BioNotes

March 2 through March 6, 2020

Monday, March 2 – Monday, March 2, 10:00 am – 10:00 am, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Signal transmission and pattern formation in the cytoplasm," Xianrui Cheng, Ph.D., hemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Host: Dr. Hong-guo Yu, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Dr. Cheng is a candidate for a cell biology faculty position in the Department of Biological Sciences.

Tuesday, March 3 – Tuesday, March 3, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, A211 PDB (pending confirmation)—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "The computational and neuural basis of visual metacognition," Dr. Dobromir Rahnev, School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. Host: https://psy.fsu.edu/faculty/need/nee.dp.php, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, Florida State University. Rescheduled from 2021 due to Covid-19

Tuesday, March 3 – Tuesday, March 3, 6:00 pm – 6:00 pm, GreenWise Market, 625 W. Gaines St., Tallahassee—SCI-CONVERSATIONS, "Tallahassee area lakes and sinkholes," Michael Hill, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Comission.

Wednesday, March 4 – Wednesday, March 4, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 1400 COM—CANCELLED BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR CANCELLED, "The role of Centrocortin in the regulation of actin-dependent processes in the early Drosophila embryo," Caitlyn Blake-Hedges, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Timothy Megraw, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University.

Wednesday, March 4 – Wednesday, March 4, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 2057 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Landscape ecology in the coastal zone: opportunities for advancing discover and innovation in coastal research," Dr. Corey Garza, California State University, Monterey Bay, CA. Host: Dr. Thomas E. Miller, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Wednesday, March 4 – Wednesday, March 4, 4:15 pm – 4:15 pm, Claude Pepper Center—NUTRITION, FOOD, AND EXERCISE SCIENCE SEMINAR, "Noninvasive assessment of skeletal muscle function in clinical populations," Kevin K. McCully, Ph.D., Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Thursday, March 5 – Thursday, March 5, 11:00 am – 11:00 am, 2057 KIN—PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Minimal symbiotic genome of the nitrogen-fixing plant symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti," Dr. Turlough Finan, Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Host: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Thursday, March 5 – Thursday, March 5, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 1024 KIN—FACULTY MEETING

Thursday, March 5 – Thursday, March 5, 7:00 pm – 7:00 pm, 1024 KIN—FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY MEETING, "The role of native vegetation in water management: do species matter?," Steven Brantley. 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, March 6 – Friday, March 6, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, TBA, Abigail Engelman, FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory and Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Sandra Brooke, FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory, St. Theresa, FL.

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