DePauw University-Biology Department

Biology Department Seminar Series

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2007-08

November 13, 2007 at 12:00 Noon in Olin Auditorium	Dr. Hosler presented a seminar entitled “Grab Bag Biology” Dr. Hosler is a 2007-08 Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor of Biology at DePauw University. He will be talking about three projects that his lab at Juniata College is currently pursuing.
February 7, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in Olin Auditorium	Darwin Days at DePauw 2008 Dr. Armin Moczek, Professor of Biology at Indiana University, presented a lecture entitled "On the of Novelty and Diversity in Horned Beetles."
February 12, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in Olin Auditorium	Darwin Days at DePauw 2008 Dr. Kevin Kinney, Associate Professor of Biology at DePauw University, presented a lecture entitled "Charles Darwin and the Galapagos Islands."
February 14, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in Olin Auditorium	Darwin Days at DePauw 2008 Dr. Jay Hosler, a 2007-08 Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor of Biology at DePauw University. presented a lecture entitled “Darwin, Comics and the "E" Word.”
February 19, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. in Olin Auditorium	Biology Department Cleveland P. Hickman Lecture Series Dr. Dhelia Williamson, from the Center for Disease Control presented a lecture entitled "*Genetics, Genomics and Public Health*."
February 26, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. in Olin Auditorium	Biology Department Cleveland P. Hickman Lecture Series Dr. Hongming Zhou, Research Assistant Professor, Wells Center for Pediatrics Research, Indiana University School of Medicine presented a lecture entited "*Role of the Pax Gene Family in Cardiac Development*."

2005-06
Hickman Lecture Series

September 29, 2005 12:00 p.m. in Olin Auditorium	Dr. Mark Nielsen presented a seminar entitled ""Natural selection or bad luck: the evolution of giant sperm in fruit flies." Dr. Nielsen is an Associate Professor in the Biology Department at the University of Dayton.
November 10, 2005 4:00 p.m. in Olin Auditorium	Dr. Ken Touryan from the National Renewable Energy Lab
November 17, 2005 4:00 p.m. in Olin Auditorium	Dr. Simon Rhodes, Department of a Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine.
December 1, 2005 4:00 p.m. in Olin Auditorium	Dr. Virginia Sanders, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, & Medical Genetics at The Ohio State University

2003-2004
Biology Department Seminars

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September 18, 2003	~ Dr. Clarence Harms presented a seminar titled “Strange Cases of Symbiosis and Some Models of Their Evolution.” Dr. Harms is a Professor Emeritus from Westminster College.
October 1, 2003	~ Dr. Martha Crouch Presented two talks describing her experiences and perspective on “Genetic Engineering, Food, and the Environment”. Dr. Crouch is a Professor Emeritus from Indiana University and now is a consultant on issues of biotechnology and ethics in agriculture and forestry.

2003-04
Hickman Lecture Series

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October 15, 2003 4:00 p.m. in Olin Auditorium	~ Dr. Kimberly A. Quaid "Ethical Issues in Genetic Testing" Dr. Quaid is a professor in the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Director of the Predictive Testing Program; Co-Director of the Genetic Counseling Program
March 18, 2004 4:00 p.m. in Olin Auditorium	~ Dr. Keith Adams "Exploring the Mysteries of Polyploidy" Dr. Adams received his Ph.D. from Indiana University and is currently working on a postdoc at Iowa State University.
April 1, 2004 12:00 Noon in Olin Auditorium	~ Dr. Erick Greene "Phenotypic plasticity and host plants: linking ecology, development and speciation in Nemoria caterpillars" Dr. Greene received is the Director of Organismal Biology and Ecology, Division of Biological Sciences at The University of Montana
April 23, 2004 12:30 in Olin Auditorium	~ Dr. Peter Waser "Genetic signatures of dispersal: new ways to track movements by shrews, salmon, rats and bears." Dr. Waser is a Professor of Biological Sciences at Purdue Unversity and is involved in molecular ecology.