BioNotes

January 8 through January 12, 2018

Monday, January 8 – Monday, January 8, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, PSB A211—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Functional organization of long-range connections in the olfactory system," Dr. Shaolin Liu, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Dr. Liu is a candidate for a Neuroscience faculty position in the Department of Biological Science, and will give a chalk talk Tuesday, January 9, at 9:00am, 2057 KIN. Contact host Dr. Jian Feng to schedule a meeting with the candidate.

Monday, January 8 – Monday, January 8, 7:00 pm – 7:00 pm, 1024 KIN—FRIENDS OF THE APALACHICOLA NATIONAL FOREST PRESENTATION, "The US Forest Service and The Nature Conservancy: increasing work capacity through stewardship authority," Jana Mott, The Nature Conservancy. Host: Friends of the Apalachicola National Forest.

Wednesday, January 10 – Wednesday, January 10, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 1306 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Innate immune sensing of cytosolic DNA and a counter mechanism by KSHV, an oncogenic DNA virus," Dr. Fanxiu Zhu, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Thursday, January 11 – Thursday, January 11, 2:00 pm – 2:00 pm, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Modeling the genetic complexity of colorectal cancer in Drosophila," Dr. Erdem Bangi, Department of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. Dr. Bangi is a candidate for a Developmental Biology faculty position, and will give a chalk talk Friday, January 12, at 9:00am, 2057 KIN. Contact Dr. James M. Fadool to schedule a meeting with the candidate.

Thursday, January 11 – Thursday, January 11, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 1003 CSL—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Structural biology in vivo through electron cryotomography," Dr. Yi-Wei Chang, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. Host: Dr. Scott Stagg, Institute of Molecular biophysics and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University. Dr. Chang is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Thursday, January 11 – Thursday, January 11, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 208 BIO—FACULTY MEETING

Friday, January 12 – Friday, January 12, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Stabilizing selection and the evolution of genetic variance," Dr. Jacqueline Sztepanacz, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Host: Dr. David Houle, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

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