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The seminar begins at noon with socializing and snacks. The talk begins at about 12:00 and goes to 12:50, leaving time for questions and discussion.
Seminars are held in Sequoia 301. Everyone is welcome to attend.
2007-2008
Date Speaker Title and Location Host 2007 Sept 14 Seungil Ro (UNR Med School) "Small non-coding RNAs make a big splash" SQU 316, 12-1pm. All welcome Nick Ewing Oct 5 Joshua Viers (UC Davis) "A Threat to Restoration or Just Another Ecological Process? Perennial Pepperweed Invasion on a Restored Seasonal Floodplain" SQU 316,
12-1pm. All welcomeSarah Greenleaf 2008 Mar 21 Amy Gryshuk (Lawrence Livermore Lab) Molecular Cloning/Transformation and Protein Crystallography Melanie Loo Apr 11 Krassimira Hristova (UC Davis) "Who Cares"? Can analysis of microbial processes and communities using molecular tools be useful for bioremediation of pollutants? Christine Kirvan May 2 Cynthia Hays (UC Davis -- Bodega Bay) Roles of dispersal and gene flow in setting the distributional patterns of an intertidal seaweed. Jamie Kneitel 2006-2007
Date Speaker Title and Location Host 2006 Sept 15 Joe Merz (East Bay Municipal District) "Salmon, wildlife, and wine: Marine-derived nutrients in human-dominated ecosystems of Central California" PLACER HALL 1013,
12-1pm. All welcomeJamie Kneitel Oct 6 Shawn Krosnick, (UC Davis) "Floral Evolution in the Old World Passionflowers: Dioecy, Dèdoublement, and Other Anomalies". " MENDOCINO HALL 1003,
12-1pm. All welcomeShannon Datwyler Dec 1 Jeff Paradis (CSUS, Chemistry) "Science Teaching Reconsidered: The Chemistry Classroom in the 21st Century" MENDOCINO HALL 1003, 12-1pm. All welcome Jennifer Lundmark 2007 Feb 9 DUE TO A RECENT CANCELLATION: THIS TALK WILL NOT OCCUR Mar 9 Nick Haddad, (North Carolina State University) "The conservation value of landscape corridors"
MENDOCINO HALL 1015, 12-1pm. All welcomeJamie Kneitel Apr 6 Sarah Cohen (San Francisco State University) "Finding Patterns of Evolved Resistance using Candidate Loci in Wild Populations of Estuarine Fish" MENDOCINO HALL 1015, 12-1pm. All welcome Hao Nguyen May 4 Paulo Verardi (UC Davis) "Enhancing the safety and efficacy of recombinant viral vectors for vaccines and gene therapies" MENDOCINO HALL 1015, 12-1pm. All welcome Tom Peavy
2005-2006
Date Speaker Title and Location Sept 16 Susan Harrison (UC Davis) "Regional and local diversity in an insular environment: Serpentine plants of California" PLACER HALL 1013,
12-1pm. All welcomeOct 7 Tim Washburn, (SAFCA) "Flooding and the American River" MENDOCINO HALL 1003,
12-1pm. All welcomeNov 4 Marc Meyer (USDA Forest Service) "Forests, fungi, and small mammals: effects of fire and forest thinning on a tri-trophic mutualism" MENDOCINO HALL 1003, 12-1pm. All welcome Nov 30 Tim Horner "If you build it, will they come? Salmon spawning habitat on the American River" MENDOCINO HALL 1003, 12-1pm. All welcome
Dec 2 Sergey Nuzhdin (UC Davis) "Variation and Evolution of Genetic Networks" MENDOCINO HALL 1003, 12-1pm. All welcome 2006 Feb 3 Rich Glor (UC Davis) "The Evolution of Species Diversity in Anolis Lizards." MENDOCINO HALL 1003, 12-1pm. All welcome Mar 3 Peter Wainwright (UC Davis) "Innovation and diversity in coral reef fishes " MENDOCINO HALL 1003, 12-1pm. All welcome Apr 7 Eric Neff "Characterization of the thyroid hormone receptor partial agonist NH-# in Xenopus laevis" MENDOCINO HALL 1003, 12-1pm. All welcome May 5 Tom Parker "Patterns of evolution in the genus Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae)" MENDOCINO HALL 1003, 12-1pm. All welcome
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Department of Biological
Sciences, 202 Sequoia Hall,
California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J. Street, Sacramento,
CA 95819-6077; Tel: 916-278-6535; FAX 916-278-6993; Email: kolson@csus.edu |