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Biology Seminar Schedule
Fall 2009

All seminars are on Thursdays at 5:00 PM in Mendel Science Center 101, unless otherwise noted, and are all are open to the public. We serve coffee, tea, and cookies in the seminar room just prior to the seminar, and we hold a wine and cheese reception after most seminars in Mendel 101.

Date Presenter Topic
September 3 Dr. Robert Schleif: Johns Hopkins University MD An in-depth examination of a gene regulatory protein
September 10 Dr. Georgia Papaefthymiou Davis: Villanova Magnetic nanoparticles in biology and medicine
September 17 TBA  
September 24 Dr. Michael Brown: Villanova Social memory in rats
October 1 Dr. Hallgeir Rui: Jefferson University School of Medicine, PA Molecular characterization of breast cancer - matching the right patients with the right drugs
October 8 Dr. Jens Karlsson: Villanova Life on ice: Recent advances in the cryobiology of cells and tissue
*October 22 Dr. John Commito: Gettysburg College, PA Self-organization and power-law clustering in seafloor animals: the spatial ecology of mussel beds in Maine
October 29 Dr. S. Anne Boettger: West Chester University Echinoderm culture: Photoperiod manipulation and triploidy
November 5 Dr. Vikram Iyengar: Villanova All's fair in love and war: sexual selection and its consequences in arthropods
November 12 Dr. Gary Koretzky: University of Pennsylvania SLP-76 in hematopoietic cell function
November 19 Dr. José Carlos Hernández: Villanova Factors determining sea urchin abundance and their importance for ecosystem management
     
*Co-sponsored with Math & G.A.T.E. Departments