BioNotes

November 2 through November 6, 2009

Monday, November 2, 8:30 am, 2057 KIN—THESIS DEFENSE, "Investigating the DNA binding properties of the Initiator Binding Protein 2 (IBP2) in Zea mays," Joel Moore, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Hank W. Bass.

Monday, November 2, 12:30 pm, 2057 KIN—THESIS DEFENSE, "Immunological analysis of allergenic tree nut proteins," LeAnna N. Willison, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Kenneth H. Roux.

Monday, November 2, 2:30 pm, 307 BIO—COMPUSTAT SEMINAR, "Educating biologists to do 21st century science," Dr. Karen M. McGinnis, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Tuesday, November 3, 3:35 pm, 101 LOV—SIR JAMES LIGHTHILL DISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN MATHEMATICS, "Non-Bayesian particle filters," Dr. Alexandre J. Chorin, University of California, Berkeley. Refreshments will be served at 3:00 p.m. in 353 LOV.

Wednesday, November 4, 12:00 pm, 1302 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Regulation of GPCR function by spinophilin," Dr. Qin Wang, University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Wednesday, November 4, 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Vesicle, kinase and transmitter movement in neurons," Dr. Edward Levitan, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Wednesday, November 4, 4:00 pm, Alumni Center Grand Ballroom—SIR JAMES LIGHTHILL DISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN MATHEMATICS, "Prediction and optimal prediction," Dr. Alexandre J. Chorin, University of California, Berkeley. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 5, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Mobile silencing by tasiRNAs," Dr. Thelma Madzima, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, November 5, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS. "Music therapy interventions and persons with dementia," Dr. Alice-Ann Darrow, College of Music, FSU; Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith, College of Medicine, FSU. Host: Dr. Alice K. Pomidor, College of Medicine, FSU.

Thursday, November 5, 3:30 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE FACULTY MEETING

Thursday, November 5, 7:00 pm, 1024 KIN—FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY MEETING, "Effects of water-level decline on floodplain forests of the Apalachicola," Dr. Helen M. Light, U.S. Geological Survey, Tallahassee, Florida (retired). Host: Amy Jenkins.

Friday, November 6, 11:00 am, A113 COE—CHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR, "Design of molecular scale multifunctional ligands for biological coupling and inorganic nanoparticle synthesis," Dr. Hedi Mattoussi, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FSU.

Friday, November 6, 3:35 pm, 101 LOV—SIR JAMES LIGHTHILL DISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN MATHEMATICS, "Monte Carlo without chains," Dr. Alexandre J. Chorin, University of California, Berkeley. Refreshments will be served at 3:00 p.m. in 204 LOV.

Friday, November 6, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Investigating the adaptive value of sexual selection in Drosophila melanogaster," Brian Hollis, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Host: Dr. David Houle.

Saturday, November 7, 9:20 am, 1024 KIN—2009 RUSHTON LECTURES, I THINK, THEREFORE ION, "The glutamate receptor diaspora," Dr. Raymond Dingledine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Saturday, November 7, 10:50 am, 1024 KIN—2009 RUSHTON LECTURES, I THINK, THEREFORE ION, "Using knockout mice to understand kainate receptor function in the brain," Dr. Anis Contractor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Saturday, November 7, 1:30 pm, 1024 KIN—2009 RUSHTON LECTURES, I THINK, THEREFORE ION, "Regulation of neuronal ion channel expression, localization and function through multi-site phosphorylation," Dr. James Trimmer, University of California, Davis.

Saturday, November 7, 2:55 pm, 1024 KIN—2009 RUSHTON LECTURES, I THINK, THEREFORE ION, "Structural insights into ion channel function and modulation," Dr. Daniel Minor, University of California, San Francisco.

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