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Fall 2009 Schedule

All located in B302 Birge, Thursdays at 3:30p, unless otherwise noted*.

Date Title Speaker Sponsor
Sept 10 Atomic Perspectives on Phytochrome Signaling Rick Veirstra, Genetics, UW-Madison Marisa Otegui (Botany)
Sept 17 Choanoflagellates, interkingdom signaling, and the building blocks of animal origins Nicole King, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, UC-Berkeley Carol Lee
Sept 24 Identifying new alternative indicators of sewage contamination in the Great Lakes using comprehensive microbial community profiling Sandra McLellan, Great Lakes Water Institute (UW-Milwaukee) Carol Lee
Oct 1 The influence of past and present land use on non-native plant invasion in the southern Appalachians Tim Kuhman Zoology, UW-Madison Monica Turner
Oct 8
No Zoology colloquium - Annual Ecology Symposium sponsored by Wisconsin Ecology Group
Oct 15 Biological invasions: the roles of dispersal and invasibility John Havel,Department of Biology, MSU Carol Lee
Oct 22 Unravelling common threads in the fabric of disease Fariba Assadi-Porter, Department of Biochemistry, UW-Madison Warren Porter
Oct 29 Fish n' chimps: model systems for the ecology of infectious disease in a changing global environment Tony Goldberg, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, UW-Madison Stephen Gammie
Nov 5 How the G protein Complex Mediates Control of Cell Proliferation in Arabidopsis Alan Jones, Department of Biology, UNC, Chapel Hill Simon Gilroy
Nov 12 Genetics of Root Growth Behavior in Arabidopsis Patrick Masson, Genetics, UW-Madison Marisa Otegui
Nov 19 Morphology and the Mechanics Impacting Zebra and Quagga Mussel Invasions Suzanne Peyer, Zoology, UW-Madison Carol Lee
Dec 3 On the receiving end: nitrogen in Wisconsin streams Emily Stanley, Zoology, UW-Madison Steve Carpenter
Dec 10 Evolution in changing environments: Insights from Theory Tucker Gilman, Zoology, UW-Madison Tony Ives




Spring 2009 Schedule

Date Title Speaker Sponsor
Jan 23 -- -- --
Jan 30 Merging the ecology of animals and ecosystems: nutrients as a common currency Peter McIntyre Steve Carpenter
Feb 6 Human alteration of marine ecosystems: drivers, dynamics, and consequences Julia Baum Steve Carpenter
Feb 13 Is recreational exploitation of freshwater fish populations strong enough to cause adaptive changes of life-history, behavioral and physiological traits? Robert Arlinghaus Steve Carpenter
Feb 20 How to grow a brain: critical roles for the zic2/5 gene pair during zebrafish embryogenesis Jenya Grinblat --
Feb 27
No Zoology colloquium
Mar 6
No Zoology colloquium
Mar 13 The Global Fish Crisis Jim Kitchell --
Mar 20
No Zoology colloquium - Spring Break
Mar 27 Architecture, assembly, and interactions of the bacterial actin cytoskeleton Kurt Amann --
Apr 2* 2009 Kaeser Scholar Lecture:
One Biology; One Science: A Vision for 21st Century Biology

*7pm, 145 Birge Hall 		Jim Collins Assistant Director for Biological Sciences,
National Science Foundation
Apr 3 Widening Ripples Stanley Dodson --
Apr 10 Social and Hormonal Mechanisms of Male Reproductive Strategies in Black Howler monkeys (Aloutta pigra) Sarie Van Belle --
Apr 15 Placentation in primates: Is pre-eclampsia a disorder restricted to human pregnancy? Anthony M. Carter, University of Southern Denmark Paula M. Holahan

UW Zoological Museum
Apr 17
No Zoology colloquium
Apr 24 The Tale of Two Lakes Amy Kamarainen --
May 1 Applying Evolution: Examples from a Research Program Patrick Carter Carol Lee
May 8 The Role of the Dystroglycan Complex in Drosophila wing development Dave Olson --
 
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