Sept 23            Dr. John Dennehy, Assistant Professor, Biology department, Queens College, CUNY “Applied community ecology: using bacteriophages to model viral emergence and anti-viral therapy” (Host: Gordon Plague).

Sept 30            Dr. Geri Kreitzer, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College, NYC. “Kinesin family motors in epithelial polarization.” (Host: Silvia Finnemann).

Oct 7                Dr. Tracy Langkilde, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University.  “Surviving invasion: native lizards alter their behavior and morphology in response to deadly fire ants”.  (Host: Biology Graduate students).

Oct 14              Dr. Raymond Birge, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, "Role of TAM receptors in apoptotic cell clearance and inflammation."  (Host: Silvia Finnemann).

Oct 21              Dr. Raymond J. St. Leger, Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland. “Superpathogens: using genetic engineering to build the ultimate mosquito swatter.” (Host: Dr. Tuininga).

Oct 28              Dr. Anna Francesconi, Assistant Professor, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY "Regulation of metabotropic glutamate receptor trafficking and signaling by the caveolar/lipid raft pathway." (Host: Silvia Finnemann).

Nov 4               Dr. Nigel Mann, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, SUNY-Oneonta, “Singing in the Rain(forest): A Comparison of Tropical and Temperate Bird Song.” (Host: Alan Clark).

Nov 11            Dr. Giovanni Manfredi, Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosciencc, Weill Cornell Medical College, NYC. “Soluble adenyl cyclase: novel function in mitochondria.” (Host: Silvia Finnemann).

Nov 18             Dr. Julie Etterson, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth. “Predicting the Potential for Adaptation to Climate Change.” (Host: Steve Franks).

Dec 2               Dr. Anne Marie Hein, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, “Promoters for Controlling Gene Expression in Mycobacteria.” (Host: Silvia Finnemann).

Dec 9                Dr. John Hall, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY.  “Systematics and evolution of cell division syndrome in filamentous Desmidiaceae.” (Host: John Wehr).

Last updated: Sept 17, 2009