Seminar Series: Spring 2008

Friday seminars begin at 4:00 p.m. and are held in Barnum 104 unless otherwise noted. Coffee, tea, and cookies are served in the Barnum lobby before each Friday talk at 3:45. Undergraduates are encouraged to attend.

January 16
Wednesday
12:00pm, B104
Graduate Student Rotation Talks: Natasha Tigreros
February 1 Graduate Student Rotation Talks: Adam Thomas, Kartik Shah, Christine Surka
February 8 Dr. Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Tokyo University (Hosts: M. Reed, M. Romero)
Title: Effects of climate change on bird migration.
February 15 Dr. Ryan Calsbeek, Dartmouth College, (Host: S. Lewis)
Title: Sex, lies, and sperm sorting: the resolution of sexual conflict in Lizards.
February 22 Graduate Student Seminar: Adam South, David DesRochers
February 29 Dr. Steven Brill, Rutgers University, (Host: S. Mirkin)
Title: Genetic analysis of genome stability in yeast.
March 7
4:00-5:30pm
Graduate Student Seminar: Jenny Lenkowski, Molly Dickens
March 14 Graduate Student Seminar: Dan Kane, Jocelyn Muller
March 27
Thursday
Location: TBA
Mark Cutkosky, Stanford University (Host: B. Trimmer) Co-sponsored with Mech. Eng.
March 28 John Rieffel, Post Doc, Trimmer Lab & Biomimetic Devices lab
Title: Mechanism as Mind: "What tensegrities can teach us about caterpillar neuromechanics"
April 4 Dr. Eric Widmaier, Boston University, (Host: M. Romero)
Title: Comparisons between adaptive and maladaptive weight gain in mammals.
April 11 Graduate Student Seminar: Brian Tavernia, Amy Yu
April 17
Thursday 7:30pm,
B104
Roeder Lecture, Kenneth Lohmann, University of North Carolina, (Host: B. Trimmer)
Title: Beyond the Five Senses: The Maps, Compasses, and Sensory Biology of Sea Turtle Navigation
April 18 Graduate Student Seminar: Jiahui Yang, Alexandra Thorn
April 25
4:00-5:30pm
Graduate Student Seminar: Colleen Butler, Jason Heustis and Linnea vanGriethuijsen
May 2
Monday
12:00pm, B104
Graduate Student Seminar: Carolyn Gaydos, Ayron Strauch
May 9 Graduate Student Seminar: Shoni Caine
May 23 Graduate Student Seminar: Ranjith Anand
May 30 Graduate Student Seminar: Michael Simon
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