2009 Fall Seminar Series

Fall Seminar presentations are held from 3:00 - 4:00 in the Jackson Brothers Lecture Hall (Room 138) unless otherwise noted.

Thursday, September 24
Dr. Bill Packard, "Does a Christian Scientist Have to be Schizophrenic?"

Wednesday, September 30
Dr. Dan Nogales, "The Pluses and Minuses of Chemotherapy"

Thursday, October 22, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Dr. Tim Anstine, "Chemical Evolution: Fact or Fiction?"

Tuesday, October 27, 12:00 - 12:30pm
Joe Strunk, "Understanding of the molecular basis for alcohol-related diseases:  Studies of Retinol Oxidation by ADH7."

Wednesday, October 28
Dr. Luke Daniels, "Jalapenos and Chewing Gum: Temperature Detection in the Mammalian Nervous System"

Wednesday, November 4
Mike Munts, "From Great Gray Owls to Sage-grouse, By way of Spotted Frogs and Painted Turtles: The Importance of Undergraduate Research and How it Launched My Career."

Thursday, November 5
Dr. Christine Johns, "Life: The Ultimate Choose Your Own Adventure Story."

Friday, November 6
Dr. Reginald Finger, "Embryo Adoption: Successes, Challenges, & Dilemmas"

Thursday, November 12
Dr. Scott Minnich, "Genomic reduction contributes to virulence of Yersinia pestis (plague)"

(Dr. Minnich will also give a talk geared toward the general public entitled "Intelligent Design:  What does it mean?" at 7:00 on Thursday, Nov 12)

Wednesday, November 18
Dr. Jennifer Chase, "The Making of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (and how a small group of undergrad students & their professor are trying to understand how a two-carbon compound can cause permanent harm)"

November 26 & 27
No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break

Wednesday, December 9
Dr. Jamee Nixon "Does NOD2 have a role in Inflammatory Bowel Disease?"