BioNotes

February 17 through February 21, 2014

Monday, February 17, 11:00 am, A211 PDB—PSYCHOLOGY COLLOQUIUM, "Phasic mesolimbic signaling: from affect to action and points in between ," Dr. Mitchell F. Roitman, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Chicago. Dr. Roitman is a candidate for a Neuroscience faculty position in the Department of Psychology, via the Brain Initiative.

Monday, February 17, 2:00 pm, 1306 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Personalized medicine: persona omics profiling of healthy and disease states," Dr. Michael Snyder, Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA . Host: College of Medicine Graduate Students.

Monday, February 17, 3:00 pm, 2057 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE SPECIAL SEMINAR , "The behavior and biogeography of magnetic navigation in marine migrants," Dr. Nathan F. Putman, Oregon State University. Host: Dr. Brian D. Inouye. Dr. Putman is a job candidate for the Coastal and Marine Research Initiative.

Tuesday, February 18, 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "The effect of paclitaxel upon mesenchymal stem cells," Dale Bosco, Molecular Biophysics, FSU.

Tuesday, February 18, 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "R2TP complex: an essential Box C/D snoRNP assembly factor," Shaoxiong Tian, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FSU.

Wednesday, February 19, 10:00 am, 1306 COM—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Neurobiological bases of mental health disorders," Dr. Gregg Stanwood, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Host: Dr. Cathy W. Levenson. Dr. Stanwood is a faculty candidate for the department of Biomedical Sciences and the Brain Initiative .

Wednesday, February 19, 12:00 pm, 1306 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR , "Circadian rhythms, behavior, and gene expression," Dr. Michael Rosbash, Professor of Biology, Chair of Neuroscience, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Brandeis University. Host: Dr. Michelle Arbeitman.

Thursday, February 20, 12:15 pm, 2057 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE SPECIAL SEMINAR, TBA, Dr. Scott Burgess, Center for Population Ecology, University of California, Davis. Dr. Burgess is a job candidate for the Coastal and Marine Research Initiative.

Thursday, February 20, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Social interactions between cells: sensing and responding to fitness differences during growth," Dr. Laura A. Johnston, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center. Host: Dr. Wu-Min Deng.

Thursday, February 20, 4:00 pm, Turnbull Conference Center, 555 W. Pensacola Street—SPECIAL FORUM Dr. Arthur T. Kramer, Director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology and the Swanlund Chair and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Illinois. Host: Search Committee for the Director of the Institute for Successful Longevity. Dr. Kramer is a candidate for the position of Director of the newly-formed Institute for Successful Longevity

Friday, February 21, 3:30 pm, PDA, Psychology Auditorum—SPECIAL FORUM AND RESEARCH PRESENTATION, "A tale of two training strategies: boosting cognitive & brain health," Dr. Arthur T. Kramer, Director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology and the Swanlund Chair and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Illinois. Host: Search Committee for the Director of the Institute for Successful Longevity. Dr. Kramer is a candidate for the position of Director of the newly-formed Institute for Successful Longevity

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