Darwin


Keynote Speakers


Spring 2013 Department of Biology Seminar Series

“From Molecules to Ecosystems”
All seminars begin at 4pm in S214*
(cookies at 3:30)


* Some seminars will begin at 7pm, please check the schedule for time and location.

Date Speaker
22 January Gram Microbiology Speaker,
Dr. Joyce Patrick, DePauw University,
"Regulation of Swarming Motility and Cell Division in an undomesticated strain of Bacillus subtilis.”
29 January Dr. Mark Jordan, Indiana University - Purdue University at Fort Wayne,
"Remembering the Ancestors in a World of Disturbance"
5 February TBA
11 February* Darwin Day Speaker 7pm Science Hall 012,
Dr. Mike Webster, Cornell University,
"Darwin & Misperceptions: What Evolution isn't"
12 February Darwin Day Speaker,
Dr. Mike Webster, Cornell University,
"Sexual Selection in Monogamous Birds: A tale of two sexes"
19 February Women in Science Speaker,
Dr. Dana Dudle, DePauw University,
"Soapwort is pink, harebells are blue: Studies of floral color on New Zealand mountainsides and Indiana roadsides"
26 February Jennie Carr, Indiana State University,
"Cold and dangerous: avian behavior and thermoregulation under the risk of predation"
5 March Dr. Zac Cheviron, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana,
"TBA"
12 March SPRING BREAK
19 March Roshni Chowdhury, Indiana State University,
"Characterization of the immunomodulatory effects of phytol derivatives and the small intestinal submucosa in shaping immune responses toStaphylococcus aureus."
28 March* University Speaker Series 7pm University Hall,
Dr. Kevin Padian, University of California-Berkeley,
“Darwin, Dover, and Intelligent Design”
29 March* University Speaker Series Location: TBA,
Dr. Kevin Padian, University of California-Berkeley,
“TBA”
2 April Tri-Beta Speaker,
Dr. Vince Formica, Swarthmore College,
“Evolution in a Social World”
9 April "TBA"
16 April Double Helix Speaker,
Dr. Milan Radovich, Indiana University School of Medicine,
"Next Generation Sequencing and Cancer Treatment"
22 April* Earth Day Speaker 7pm University Hall,
William Souder,
“On a Farther Shore, the Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson”
30 April Anupama Ramalinga, Indiana State University,
"TBA"