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BioNotes, 23-01-16

BioNotes

January 16 through January 20, 2023


Tuesday, January 17 – Tuesday, January 17, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, Hybrid: 2057 KIN and Zoom—BIO/NEURO POSTDOC (AND GRAD STUDENT) WORKSHOP, "Negotiating job offers and start-up costs," Dr. Joseph Travis, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Kathryn Jones. Meeting ID: 970 8524 6882 Join URL: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/97085246882 (Note, this Workshop is on Tuesday, instead of the usual Monday.) Now co-sponsored by TCGA, the Cellular and Molecular Grad Student Association. Grad students welcome!

Tuesday, January 17 – Tuesday, January 17, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE SPECIAL SEMINAR, "The gut microbiome as a therapeutic target for cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease," Dr. Abbi Hernandez. Host: Dr. Frank Johnson, Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University. Dr. Hernandez is a candidate for a faculty position in Neuroscience-Learning and Memory.

Wednesday, January 18 – Wednesday, January 18, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, Hybrid: 1400 COM and Zoom—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Human chronitype is determined by Period oscillations," Kwangjun Lee, Ph.d. Candidate, Department of Biomedical sciences, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Choogon Lee, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University. Join in person at 1400 COM or on Zoom: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/91428250106. Password Required; contact jteston@fsu.edu to request it.

Wednesday, January 18 – Wednesday, January 18, 3:00 pm – 3:00 pm, 1024 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Using single-cell computation and biology to overcome tissue and disease boundaries: single-cell dissection of obesity and cancer," Dr. Jiekun (Jackie) Yang, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab and Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Host: Dr. Jonathan H. Dennis, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Dr. Yang is a candidate for a faculty position in Biology (Computational Genomics). She will also give a chalk talk on Thursday, January 19, 2pm, in 2057 KIN.

Thursday, January 19 – Thursday, January 19, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, Hybrid: 1302 COM and Zoom—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Human monoclonal antibody therapies and epitope-based vaccines for respiratory pathogens," Dr. Jarrow Mousa, Department of Infectious Disease, University of Georgia. Host: Dr. Timothy Megraw, Department of Biomedical Science, Florida state University. Join on Zoom: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94413931751. Password required; contact jteston@fsu.edu to request it.

Thursday, January 19 – Thursday, January 19, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, A211PDB—NEUROSCIENCE SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Probing the role of thalamocortical circuits and sleep oscillations in learning and memory," Dr. Carmen Varela. Host: Dr. Aaron Wilber, Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University. Dr. Varela is a candidate for a faculty position in neuroscience.

Thursday, January 19 – Thursday, January 19, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Exosomes and tubular connections in membrane repair and intercellular traffic," Dr. Randy Schekman, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Ca. Host: Dr. Scott Stagg, Department of Biological Science and Instuitute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University.

Friday, January 20 – Friday, January 20, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, " Everything changes and nothing stands still: changing resource availability and dynamic abiotic environments drive marine herbivore performance with implications for nearshore ecology," Nathan Spindel, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Daniel K. Okamoto, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.


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