2009-10 Biological Science Colloquium Series
(listing updated 3 November 09)

Colloquia meet at 4:00 p.m. on Thursdays, in room 1024 King Life Sciences Building on the FSU campus in Tallahassee, Florida. Colloquia are open to the public; faculty meetings and graduate-student orientation are not.

Fall 2009

• September 3: Biological Science Faculty Meeting, 3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN

• September 10: Biological Science Graduate-Student Orientation

• September 17: Dr. Mark A. McPeek, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire
  Building biological communities with evolution
  Host: Casey terHorst

• September 24: Dr. Adam G. Jones, Texas A&M University, College Station
  Hosts: Neil Aschliman and Kathleen Lotterhos

• October 1: Biological Science Faculty Meeting, 3:30 p.m., 208 BIO

• October 8: Dr. Jae U. Jung, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
  Virus-induced cancer and cell death
  Host: Dr. Fanxiu Zhu

• October 15: Casey terHorst, Department of Biological science, FSU
  Not dead yet: indirect interactions make community ecology relevant for ecological and evolutionary processes
  Host: Dr. Don R. Levitan

• October 22: Dr. David P. Bazett-Jones, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Promyelocytic leukemia bodies: the DNA connection
  Host: Dr. David M. Gilbert

• October 29: Kristal Tucker, Department of Biological science, FSU
  Roles of Kv1.3 in metabolism and olfaction: is there a link?
  Host: Dr. Debra Ann Fadool

• November 5: Biological Science Faculty Meeting, 3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN

• November 12: Dr. Craig Moritz, University of California, Berkeley
  Impact of past and future climate change on diversity in tropical rainforests
  Host: Dr. Emily C. Moriarty Lemmon

• November 19: Dr. Songtao Jia, Columbia University, New York, New York
  PWWP domain proteins and epigenetic control of the genome
  Host: Junjie Lu

• November 26: None scheduled (Thanksgiving holiday)

• December 3: Biological Science Faculty Meeting, 3:30 p.m., 208 BIO

• January 7: Biological Science Faculty Meeting, 3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN

• January 14: Dr. Andrew Sih, University of California, Davis
  Host: Dr. Emily C. DuVal

• January 21: Dr. J. Albert C. Uy, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
  Host: Dr. Emily C. DuVal

• January 28: Dr. Kenneth D. Irvine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
  Cell signalling
  Host: Dr. Wu-min Deng

• February 4: Biological Science Faculty Meeting, 3:30 p.m., 208 BIO

• February 11: Dr. Mark Winey, University of Colorado, Boulder
  Host: Mian Wang

• February 18: Dr. Michael Meredith, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  Host: Dr. Debra Ann Fadool

• February 25: Dr. Eric W. Triplett, University of Florida, Gainesville
  Host: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones

• March 4: Biological Science Faculty Meeting, 3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN

• March 11: None scheduled (spring break)

• March 18: Dr. Scott J. Steppan, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  Host: Joseph Travis

• March 25: Dr. Gregory Pazour, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Mammalian primary cilium and ciliary assembly
  Host: Dr. Laura R. Keller

• April 1: Biological Science Faculty Meeting, 3:30 p.m., 208 BIO

• April 8: Dr. Walter R. Tschinkel, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  Host: Dr. Emily H. Duval

• April 15: Dr. Todd M. Palmer, University of Florida, Gainesville
  Host: Dr. Brian D. Inouye

• April 22: Dr. Helen A. Rodd, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Mate choice and sensory bias in guppies
  Host: Dr. Kimberly A. Hughes