BioNotes

October 1 through October 5, 2012

Tuesday, October 2, 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "Defining TNNC1 as a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy susceptibility gene," Dr. Jose Pinto, College of Medicine, FSU.

Wednesday, October 3, 12:00 pm, 1306 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Wee1 kinase as a novel epigenetic modulator," Dr. Nupam Mahajan, Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, Tampa. Host: Dr. Akash Gunjan.

Thursday, October 4, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Nitric oxide (NO): a key player in the senescence of Medicago truncatula root nodules (discussion of Cam et al., 2012, New Phytologist 196:548-560)," Dr. Clothilde Queiroux, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, October 4, 1:00 pm, 327 OSB—THESIS DEFENSE, "Variability of deep-sea meiofaunal abundances on the continental rise off the west coast of the United States," Melissa Rohal, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, FSU. Advisor: Dr. David Thistle.

Thursday, October 4, 3:30 pm, 208 BIO—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE FACULTY MEETING.

Friday, October 5, 10:00 am, 1400 COM—COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES TYNER LECTURE, "Rapamycin: the first longevity drug?," Dr. Arlan G. Richardson, University of Texas Medical Center, San Antonio.

Friday, October 5, 3:30 pm, Dodd Hall Auditorium (103 DHA)—PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM, "Evolution and memory," Dr. Peter Godfrey-Smith, City University of New York Graduate Center, New York.

Friday, October 5, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Autosomal dosage compensation in Drosophila melanogaster," Dr. John Malone, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Host: Dr. Emily C. Lemmon.

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