BioNotes

June 19 through June 23, 2023

Monday, June 19 – Monday, June 19, 1:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Zoom only—NEUROSCIENCE DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Targeting the amygdala with transcranial magnetic stimulation to alter the late positive potential," Austin Gallyer. Host: Dr. Greg Hajak, Department of Psychology, Florida State University. Join on Zoom: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/93168008866

Wednesday, June 21 – Wednesday, June 21, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, A204 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE SUMMER SEMINARS Two talks: 'Synaptic inputs to glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) neurons in rats,' Inge Guerrero, and 'Hindbrain glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) neurons that project to the hypothalamus also have axon collateral projections to widespread CNS regions,' both Rinaman lab, Florida State University. Everyone is invited to attend – faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate students. This year, all talks in the series will be given by graduate students who have not yet presented to our group. Talks will be followed by a scientific Q&A session and then a constructive feedback session.

Thursday, June 22 – Thursday, June 22, 10:00 am – 10:00 am, 2052 EOA and Zoom—EOAS DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Habitat use and ecological connectivity in imperiled, highly migratory species: case studies with loggerhead sea turtles," Ian Silver-Gorges, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University. Advisor: Dr. Mariana Fuentes. Join in person or on Zoom: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/95753299002

Friday, June 23 – Friday, June 23, 10:00 am – 10:00 am, 2057 KIN—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "DNA epigenetics of alcohol use disorder susceptibility in the mouse nucleus accumbens," Graham Kaplan, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Advisor: Dr. Jian Feng.

Friday, June 23 – Friday, June 23, 10:00 am – 10:00 am, 2061 EOA or Zoom—EOAS DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Isotopic niche overlap among foraging marine turtle species in the Gulf of Mexico," Savannah Weber, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Mariana Fuentes, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University. Join in person or on Zoom: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/99589308565

Saturday, June 24 – Saturday, June 24, 9:00 am – 9:00 am, Mission Road Research Facility, 2606 Mission Road, Tallahassee, FL—THE MAIZE-10-MAZE, "A public research educational outreach event." The event is funded by the NSF Plant Genome Research Program (IOS Award 2025811) and is co-sponsored and co-hosted by FAMU and the FAMU summer FACE program, also co-hosted by the graduate student association TCGA in biology and Dr. Karen McGinnis lab, and co-organized by Hank Bass lab assistant Bianca Sheridan. The primary objective of this event is to promote public interest in plant genetics and genome research, with a special focus on maize (corn) mutants. Visitors typically spend about an hour exploring the genome and marveling at the mutants. This year, we have also included an Okras of the World display, further adding to the diversity of plant genetics on showcase. Questions? contact Dr. Hank Bass at bass@bio.fsu.edu or Bianca Sheridan at bsheridan@fsu.edu.

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