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BioNotes, 20-01-27

BioNotes

January 27 through January 31, 2020


Monday, January 27 – Monday, January 27, 9:00 am – 9:00 am, 2057 KIN—FSUCML FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR, "Aquatic carbon cycling in a changing world: from reservoirs to estuaries," Dr. Alexandria (Alex) Hounshell, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.

Monday, January 27 – Monday, January 27, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, A211 PDB or Zoom—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Microbiota-vagal signaling and feeding behavior," Dr. Claire de la Serre, Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Host: Dr. Diana Williams, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, Florida State University. Rescheduled from 2021 due to Covid-19

Tuesday, January 28 – Tuesday, January 28, 11:15 am – 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "Using mathematics to decode signals from biomedical data," Dr. Jungmin Han, Postdoctoral Fellow of Computational Medi-cine, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Host: Dr. Richard Bertram, Programs in Neuroscience and Molecular Biophysics; Department of Mathematics, Florida State University.

Tuesday, January 28 – Tuesday, January 28, 11:30 am – 11:30 am, Nancy H. Marcus Great Hall: Honors, Scholars, and Fellows House—DIRECTO SPRING CONVERSATION SERIES, "Supporting students through transitions of time and space." Host: Diversity & Inclusion in Research & Teaching Organization (DIRECTO), Florida State University. Buffet Lunch provided to registered participants. Register at: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_021a2fA0ZAwOaz3 More information about this event: https://gradschool.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/upcbnu761/files/Jan%2028%20Spring%20Convo%20Series%20Program%202.pdf

Wednesday, January 29 – Wednesday, January 29, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 1400 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Human pluripotent stem cell, diabetes modeling, and drug screening," Shuibing Chen, Ph.D., Director of Diabetes Program, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY. Host: Dr. Yue Julia Wang, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University.

Wednesday, January 29 – Wednesday, January 29, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Claude Pepper Center—NUTRITION, FOOD, AND EXERCICISE SCIENCE SEMINAR, "Regulation of the phenotypic switch of vascular smooth muscle cells by adiponectin," Abigail Cullen, Doctoral Student, Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Gloria Salazar, Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University.

Thursday, January 30 – Thursday, January 30, 11:00 am – 11:00 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Unique flora in Florida's panhandle," Dr. Loran Anderson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Thursday, January 30 – Thursday, January 30, 11:15 am – 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "Opportunities and challenges for AI and math in drug discovery," Dr. Duc D Nguyen, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI. Host: Dr. Richard Bertram, Programs in Neuroscience and Molecular Biophysics; Department of Mathematics, Florida State University.

Thursday, January 30 – Thursday, January 30, 12:30 pm – 12:30 pm, 2057 KIN—BIO-RAD LUNCH AND LEARN, "Droplet digital PCR," Eric Johnson, Ph.D., Field Applications Specialist Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.. Host: The Gilbert Laboratory. Please contact Lisa Kirouac, Genomics Specialist, lisa_kirouac@bio-rad.com, to register before attending the presentation. Lunch will be provided for registered participants.

Thursday, January 30 – Thursday, January 30, 3:00 pm – 3:00 pm, 2057 KIN—FSUCML FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR, "Linking marine biodiversity and ecological processes across scales and systems," Dr. Matt Whalen, Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Thursday, January 30 – Thursday, January 30, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, TBA, Dr. Jenny Ting, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC,. Host: Dr. Qian Yin, Institute for Molecular Biophysics and Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Friday, January 31 – Friday, January 31, 2:00 pm – 2:00 pm, 2057 KIN—TCGA TALK, "Investigating the relationship between transcriptional regulation & maize genome features," Lauren Schulte, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Host: The Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Association (TCGA), Florida State University.

Friday, January 31 – Friday, January 31, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Inside the marine phyllosphere: environmental and host determinants of microbial community structure," Margaret Vogel, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Thomas E. Miller, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.


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