Frontiers Lunchbag Series

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 Fall 2009 & Spring 2010

All talks are held Mondays

12:15 PM in McConnell B05

Lunch is provided however please bring your own beverage

Nov-23-09

Speaker: Laura Smith

Honors Research

Title: "Proteomics of the Single Exercise Bout "

Hosted by Stan Scordilis

 

Nov-30-09

Speaker: Lauren Metskas

Master's Research

Title: "Are Female and Male Muscles Equal? Gender Dimorphism in Murine Biceps Brachii"

 

Dec-7-09

Speaker: Weam Zaky

Master's Research

Title:"Gene Expression in the Bacterial Endosymbiont of the Filarial Parasite, Brugia Malayi"

Dec-14-09

Last Day of Classes Tuesday Dec-15-09

Spring 2010

Welcome Back Students!

Jan -25-10

Speaker: Crista Burke

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Feb-1-10

Speaker: Margaret Mongare

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Feb-8-10

Speaker: Sara Dilegge

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Feb-15-10

Speaker: Nicole Rothenheber

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Feb-22-10

Speaker: Meaghan Hall

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Mar-1-10

Speaker: Elyse Mackshoud

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Mar-8-10

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Mar-15-10

Spring Break

Mar-22-10

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Mar-29-10

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Apr-5-10

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Apr-19-10

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Apr-26-10

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Apr-30-10

Last Day of Classes - No Lunchbag

 

Completed Lectures  
Sept-14-09

"Research opportunities in the Life Sciences at Smith"
Speaker: Christine White-Ziegler, Associate Professor, Biology and Biochemistry

"Assisted Migration: Should we help slow plant species migrate in
response to fast climate change?"
Speaker: Jesse Bellemare, Assistant Professor, Biology

"Does who you hang out with matter? Evolution of social behavior in
guppies"
Speaker: Heather Bleakley, Vistiting Assistant Professor, Biology

 

Sept-21-09

Speaker: Paulette Peckol, Professor, BIO, EVS, and Marine Science

Title: "Coral reefer madness: research and education in a tropical paradise?"

Speaker: Laura Katz, Professor, BIO

Title:"Amoebae, Ciliates and Other Inhabitants of Our Microbial Planet "

Speaker: Michael Barresi, Assistant Professor, BIO and NSC

Title: "Fishing for a nervous system: How glia provide the bait for neuronal wiring"

 

Sept-28-09

Speaker: Carolyn Wetzel, Associate Professor, BIO and BCH

Title: "Sunburned plants and shady leaves that get the blues"

Speaker: Stylianos Scordilis, Professor, BIO, BCH, and NSC

Title: "Exercise and gender"

Speaker: Steve Tilley, Professor, BIO

Title: “Molecular windows on salamander biodiversity"

Oct-5-09

Mountain Day - Lectures Cancelled TODAY

talks to be rescheduled

Speaker: Laura Smith '11

Title: "Proteomics of the Single Exercise Bout "

 

Oct-12-09

Fall Break

 

Oct-19-09

Speaker: Meissa Jones '11J

Summer Internship at Emory University

Title: "Conditioned Fear Acquisition, Discrimination and Extinction in Combat Veterans from operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)"

Hosted by Michael Barresi

 

Oct-26-09

Speaker: Pamela Cote

Summer Research

Title: "The Effect of PolyIC on Cultured Lymph Node Stromal Cells"

 

Nov-2-09

Speaker: Nataliya Herasymova

Honors Research

Title: "The Effect of Gramicidin A and Cyclic Peptides on Electrical Resistance of Black Lipid Membranes"

 

Nov-9-09

Relocated to Burton 101

Speaker: Megana Dwarakanath

Honors Research

Title: "Quantifying Thermodynamic and Conformational Properties of the Spiroiminodihydantoin (Sp) Lesion"

 

Nov-16-09

Speaker: Kimberly Johnson

Master's Research

Title: "The Role of Eg5 on Regulating Glial Cell Number in the Developing Zebrafish Spinal Cord "

 

   

 

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