Fall 2011 Schedule

Lee Drain Building 214 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Date	Speaker		Title
Aug. 25		Dr. Samuel Kaplan The University of Texas Medical School-Houston Host: Dr. Choudhary	A Bottom-Up Approach to Gene Function in Rhodobacter Sphaeroides
Sep. 1		Dr. J. Nathaniel Holland Rice University, Houston Host: Dr. Rowe	Population and Community Ecology of Mutualism: Integrating Theory and Empiricism in Case Studies of Plant-Animal Interactions in the Sonoran Desert
Sep. 8		Dr. Yunxin Fu The University of Texas Medical School-Houston Host: Dr. Choudhary	Coalescent and germline mutational pattern  in Drosophila melanogaster
Sep. 15		Dr. Erik Seiffert Stony Brook University Host: Dr. Lewis	What does the fossil record tell us about the early evolution of anthropoid primates?
Sep. 22		Dr. Puni Jeyasingh Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Host: Dr. Hargrave	Linking Ecology and Evolution using Chemical Elements
Sep. 29		Dr. Lisa Nolan Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University Host: Dr. Lynne	Exploring Apec Virulence, Evolution, and Zoonotic Potential using Pathogenic Approaches
Oct. 6		Dr. Douglas Rhoads University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Host: Ms. Lori	The Genetics of Pulmonary Hypertension Syndrome; Using the Chicken as a Model of a Human Disease
Oct. 13		Dr. Joel Trexler Florida International University, Miami Host: Dr. Hargrave, Dr. Wozniak	Landscape-scale control of aquatic community dynamics in the Everglades: Small fish in a large ecosystem
Oct. 20		Dr. Michael Reed Tufts University, Boston Host: BSGSO	Persistence & Extinction of Small Populations: Birds, Fish, and Elvis
Oct. 27		Dr. Chris Randle Sam Houston State University	Taking to the Trees: The Natural History of an Aerial Parasite
Nov. 3		Dr. Matthew Bolek Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Host: Dr. Cook	How Frogs get their Worms! Understanding parasitic life-cycle strategies from an amphibian community perspective
Nov. 10		Dr. Jay Banner University of Texas at Austin Host: TRIES	Climate and Paleoclimate Change, Water Change, and Policy in Texas
Nov. 17		Dr. Win Sale Emory University, Atlanta Host: Dr. Gaillard	The Indispensable Cilium: Regulation of Assembly and Function
Dec. 1		Dr. Joseph Petrosino Baylor College of Medicine-Houston Host: Dr. Lynne	Metagenomics and Human Microbiome
Dec. 8		Dr. Amy Burgin University of Nebraska Host: Dr. Wozniak	Connecting the Causes and Consequences of Global Change for Wetland Ecosystems

 

For additional information contact:

Dr. Madhu Choudhary
Phone: 936-294-4850
E-mail: mchoudhary@shsu.edu