BioNotes

November 30 through December 4, 2009

Monday, November 30, 9:00 am, 1302 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Protein phosphatase 2A in cell survival and stress response," Dr. Mei Kong, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Dr. Kong is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of Biomedical Sciences.

Monday, November 30, 2:30 pm, 307 BIO—COMPUSTAT SEMINAR, "Targeted phylogenetics," Dr. Alan Lemmon, Department of Scientific Computing, FSU.

Tuesday, December 1, 2:30 pm, 499 DSL—COMPLEXITY SCIENCE SEMINAR, "Ecological and gene-regulation approaches to questions of developmental evolution," Dr. David Krakauer, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Host: Dr. Mike Mesterton-Gibbons.

Wednesday, December 2, 12:00 pm, 1302 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Heterochromatin protein 1: linking Drosophila gene silencing and human breast cancer progression," Dr. Lori L. Wallrath, University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Wednesday, December 2, 3:35 pm, 204 LOV—MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM, "Inductive game theory and the dynamics of animal conflict," Dr. Jessica Flack, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Host: Dr. Mike Mesterton-Gibbons. Refreshments will be served at 3:00 p.m. in room 204 LOV.

Thursday, December 3, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, Title to be announced, Bhodana Dhole, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, December 3, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "Kallikrein activity across the neuro-immune axis," Dr. Isobel A. Scarisbrick, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida. Host: Dr. Michael Blaber.

Thursday, December 3, 3:15 pm, A204 PDB—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Characterization of HDAC4's role in brain," Michael Darcy, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Charles C. Ouimet.

Thursday, December 3, 3:30 pm, 208 BIO—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE FACULTY MEETING

Thursday, December 3, 7:00 pm, 1024 KIN—FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY MEETING, "Death and Taxus: a quarter century of Florida yew population dynamics." Ann Redmond, WilsonMiller, Tallahassee, Florida, and Dr. Alice A. Winn, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Host: Amy Jenkins.

Friday, December 4, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Information-theoretic approaches to evolutionary genetics (with examples from bats and salamanders and carnivorous plants)," Dr. Brian C. Carstens, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Host: Dr. Emily C. Lemmon.

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