Department of Biological Sciences
Omicron Theta Epsilon
Seminar Series, Spring 2008


Seminars are held at 4:00 PM in Holt 170
A coffee hour preceding the seminar is held in Holt 171 at 3:30 PM

Date

Topic and Speaker
Februrary
08
"Cytomax vs Gatorade: A Tale of Two Sports Drinks"
Dr Jack Azevedo, Dept Kinesiology, CSUC

15
"The Recovery of the Aleutian Cackling Goose: A Wildlife Management Success Story"
Jay Bogiatto, Dept Biological Sciences, CSUC

19
Tues
"Global Gene Expression Profiling of Cloned Bovine Embryos"
Dr Sadie Smith, Center for Regenerative Biology, Univ Connecticut

22
No Seminar

26
Tues
"Factors that Regulate the Transcriptome"
Dr David Keller, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University

29
College of Natural Sciences New Faculty Research Presentation
March
07
"Evaluation of a Risk Assessment Strategy for Classical Biological Control of Arthropods
Dr Elizabeth Boyd, University of California, Kearney Agricultural Center

14-21
No Seminar - Spring Vacation

28
"TBA"
Maureen Ryan, Dept Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis
April
04
"The Evolution of Novelty in Organismal Design: A Case Study Using Moray Eels"
Dr Rita Mehta, Dept Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis

11
"Meiotic Recombination: Un Menage a Deux ou Trois ou Quatre"
Dr Neil Hunter, Dept Microbiology, UC Davis

18
"Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Reinforcement Contribute to Plant Speciation: Evidence from the Neotropical Spiral Gingers"
Dr Kathleen Kay, Dept Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley

25
"Obese Yeast: Use in Feed and Fuel"
Dr Sam Beattie, Dept Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University
May
02
"Developmental Control of Spindle Positioning in Caenorhabditis elegans"
Dr Lesilee Rose, Dept Molecular and Cellular Biology, UC Davis

09
"A Resource Manager's View of the CSUC Herbarium: Linking the Past with the Present for a Baseline to Understand the Future"
Dr Tom Griggs, River Partners, Chico, CA

16
12th Annual Student Research Poster Symposium
1:00 - 4:00 PM  Poster Presentation (Holt Hall - rooms TBA)
4:00 - 5:00 PM  Awards Presentation (Holt 170)
5:00 - 6:00 PM BBQ/Picnic (Alumni Glen)