BioNotes

January 21 through January 25, 2013

Tuesday, January 22, 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "Molecular piracy and the mobilization of Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity islands," Dr. Terje Dokland, University of Alabama, Birmingham. Host: Dr. Andrew Miklos. Cohost: Dr. Michael Spilman.

Wednesday, January 23, 12:00 pm, 1306 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Lipid nanotechnologies for diagnostic sensor arrays and high throughput drug screening microarrays," Dr. Steven Lenhert, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Host: Kerry Maddox.

Wednesday, January 23, 8:00 pm, College of Medicine Auditorium—PUBLIC LECTURE, "Dark side of the universe: beyond stars and the star stuff we are," Dr. Michael S. Turner, University of Chicago, Illinois .

Thursday, January 24, 11:00 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Nucleosome occupancy mapping reveals features of nucleosome stability in the maize genome," Daniel Vera, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, January 24, 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "What lethocerus can tell us about acto-myosin motility, stretch activation, and cardiac function," Dr. R.J. Perz-Edwards, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Host: Dr. Kenneth A. Taylor.

Thursday, January 24, 3:45 pm, UPL 101—PUBLIC LECTURE, "The big mysteries of cosmology," Dr. Michael S. Turner, University of Chicago, Illinois .

Thursday, January 24, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Epigenetics in 3D," Dr. Eric J. Richards, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York. Host: Dr. Karen McGinnis.

Friday, January 25, 1:00 pm, 327 OSB—BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR, "Remote sensing overview of the deep water horizon oil spill," Oscar Garcia, Department of Oceanography, FSU.

Friday, January 25, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of cockles and giant clams (bivalvia: cardiidae)," Nathaniel Herrera. Host: Dr. Scott J. Steppan.

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