Seminar Series
Seminars are 4 pm Wednesday, Brown Hall Room 304.
For more information contact: Dr. Dhirendra Kumar or Dr. Lev Yampolsky
Date
Speaker and Presentation Title
8/25
No seminar
9/1
Carlos Martel Gora
Specialization and evolution of tachinid fly pollination in the European orchid Neotinea ustulata
9/8
Dane Scott, Department of Chemistry, ETSU
Carbon Dioxide and Biofuels at the Interface of Biology and Chemistry
9/15
Gabriel Aldridge, Department of Biological Sciences, ETSU
Hypocretin-Receptor 1 and –Receptor 2 Gene Expression in The Extended Amygdala and
Nucleus Accumbens Shell of Alcohol–dependent rats compared to nondependent rats
Anna Grizzard, Department of Biological Sciences, ETSU
Using Benthic Macroinvertebrates to Assess the Impact of Nutrient Input on the Nolichucky
and Pigeon Rivers
9/22
Abigail Cornett, Department of Biological Sciences, ETSU
Don't Touch My Hyphae: Investigating Candida albicans--Enterobacter Polymicrobial Interactions
Garrett Reynolds, Department of Biological Sciences, ETSU
An investigation of cyclic di-GMP’s role in in vitro biofilm production, desiccation tolerance, and motility in Acinetobacter baumannii strains 5075 and 1797
9/29
Scott Rata, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Identification of kinases in cell migration using reverse engineering
10/6
Miranda Holman, Department of Biological Sciences, ETSU
Evaluation of chemical enhancers on the transdermal delivery of cromolyn sodium
Caitlin Jones, Department of Biological Sciences, ETSU
Quantifying Heritability of Chronotype in the Common House Spider
10/13
Jennifer S. Hawkins, Department of Biology, West Virginia University
A systems approach to delineate the underlying controls of salinity tolerance in Sorghum
10/20
Catherine Pearson, PhD Candidate, Department of Biological Sciences, ETSU
Biochemical interventions to mimic caloric restriction and extend lifespan in Daphnia
10/27
Tapasree Roy Sarkar, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas A&M University
EMT or Angiogenesis: Finding the right target for breast cancer therapy
11/3
Emma Moore, Deparment of Biological Sciences, ETSU
Exploring pollen limitation and competition in the co-flowering species Clarkia
Prema Afia, Department of Biological Sciences, ETSU
Functional characterization of WRI paralogs by functional complementation in Arabidopsis thaliana
11/10
Matthew R. Zahner, Department of Health Sciences, ETSU
Hypertension, Heart Attacks, and Hot Peppers; Determining the Role of the Paraventricular
Hypothalamic Nucleus in the Cardiogenic Sympathetic Afferent Reflex in the Spontaneously
Hypertensive Rat.
11/17
Gerardo Arceo-Gomez, Department of Biological Sciences, ETSU
TBA
11/24
Thanksgiving break - no seminar
12/1
Nick Burski, Department of Biological Sciences, ETSU
Sex differences of neuroimmune gene expression within the BNST during chronic alcohol
use
Shannon Elliott, Department of Health Sciences, ETSU
Transposon mutagenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and virulence phenotypic characteristics and comparison to algR mutants.