BioNotes

November 9 through November 13, 2009

Monday, November 9, 2:30 pm, 307 BIO—COMPUSTAT SEMINAR, "Gene regulatory network inference: an exercise on DREAM challenge data," Dr. Jinfeng Zhang, Department of Statistics, FSU.

Monday, November 9, 7:30 pm, Unitarian Universalist Church, 2810 N. Meridian Rd., Tallahassee—CENTER FOR INQUIRY PUBLIC LECTURE, "Darwin made me do it! Secular vs. religious ethics," D. J. Grothe, Center for Inquiry, St. Louis, Missouri.

Tuesday, November 10, 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "The BRMS1 metastasis suppressor: at the junction between genetics and epigenetics," Dr. Danny R. Welch, University of Alabama, Birmingham. Host: Dr. Qing-Xiang (Amy) Sang.

Wednesday, November 11, 12:00 pm, 1302 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Making a break for it: DNA damage creates a binding site for centromere proteins," Dr. Samantha G. Zeitlin, University of California, San Diego.

Thursday, November 12, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "The role of ameiotic1 (Am1) in the establishment of meiotic chromosome architecture in Zea mays," Shaun P. Murphy, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, November 12, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "Social and cultural determinants on promoting good community health and effective practitioners," Dr. Janice Bowie, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Host: Brandon Mauldin.

Thursday, November 12, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Impact of past and future climate change on diversity in tropical rainforests," Dr. Craig Moritz, University of California, Berkeley. Host: Dr. Emily C. Moriarty Lemmon.

Thursday, November 12, 4:00 pm, G151 STB—SPECIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION COLLOQUIUM, "Science teacher recruitment and retention: whose problem is it to solve?," Sheila Tobias, author, lecturer, and consultant. Host: Dr. Penny J. Gilmer.

Thursday, November 12, 6:00 pm, 1003 CSL—FSU GRADUATE WOMEN IN SCIENCE LECTURE, "Making it in 21st century science: end-running the crowd," Sheila Tobias, author, lecturer, and consultant. Host: Dr. Penny J. Gilmer. Refreshments will be served at 5:30 p.m.

Friday, November 13, 9:00 am, 1302 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Readapting the protein homeostasis network to ameliorate protein folding diseases," Dr. Tingwei Mu, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California. Dr. Mu is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of Biomedical Sciences.

Friday, November 13, 10:10 am, 110 OSB—STATISTICS COLLOQUIUM, "Bayesian partition models for detecting interactions," Dr. Jun S. Liu, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Friday, November 13, 1:00 pm, 327 OSB—OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR, "Precision in spawning in Caribbean corals and its influence on reproduction," Dr. Don R. Levitan, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Host: Dr. David Thistle.

Friday, November 13, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "The Grinnell Project: changes in California mammal and avian distributions over a century," Dr. Craig Moritz, University of California, Berkeley. Host: Dr. Emily C. Lemmon.

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