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 209 Harrington Education Center Classroom 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 this 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 4 --
  Seth Coleman, Depertment of Biology, Texas A&M University (hosted by Thierry Lints)
  "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: Variable female preferences and the evolution of complex male sexual displays"
  

• September 11 --
  Jin Xiong, Department of Biology, Texas A&M Univeristy (hosted by Tom McKnight)
  "Experimental and evolutionary analysis of anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria"
  
  
• September 18 --
  Douglas Portman, Center for Aging and Developmental Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center (hosted by Robyn Lints)
  "Sex and the single worm: Genetic regulation of sex differences in C. elegans development and behavior"
  
  
• September 25 --
  Luis Rene Garcia, Department of Biology, Texas A&M Univeristy (hosted by Tom McKnight)
  "Molecular regulation of motivated behaviors in the nematode C. elegans."
  
  
• October 2 --
  Michael Greene, Department of Biology, UCDHSC College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (hosted by Ginger Carney)
  "Chemical recognition cues inform the decisions made by ants"
  
  
• October 9 --
  John Doebley, Genetics Department, University of Wisconsin (hosted by Michael Manson)
  "The evolution of plant form: an example from maize"
  
  
• SPECIAL SEMINAR October 11 --
  John S Parkinson, Department of Biology, University of Utah (hosted by Michael Manson)
  "Bacterial chemotaxis: Dissecting the three-protein brain of E. coli"
  DIFFERENT LOCATION AND TIME: Noon, Butler Hall, Room 309
  
  
• October 16 --
  FACULTY SEARCH CANDIDATE (hosted by Mark Zoran)
  
  
• October 23 --
  Karen Carleton, Department of Biology, University of Maryland (hosted by Bruce Riley)
  "Visual communication in cichlid fishes: Using opsin genes to get a cichlid eye view"
  
  
• October 30 --
  Rosie Redfield, Life Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia (hosted by Mchael Benedik)
  "Do bacteria have sex?"
  
  
• November 6 --
  Graeme Mardon, Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine (hosted by Brian Perkins)
  "Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of New Genes Required for Drosophila Eye Development"
  
  
• November 13 --
  Hans Hofman (hosted by Gil Rosenthal)
  "A Molecular Systems Analysis of Social Behavior in a Neuroendocrine Integration Center"
  
  
• November 20 --
  FACULTY SEARCH CANDIDATE (hosted by Mark Zoran)
  
  
• November 27--
  CANCELLED
  

Other Texas A&M seminar series of interest: