BioNotes

September 21 through September 25, 2009

Monday, September 21, 2:30 pm, 307 BIO—COMPUSTAT SEMINAR, Title to be announced, Dr. Peter Beerli, Department of Scientific Computing, FSU.

Tuesday, September 22, 7:00 pm, The R. A. Gray Museum, 500 S. Bronough Street, Tallahassee—TALLAHASSEE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY GOLD MEDAL SPEAKER, "The wild, wild world of the Florida Panhandle: taking stock of an amazing cradle of life," Dr. D. Bruce Means, Coastal Plains Institute, Tallahassee, Florida. The lecture is free and open to the public. Social hour begins at 6:00 p.m. A book signing will follow the presentation. For more information, contact Frank Stephenson, (850) 644-8634, fstephenson@fsu.edu.

Wednesday, September 23, 12:00 pm, 1302 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Type I collagen and fibrosis; regulation of expression and finding a cure," Dr. Branko Stefanovic, College of Medicine, FSU.

Wednesday, September 23, 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Modeling oxidative stress in a Parkinson's disease model," Dr. Julie K. Anderson, Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California.

Thursday, September 24, 9:00 am, 2057 KIN—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Behavioral types and sexual selection in the bluefin killifish," Katie E. McGhee, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Joseph Travis.

Thursday, September 24, 9:30 am, 1058 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "H₂ production from pond scum?!," Dr. Laura R. Keller, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, September 24, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Bateman's principles, sexual selection and the measurement of mating systems in sex-role-reversed pipefish," Dr. Adam G. Jones, Texas A&M University, College Station. Hosts: Neil Aschliman and Kathleen Lotterhos.

Friday, September 25, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Postmating sexual selection and the pregnant male," Dr. Adam G. Jones, Texas A&M University, College Station. Hosts: Kathleen Lotterhos and Neil Aschliman.

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