BioNotes

October 23 through October 27, 2006

Monday, October 23, 3:30 p.m., 232 CON--DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "A comparison of invasive and noninvasive Commelinaceae in a phylogenetic context," Jean Burns Moriuchi, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Thomas E. Miller.

Tuesday, October 24, 11:15 a.m., 112 KLB--BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "Mechanisms of redox sensing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis," Dr. Adrie J. C. Steyn, University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Wednesday, October 25, 1:00 p.m., 208 BIO--DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Mutations in the human cardiac Ca2+-regulatory proteins affect the function of the thin filament—lessons for inherited cardiomyopathies," Nicolas Brunet, FSU. Advisor: Dr. P. Bryant Chase.

Wednesday, October 25, 2:00 p.m., 499 DSL--COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE SEMINAR, "Dewetting transition and hydrophobic collapse in protein aggregates," Dr. Ruhong Zhou, Columbia University, New York, New York.

Thursday, October 26, 9:30 a.m., 112 KRB--THESIS DEFENSE, ""Behavioral and electrophysiological taste responsees change following brief and prolonged dietary sodium deprivation," Joanne Vaughn, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Robert Contreras.

Thursday, October 26, 11:00 a.m., 499 DSL--SPECIAL METEOROLOGY SEMINAR, "Challenges in a warming world: the four horsemen and the quest for sustainability," Dr. Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.

Thursday, October 26, 12:00 noon, 1400 MSB--COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "Stressed and depressed? How nutrition, exercise, and antidepressant drugs regulate adult stem cell proliferation and neurogenesis," Dr. Cathy Levenson, FSU. Host: Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith, FSU.

Thursday, October 26, 4:00 p.m., 228 CON--BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Selection in complex metapopulations," Dr. Michael C. Whitlock, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Host: Christopher G. Oakley.

Thursday, October 26, 7:00 p.m., 208 BIO--TRIBETA HONOR SOCIETY COLLOQUIUM, "HCV (hepatitis C virus) replication and infection in vitro," Dr. Hengli Tang, FSU. Hosts: Drs. Debra Ann Fadool and Susanne Cappendijk.

Friday, October 27, 11:00 a.m., A113 COE--CHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, "Neuroinformatics methods applied to medical imaging," Dr. Anke D. Meyer-Baese, FSU.

Friday, October 27, 3:30 p.m., 255 FLH--CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR, "Metals take a walk," Dr. Milko Erik van der Boom, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Friday, October 27, 4:00 p.m., 228 CON--ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Freezing the mutation meltdown: sexual selection and compensatory mutations ease the risk of extinction in small populations," Dr. Michael C. Whitlock, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Host: Christopher G. Oakley.

Friday, October 27, 6:30 p.m., Florida State Coastal and Marine Laboratory--TALLAHASSEE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY GORRIE TRAVELING LECTURE, "Public health implication of Florida red tide and other harmful algal blooms: accomplishments and challenges," Andrew Reich, Florida Department of Health.

Saturday, October 28, 7:00 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church (2810 Meridian Rd.)--SIERRA CLUB PUBLIC LECTURE, "Forever Wildlife," a free multimedia presentation on wildlife and habitat, Jim Stoltz, Musicians United to Sustain the Environment.

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