BioNotes

April 1 through April 5, 2019

Monday, April 1 – Monday, April 1, 4:39 pm – 4:39 pm, FSU Main Campus various locations, many events at Strozier Library—CRITICAL THINKING SYMPOSIUM, "Truth and misinformation in media." Events will include presentations on faked videos, analyzing statistics in news, Fake News Jeopardy, faculty panels, TA panels, and more. Keynote speaker Glenn Kessler from the Washington Post will speak on April 4th at 2:00pm in the Nancy Smith Fichter Theater in Montgomery Hall. Questions? Contact Alexandra McGinn at amcginn@fsu.edu or (850) 645-2844.

Tuesday, April 2 – Tuesday, April 2, 10:00 am – 10:00 am, 1005 CSL—OCEANOGRAPHY SEMINAR AND DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Analysis of microbial abundance, transcriptional activity and metabolic potential in the Gulf of Mexico dead zone reveals an ammonia-oxidizing hotspot," Lauren Gillies Campbell, Ph.D. Candidate in Biological Oceanography, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Olivia U. Mason, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University.

Tuesday, April 2 – Tuesday, April 2, 11:15 am – 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, TBA, Dr. Steven Ludtke, Center for Computational and Integrative Biomedical Research (CIBR), and Department of Chemistry nd Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX,. Host: Dr. Scott Stagg, Institute of Molecular Biophysics and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University.

Wednesday, April 3 – Wednesday, April 3, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 1200 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Siroheme synthase --an unusual enzyme makes an unusual cofactor," Dr. M. Elizabeth Stroupe, Institute of Molecular Biophysics and Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Zucai Suo, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine.

Wednesday, April 3 – Wednesday, April 3, 1:00 pm – 1:00 pm, 353 LOV—METEOROLOGY SEMINAR AND THESIS DEFENSE, "Have improvements in ozone air quality benefited plants?," Allison Ronan, Meteorology Masters Candidate, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Christopher D. Holmes, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University.

Thursday, April 4 – Thursday, April 4, 11:00 am – 11:00 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "The succinylated high molecular weight succinoglycan of Sinorhizobium meliloti is essential for infection of Medicago truncatula, and the LysM receptor protein MtLYK10 also controls the infection process, but independently of succinoglycan ," Dr. Kathryn M. Jones, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Thursday, April 4 – Thursday, April 4, 11:15 am – 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "Vaccines for prevention and treatment of cancer," Dr. Keith L. Knutson, Professor of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL. Host: Dr. Q.X. Amy Sang, Institute of Molecular Biophysics and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University.

Thursday, April 4 – Thursday, April 4, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 2057 KIN—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Exploring cis elements and trans-acting factors involved in the human inactive X chromosome organization and compaction," Zhuo Sun, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Advisor: Dr. Brian P. Chadwick.

Thursday, April 4 – Thursday, April 4, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 1024 KIN—FACULTY MEETING

Thursday, April 4 – Thursday, April 4, 7:00 pm – 7:00 pm, 1024 KIN—FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY MEETING, "Our local surficial geology dissected: how surficial geology affects ravine development," Guy H. (Harley) Means, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Investigations Section Florida Environmental Protection Agency. Host: Magnolia Chapter, Florida Native Plant Society. Socializing begins at 7:00, chapter meeting at 7:30, and presentation at 7:45. Free and open to the public.

Friday, April 5 – Friday, April 5, 9:00 am – 9:00 am, 353 LOV—GEOLOGY SEMINAR AND THESIS DEFENSE, "Investigation of changes in paleoceanographic redox state as a driver for early Silurian extinction events using multiple geochemical proxies in the Baltic Basin," Emily Benayoun, Geology Masters Candidate, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Seth A. Young, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University.

Friday, April 5 – Friday, April 5, 10:00 am – 10:00 am, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Novel sites of oxytocin receptor expression in the mouse periphery and modulation of pupillary behavior by oxytocin," Maria Greenwood, Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University. Host: Elizabeth Hammock, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, Florida State University.

Friday, April 5 – Friday, April 5, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Xenobiotics: Impacts on aquatic microbes and their ecosystem services," Dr. Richard Long, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Host: Dr. Daniel Okamoto, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

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