Departmental Activities

BIOLOGY SEMINARS - Spring 2012

Monday, February 27, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.

Lars Dietrich, Ph.D.

Columbia University

title: TBA

http://www.dietrichlab.com/BioShapes/DietrichLab.html

 

Monday, March 19, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.

Celeste Simon, Ph.D.

HHMI, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute

and the University of Pennsylvania

title: TBA

http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g20000220/p6001

  

Monday, April 9, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.

Amy Vollmer, Ph.D.

Swarthmore College

title: TBA

http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/avollme1/research/index.html

 

 

BIOLOGY SEMINARS - Fall 2011

Monday, September 26, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.

Joshua A. Shapiro, Ph.D.

Princeton University and Bryn Mawr College

“Little worm, big broom: Chromosome-scale selective sweeps in C. elegans

http://www.princeton.edu/eeb/people/display_person.xml?netid=jshapir&display=Postdoctoral

 

Monday, October 17, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.

Erik Zettler, Ph.D.

Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA

“Marine Debris and Ocean Ecosystems: Scientific Insights from Student Research Projects”

http://www.sea.edu/academics/faculty_detail/dr._erik_zettler

  

Monday, November 7, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.

Jon Wilson, Ph.D.

Haverford College

“Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from the Study of Fossil Plants”

http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/46571/24

 

November 2011

 Ecologist candidate seminars

TBA

 

 

All seminars are in Park 229.  Refreshments will be served before the lecture.

All are welcome.

 

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Support

Grants from HHMI have helped us to strengthen science education by supporting interdisciplinary approaches to teaching in biology and the related sciences; undergraduate research opportunities; use of computing technologies in the sciences; and professional development for precollege science teachers. For more information, contact Dr. Peter Brodfuehrer.

Serendip

Serendip is an international web resource for science education and interdisciplinary explorations, averaging 3 million visitors annually. For more information, contact Dr. Paul Grobstein.