2007-08 Seminars

Time/Location Speaker Title
9/25/2007
7:00 pm
FFCT Concordia
Arlyne Johnson and
Michael Hedemark
Professor R.E. Fuglestad Memorial Lecture
"Two days walk from here:
Wildlife management in the developing tropics"
10/26/2007
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Dana Cox Biology Department Student Lecture Series:

"Determination of Soil Microbial Biomass"
10/26/2007
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Nimna Ranatunga
Paul Cortez
Kate Peterson
Biology Department Student Lecture Series:

Examination of pilE gene expression in non-pathogenic Neisseria species
11/05/2007
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Memorial Auditorium
Public forum featuring
Will Steger
Global Warming Solutions

11/08/2007
4:30 pm
Jones Science Building, Room 330
Jeremiah Ness Biology Department Student Lecture Series:
"Diving for Science"
Summer Research at Texas State University
11/09/2007
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Luke Baldwin Biology Department Student Lecture Series:
C. elegans as a simple model to study avian pathogenic E. coli virulence
Summer Research at Iowa State University
11/09/2007
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Chelsea Martens Biology Department Student Lecture Series:
Tandem-pore domain K+ channels in porcine genome
Summer Research at University of Southern Alabama College of Medicine
12/07/2007
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Chidimma Agbasi
and Luke Linz
Biology Department Student Lecture Series:

Summer Research Report
1/18/2008
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Liz Sands and Becca Aakre Biology Department Student Lecture Series:

Effects of glucose concentration on collagen production
by bovine retinal pericytes and endothelial cells in vitro
1/18/2008
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Brett Oesteich Biology Department Student Lecture Series:

Identity and Function of Novel Monothiol Glutaredoxins
Summer Research at University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2/1/2008
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Jonathan Mikkelson Biology Department Student Lecture Series:

The effects of a Chemically modified Environment on Native and Invasive Plant Species
Summer Research at North Dakota State University
2/7/2008
5:45 pm
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Dr. Alfred Kikoti
Elephant Research in Tanzania

African Wildlife Foundation
2/15/2008
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Dan McEwen Biology Department Lecture Series:

“Alternative Stable States of Lake Cristina, MN.
3/3/2008
4:45 pm
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Dr. Lynn Bedard Biology Department Lecture Series:

Quality control in Saccharomyces cerevisiae:
Impact of histone H4 acetylation on chromatin assembly
3/7/2008
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Dr. Titus Seiheimer Biology Department Lecture Series:

Aquatic ecosystems and the environment:
human influence on fish communities and habitat.
3/12/2008
4:45 pm
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Dr. Jennifer Bath Biology Department Lecture Series:

Combating Neglected Tropics Helminth Diseases:
Deciphering the Cellular Mechanisms of Immunomodulation.
3/17/2008
4:45 pm
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Dr. Michelle Marko Biology Department Lecture Series:

“Biological control of watermilfoils:
Using plant chemistry to improve milfoil control."
3/28/2008
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Sheena Patel Biology Department Student Lecture Series:

“Biodegradable Microspheres for
Controlled Delivery of Insulin"
3/28/2008
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Justine Murphy
Jerimiah Hoff
Biology Department Student Lecture Series:

“Assessing the effects of habitat fragmentation on
Formica ulkei using molecular techniques"
4/11/2008
9:20 am
Jones Science Building, Room 212
Kelly Mrachek Biology Department Student Lecture Series:

"Color preference Sticky Stake Monitoring
of the adult Sugarbeet Root Maggot,
Tetanops myofaeformis (Roder) (Diptera: Ulidiidae),
in the 2006 and 2007 Growing Seasons"
4/24/2008
7:00 pm
Jones Science Building, Room 330
Matt Allred
Heidi Belgum
Jennifer Nelson
Biology Department Student Lecture Series:

"Paleontological Discoveries of the Morrison and Hell Creek Formations."

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