Darwin


Keynote Speakers


Spring 2011 Department of Biology Seminar Series

“From Molecules to Ecosystems”
All seminars begin at 4pm in S012
(cookies at 3:30)


Date Speaker
18 January Tri-Beta Speaker
Dr. Chris Balakrishnan, University of Illinois
"Evolutionary genomics of an avian model organism"
25 January Dr. Sarah Redmond, DePauw University
"Genetic control of chicken innate immune response and resistance to Salmonella enteritidis"
01 February Dr. Pascal Lafontant, DePauw University 
08 February Darwin Day
Dr. Trevor Price, University of Chicago
“The origin of bird species”
15 February
Dr. John Maerz, University of Georgia
"Salamander Ecology in a Rapidly Changing World " 
22 February Diversity in Science
Dr. Kennedy N. Ondimu Edgerton University, Kenya
"Kenya's Health Status: the Challenge of Meeting the Millennium Development Goals"
01 March Dr. Danielle Greer, Saint Mary-of-the-Wood College
"Ecology from a multi-scale perspective benefits conservation planning for the endangered whooping crane"  
15 March Women in Science Speaker
Dr. Jill M. Mateo, University of Chicago
"Behavioral, ecological and developmental correlates of stress in ground squirrels"
22 March Mr. Youssef Aachoui, Indiana State University
"Study of Novel Phytol-based Adjuvant for Immune System Activation"
29 March Robert MacArthur
Dr. H. Carl Gerhardt, University of Missouri
"Vocal communication, sexual selection and speciation in frogs".
05 April  Gram Microbiology Speaker,
 Dr. J. K. Jayaswal, Illinois State University  
”Superbugs Staphylococcus aureus: New Insights and Continued Challenges”
12 April  Double Helix
Dr. Wes Warren, Washington University at St. Louis.  
15 April Seminar at 2pm in S214,
 Dr. Mike Lannoo, IU School of Medicine Terre Haute
"On the Cusp OF THE Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction: The Life and Death of the Hoosier Frog".   
19 April Earth Day Speaker,
Kriss Douglass, Earth Day Speakers
"Sustainable Restoration on a Superfund site. Not yet".   
20 April Earth Day Speaker,
 Dr. Rick Douglass, Earth Day Speakers
"Superfund site as models for Sustainable Education".   
26 April Dr. Esteban Fernandaz-Jurcic,
Purdue University
"The role of avian vision in predator-prey interactions: integrating physiological and behavioral perspectives "