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Hope College Biology Department
Seminar Series, Spring 2008

Jan. 11

 

3 pm
Science Center 1019
 

Toni Brown - Hope College
Can Tetraamide Polyamides Extend the Language of DNA Sequence Selective Recognition from Two-Letter to Four-Letter Words?
Details


Jan. 18


4 pm
VanderWerf 102

 


Joint Biology/Chemistry Seminar

Anna Mapp - University of Michigan
Regulating Gene Expresion with Natural and Non-natural Products



Jan. 25


3 pm
SC 1019
 


Joint Biology/Computer Science Seminar
Jeffrey Elhai - Virginia Commonwealth University - Virtual Seminar
How Biologists can Build Novel Small Nonrepetitive Tools to Study New Phenomena


Feb. 1


Cancelled due to
weather
 


Andrew Feig - Wayne State University
Understanding Bacterial Regulatory RNAs and the RNP Particles in which they Function


Feb. 8


Winter Recess

 


No Seminar


Feb. 19


11:00 am
Science Center 1000
 


Joint Biology/Computer Science Seminar
Jennifer Reed - University of Wisconsin - Madison


Feb. 22


3 pm
Science Center 1019
 


Christoph Benning - Michigan State University

Regualtion of Oil Biosynthesis and Design of Novel Biofuel Crops


Feb. 29


3 pm
Science Center 1019

 


Cheryl Sisk - Michigan State University

Pubertal Hormones and the Adolescent Brain


Mar. 7


3 pm
Science Center 1019

 


Jenniver Koblinski - Northwestern University
The Laminin Alpha-1 Derived Peptide AG73 Increases Breast Cancer Metastasis to the Bone and Brain


Mar. 14


Spring Recess
 


No Seminar


Mar. 21


Good Friday
 


No Seminar


Mar. 24
Monday


4:00 p.m.
SC 1019

 


Dr. Rolph Peterson, Forestry Professor and eminent wolf biologist.
"The Wolves of Isle Royale - After 50 Years"


Mar. 28


1:00 p.m.
Science Center 3128
 


Dr. Robert A. Cornell - University of Iowa
Transcription Factor Activator Protein 2 (Tfap2) in Neural Crest Development and Evolution




April 4

3 pm
Science Center 1019
 

Joint Biology/Chemistry Seminar
Ryan Wilcox - Mayo Clinic
CD137 Co-stimulation in Tumor Immunity




April 11

3 pm
Science Center 1019


 

Cara Shillington - Eastern Michigan University
Physiological and Behavioral Ecology of North American Tarantulas




April 18

3 pm
VanderWerf 102

 

HHMI Sponsored Seminar
Tim Geary, Director, Institute of Parasitology, McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Engineering Yeast to Find New Antiparasitic Drugs




April 25

Spring Festival

 

No Seminar