BioNotes

February 16 through February 20, 2009

Monday, February 16, 1:00 pm, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Electron cryotomography of the bacterial cytoskeleton," Dr. Zhuo Li, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Host: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones. Dr. Li is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of Biological Science.

Monday, February 16, 7:00 pm, Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve, 261 Seventh Street, Apalachicola—APALACHICOLA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE PUBLIC LECTURE, "How new species form: studying speciation in action in the chorus frogs of the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve," Dr. Emily C. Moriarty Lemmon, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Refreshments to follow. For more information contact Megan Lamb, megan.lamb@dep.state.fl.us or 850-670-4783 x113.

Tuesday, February 17, 1:00 pm, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, Presentation of research plans, Dr. Zhuo Li, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Host: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones. Dr. Li is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of Biological Science.

Wednesday, February 18, 4:00 pm, 1003 CSL—JOINT ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR, "Investigating mineral-metal-microbe interactions with hard X-ray radiation," Dr. Kenneth M. Kemner, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.

Thursday, February 19, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR. Joel M. Moore, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, February 19, 10:00 am, 208 BIO—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "New views of the human C complex spliceosome," Dr. H. Elizabeth Stroupe, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. Host: Dr. Kenneth A. Taylor. Dr. Stroupe is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of Biological Science.

Thursday, February 19, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "PCOS is poly cystic ovary syndrome," Dr. Adelina M. Emmi, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta. Host: Dr. Michele A. Manting.

Thursday, February 19, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Darwin's abominable mystery: molecular insights into the diversification of the angiosperms," Dr. Douglas E. Soltis, University of Florida, Gainesville. Host: Dr. Austin R. Mast.

Friday, February 20, 10:00 am, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, Presentation of research plans, Dr. H. Elizabeth Stroupe, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. Host: Dr. Kenneth A. Taylor. Dr. Stroupe is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of Biological Science.

Friday, February 20, 11:00 am, A113 COE—CHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, "Tissue regeneration using human mesenchymal stem cells," Dr. Teng Ma, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FSU.

Friday, February 20, 2:00 pm, 327 OSB—BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR, "Oxygen production and consumption of sandy coastal sediments," Michael Santema, Department of Oceanography, FSU. Host: Dr. Joel E. Kostka.

Friday, February 20, 3:30 pm, 307 BIO—SEMINAR IN GENETICS: VIROLOGY, Replication, DNA virus. Andres Plata Stapper, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Friday, February 20, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Origins of species: the genetic consequences of recent and recurrent polyploidy in Tragopogon," Dr. Douglas E. Soltis, University of Florida, Gainesville. Host: Dr. Austin R. Mast.

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