EVENTS AND SEMINARS

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FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
COLLOQUIUM - SPRING 2011

Jan. 26 Marie Fernandes, PhD. Instructor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dominick P. Purpura Dept. of Neuroscience. “Role of extracellular signals in neural pediatric diseases”. Host: Dr. W.Thornhill

Feb. 2 Mr. Han Dan, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University. “The role of Neurofibromin 1 and Ras in human neuroblastoma malignancy.” Host: Dr. R. Ross

Feb. 9 No seminar scheduled

Feb. 16 Benjamin Feldman, Ph.D. Head, Vertebrate Embryology Section & Investigator, Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health. “Embryonic germ layer formation: lessons from zebrafish” Host: Dr. W. Thornhill

Feb. 23 DeeAnn Reeder, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Bucknell University. “Who will survive? Tracking the deadly “White-Nose Syndrome” in bats.” Host: Dr. C. Frank

Mar 2 Gary B. Gillis, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Mount Holyoke College. “Jumping isn’t always about the legs: Tales of tails and other appendages in leaping lizards and toads”. Host: Dr. C. Frank

Mar 9 Ned J. Place, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Services, Cornell University. “The biological clock in Siberian hamsters ticks slower as the days get shorter.” Host: Dr. C. Frank

Mar 16 Spring Break

Mar 23 Jason Morris, PhD. Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, Fordham College at Lincoln Center. “Identification and analysis of genes required for growth and oogenisis in Drosophila.” Host: Dr. E. Dubrovsky

Mar 30 Stanley Sessions, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biology, Hartwick College. “Selfish DNA in paradise: the salamander connection.” Host: Dr. C. Frank

April 6 Gerard McNeil, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, York College The City of New York. "Characterization of RNA targets of the nuclear RNA-binding protein Lark during Drosophila oogenesis.” Host: Dr. E. Dubrovsky

April 13 April D. Davis, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow, New York State Department of Health. “Rabies in New York State.” Host: Dr. C. Frank

April 20 Guy Robinson, Ph.D. Lecturer, Department of Natural Sciences, Fordham University. “Decline and fall of the Ice Age Giants.” Host: Dr. C. Frank

April 27 Undergraduate Research Conference & Symposium




Last updated: Feb. 3, 2011