Biology Department
Seminar Schedule
Spring 2002
| Feb. 7 | Dr.
Keith Karoly (Biology Departmennt, Reed College) "Evolutionary stasis and the origin of higher taxa: tetradynamism in the Brassicaceae" |
| Feb.15 | Dr. Günter P. Wagner (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University) "Developmental Evolution of Limbs" Supported by the Liu Fund |
| Feb. 22 | Biology Department Presents: INFORMATION SEMINAR: Summer Research Opportunities, both here and there. A panel discussion |
| March 1 CANCELLED |
Dr. Margaret Kidwell (University of Arizona Dr. Kidwell will be rescheduled for the Fall semester, 2002 |
| March 8 | Dr. Stephen Smith (Division of Molecular Medicine, Oregon Health SciencesUniversity) "Direct recording from cortical nerve terminals reveals that extracellular calcium modulates a novel signaling pathway." Supported by the Liu Fund |
| March 22 | Dr. Elsbeth Walker (Biology Department, University of Massachusettes, Amherst) "The role of the Yellow Stripe-Like (YSL) family of transporters in the uptake and distribution of metals in plants" Supported by the Liu Fund |
| March 29 | Dr. Dick D. Mosser, (Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph) "Prevention of stress-induced apoptosis by the molecular chaperone hsp70" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund |
| April 5 | Dr. Gina
Turrigiano, Reed Class of '84 (Dept.
of Biology and Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University) "Stability and Plasticity in Developing Cortical Networks" Supported by the Liu Fund |
| April 12 | Dr. Bruce G. Baldwin, (Jepson Herbarium and Dept. of Integrative Biology,
University of California, Berkeley ) "Origin and adaptive radiation of the Hawaiian silversword alliance(Compositae)." Supported by the Ellis Fund |
| April 19 CANCELLED |
Reed Senior Thesis Students (May graduates). STARS presentations |
