BioNotes

January 6 through January 10, 2020

Wednesday, January 8 – Wednesday, January 8, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 1400 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Genetic dissection of olfactory perception," Dr. Adam Dewan, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, Florida State university. Host: Dr. Michelle Arbeitman, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University.

Thursday, January 9 – Thursday, January 9, 11:00 am – 11:00 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Coralline algal calcification mechanisms," Dr. Curt M. Pueschel, Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY . Host: Dr. Sophie McCoy, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Thursday, January 9 – Thursday, January 9, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 1024 KIN—FACULTY MEETING

Thursday, January 9 – Thursday, January 9, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1200 COM—CANCELLED COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "DNA dynamics driven mutagenesis: how DNA determines its copying error," Hashim M. Al-Hashimi, Ph.D., James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry Director, Duke Center for RNA Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. CANCELLED due to speaker illness.

Thursday, January 9 – Thursday, January 9, 6:00 pm – 6:00 pm, FSU Alumni Center, 1030 W. Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL—AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION RESEARCH RECEPTION Since 2002, the American Heart Association has funded over $6,000,000 in research grants at the FSU College of Medicine. Join us for networking, expo, and a formal program of presentations on high-impact AHA-funded research now in progress. Speakers include Judy Delp and Jamie Johnston, FSU college of Medicine; Michelle Parvatiyar, FSU Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Sciences.

Thursday, January 9 – Thursday, January 9, 7:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FSUCML Auditorium (St. Theresa, FL)—FSUCML CONSERVATION LECTURE SERIES, "Taking the pulse of a changing planet," Dr. Robert Spencer, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Refreshments available before the lecture. Free and open to the public.

Friday, January 10 – Friday, January 10, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "An algal perspective on calcium oxalate mineralization in plants," Dr. Curt M. Pueschel, Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY . Host: Dr. Sophie McCoy, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Friday, January 10 – Friday, January 10, 6:00 pm – 6:00 pm, All Saints Cinema, 918 Railroad Avenue, Tallahassee,FL—FILM, "The woman who loves giraffes." Anne Innis Davis made an unprecedented solo journey to Africa to become the first person to study animal behavior in the wild on that continent. When she returned home a year later, the barriers she faced as a female scientist proved much harder to overcome. 2019 Film, 83 minutes, not rated. $10 general admission, $7 TFS members and students. Showings: Friday January 10, 6pm; Saturday January 11, 7 pm; Sunday January 12, 5pm.

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