Spring 2011 Seminar Schedule
| Jan 12 | Louise Rollins-Smith
Vanderbilt University Host: Ray Kuhn |
Amphibian immune defenses against Chytridiomycosis: a war between host and pathogen |
| Jan 19 | John Meitzen
U. Minnesota Host: Susan Fahrbach |
Sex differences in adrenergic action
on striatal neurons
|
| Jan 26 | Yashomati Patel
UNCC Host: Gloria Muday |
The role of naringenin in glucose transport |
| Feb 2 | Shannon Strong
WFU |
The effect of sex hormones on expression
of the leptin receptor in 3T3-L1 adipocytes: a
potential regulator of fat metabolism |
| Feb 9 | Rolf Mueller
Virginia Tech Host: Bill Conner |
Acoustic characterization of bat noseleaves and outer ears |
| Feb 16 | Julie Mustard
Arizona State University Host: Susan Fahrbach |
Ethanol ingestion impairs appetitive
olfactory learning and odor discrimination in the
honey bee |
| Feb 23 | Carl Safina
Blue Ocean Institute Host: Dave Anderson and CEES |
TBA |
| Mar 2 | Terri Maness
WFU |
Juvenile survival in birds |
| Mar 9 | Spring Break | |
| Mar 16 | Leon Friesen
WFU |
Features of the invasive Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis |
| Mar 23 | Jonathan Isley
WFU |
TBA |
| Mar 30 | Armand Kuris
UC Santa Barbara Host: Herman Eure |
Parasites approach the Darwinian
Demon: adaptations, evolutionary wormholes, and their
ecosystem visibility |
| Apr 6 | Jean-Nicolas Jasmin
WFU |
Costs of adaptation in experimental yeast populations |
| Apr 13 | Tanja Schuster
WFU |
Wire-vine and its relatives: phylogeny and biogeography |
| Apr 20 |
Heather Joesting
WFU |
Structural and physiological leaf adaptations
to diurnal and seasonal abiotic stresses in two
barrier island sand dune species |
| Apr 27 | Steve Price
WFU |
Effects of urbanization on stream salamander populations |
Seminars are held at 4:00 PM in Winston Hall, Room 125.
Refreshments at 3:45