BioNotes

January 28 through February 1, 2019

Tuesday, January 29 – Tuesday, January 29, 11:15 am – 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "Additional regulatory role of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose 2, 6-bisphosphatase?," Johanna Papa, Biochemistry Graduate Program, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Brian G. Miller, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University.

Tuesday, January 29 – Tuesday, January 29, 11:15 am – 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "Protein archaeology: using reconstructed ancestral proteins to understand the evolution of glucokinase regulation by its regulatory protein," Joshua Santiago, Biochemistry Graduate Program, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Brian G. Miller, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University.

Tuesday, January 29 – Tuesday, January 29, 3:00 pm – 3:00 pm, 2057 KIN—TCGA TALK, "Tissue-specific transcriptional activity in agriculturally important tissues of maize: a computational approach," Lauren Schulte, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Host: The Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Association (TCGA), Florida State University.

Wednesday, January 30 – Wednesday, January 30, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 1306 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Constricted migration of cancer cells leads to DNA repair factor loss and genomic aberrations," Dr. Jerome Irianto, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University.

Wednesday, January 30 – Wednesday, January 30, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 115 SAN—NUTRITION, FOOD, AND EXERCISE SCIENCES SEMINAR, On factors that contribute to the development of obesity and treatment programs for obesity in underserved populations, Dr. Michelle Cardell, Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida college of Medicine, Gainesville, FL.

Wednesday, January 30 – Wednesday, January 30, 7:35 pm – 7:35 pm, Waterworks, 1133 Thomasville Rd., Tallahassee, FL—SCIENCE SALON, "Tiny, beautiful, toxic: harmful algal blooms," Dr. Sven Kranz, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University.

Thursday, January 31 – Thursday, January 31, 11:00 am – 11:00 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, TBA, Dr. Jason Bertram, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The speaker is a candidate for a faculty position in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at FSU.

Thursday, January 31 – Thursday, January 31, 11:15 am – 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "The very many (PSI) prion strains: implication for protein folding," Chi-Yen King, Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Biology, Academica Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. Host: Dr. Donald L. D. Caspar, Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University.

Thursday, January 31 – Thursday, January 31, 3:00 pm – 3:00 pm, 4077 KIN—TEACHING DISCUSSION GROUP, "Cellphones, computers, and student engagement." Host: Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Contact Kate Hill (kmhill@bio.fsu.edu) if you would like to be added to the group Canvas organization site.

Thursday, January 31 – Thursday, January 31, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Building an adaptation: 300 million years of toxin resistance evolution," Dr. Joel McGlothlin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. Host: Elizabeth Lange, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Friday, February 1 – Friday, February 1, 11:30 am – 11:30 am, Nancy H. Marcus Great Hall: Honors, Scholars, and Fellows House—DIRECTO SPRING CONVERSATION SERIES, "Recruiting and creating supporting environments." Host: Diversity & Inclusion in Research & Teaching Organization (DIRECTO), Florida State University.

Friday, February 1 – Friday, February 1, 2:00 pm – 2:00 pm, 1400 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Mechanistic characterization of macrophage-mediated neuroinflammation following contusive spinal cord injury," Alyssa Rolfe, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Yi Ren, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University.

Friday, February 1 – Friday, February 1, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Indirect genetic effects and the evolution of behavior in social network," Dr. Joel McGlothlin, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. Host: Elizabeth Lange, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Sunday, February 3 – Sunday, February 3, 2:00 pm – 2:00 pm, Leroy Collins Public Library, 200 W. Park Ave., Tallahaassee, FL—, "Research and conservation of Florida butterflies," Dr. Jaret Daniels, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Host: North American Butterfly Association.

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