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FALL 2009 BIOLOGY EVENTS
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Fri, Sep 04:	Seminar: "Drosophila as a hematopoietic developmental model system" Utpal Banerjee, Ph.D., Professor and the Chair of the Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California - Los Angeles, (Host: Jay Hirsh) Refreshments served at 11:45am	12:00 Noon
		190 Gilmer Hall


Fri, Sep 11:	Seminar: "How do microtubules deliver the signal for cytokinesis?" An unexpected answer to a very old question" Bill Bement, Ph.D., Professor of Zoology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, (Host: Dorothy Schafer, co-sponsored with the Department of Biochemistry)Refreshments served at 11:45am	12:00 Noon
		190 Gilmer Hall


Fri, Sep 25:	*Seminar: "The Neural Substrates of Memory are Modulated by Experience"* Brian Wiltgen,** Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia (Host: Barry Condron) Refreshments served at 11:45am	12:00 Noon
		190 Gilmer Hall


Fri, Oct 02:	Seminar: "Immune-based support of cognitive function: Can T cells make us smart(er)?" Jonathan Kipnis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia (Host: George Bloom) Refreshments served at 11:45am	12:00 Noon
		190 Gilmer Hall


Fri, Oct 09:	*Seminar: "Snatching Wilderness from the Jaws of Development,"* James Murray,** Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, University of Virginia. Refreshments served at 11:45am	12:00 Noon
		190 Gilmer Hall

Fri, Oct 16:	*Seminar: "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution"* Richard Dawkins*. This is a non-ticketed public event.*	4:00 pm
		130 Gilmer Hall

Fri, Oct 23:	Seminar: "Molecular switches and the decision to enter mitosis" Doug Kellogg, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California - Santa Cruz (Host: Keith Kozminski) Refreshments served at 11:45am	12:00 Noon
		190 Gilmer Hall


Fri, Oct 30:	Seminar: "Wiring the Brain," Barry Condron, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Virginia (Host: Jay Hirsh) Refreshments served at 11:45am <<SEMINAR VIDEO.mp4>>	12:00 Noon
		190 Gilmer Hall

Thu, Nov 05:	Seminar: "Strategies for engaging undergraduates in large classes without sinking your research career" Diane O'Dowd, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology, Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California - Irvine. (Host: Claire Cronmiller, co-sponsored with the Teaching Resource Center) Reception and refreshments to follow.	3:00pm
		209 Maury Hall



Fri, Nov 06:	Seminar: *"Cellular mechanisms regulating network activity in the Drosophila antennal lobe"* Diane O'Dowd, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology, Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California - Irvine. (Host: Claire Cronmiller) Refreshments served at 11:45am	12:00 Noon
		190 Gilmer Hall


Fri, Nov 13:	Seminar: "From individuals to ecosystems: Consequences of ontogenetic functional diversity for natural communities" Volker Rudolf, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Rice University (Host: Henry Wilbur) Refreshments served at 11:45am	12:00 Noon
		190 Gilmer Hall


Fri, Nov 20:	Seminar: "Polydnaviruses as symbionts and immunosuppressive pathogens of insects" Michael Strand, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor of Entomology, University of Georgia (Host: GSPA) Refreshments served at 11:45am	12:00 Noon
		190 Gilmer Hall


Fri, Dec 04:	Seminar: *"Predatory Prokaryotes: From basic research to application"* Daniel Kadouri, Ph.D.,Assistant Professor, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey University (Host: Martin Wu) Refreshments served at 11:45am	12:00 Noon
		190 Gilmer Hall


Fri, Dec 11:	Seminar: "The evolution of sex chromosomes in papaya" Ray Ming, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Host: Lei Li) Refreshments served at 11:45am	12:00 Noon
		190 Gilmer Hall


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