Department of Biology
September 4, HPV and cancer: new approaches for prevention and treatment, Dr. Richard Schlegel, Georgetown Univ. Medical School (Host: Anne Rosenwald)
September 11, Evolution of regulatory genetic networks: adaptation drives cryptic network reorganization, hybrid dysfunction, and speciation, Dr. Adam Porter UMASS-Amherst (Host: Dr. Matt Hamilton)
September 25, Statistical marker geography: assessing congruence in genetic structure of Sonoran desert megaflora, Dr. Rodney Dyer VCU (Host: Dr. Matt Hamilton)
October 2, How do honey bees win and lose battles with their parasites?, Dr. Jay Evans, USDA (Host: Peter Armbruster)
October 9, Regulation of neural crest migration in the avian embryo, Dr. Lisa Taneyhill, University of Maryland (Host: Elena Casey)
October 23, Neural Substrate of Spectral Preference and Motion Detection in Drosophila, Dr. Chi-Hon Lee, NIH (Host: Ronda Rolfes)
October 30, Using Candida glabrata to examine evolution of the PHO transcription factors, Dr. Dennis Wykoff, Villanova (Host: Ronda Rolfes)
November 6, TBA, Danny Lewis, University of Maryland (Host: Gina Wimp)
November 13, TBA, Dr. Bettina Winckler, UVa (Host: Maria Donoghue)
December 4, TBA, Dr. Heather Cameron, NIH (Host: Maria Donoghue)