BioNotes

April 13 through April 17, 2009

Monday, April 13, 4:00 pm, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE SEMINAR, "Are birds really dinosaurs?," Dr. Frances C. James, Department of Biological Science, FSU. This special seminar will last only 30 minutes, and plenty of time will be allowed afterward for discussion.

Monday, April 13, 4:00 pm, 1003 CSL—PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY SEMINAR, "What happens to different materials when their size is reduced to the nano-meter scale? Some interesting new properties and potential applications," Dr. Mostafa El-Sayed, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.

Tuesday, April 14, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—COMPUSTAT SEMINAR, "Automated imaging of the positions of genome segments within the cell nucleus—an example of a collaboration between undergraduate students in Computer Science and Biological Science." Ty Sereyvathana, Department of Computer Science, FSU, and James Shirley, 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.

Wednesday, April 15, 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Genetic manipulations in the fruit fly fight club: sex and war in a single gene and other stories," Dr. Edward Kravitz, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Hosts: Kyle Gobrogge and Dr. Zuoxin Wang.

Thursday, April 16, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Genetic control of meiosis in wheat: the effect of the Ph1 locus on chromosome pairing and segregation," Shaun P. Murphy, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, April 16, 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "SUN proteins in eukaryotes anchored within the inner membrane of the nuclear envelope that function to position nuclei play a significant role in meiotic chromosome behavior," Shaun P. Murphy, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, April 16, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "Mental health issues for children from low income urban backgrounds," Dr. Mary E. Evans, University of South Florida, Tampa. Host: Dr. Kimberly Driscoll.

Thursday, April 16, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Evolutionary histories of host defense: insights from DNA sequence data," Dr. Peter Tiffin, University of Minnesota, St. Paul. Host: Dr. Nora Underwood.

Thursday, April 16, 7:00 pm, Moore Auditorium, FSU—SPECIAL MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT SEMINAR, "Topology and data: a new way of handling large and complex sets of data," Dr. Gunnar Carlsson, Stanford University, Stanford, California. A wine and cheese reception will follow.

Friday, April 17, 2:00 pm, 327 OSB—BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR, "Beyond the body count: the ecological role of tiger sharks in a pristine seagrass ecosystem," Dr. Michael R. Heithaus, Florida International University, Miami, Florida. Host: Dr. Joel E. Kostka.

Friday, April 17, 3:35 pm, 101 LOV—SPECIAL MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT SEMINAR, "2009 FSU Mathematics Lecture," Dr. Gunnar Carlsson, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Friday, April 17, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Direct and indirect effects of elevated CO₂ on evolutionary trajectories," Dr. Peter Tiffin, University of Minnesota, St. Paul. Host: Dr. Nora Underwood.

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