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BioNotes, 2019-11-18

BioNotes

November 18 through November 22, 2019


Monday, November 18 – Monday, November 18, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 2057 KIN—BIO/NEURO POSTDOC WORKSHOP LECTURE AND LUNCH, "Industry versus academic jobs," Dr. Hengli Tang, Professor, FSU Department of Biological Science and Co-founder and Consultant, BioFront Technologies.

Tuesday, November 19 – Tuesday, November 19, 11:15 am – 11:15 am, 112 KLB—DON ROBSON DISTINGUYISHED LECTURE, "Ultra-fast single molecule mechanics resolves the earliest events in force generation by cardiac myosin," Yale E. Goldman, MD, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Tuesday, November 19 – Tuesday, November 19, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Unintended consequences of marine conservation in the Anthropocene: sea turtle overgrazing caused the loss of seagrass ecosystems in Bermuda," Dr. James W. Fourqurean, Director of the Center for Coastal Oceans Research; Professor of Biological Sciences; Institute of Water and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL. Hosts: Dr. Sarah Lester, Geography/EOAS, Dr. Markus Huettel, Oceanography/EOAS, Dr. Gregory Erickson, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Tuesday, November 19 – Tuesday, November 19, 6:00 pm – 6:00 pm, COM Auditorium—3MT FINALS: 3 MINUTE THESIS SCIENCE COMMUNICATION COMPETITION

Tuesday, November 19 – Tuesday, November 19, 7:35 pm – 7:35 pm, Waterworks, 1133 Thomasville Rd., Tallahassee, FL—SCIENCE SALON, "Speaking of music, speaking of autism," Dr. Michael Bakan, Professor of Ethnomusicology, College of Music, Florida State University.

Wednesday, November 20 – Wednesday, November 20, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 1400 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Developing post-surgical therapies to prevent the recurrence of keloid disease," Yuna Son, Department of Biomedical Science, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Akash Gunjan, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University.

Thursday, November 21 – Thursday, November 21, 9:30 am – 9:30 am, 1024 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Belowground peace talks: Genetic dissection of symbiotic nitrogen fixation," Catalina Pislariu, Department of Biology, Texas Womans University, Denton, TX. Host: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Thursday, November 21 – Thursday, November 21, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Mechanisms of DNA replication regulation during early embryonic development," Dr. Christopher L. Sansam, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK. Host: Jesse Turner, Department of Biological science, Florida state University. There will also be be a grad student lunch with the speaker from 12-1:15pm in 3075 KIN.

Friday, November 22 – Friday, November 22, 1:00 pm – 1:00 pm, 2057 KIN—TCGA TALK, "Ximbio lunch and learn:introducing the Ximbassador program for graduate students and postdocs," Sabrina Kamran, Ximbio representative. Host: The Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Association (TCGA), Florida State University.

Friday, November 22 – Friday, November 22, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Responses of coral reefs to global warming," Dr. Terry Hughes, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Host: Dr. Janie Wulff, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.


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