BioNotes

May 18 through May 22, 2015

Monday, May 18, 1:00 pm, 2057 KIN—THESIS DEFENSE, "Dopamine action on behavioral response and medial amygdala neural response to chemosensory communication signals in male mice," Ariel Simonton, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Advisor: Dr. Michael Meredith.

Wednesday, May 20, 12:00 pm, 1306 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR , "Regulation of transcription factors during cell division," Dr. Raed M. Rizkallah, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Myra M. Hurt.

Thursday, May 21, 2:00 pm, 112 KLB—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Structure and function of spliceosomal proteins," Dr. Rui Zhao, Program in Molecular Biology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Denver, CO. Host: Dr. M. Elizabeth Stroupe.

Sunday, May 24, 9:00 am, TBA—RNASEQ: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS WORKSHOP The workshop is designed to give biology researchers a hands-‐on introduction to the questions, technology, laboratory and basic pipeline procedures of transcriptomics, through lectures and exercises focused on non‐model systems, but applicable to organisms with reference genomes. One session will focus on participants' own projects; advance preparation of data is suggested for those who would like individual advice. Primary instructor Kim Hughes (Professor, Department of Biological Science, FSU) has expertise spanning evolutionary ecology, genetics, and behavior, and considerable transcriptomics experience. Co‐instructor Kim Hoke (Associate Professor, Biology, Colorado State University) focuses on neuroscience and behavioral evolution. This workshop, hosted by the Department of Biological Science and the Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine, FSU, is part of an NSF-‐funded collaborative grant to the instructors and is free of charge to participants. To register, email kahughes@bio.fsu.edu stating your current position and motivation for participating.

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