BioNotes

June 28 through July 2, 2021

Tuesday, June 29 – Tuesday, June 29, 10:00 am – 10:00 am, 1400 COM and Zoom—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Extracellular vesicles in disease pathogenesis and as a therapeutic agent," Allaura S. Cone, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University. Advisor: Dr. David Meckes. Join on Zoom: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/92548251615 Meeting ID: 925 4825 1615. Password required; contact ryan.teston@med.fsu.edu to request it.

Wednesday, June 30 – Wednesday, June 30, 8:00 am – 8:00 am, —DIRECTO 4TH ANNUAL FALL SYMPOSIUM ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN RESEARCH AND TEACHING, Call for proposals: submission deadline. DIRECTO, the Diversity and Inclusion in Research and Teaching Organization at FSU, cordially invites all students, faculty, alumni, and staff from FSU, FAMU, and TCC to submit proposals for the Second Fall Symposium on diversity and inclusion, on the theme Diversity and Inclusion in Times of Crisis. Interested parties should submit a 150-250-word abstract describing a breakout session or poster that addresses the theme in a context of teaching or research. Submit Abstracts via: https://bit.ly/CFP-DIRECTO-4th-ANNUAL--SYMPOSIUM
Deadline for Submissions: June 1, 2020. Notifications of acceptance will be sent in mid-August. Symposium date & location: Thursday September 30th, 2021 9am-5pm and Friday October 1, 9am-3pm. Hybrid format, virtual and live at Turnbull Conference Center. Questions? Contact us at fsudirecto@gmail.com or visit our website https://gradschool.fsu.edu/directo

Wednesday, June 30 – Wednesday, June 30, 9:00 am – 9:00 am, Zoom—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "The ecological and evolutionary dynamics of inbreeding and outbreeding in a spermcasting invertebrate," Kevin Olsen, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Advisor: Dr. Don Levitan. https://fsu.zoom.us/j/91967956962

Wednesday, June 30 – Wednesday, June 30, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, PDA (Psychology Auditorium)—NEUROSCIENCE SUMMER SEMINAR, "Role of ten-eleven translocation 2 (TET2) in pair bonding," Michelle Crawford, KAbbaj Lab, Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University. One of 2 seminars at the same date and time.

Wednesday, June 30 – Wednesday, June 30, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, PDA (Psychology Auditorium)—NEUROSCIENCE SUMMER SEMINAR, "Role of the habenula in ingestive behavior," Lily Barrett, Williams Lab, Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University. One of 2 seminars at the same date and time.

Thursday, July 1 – Thursday, July 1, 9:00 am – 9:00 am, Zoom—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Patterns of bacterial community variation across anatomy, geography, and genetic distance in Florida mangroves," Brendan Scherer, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Advisor: Dr. Austin Mast. Join Zoom Meeting: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/97624812022

Friday, July 2 – Friday, July 2, 9:00 am – 9:00 am, Zoom—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Comparative quantitative genetics of the pelvis in four-species of rodents and the conservation of genetic covariance and correlation structure," Carl Saltzberg, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Advisor: Dr. Scott Steppan. https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94536959859?pwd=WUw1M05UNk5oM1JaS2s5UUVhd28wUT09 Meeting ID: 945 3695 9859 Passcode: 067132

Friday, July 2 – Friday, July 2, 11:00 am – 11:00 am, Zoom—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Mercury contamination and its relations to trophic ecology and anthropogenic pollution in coastal and deep-sea shark communities," Johanna Imhoff, Department of Biological Science and Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Advisor: Dr. R. Dean Grubbs. Join Zoom Meeting: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/99237614122?pwd=ZUFpOHhQWExtNCtPdGlqbmRZMGZ6dz09 Meeting ID: 992 3761 4122 Passcode: 210219

Friday, July 2 – Friday, July 2, 12:30 pm – 12:30 pm, Zoom—PHYSICS DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Cryo-EM structure and homology model of Drosophila thick filaments," Nadia Daneshparvar, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Physics, Florida State University. Advisor: Prof. Kenneth Taylor. Join on Zoom: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/97452278994?pwd=dVAxVEVwWThVSGZBSlRXekRuY0xuUT09 Meeting ID: 974 5227 8994.

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