BioNotes

November 27 through December 1, 2017

Wednesday, November 29 – Wednesday, November 29, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 1306 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Decoding DNA modifications in the brain," Dr. Jian Feng, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Wednesday, November 29 – Wednesday, November 29, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Insights into drug development: SST2 agonist for acromegaly," Dr. Stacy Markison, Senior Director, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA.

Wednesday, November 29 – Wednesday, November 29, 6:00 pm – 6:00 pm, COM Auditorium—3MT FINALS: 3 MINUTE THESIS SCIENCE COMMUNICATION COMPETITION Jessica Cusick, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Thursday, November 30 – Thursday, November 30, 9:00 am – 9:00 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Embryonic epigenetic reprogramming by a pioneer transcription factor in plants, a discussion of Tao et al., 2017," Stefania Vendramin, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Thursday, November 30 – Thursday, November 30, 3:45 pm – 3:45 pm, 101 UPL—LANUTTI MEMORIAL LECTURE, "Gravitational waves astronomy," Gabriela Gonzalez, LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA . Jointly hosted by the Florida State University Department of Physics and the Tallahassee Scientific Society. Refreshments at 3:15p.m., lecture begins at 3:45. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, November 30 – Thursday, November 30, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, Ancient cGAS-STING pathways link bacteria signaling and human innate immunity, Dr. Philip J. Kranzusch, Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA . Host: Dr. Fanxiu Zhu, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Thursday, November 30 – Thursday, November 30, 7:30 pm – 7:30 pm, 101 UPL—LANUTTI PUBLIC LECTURE, "Einstein, gravitational waves, and black holes," Gabriela Gonzalez, LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA . Jointly hosted by the Florida State University Department of Physics and the Tallahassee Scientific Society. Free and open to the public.

Friday, December 1 – Friday, December 1, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, The hidden costs of sexually selected weapons in the heliconia bug, leptoscelis tricolor , Ummat Somjee, Program in Interdisciplinary Entomology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Host: Dr. Emily H. duVal, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

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