to be announced. Student presentations by Katie Sellgren and Shawn Austin.

Friday, December 5, 3:30 pm, 2057 KIN—INFORMAL PRESENTATION. Dr. Xiangqin (Shungshin) Cui, University of Alabama, Birmingham. Host: Dr. David M. Gilbert. Dr. Cui, this year's J. Herbert Taylor Lecturer, will brainstorm with FSU scientists about interdisciplinary approaches to bioinformatics problems and describe how they are approached at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Friday, December 5, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Inbreeding depression, purging, and the evolution of mating systems in plants," Dr. Alice A. Winn, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Host: Dr. Emily H. DuVal.

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