BioNotes

October 26 through October 30, 2009

Monday, October 26, 1:15 pm, 499 DSL—SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR, "Methodological problems in facial reconstruction," Dr. Ivett Kõvári, Ottó Herman Múzeum, Miskolc, Hungary. Host: Dr. Dennis E. Slice.

Monday, October 26, 2:30 pm, 307 BIO—COMPUSTAT SEMINAR, "Snake venom genomics," Dr. Darin R. Rokyta, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Monday, October 26, 3:00 pm, 2057 KIN—DISSERTATION PROSPECTUS DEFENSE, "Interaction of Titin and Filamin A in smooth muscle cells," Deepa Salagala, Institute of Molecular Biophysics, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Thomas C. S. Keller.

Tuesday, October 27, 2:00 pm, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE SEMINAR, "Reverse origami: structure-based discovery of functional RNAs," Dr. Andrej Luptak, University of California, Irvine. Host: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis.

Wednesday, October 28, 12:00 pm, 1302 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Developmental regulation of cell proliferation in Drosophila," Dr. Wu-Min Deng, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Wednesday, October 28, 2:00 pm, 2057 KIN—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "The role of larval dispersal in the population genetics and ecology of the gag grouper, Mycteroperca microlepis," Nathaniel K. Jue, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Joseph Travis.

Wednesday, October 28, 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "What makes our biological clock tick: the secret of the living clock," Dr. Choogon Lee, College of Medicine, FSU.

Thursday, October 29, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, LemnaTec Demonstration.

Thursday, October 29, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "Chromosomal inactivation, epigenetics, and human disease," Dr. Brian P. Chadwick, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Host: Dr. Akash Gunjan.

Thursday, October 29, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Roles of Kv1.3 in metabolism and olfaction: is there a link?," Kristal Tucker, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Host: Dr. Debra A. Fadool.

Friday, October 30, 2:30 pm, 112 KLB—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Synchronization of pancreatic islets: a quantitative investigation of nonlinear oscillations in the endocrine pancreas," Bernard Fendler, Department of Physics, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Richard Bertram.

Friday, October 30, 3:00 pm, 327 OSB—BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR, "Historical change in marine animal populations and coastal ecosystems in the Caribbean and Florida Keys," Dr. Loren McClenachan, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Friday, October 30, 3:30 pm, 275 FLH—CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR, "Electroconductive hydrogels: bioactive and bio-smart polymers in implantable biosensors, electrostimulated release devices and deep brain stimulation electrodes," Dr. Anthony Guisseppi-Elie, Clemson University, Anderson, South Carolina. Host: Dr. Qing-Xiang (Amy) Sang.

Friday, October 30, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "How do crocodilians make a living? Biomechanics and the ontogeny of feeding in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)," Paul Gignac, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Host: Dr. Gregory M. Erickson.

About BioNotes.