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Fall 2006 Seminar Schedule

The Department of Biology at Texas A&M University sponsors a weekly seminar series during the Fall and Spring semesters. Seminars are held each Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. in room 115 Biological Sciences Building East unless otherwise noted. In addition to this weekly seminar series, the department hosts the Frontiers in Biology Lecture Series which is held 1-2 times each year.

Speakers for the Fall 2006 semester, including the Frontiers in Biology Lecture Series are listed below. Links to other seminar series are listed at the bottom of this page. If you would like to be added to our weekly seminar e-mail reminder, please send your name and e-mail address to Lieu Jean at ljean@mail.bio.tamu.edu.


  • September 5 --
    BRUCE RILEY, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University (hosted by Tom McKnight)
    "The inner ear is not a big truck. It's a series of tubes."

  • September 12 --
    DEBORAH BELL-PEDERSEN, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University (hosted by Tom McKnight)
    "Genetic and molecular dissection of a simple circadian system"

  • September 19 --
    MARK GUILTINAN, Department of Horticulture, Pennsylvania State University (hosted by Tim Hall)
    "Exploring the Genome of The Tropical Tree Theobroma cacao: The Food of the Gods"

  • September 26 --
    ARNE LEKVEN, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University (hosted by Tom McKnight)
    "Wnt signaling and vertebrate axis patterning: How the zebrafish gets ahead (and a tail)"

  • October 3 --
    JAMES SIMMONS, Department of Neuroscience, Brown University
    (hosted by Mike Smotherman)
    "Connecting field and lab behavior with neural mechanisms of echolocation in FM bats"

  • October 10 --
    WILLIAM TALBOT, Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine
    (hosted by Brian Perkins)
    "Genetic dissection of glial development and myelination in zebrafish"

  • October 17 --
    YUKAKO ASAI, Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (hosted by Mike Manson)
    "Genetic approach on hearing research using zebrafish"
    Please note: this seminar will be held in Reynolds Medical Bldg. 160

  • October 24 --
    REYNALDO PATINO, USGS Texas Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Texas Tech University (hosted by Duncan MacKenzie)
    "Thyroid endocrine disruption in fish and its effects on development and reproduction"

  • October 31 --
    JUSTIN KUMAR,
    Department of Biology, Indiana University (hosted by Sumana Datta)
    "Building an eye on the fly"

  • November 7 --
    FACULTY SEARCH TALKS


  • November 14 --
    FACULTY SEARCH TALKS


  • November 21 --



  • November 28--



Other Texas A&M seminar series of interest:
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences
Neuroscience
Reproductive Physiology
Entomology
TAMU Distinguished Lectures

Oceanography
Genetics
Previous Biology Seminars
BIOL 682 - Graduate Seminars
 
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