Seminars
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Spring 2009
All SOLS Seminars are on Friday from 2-3 p.m. in LSE 104 (*exceptions are noted) Refreshments Served Before Seminar
January 23
Margaret Palmer, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences,
Title: Ecological Restoration and Restoration Ecology: Using Streams as a Case Study
Host: Nancy Grimm
January 30
Paul E. Boehmer, Professor of Basic Medical Sciences University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, in Partnership with Arizona State University and Professor, ASU School of Life Sciences
Title: Genome transactions in Herpes simplex virus
Host: Alan Rawls
February 6
Darwinfest Kick Off Speaker: Michael Ruse, Department of Philosophy, Florida State University,
Title: Is Darwinism past its “Sell By” date?
Host: Jane Maienschein
February 13
See DarwinFest Activities today Panel Event
February 20
Arend Sidow, Stanford University
Title: 100 million years of evolution meet the personal genome
Host: Kenro Kusumi
February 27
Larry Venable from University of Arizona
FiLS/SoLS Seminar speaker
Location Change: Old Main
March 6
Ken Dial, University of Montana
Title: An integrative approach toward understanding the origin and evolution of avian flight
Hosts: SOLS Grad Students (Mike Butler)
March 13
Spring Break (March 8 -15, 2009)
March 20
Bruce D. Hammock, Distinguished Professor of Entomology & Cancer Research Center
Director, NIEHS-UCD Superfund Basic Research Program; PI NIH Biotechnology Training Program, University of California
Title: Butterflies to Blood Pressure: Soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors as treatment for hypertension, pain, and inflammation
Host: Tsafrir Mor
March 27
Sixteenth Annual Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium
Keynote Speaker: President Michael M. Crow
http://sols.asu.edu/symposium/2009/index.php
April 3
Karen Hastings, MD PhD Department of Basic Medical Sciences - The University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix in partnership with ASU Department of Immunobiology and Cancer Biology GIDP - The University of Arizona College of Medicine Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences -ASU
Title: Understanding how the immune system fights cancer: the role of a key enzyme in targeting melanoma
Host: Alan Rawls
April 10
Ariel. D. Anbar, Associate Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Title: Elements and Evolution
Host: Jim Elser
April 17
Diane Ebert-May, Professor, Plant Biology, Michigan State University
Title: Breaking the mold: Rethinking professional development in undergraduate STEM education
Host: Ron Rutowski and SOLUR Program
April 24
Timothy Newman, Professor of Physics, Arizona State University
Title: 'Twixt intuition and reality: modeling discreteness and stochasticity in cells, embryos, and populations
Host: Jim Elser
May 1
Stephen Johnston, Director, Center for Innovations in Medicine, Biodesign Institute and Professor, School of Life Sciences, ASU
Title: The case for an Apollo-project approach to biomedical problems: Why I think research in Biodesign might eradicate cancer or transform diagnostics
Host: Hugh Mason