- BIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM
Fall Semester 2008
Neils Science Center Room 224
View a campus mapRefreshments at 3:55 PM ; Presentations begin at 4:10 PM
Help us conserve resources -- Bring your own cup!September 8, 2008
“Gastrulation: What and How”
Dr. Grayson Davis
Department of Biology
Valparaiso University
“Genetic and Environmental Suppression of Hyperbranching in Neurospora crassa”
Dr. Michael Watters
Department of Biology
Valparaiso University
September 22, 2008
Student summer research presentations
October 13, 2008
“A role for biologists in the controversy surrounding the teaching of
evolution.”
Dr. Nancy Peleaz
Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue University
October 27, 2008
“Bless You! The interdisciplinary science between allergies and
cholesterol.”
Dr. Adam Hammond
Director: University of Chicago Biophysical Sciences Program
Cofounder: Gendyne Therapeutics, Inc
November 10, 2008
“Genetics of Adaptation: From model organisms to model ecosystems”
Dr. Justin Borovitz,
Department of Ecology and Evolution
University of Chicago
December 8, 2008
“The potential for hybridization between invasive and native bittersweets:
Celastrus orbiculatus and C. scandens.”
Dr. Noel B. Pavlovic
US Geological Survey
Great Lakes Science Center