BioNotes

September 14 through September 18, 2009

Monday, September 14, 11:00 am, A204 PDB—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Chemosensory processing in the medial amygdala," Chad L. Samuelsen, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Michael Meredith.

Monday, September 14, 2:30 pm, 307 BIO—COMPUSTAT SEMINAR, "Bistability: discussion of 'Early-warning signals for critical transitions' (Nature 461, 3 September 2009)," Tyrone Ryba, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Wednesday, September 16, 12:00 pm, 1302 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Solid state NMR structural investigations of β-amyloid fibrils and designer self-asssembled protein nanofibers," Dr. Anant K. Paravastu, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FSU.

Thursday, September 17, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "SUMO E3 ligase HIGH PLOIDY2 regulates endocycle onset and meristem maintenance in Arabidopsis," Dr. Kathryn M. Jones, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, September 17, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "What a lawyer can teach a doctor about professionalism," Dr. Lawrence S. Krieger, College of Law, FSU. Host: Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith.

Thursday, September 17, 12:30 pm, 1003 CSL—ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY SEMINAR, "Why characterizing the size distribution is good for you: biosynthesis-structure-property relations for polysaccharides and control of diabetes and obesity," Dr. Robert G. Gilbert, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Thursday, September 17, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Building biological communities with evolution," Dr. Mark A. McPeek, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire. Host: Casey terHorst.

Friday, September 18, 10:30 am, B331 MAG—ELECTRON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SEMINAR, "EPR applications in structural biology: examples in muscle and HIV envelope proteins," Dr. Likai Song, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Host: Dr. Stephen Hill. Dr. Song is a candidate for a Scholar Scientist position in the FSU EMR group.

Friday, September 18, 11:00 am, 214 Humphries Science Research Center, Florida A&M University, 1515 S. Martin Luther King Blvd.—CONSORTIUM OF OCEAN LEADERSHIP DISTINGUISHED LECTURE, "A Cenozoic history of atmospheric carbon dioxide," Dr. Mark Pagani, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Friday, September 18, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Glaciers, sex, and ecological drift," Dr. Mark A. McPeek, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire. Host: Casey terHorst.

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