Departmental Activities

BIOLOGY SEMINARS - Fall 2012

All seminars are at 4:00 p.m. in Park 229.

December 3, 2012

Gianluca Gallo, Ph.D.

Temple University

MECHANISMS OF AXON BRANCHING

 

February 4, 2013

Dr. Erica Golemis

Fox Chase Cancer Center
IDENTIFYING AND TARGETING SIGNALING HUBS IN CANCER

 

February 25, 2013

Dr. Mark Y. Stoeckle

The Rockefeller University, Program for the Human Environment

DNA BARCODING: IDENTIFYING LIFE BY DNA

 

April 8, 2013

Staci Lewis

Consortium for Ocean Leadership

HOW SCIENTISTS INFORM PUBLIC POLICY--A SCIENTIST IN DC'S PERSPECTIVE

 

April 22, 2013
Samantha Chapman, Ph.D.
Villanova University

MANGROVES MARCHING NORTHWARD: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPLICATIONS OF SPECIES SHIFTS FOR COASTAL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOLOGY SEMINARS - Spring 2012

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

Lars Dietrich, Ph.D.

Columbia University

title: How to Prevent Suffocation in a Biofilm

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: HIFs, Stem Cells and Tumor Progression

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: Bacterial Stress Response: Basic Science and Environmental Applications

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.