BioNotes

February 16 through February 20, 2015

Monday, February 16, 10:00 am, 499 DSL—SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR, "Decoding fMRI data: cognitive neuroscience and clinical relevance," Dr. Lydia Hellrung, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden .

Tuesday, February 17, 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY STUDENT SEMINAR, "Investigating the role of Resistin: a bioinformatics approach," Karin Vallega. Host: Dr. X.Q. Amy Sang.

Tuesday, February 17, 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY STUDENT SEMINAR, "Structural and biochemical study of box C/D snoRNP assembly factors," Ge Yu. Host: Dr. Hong Li.

Thursday, February 19, 12:00 pm, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "The ecology and evolution of life histories in the sea," Dr. Holly Kindsvater, NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology, Simon Fraser University and University of California Santa Cruz. Dr. Kindsvater is a candidate for a Coastal and Marine Initiative faculty position.

Thursday, February 19, 1:15 pm, 3075 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Release of transpositional silencing under stress in plants: discussion of Cavrak, V. V., N. Lettner, S. Jamge, A. Kosarewicz, L. M. Bayer and O. Mittelsten Scheid (2014), How a retrotransposon exploits the plant's heat stress response for its activation," Dr. Karen M. McGinnis, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Thursday, February 19, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "New lenses on human genetic variation: tools for visualizing population structure," Dr. John Novembre, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago. Host: Dr. Emily Lemmon.

Friday, February 20, 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Did dinosaurs evolve dentitions rivaling mammals' in biomechanical sophistication?," Dr. Gregory M. Erickson, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Host: Dr. David Houle.

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