BioNotes

January 22 through January 26, 2024

Monday, January 22 – Monday, January 22, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, Zoom—BIO/NEURO POSTDOC/GRAD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP, "On a nonacademic career path and work in the US EPA," Dr. Rebecca Dalton, Ecologist, United States Environmental Protection Agency. Host: Dr. Kathryn M. Jones, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Dr. Dalton is an FSU Bio postdoc alum from the Inouye/Underwood lab. Join on Zoom: contact the host for access details.

Monday, January 22 – Monday, January 22, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Opperman Music Hall and livestream—PUBLIC LECTURE, "My adventures in the ribosome," Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK. This lecture will be followed by book signing by Venki. You can purchase the book from Amazon or other sellers: Gene Machine (https://www.amazon.com/Gene-Machine-Decipher-Secrets-Ribosome/dp/1541604490) This event free but requires tickets. You can reserve tickets at https://tickets.fsu.edu/Online/default.asp Light refreshments will be served at 3:30PM Opperman Music Hall mezzanine.

Tuesday, January 23 – Tuesday, January 23, 11:15 am – 11:15 am, CSL auditorium—ROBSON DISTINGUISHED LECTURE, "Initiation of translation in eukaryotes," Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK.

Tuesday, January 23 – Tuesday, January 23, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—SPECIAL SEMINAR, "Dissecting cutaneous wound healing in zebrafish," Dr. Leah Greenspan, National Institutes of Health, Eunice Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD. Host: Dr. James M. Fadool, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Dr. Greenspan is a candidate for a faculty position in Biological Science, and will also give a chalk talk at 9:30a.m. January 24, 2057 KIN.

Wednesday, January 24 – Wednesday, January 24, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 1400 COM and Zoom—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Breaking and making cell-cell interactions in collective cell migration," Dr. Guangxia Miao, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Yue Julia Wang, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University. Join in person at Durrell Peaden Auditorium, or on Zoom. For Zoom access details contact DL-MedBMSPRTeam@med.fsu.edu

Wednesday, January 24 – Wednesday, January 24, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE RUSHTON LECTURE, "Alcohol Use Disorder heterogeneity: exploring AUD subdomain mechanisms and translational opportunities," Dr. Danny Winder, Director, Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research, Bixler-Johnson- Mayes Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Pharmacology, and Psychiatry. Host: Dollie Jennings. There will be a short reception in the Psychology Building atrium following Dr. Winder’s talk, and a lunch and discussion on Thursday, January 25, 12:30-1:30p.m., A211 PDB, for graduate students, undergrads and postdocs. Lunch provided on first-come, first served basis.

Thursday, January 25 – Thursday, January 25, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "The retina in time: a single-cell view of development, regeneration, and aging," Dr. Seth Blackshaw, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Host: Jacob Dilliplane, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University.

Friday, January 26 – Friday, January 26, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, 214 FAMU Science Research Center —FSU/FAMU JOINT METEOROLOGY MEETING Dr. Ashvini Chauhan of the FAMU School of the Environment or a member of his laboratory will give a 20 minute talk on their environmental microbiology work with the title to be announced. We will also have a structured networking activity, so please come with your 3 minute elevator pitch!! Any students or postdocs who would like to be involved in helping to organize the networking activity, please contact Dr. Kay Jones (kmjones@bio.fsu.edu) or Dr. Chauhan (ashvini.chauhan@gmail.com) Lunchtime snacks will be provided!

Friday, January 26 – Friday, January 26, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Exploring the ecological consequences of body size variation and the potential for feedbacks," Monica Paniagua Montoya, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. Host: Dr. Brian Inouye and Dr. Nora Underwood, Department of Biological Science. Florida State University.

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