Seminar Series


BIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM

Sponsored by: Department of Biology, Minority Biomedical Research Support,
Minority Access to Research Careers Program

Fridays at 2 PM in room EH 2132

FALL 2007

24 August

Biology 490 & 692 Organizational Meeting

14 September

Raymond Rodriquez, Ph.D.
Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of California, Davis

Nutritional Genomics: Linking Food,
Genomics and Human Health to Promote
Global Health and Wellness

21 September

John McCormack, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
University of California, Los Angeles

Evolutionary Patterns and Processes at
Multiple Scales in a New World Jay
(Aphelocoma ultramarina)

28 September

John Harada, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences
University of California, Davis

Arabidopsis Embryogenesis
Dead Embryos Tell Tales: Dissection of

5 October

Jayson Smith, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
California State University, Fullerton

Long-term change in Macrophyte and
Macroinvertebrate Communities on
Wave-exposed Rocky Intertidal Shores

12 October

Peter Ward, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
University of Washington

Astrobiology and Mass Extinction
NOTE: talk will be in the Oviatt Library
Presentation Room (bottom floor)

19 October

Chris Lowe, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
California State University, Long Beach

Movements & Site Fidelity of Gamefishes
Near Offshore Petroleum Platforms: Nice
Real Estate but how's the Commute?

26 October

Linnea Hall, Ph.D.
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology
Camarillo, CA

Studying Bird Population Dynamics
in Guatemala: the Intersection of
Multiple Pathways of Scientific Inquiry

2 November

Eva McGhee, Ph.D.
Community Health Systems
University of California, San Francisco

Human Papillomavirus-16 E6 and E7
Oncoproteins: Induction of Genomic
Instability Damage and Cellular Sequelae

9 November

John Gatesy, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
University of California, Riverside

Intelligent and Unintelligent Designs
Evolution of Baleen Whales:

16 November

Alan Shabel
Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley

The Paleoecology of Plio-Pleistocene
Hominins and the Long-term Coexistence
of Homo and Paranthropus

23 November

THANKSGIVING BREAK

30 November

Frank Talamantes, Ph.D.
Health Sciences Center
Texas Tech University

Health Disparities: A National Crisis

7 December

Allen Showalter, Ph.D.
Dept. of Environmental and Plant Biology
Ohio University

Plant Arabinogalactan-Proteins:
Structure, Expression, and Function


Organizers: Drs. Fritz Hertel and Maria Elena Zavala