BioNotes

November 18 through November 22, 2013

Tuesday, November 19, 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "The pros and cons of β-sheet formation: insights from solid-state NMR," Dr. Anant Paravastu, Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.

Wednesday, November 20, 12:00 pm, 223B PDB—UF CENTER FOR SMELL AND TASTE SEMINAR SERIES VIA TELECOMMUNICATION TO FSU, "GPCRs," Dr. Roger K. Sunuhara, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Host: Dr. Alan C. Spector.

Wednesday, November 20, 12:00 pm, 1306 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Role of genomic cis-elements in regulating stem cell gene expression," Dr. Li Cai, Graduate Programs in Molecular Bioscience, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Host: Dr. Richard Nowakowski.

Wednesday, November 20, 3:00 pm, King Life Sciences Building Lobby—, Scholarship Awards Reception and Presentations.

Wednesday, November 20, 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Patterning mechanisms in the visual system," Dr. Claude Desplan, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY.

Thursday, November 21 – Thursday, November 21, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, King Life Sciences Building Atrium—, Tribeta National Biological Honor Society, Ninth Annual Poster Competition for Undergraduate Researchers in the Sciences. Hosts: Dr. Debra A. Fadool and Dr. James M. Fadool, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, November 21, 9:30 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "A discussion of Liu et al., (2013) Genome-wide analysis of ZmDREB genes and their association with natural variation in drought tolerance at seedling stage of Zea mays L'. PLoS Genetics 9 (9) e1003790," Ji Huang, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Thursday, November 21, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—YERGER LECTURE, "Integrating phylogeny, spatial scale and ecology to understand the causes and consequences of plant invasions," Dr. Tiffany M. Knight, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Host: Dr. Thomas E. Miller.

Thursday, November 21, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Integrating phylogeny, spatial scale and ecology to understand the causes and consequences of plant invasions," Dr. Tiffany M. Knight, Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Host: Dr. Thomas Miller.

Friday, November 22, 11:15 am, 2057 KIN—, Presentations of summer internship project results by the Marine Certificate students . Host: Dr. Janie L. Wulff.

Friday, November 22, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Predation, hybridization and disturbance drive population dynamics of rare and common Lupinus species," Dr. Tiffany M. Knight, Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Host: Dr. Thomas E. Miller.

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