College of Arts and Science Vanderbilt University
Department of

Biological Sciences

Departmental Seminars

Date Location Seminar
Aug. 1, 2011
4:10 pm
  Dr. Lauren Jackson: "Structural basis for endocytic cargo recognition at the plasma membrane"

Dr. Lauren Jackson, University of Cambridge

Host: Gerald Stubbs

Aug. 19, 2011
11:00 am
  Dr. Leticia Vega : Getting to the end: Pif1p, telomeres and telomerase in S. cerevisiae (415A-D Light Hall)

Dr. Leticia Vega

Host: Kathy Friedman

NOTE: Seminar will take place in 415 A-D Light Hall

Aug. 22, 2011
4:10 pm
  Donna Webb, Vanderbilt University: “The Migration Machinery: Moving Memories and Cells”.

Donna Webb, Vanderbilt University

Donna Webb, Vanderbilt University

Aug. 29, 2011
4:10 pm
  David Miller, Vanderbilt: "Mechanisms for building and remodeling neurons"

David Miller, Vanderbilt: "Mechanisms for building and remodeling neurons"

Host: Bubba Singleton

Sep. 5, 2011
4:10 pm
  No Seminar: Labor Day Holiday

Open Seminar Date

Open Seminar Date

Sep. 12, 2011
4:10 pm
  Guest Speaker: Jay Evans, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Guest Speaker: Jay Evans, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Guest Speaker: Jay Evans, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Host: Patrick Abbot

Sep. 19, 2011
4:10 pm
  John McCutcheon, University of Montana: "Extreme genome reduction and metabolic complementarity in bacterial symbionts of sap-feeding insects"

John McCutcheon, University of Montana: "Extreme genome reduction and metabolic complementarity in bacterial symbionts of sap-feeding insects."

Host: Patrick Abbot

Sep. 26, 2011
4:10 pm
  Maurine Neiman , Iowa University

Maurine Neiman, Iowa University

Maurine Neiman, Iowa University

Host: Daniel Funk

Oct. 3, 2011
4:10 pm
  Fall Break - No Seminar this week

Fall Break- No Seminar this week

Fall Break- No Seminar this week

Oct. 10, 2011
4:10 pm
  Dan Kaplan, Vanderbilt University: "Insights into the Initiation of DNA Replication"

Dan Kaplan, Vanderbilt University

Dan Kaplan, Vanderbilt Unviersity

Oct. 17, 2011
4:10 pm
  Heather Broihier, Case Western Reserve University

Heather Broihier, Case Western Reserve University

Heather Broihier, Case Western Reserve University

Title: "Of regulatory loops and microtubule loops: FOXO controls synaptic microtubule stability."

Host: Kendal Broadie

Oct. 24, 2011
4:10 pm
  Cheryl Gatto, Vanderbilt University

Cheryl Gatto, Vanderbilt University

Host: Kendal Broadie

Oct. 31, 2011
  Halloween - No Seminar

No Seminar on Monday October 31, 2011

Nov. 7, 2011
4:10 pm
  Guest Speaker: George Somero, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University: "Exploiting \'mussel-power\' in evolutionary physiology: insights into protein evolution, biogeography and internal rhythms in congeners of Mytilus"

George Somero, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University

Host: Carl Johnson

Nov. 14, 2011
4:10 pm
  Alex Raikhel, Ph.D, University of California Riverside: Regulatory pathways controlling mosquito reproduction

Alex Raikhel, University of California Riverside

Host: Larry Zwiebel

Nov. 17, 2011
4:10 pm
  Julian Hillyer, Ph.D, Vanderbilt University (Stevenson Center, room 4309)

Julian Hillyer, Vanderbilt University

Stevenson Center room 4309

Nov. 21, 2011
4:10 pm
  No Seminar- Thanksgiving Holiday

No Seminar - Thanksgiving Holiday

No Seminar - Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov. 28, 2011
4:10 pm
  Kevin Ess, Ph.D: Vanderbilt University

Kevin Ess, Ph.D: Vanderbilt University

Host: Bubba Singleton

Jan. 9, 2012
4:10 pm
  Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University

Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University

Antonis Rokas, Vanderbilt University

4th year review

Jan. 16, 2012
4:10 pm
  Jeremy Kay, Harvard University: Molecular mechanisms that assemble neural circuits in the developing visual system

Jeremy Kay, Harvard University

Host: Charles Singleton

Jan. 23, 2012
4:10 pm
  George Somero, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford: "Exploiting \'mussel-power\' in evolutionary physiology: Insights into protein evolution, biogeography and internal rhythms in congeners of Mytilus"

George Somero, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford

Host: Carl Johnson

 

Jan. 30, 2012
4:10 pm
  Jereme Lynch, University of Cologne: Axes to Grind: Dynamics of Patterning Information, Cell Fate Specification, and Morphogenesis in Embryonic Development and Evolution.

Jeremy Lynch, Univ. of Cologne

Host: Charles Singleton

Feb. 6, 2012
4:10 pm
  Wilson Clements, Univ. of California, San Diego: Wnt16 in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Specification and Leukemia

Wilson Clements, Univ. of California, San Diego

Host: Charles Singleton

Feb. 13, 2012
4:10 pm
  David Weaver, Ph.D: University Massachusetts Medical School: “The role of CLOCK in Mammalian Circadian Rhythms"

David Weaver, Ph.D, Univ. Massachusetts Medical School

Host: Carl Johnson

Feb. 20, 2012
4:10 pm
  John Gibbons & Abby Olena-RIP

John Gibbons & Abby Olena-RIP

 

Feb. 27, 2012
4:10 pm
  Michael Galko, PH.D: University of Texas

Michael Galko, PH.D: University of Texas

Host: Kendal Broadie

Mar. 5, 2012
4:10 pm
  Dr. Peter Devreotes from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Dr. Peter Devreotes from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Host: Chris Janetopoulos

Mar. 12, 2012
4:10 pm
  Dr. John Adams, University of South Florida

 Dr. John Adams, University of South Florida

Dr. John Adams, University of South Florida

Host: Julian Hillyer

 

Mar. 19, 2012
4:10 pm
  Dr. Charles Barlowe, Dartmouth University

Dr. Charles Barlowe, Dartmouth

Dr. Todd Graham, Host

Mar. 26, 2012
4:10 pm
  Jerry Coyne Ph.D, University of Chicago

Jerry Coyne, Ph.D, University of Chicago

Host: Graduate Students

 

Mar. 30, 2012
4:10 pm
  Jonas King and Ryan Baldridge RIP talks

Jonas King and Ryan Baldridge, Vanderbilt University

Host: Seth Bordenstein

Apr. 2, 2012
4:10 pm
  Matt Hahn, Indiana University

Matt Hahn, Indiana University

Matt Hahn, Indiana University                  

Host: Patrick Abbot

Apr. 9, 2012
4:10 pm
  Tessy Sebastian & Chunyao Wei-RIP

Tessy Sebastian & Chunyao Wei-RIP

 

Apr. 16, 2012
4:10 pm
  Suraj Adhikary & Charlene Hawkins-RIP

Suraj Adhikary & Charlene Hawkins-RIP

 

Apr. 23, 2012
4:10 pm
  David Hall, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia

David Hall, Department of Genetics, University of Georgia

Host: Patrick Abbot