Fall 2009 Biology Seminar Schedule

All seminars are Wednesdays 4:00-5:15 pm in McCarthy Hall (MH) 513

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Seminar Title	CSUF Host
Aug 26	No Seminar: Class meeting with students		No Seminar Scheduled
Sep 2	Dr. Marcelo Wood	University of California, Irvine	The role of chromatin modifying enzymes in long-term memory processes	Dr. Murray
Sep 9	Dr. Donovan German	University of California, Irvine	Beavers of the fish world: can wood-eating catfishes digest wood?	Dr. Horn
Sep 16	Dr. Lisa Crummett	University of California, Irvine	Testing evolution of sex hypotheses in the freshwater snail Campeloma limum	Dr. Eernisse
Sep 23	Dr. Brian Horne	San Diego Zoo	Freshwater turtle conservation and research programs in India and Southeast Asia	SCERP
Sep 30	Dr. Janet Neisewander	Arizona State University	Insights into the influence of social and environmental factors on drug seeking and reward using animal models	MARC
Oct 7	Dr. Nerida Wilson	Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UCSD	Molluscan phylogeny mayhem: is Serialia in the house?	Dr. Eernisse
Oct 14	Dr. Marcelo Tolmasky	California State University, Fullerton	The problem of antibiotic resistance: new insights in the search for a solution	Dr. Dickson
Oct 21	Furlough Day		No Seminar Scheduled
Oct 28	Dr. Noboru Sato	University of California, Riverside	Molecular mechanisms that regulate cellular interactions of pluripotent stem cells	Dr. Patel
Nov 4	Dr. Christos Stathopoulos	California State University, Pomona	Biogenesis of serine protease autotransporters in enteric bacteria	Dr. Nikolaidis
Nov 11	Veteran’s Day		No Seminar Scheduled
Nov 18	Dr. Jeff Graham	Scripps, Institute of Oceanography	Continuing investigations into the scope of evolutionary convergence in tunas and lamnid sharks	BGSC
Nov 25	Fall Recess		No Seminar Scheduled
Dec 2	Dr. Melanie S. Sanford	University of Michigan	Development of new catalytic reactions with applications in the 'green' synthesis of pharmaceuticals and in clean energy technologies	MARC
Dec 9	Dr. Rachel Kennison	University of California, Los Angeles	Evaluating ecosystem function of nutrient retention and recycling in excessively eutrophic estuaries	Dr. Smith

For more information on a particular speaker, please contact the speaker's CSUF host
or the seminar coordinator, Dr. Jayson Smith.

For information about MARC-Sponsored Seminars, please contact Dr. Amybeth Cohen.

For information about SCERP-Sponsored Seminars, please contact Dr. Darren Sandquist.

For information about BGSC-Sponsored Seminars, please contact Helena Aryafar.

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