Seminars
| Date | Speaker(s) |
| Oct 2 | Dr. Patrick Lorch Department of Biological Sciences Kent State University Kent, OH "Mormon cricket band formation and movement" Host lab: Layne |
| Oct 9 | |
| Oct 16 | Dr. Bill Brown Department of Biology SUNY-Fredonia Fredonia, NY "Extraordinary sex ratios" Host lab: Uetz |
| Oct 23 | Dr. Steve Huskey Department of Biology Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY "Fish suck: the challenges of feeding in an aquatic environment" |
| Oct 30 | Dr. Cynthia Corbitt Department of Biology University of Louisville Louisville, KY "Environmental Signaling and the CNS" Host lab: Buschbeck |
| Nov 6 | Dr. Hadley Horch Department of Biology Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME "Regeneration of auditory neurons in the cricket" Host lab: Buschbeck |
| Nov 13 | Dr. Edwin Griff Department of Biological Sciences University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH "Odor-evoked responses from the main olfactory bulb of the rat" |
| Nov 20 | Dr. Jon Cohen Department of Visual Ecology Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Fort Pierce, FL "Seeing in the sea: comparative visual physiology of marine copepods" Host lab: Layne |
| Nov 27 | Special Public Lecture Co-sponsored with the University of Cincinnati Fellows of the Graduate School Dr. Rita Colwell University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Canon US Life Science, Inc. "Global aspects of infectious diseases" All faculty and graduate students please attend. *4pm DAAP Auditorium* |
| Nov 28 | Special Public Lecture Co-sponsored with the University of Cincinnati Fellows of the Graduate School Dr. Rita Colwell University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Canon US Life Science, Inc. "Cholera/safe drinking water in developed and developing countries" *4pm Vontz Auditorium* |
| Dec 4 | Radiation Safety (Re-) Training |
| Date | Speaker(s) |
| Jan 8 | Dr. Markus Friedrich Department of Biological Sciences Wayne State University Detroit, MI "Elucidating the developmental evolution of insect metamorphosis through the eyes of grasshopper and flour beetle" Host lab: Layne |
| Jan 15 | MLK Holiday |
| Jan 22 | Dr. James Lazorchak Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, OH "Current status and EPA research on 'Emerging contaminants'" Host lab: Jayne |
| Jan 29 | Dr. Eric Villegas Environmental Protection Agency Cincinnati, OH "Understanding Host-Parasite Interactions: Towards Improved Detection and Treatment Measures for Waterborne Protozoan Infections" Host lab: Kaneshiro |
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| Feb 19 | Dr. Gene Kritsky Department of Biology College of Mount St. Joseph Cincinnati, OH "Periodical Cicadas: the new discoveries." Host lab: Buschbeck |
| Feb 26 | Dr. Francine Marciano-Cabral Department of Microbiology and Immunology Medical School of Virginia Richmond, VA "Free-Living Amebae as Agents of Fatal CNS Infections" Host lab: Kaneshiro |
| March 1 | *2* Special Public Lectures Co-sponsored with the University of Cincinnati Fellows of the Graduate School Dr. Lynn Margulis Department of Geosciences University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1. "Symbiogenesis: aerotolerant spirochates and origin of mitotic motility" *12-1pm Vontz Auditorium* 2. "Gaia: Our living earth from space" *4-5pm Old Chem* |
| March 5 | Dr. Gisela Garcia-Ramos Department of Biology University of Kentucky Lexington, KY "Invasion Dynamics: Application to HIV Infection and Population Spread" Host lab: Petren |
| Date | Speaker(s) |
| April 2 | Dr. Lien Luong Department of Biological Sciences University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH "Costs of resistance: genetic trade-offs between ectoparasite resistance and host fitness" |
| April 9 | Dr. Jim Belanger Department of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA "Comparative approaches to understanding motor control: From the behavior to the biophysics of crustacean locomotion" Host lab: Layne |
| April 16 | Dr. Tom Rooney Department of Biological Sciences Wright State University Dayton, OH "The white-tailed deer as an all-pervasive force in eastern North American forests" Host lab: Cameron |
| April 23 | Dr. David Carr Department of Environmental Sciences & Orlando E. White Arboretum University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA "Plant mating-systems and their consequences for ecological interactions" Host lab: Matter |
| April 26 | Special Thursday Lecture Dr. Peter Fraser Department of Biological Sciences University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, Scotland "Hydrostatic pressure reception and the neurobiology of path integration in crustaceans and fish" 1pm, 422D Rieveschl Host lab: Layne |
| April 30 | Dr. Rick Lee Department of Zoology Miami University; Oxford, OH "Life in a frozen gall and other chilling tales of insects in the cold" Host lab: Buschbeck |
| May 2 | Special Wednesday Lecture Co-sponsored with the University of Cincinnati Fellows of the Graduate School Dr. David Allis The Rockefeller University, New York, NY. "Beyond the Double Helix: Writing and Reading the ÃÂââ ìàHistone CodeÃÂââ ìâ â" *DAAP Auditorium* |
| May 7 | Dr. George Farnsworth Department of Biology Xavier University Cincinnati, OH "Experiments with wild songbirds: exploring behavioral ecology & intelligence" Host lab: Matter |
| May 14 | Dr. John Polk Department of Anthropology University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, IL "Comparative analyses of primate joint posture" Host lab: Jayne |
| May 21 | Dr. Carrie Wu Department of Biology Duke University Durham, NC "Adaptive divergence versus gene flow in the wild: insights from a natural plant hybrid zone" Host lab: Culley |
| May 28 | Memorial Day Holiday |