BioNotes

April 6 through April 10, 2009

Tuesday, April 7, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—COMPUSTAT SEMINAR, "Potential CompuStat collaborations in adaptation theory and the evolution of viruses," Dr. Darin R. Rokyta, Department of Biological Science, FSU. The FSU CompuStat Seminar Series is intended to foster interactions and collaborations among faculty and students in the FSU Departments of Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Scientific Computing, Biological Science, and Chemistry and the FSU College of Medicine. The seminars are open to anyone.

Tuesday, April 7, 11:00 am, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "NSF funding opportunities in the biological sciences," Dr. Samuel M. Scheiner, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia. Host: Dr. Alice A. Winn.

Tuesday, April 7, 4:00 pm, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Do ecologists have GUTs?," Dr. Samuel M. Scheiner, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia. Host: Dr. Alice A. Winn.

Wednesday, April 8, 10:00 am, 2057 KIN—THESIS DEFENSE, "Bite-force generation and feeding biomechanics in the loggerhead musk turtle, Sternotherus minor: implications for the ontogeny of performance," Joseph B. Pfaller, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Gregory M. Erickson.

Wednesday, April 8, 12:00 pm, 1302 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE SEMINAR, "ATM and Cernunnos/XLF in DNA repair, lymphocyte development, and tumorigenesis," Dr. Shan Zha, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Zha is a candidate for a faculty position in the FSU College of Medicine.

Wednesday, April 8, 3:30 pm, 499 DSL—SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR, "Global sensitivity and uncertainty analyses of a spatially distributed biogeochemical model of south Florida peat marsh wetlands," Dr. R. Munoz-Carpena, University of Florida, Gainesville.

Thursday, April 9, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "The DOF transcription factor OBP1 is involved in cell cycle regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana," Amber Brown, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, April 9, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "Students' ethical duties in ensuring patient-centered care and the role of the hospital ethics committee." Becky McGilligan and Dr. Jeffery P. Spike, College of Medicine, FSU. Host: Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith.

Thursday, April 9, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Genetic architecture, molecular evolution and biodiversification," Dr. Gavin J. P. Naylor, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Host: Dr. Hank W. Bass.

Thursday, April 9, 7:00 pm, FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory Auditorium, St. Teresa, Florida—COASTAL AND MARINE CONSERVATION LECTURE, "Consumers rule: predator primacy in shallow benthic ecosystems," Dr. Kenneth L. Heck, Jr., Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama. Refreshments will be provided.

Friday, April 10, 11:00 am, A113 COE—CHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR "Crystallization behavior of different branching architectures of model long chain branch polyehtylene samples," Madhavi Vadlamudi; "Osteoinductive effects of hydroxyapatite-chitosan-gelatin hydrogel on human mesenchymal stem cells," Kimberly L. Thompson; "Computational electro-hydrodynamics of complex fluids under confinement," Petr Hotmar, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FSU.

Friday, April 10, 2:00 pm, 327 OSB—BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR, Title to be announced, Andy Canion and Amanda Tazaz, Department of Oceanography, FSU.

Friday, April 10, 3:30 pm, 307 BIO—SEMINAR IN GENETICS: VIROLOGY, Vaccines. Rachael N. Kenworthy, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Friday, April 10, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Mobile herbivores, fire, and landscape change in savannas," Dr. Ricardo M. Holdo, University of Florida, Gainesville. Host: Tania Kim.

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