Science Seminar Series Spring 2010

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Science Seminar Series Schedule
Fall 2010

Date Speaker Title Affiliation Seminar Title Room Time Host & Contact Info Host Unit
7/21/10 David M. Hayes ASU Candidate for PhD in Environmental Science;  Assistant Professor of Aquatic Invertebrate Zoology ASU Graduate Program in Environmental Science; Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY "Genetic Diversity and Distribution of Selected Freshwater Mollusks (Gastropoda and Bivalvia) From West of the Mississippi River with an Emphasis on Arkansas Taxa" ABI
107
9:00
a.m.
David M. Hayes

david.hayes@eku.edu

859-622-1016 

Office - Memorial Science 62

EVS
8/27/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR  OPEN
9/1/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR  OPEN
9/8/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR
Dr. Ross Carroll
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics

Chemistry & Physics
Arkansas State University

Muonium Chemistry in Semiconductors LSE
219
4:00
p.m.
Dr. John Pratte
jpratte@astate.edu
870-972-3086
CHEM & PHYSICS
9/10/10 TBA TBA TBA TBA ABI
107
10:00
a.m.
Animal Research Group Meeting TBA
9/13/10 Helen Gratil Vermont School of Environmental Law Presentation about Environmental Law LSE 207 10:00 a.m. Dr. Paul Sikkel
psikkel@astate.edu
870-972-3082
EVS/BIOLOGY
9/15/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR  OPEN 4:00 p.m.
9/22/10

SCIENCE SEMINAR
Dr. Richard Steiner

Marine Conservation Biologist University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska "The Science of Disaster - The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill" STEM DEN LLC 4:00 p.m. Dr. John Pratte
jpratte@astate.edu
870-972-3086
CSM
9/24/10 Nathan Stephens TBA TBA TBA ABI
107
10:00
a.m.
Animal Research Group Meeting Nathan Stephens
9/29/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR  OPEN
10/6/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR
Dr. J. D. Swanson
Assistant Professor of Biology University of Central Arkansas
Conway, Arkansas
The Use of Rubus Prickles as a Model for Cell to Cell Communication ABI
107
4:00 p.m. Dr. Beth Hood
ehood@astate.edu
870-680-2694
ABI
10/8/10 Dr. Stanley E. Trauth Professor Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University Ultrastructural Observations of the Secretory Epithelium of the Distal Genital Tract in the Flathead Snake, Tantilla Gracilis ABI
107
10:00
a.m.
Animal Research Group Meeting BIOLOGY
10/13/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR
CANCELLATION

 

10/20/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR
Dr. Erin Espeland
Research Ecologist USDA ARS NPARL
Pest Management Research Unit
Sydney, Montana
Transgenerational plasticity as a force to enhance or constrain local adaptation in invasive species ABI 107 4:00 p.m. Dr. Travis Marsico
tmarsico@astate.edu
870-972-3082
BIOLOGY
10/22/10

Jason Zhou

Justin Fiene

Assistant Professor

PhD Student

Department of Biological Sciences

Texas A & M University, Arlington, Texas

Crosstalk between cell signaling and the Actin cytoskelton through CAP

Omnivory by Western Flower Thrips in cotton:  Implications for pest management strategies
ABI
107
10:00
a.m.
Animal Research Group Meeting Jason Zhou
Justin Fiene
10/27/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR
Mary Beth Sutton
Executive Director and Founder Caribbean Student Environmental Alliance,
Chattanooga, TN and Castries, St. Lucia
Sustainable Solutions for Clean Water in Underdeveloped Countries ABI 107 4:00 p.m. College of Sciences & Mathematics
Office of the Dean
Dr. Andy Novobilski

anovobilski@astate.edu
870-972-3079
College of Sciences and Mathematics
10/28/10 DISSERTATION PROPOSAL DEFENSE  Teresa Brueggen ASU Environmental Science PhD Student ASU Graduate Program in Environmental Science, Arkansas State University Assessment of Water and Sediment Quality Following Implementation of BMPs in the Upper Strawberry River Watershed Fulton CO, AR ABI 107 3:00 p.m. Teresa Brueggen
teresa.brueggen@smail.astate.edu
870-972-2570
EVS
11/3/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR
Dr. Qingxian Lu
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
The TAM receptors and retinal autoimmune diseases ABI 107 4:00 p.m.

Shiguang Yu
syu@astate.edu
870-680-4360

ABI
11/5/10 Dr. Roger Buchanan; Kenton Leigh; Hunter Smith; Paula Williamson, Emily Weiss and Stephanie Myal ABI Faculty, MBS Director, and Biology Professor;
MBS PhD Student; EVS MS Student; and Research Assistants
ABI - Arkansas State University
Buchanan Lab
Recent research including effects of exposure to nanoparticles, and effects of maternal smoking ABI
107
10:00
a.m.
Animal Research Group Meeting Dr. Roger Buchanan; Kenton Leigh; Hunter Smith; Paula Williamson, Emily Weiss and Stephanie Myal
11/10/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR
Dr. Colin Heyes
Assistant Professor

Biophysical Chemistry
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Watching Nanoparticles and Biomolecules One Molecule at a Time: To the Average and Beyond... ABI 107 4:00 p.m. Dr. Hashim Ali
hali@astate.edu
870-972-3086
CHEM & PHYSICS
11/17/10 QUALIFYING EXAM
Katherine A. Lisko
ASU Molecular Biosciences PhD Student ASU Graduate Program in Molecular Biosciences,
Arkansas State University
Vitamin C Metabolism in Rice (Oryza sativa) ABI 107 11:00 a.m. Katherine Lisko
katherine.lisko@smail.astate.edu
870-680-4323
MBS
11/17/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR
CANCELLATION
11/19/10

Dr. Shiguang Yu

Research Assistant Professor

ABI
Arkansas State University

Immunomodulatory therapeutic intervention in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis ABI
107
10:00
a.m.
Animal Research Group Meeting Shiguang Yu,
Michael Dockter
11/24/10 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
12/1/10 SCIENCE SEMINAR
C. K. Happer

Lawyer specializing in scientific misconduct cases

 

Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
485 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
646-722-8500

The Law and Science ABI 107 4:00 p.m. Dr. Roger Buchanan
rbuck@astate.edu
870-680-4297
ABI
12/3/10

Dr. Giuliana Medrano 

 Nora Rubio

Research Assistant Professor

Research Assistant

 

ABI, Arkansas State University Plant Produced Porcine IL-12 Vaccine Adjuvant for Swine Flu and Other Viral Diseases

ABI
107
10:00
a.m.
Animal Research Group Meeting


Giuliana Medrano, David Radin, Carole Cramer, Nora Rubio


12/8/10 QUALIFYING EXAM
Muhsin Aydin
ASU Molecular Biosciences
PhD Student
ASU Graduate Program in Molecular Biosciences, Arkansas State University Using Bead-Based Suspension Flow Cytometry to Detect and Characterize Salmonella in Poultry and Poultry Feeds ABI 220 1:00 p.m. Muhsin Aydin
muhsin.aydin@smail.astate.edu
870-680-4799
MBS
12/17/10 TENTATIVE
Swapnali Halder
MBS PhD Student ABI, Arkansas State University TBA ABI 107 10:00
a.m.
Animal Research Group Meeting