BioNotes

November 16 through November 20, 2009

Monday, November 16, 2:30 pm, 307 BIO—COMPUSTAT SEMINAR, "Variable selection in case control studies," Dr. Adrian Barbu, Department of Statistics, FSU.

Tuesday, November 17, 11:00 am, 1308 Fifield Hall, at the University of Florida in Gainesville—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Using transgenic plants to study ecological interactions," Dr. Ian T. Baldwin, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.

Tuesday, November 17, 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "Calcium-induced conformational changes in the cardiac troponin complex studied by hydrogen/deuterium exchange and monitored by FT-ICR mass spectrometry," Geoge M. Bou-Assaf, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FSU. Host: Dr. Timothy A. Cross.

Wednesday, November 18, 12:00 pm, 1302 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Microfluidic systems for measuring intracellular Ca²⁺ and secretion dynamics from islets of Langerhans," Dr. Michael Roper, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FSU.

Wednesday, November 18, 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "RNAi in neuronal cells using advanced shRNA lentiviral vector systems: in vitro and in vivo delivery strategies," Dr. Gwen D. Fewell, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Huntsville, Alabama. Host: Dr. Michael Meredith.

Thursday, November 19, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Long noncoding RNA in plants," Susan Boerner, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, November 19, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "PWWP domain proteins and epigenetic control of the genome," Dr. Songtao Jia, Columbia University, New York, New York. Host: Junjie Lu.

Thursday, November 19, 6:00 pm, B101 MAG—TALLAHASSEE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY PUBLIC LECTURE, "Springs of north Florida," Guy H. ("Harley") Means, Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call Frank Stephenson at (850) 644-8634 (fstephenson@fsu.edu).

Friday, November 20, 9:00 am, 1302 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "microRNA target gene networks uncover their function in cell cycle and DNA repair pathways," Dr. Ashish Lal, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Lal is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of Biomedical Sciences.

Friday, November 20, 11:00 am, 327 OSB—OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR, "A goliath success story in Florida," Dr. Christopher C. Koenig, FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory, St. Theresa, Florida. Host: Dr. David Thistle.

Friday, November 20, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Sex, density dependence, and the spread of invasive species," Dr. Thomas E. X. Miller, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Host: Dr. Brian D. Inouye.

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