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Spring 2008 Biology Seminar Series

Thursdays from 4:00-5:00 in HS243
unless otherwise noted.

Coffee/Cookies/Meet the speaker at 3:30 in HS 213

 Questions? Contact the seminar coordinator, L. Erickson

 

Date

Speaker

Institution

Topic

Host

Feb 7

 Peter Jackson   Cutting Edge Home Technology: The ‘Alive and Aware’ Home Henson seminar series

Feb 14

 no seminar  

Feb 21

 Dave Curson Audubon, Maryland-DC Important Bird Areas: prioritizing sites for conservation J. Stribling

Feb 28

 Brad Brooks George Washington University, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology Going against the grain; DNA excision repair is required for chemical mutagenesis K. Hunter

March 6

 Steven Metallo Georgetown University, Dept. of Chemistry Competitions in Macromolecular Systems K. Miller

March 13

 Ryan Taylor Salisbury University
Dept. of Biological Sciences		 Faux Frogs: robotics as a tool for testing hypotheses in animal behavior Henson seminar series

March 20

 Spring Break - no seminar

March 27

 Vaughn Wagner
The "Swan song"		 Salisbury University, Environmental Health Sciences Mosquitoes, Wetlands & Arboviruses Env. Health Sci. Club

April 1 (Note date and place)

 Robert Buchanan

Tuesday, April 1, in HS 103 at 4:00. Coffee/cookies in HS213 at 3:30		 Polar Bears International "Polar Bear Conservation through Research and Education"

Environmental Issues Seminar

J. Maloof

April 10

National Conference of Undergraduate Research at Salisbury University

April 17
Megan Janssen
Georgetown University		 Acute AED exposure in neonatal rats impairs synaptic maturation of striatal GABAergic neurons Env. Health Sci. Club
April 22
(Note special date and place)		 Wayne E. Criss

Coffee, cookies: 3:30 - 4:00 HS 213
Lecture: 4:00 - 5:00 HS 103
He will meet with students after the seminar: 5:00 - 6:00
 

 Department of Biochemistry and Institute of Oncology

Hacettepe University Medical School Ankara, TURKEY		  

What is Cancer?
(more info)

 

  

Ann Barse

April 24
No Thursday biology seminar. Room is reserved for a CAREER SERVICES SEMINAR

May 1

 Jack Snitzer Eastern Shore Diabetes and Endocrinology An overview of endocrinology and the human hormonal system E. Lawler
May 8
 		 BIOL 210 Poster Session
3-4:00 Prior to regular Thurs. seminar in Henson Science Hall Food Court		 Salisbury University
Dept. of Biological Sciences		 Student research projects K. Hunter

May 8

 Bill Campbell Salisbury University
Dept. of Nursing		 Civil War Medicine and Its Impact on Healthcare Today Henson seminar series

 

Fall 2008 Schedule

 

 

          Past Seminars

Fall 2007 Biological Sciences Seminar Series

 

Date

Speaker

Institution

Topic

Host

Sept. 13

 Kim Hunter Salisbury University Cloud Forest Biology: DNA Expedition in Cusco National Park, Honduras Erickson

Sept. 20

 Jaclyn Wolinski, DVM Healing Hands Animal Hospital  "The Cat's Meow, Straight from the Horse's Mouth" E. Lawler

Sept. 27

 OPEN      

Oct. 4

 Justin Biffinge  Naval Research Lab, Alternative Energy Section Microbial Fuel Cells M. Holland

Oct. 11

 OPEN      

Oct. 18

 Cancelled - moved to Spring semester. Vaughn Wagner Salisbury University Mosquitoes, Wetlands & Arboviruses
L. Erickson

Oct. 25

Program Planning week

 No seminar this week

Nov. 1

Program Planning week

 No seminar this week

Nov. 8

Arthur Johnson
(Note: room change to DH123)

 Biological Resources Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park. Looming moral dilemmas with new knowledge in the biological
sciences
L. Erickson

Nov. 15

 Alain Touwaide & Emanuela Appetiti  Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Dept. of Botany		 Australian Aboriginal medicine M. Holland & E. Williams
Medicinal uses of plants in the ancient Mediterranean

Nov. 22

 Thanksgiving Break No seminar this week

Nov. 29

 Kim Hoke University of Texas Are You Even Listening? The Male/Female Auditory Divide in Frogs R. Taylor
Dec. 6 BIOL210 poster session
 

 

 

Spring 2007 Biological Sciences Departmental Seminar Series

 

Date

Speaker

Institution

Topic

Host

Feb 8

Mike Scott

Dept of Geosciences

Salisbury University

Where Yesterday is Today: The Rectification of John Smith’s 1624 Map of the Chesapeake Bay and the Nanticoke River

Henson Seminar series

Feb 15

Shawn Soutiere

Undersea Medicine Dept.
Naval Medical Research Center
Silver Spring, MD

The Physiology of Disabled Submarine Survivor Rescue 

E. Lawler

Feb 22

 John D. Egan Salisbury University PP2A - PP2B – PPFM: Pathogen vs. Protector M. Frana

March 1

Dave Wilson

Maryland Coastal Bays  Program

Protecting and managing Maryland's Coastal Bays

H. Womack

March 8

Angie Hengst

University of Maryland, Horn Point

Restoration ecology of Potamogeton perfoliatus: The nursery bed effect

K. Hunter

March 15

Joseph Love

University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.

Coastal Fish Management

A. Barse

March 22

SPRING BREAK

 

March 29

Eugene Williams 

Dept. of Biological Sciences, Salisbury University 

 Cancer cells in space

Henson Seminar series

April 5

Program Planning - no seminar

 

April 12

Program Planning - no seminar

 

April 19

Roland Smith

American Zoo and Aquarium Association

The Red Wolf project

J. Maloof

April 26

Allison Whitmer

Georgetown University

 Polar Biology

 G. Williams

May 3

Robert Joyner

Respiratory Therapy Program

Salisbury University

Breathing Comfort during NPPV between ICU and Specifically Designed NPPV Ventilators

Henson Seminar series

May 10

Senior seminars and BIOL210 posters

 Salisbury University, Dept of Biological Sciences

 

 

 

 

Fall 2006 Biological Sciences Departmental Seminar Series

 

Date

Speaker

Institution

Topic

Host

Sept.  7

Bill Prudden and Kerrie Kyde

Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Purple Loosestrife Scout Training

M. Holland

Sept. 14

Tim Coles

Operation Wallacea

Internship opportunities

K. Hunter

Sept. 21

Mack Powell

Western Carolina University

Chagas disease: from the bush to the bench.

M. Holland

Sept. 28

No seminar

 

 

 

Oct. 5

Les Erickson

Salisbury University

A myosin motor involved in hearing loss

 TriBeta

Oct. 12

Nikki Harrison

Salisbury University

Kruger National Park, South Africa

H. Womack

Oct. 19

Kristofer Helgen

Smithsonian  Institution