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Fall 2015 Schedule

September 3

Antioxidants: Suddenly a foe once you have cancer

Leslie Saucedo

University of Puget Sound, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

September 10

Fall Student Research Symposium

All summer science research students will present posters of their research

4 pm to 6 pm, Harned Colonnade

September 17

Land, livelihood, and legacy: Community-based conservation and natural resource management--Lessons from a year of study

and international travel as a 2014 Watson Fellow

Kelsey Crutchfield-Peters '14

4 pm, Thompson 175

September 24

How to build a mouse muscle in 3 easy steps: Functional divergence of myogenic transcription factors

Melissa Conerly

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

4 pm, Thompson 175

October 1

Applying evolutionary ecology to real-world problems

Megan Van Etten

University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

4 pm, Thompson 175

October 8

Larkspurs in the wake of the flood: Origin and diversification of an endangered PNW wildflower

Keith Karoly

Reed College, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

October 15

Extensive antibody mutations and the road to HIV vaccine discovery

Mesfin Mulugeta Gewe

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

4 pm, Thompson 175

October 22

Larval biology of organisms from deep-sea cold seeps and hydrothermal vents

Shawn Arellano

Western Washington University, Shannon Point Marine Center

4 pm, Thompson 175

October 29

Ion mobility mass spectrometry: New instrumentation and applications to structural biology

Matthew Bush

University of Washington, Department of Chemistry

4 pm, Thompson 175

November 5

Does mate choice speed adaptation in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster?

Devin Arbuthnott

University of Washington, Department of Pathology

4 pm, Thompson 175

November 12

Discovery of novel per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) in aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) and AFFF-impacted

groundwater

Krista Barzen-Hanson

Oregon State University, Chemistry Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

November 19

Mercury cycling in Pacific Northwest forests

Abir Biswas

Biogeochemist, The Evergreen State College

4 pm, Thompson 175

November 26 Thanksgiving
December 3

Blue whales: Great size, tiny prey

Louise McGarry

Cornell University, Ocean Resources & Ecosystems Program

4 pm, Thompson 175

Spring 2016 Schedule

January 21

Get stressed! Protein degradation in plant responses to the environment

Bryan Thines

University of Puget Sound, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

January 28

Coupled vibrations in musical drumheads: Experimental and numerical methods

Rand Worland

University of Puget Sound, Physics Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 4

Chemical and biological sensing using liquid crystals

Sandra Ward

University of Puget Sound, Chemistry Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 11

Aging brains and lifestyle choices: From humans to bumblebees

Sue Hannaford

University of Puget Sound, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175
 

Abstract

February 18

Aneuploidy and adaptation in yeast

Maitreya Dunham

University of Washington, Genome Science Department

4 pm, Thompson 175
 

Abstract

February 25

Methods promoting forest recovery by accelerating ecological succession

Jenise Bauman

Western Washington University, Huxley College of the Environment

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 3

Gene regulation in Borrelia burgdorferi, the tick-borne agent of Lyme disease

Scott Samuels

University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 10

The Visioneers: How a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future

Patrick McCray

University of California Santa Barbara, History Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 17 Spring Break
March 24

Accretion of the Olympic Mountains and the Eocene transformation of Washington geology

Jeff Tepper

University of Puget Sound, Geology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 31

Exploring the molecular mechanisms that allow plants to interpret light signals and alter their development

Keisha Carlson

University of Puget Sound, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 7

Sex, stress, and plastics: How the brain responds to chemicals in the environment

Siddharth Ramakrishnan

University of Puget Sound, Biology and Neuroscience Departments

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 14

The maintenance of an ecologically relevant trait in nature: Herbicide resistance in the common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea

Regina Baucom

University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 21

Investigating metacognition and learning: Implications for teachers and students

Amy Siegesmund

Pacific Lutheran University, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 28

Building a brain with stem cells: TAF lessons from fruit flies

Alexandre Neves

Postdoc, Eisenman Lab, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

4 pm, Thompson 175