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BioNotes, 2020-01-13

BioNotes

January 13 through January 17, 2020


Monday, January 13 – Monday, January 13, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 2057 KIN—BIO/NEURO POSTDOC WORKSHOP LECTURE AND LUNCH, Interviewing for an academic position, Dr. Scott J. Steppan, Deprtment of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Tuesday, January 14 – Tuesday, January 14, 12:15 pm – 12:15 pm, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "Cryo-EM studies of molecular motors and their associated filamentous assemblies," Dr. Chuck Sindelar, Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BQBS), Yale University, New Haven, CT. Host: Dr. Scott Stagg, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University.

Wednesday, January 15 – Wednesday, January 15, 11:50 am – 11:50 am, 1306 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Defining the functions of olfactory bulb processing," Dr. Douglas Storace, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Biological Science, Florida State university. Host: Dr. Michelle Arbeitman, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University. Note atypical time and location for the seminar.

Wednesday, January 15 – Wednesday, January 15, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Developing clinically safe nonmuscle myosin II inhibitors for the treatment of substance use disorder," Dr. Courtney Miller, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida. Host: Dr. Jian Feng, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. There will also be a graduate student lunch and discussion with the speaker on Thursday, January 16, 12:30pm in A211 PDB. Graduate students, undergraduates, and postdocs are welcome.

Wednesday, January 15 – Wednesday, January 15, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Claude Pepper Center—NUTRITION, FOOD, AND EXERCICISE SCIENCE SEMINAR, "The search for the next little blue pill: using our eyes and nose for clues," Dr.Justin LaFavor, Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University.

Thursday, January 16 – Thursday, January 16, 3:00 pm – 3:00 pm, 2057 KIN—FSUCML FACULTY CANDIDATE SEMINAR, "A tale of two carbons: organic and carbonate carbon in coastal ecosystems affected by storms, sea-level rise and hydrologic alteration," Dr. Joshua Breithaupt, Biology Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.

Thursday, January 16 – Thursday, January 16, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Dancing in the rain: how rain can shape the evolutionary ecology of tropical birds," Dr. Alice Boyle, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. Host: Pearl Rivers, Department of Biological Science, Florida State Universaity.

Friday, January 17 – Friday, January 17, 2:00 pm – 2:00 pm, 2057 KIN—TCGA TALK, "The pluripotency regulatory network regulates replication timing at the Dppa2/4 domain in mouse embryonic stem cells," Jesse Turner, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Host: The Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Association (TCGA), Florida State University.

Friday, January 17 – Friday, January 17, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Grassland birds and rural landowners: lessons learned from engaging through music," Dr. Alice Boyle, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. Host: Pearl Rivers, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.


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