Seminar Series
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
Spring 2014
Lights, camera, action!
Biology Seminar goes to the movies!
Unless otherwise noted below, seminars are held on Fridays at 2 p.m. in Room 303 Shoemaker Hall
| Jan. 24 | Hoda Gebril, Ph.D. student seminar
“Malaria: A parasite wins the fight” |
| Jan. 31 | Dr. Heather Tyler, postdoctoral research associate, University of Mississippi, Department of Biology
“I’m a microbiologist, not a…: Plant-associated bacteria and beyond” |
| Feb. 7 | Dr. Tammy Goulet, University of Mississippi, Department of Biology
“Transformers: New age of biology education” |
| Feb. 14 | Dr. Joan Strassmann, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Biology
“Life is a banquet and most people are starving to death: Guns and butter in microbial social interactions” |
| Feb. 21 | open |
| Feb. 28 | Dr. Christy Brigham, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
“Weeds attack! Aaack! Aaack! Invasion biology and restoration ecology in the United States’ largest urban national park” |
| Mar. 7 | open |
| Mar. 21 | Dr. Jason Taylor, USDA National Sedimentation Laboratory
“TBA” |
| Mar. 28 | Dr. Tammy Goulet, University of Mississippi, Department of Biology
“Coral robocops: Surviving tenuous times” |
| Apr. 4 | Dr. Zakee Sabree, The Ohio State University, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
“Do you know who I used to be?: Genomic, physiological, and ecological consequences of symbioses” |
| Apr. 11 | Dr. Jennifer Edmonds, University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences
“TBA” |
| Mon. Apr. 14 | Kyle Rice, M.S. Thesis Defense
“TBA” |
| Wed. Apr. 16 | Gabriell Davis, M.S. Thesis Defense
“TBA” |
| Wed. Apr. 23 | Emily Stauss, M.S. Thesis Defense
“TBA” |
| Apr. 25 | Dr. Sarah Liljegren, University of Mississippi, Department of Biology
“Shifting organ boundaries: BP breaks bad” |
| Mon. Apr. 28 | Michael Keating, M.S. Thesis Defense
“TBA” |
| May 2 | open (last day of classes) |
| Please contact Colin Jackson (cjackson @ olemiss.edu) in the Department of Biology to schedule an appointment with a speaker. Page last updated 2/25/14. | |
