Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Feb. 1
|
Joelle Gehring, Ph.D.
Michigan Natural Features Inventory
Michigan State University Extension |
Making Progress on a 50-year-old
Conservation Issue: The Potential
Positive Impacts of Changing
Communication Tower Lighting
Systems at a Landscape Level |
| Feb. 8 |
Aaron Kortenhoven, Ph.D. candidate
Department of Biology
University of Miami, Miami, FL |
Extremely Vigilant Forest Buffalo, Treacherous Transects, dung Counts and Other Small Steps Towards Conservation in Northern Sierra Leone |
Feb. 15
(part 1) |
Kelly Edwards
senior biology major, Calvin College |
Quantifying the Physiological Competitiveness of Autumn Olive in the Deep Forest |
Feb. 15
(part 2) |
David L. Dornbos III,
senior pre-medical biology major,
Calvin College |
The Relationship between RhoA Activation and the Diaphanous-Related Formins (DRFs) |
| Feb. 22 |
Melvin J. Visser, B.S.C.E.
Chemical Engineer emeritus,
Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI |
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Great Lakes |
| Feb. 29 |
Michael Paletta, M.D.
Medical Director, Hospice of Michigan
Detriot, MI |
Total Pain: Clinical Approach to Suffering a the End of Life |
| Mar. 7 |
Ken Hyde, Ph. D.
Wildlife Biologist,
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Empire, MI |
Invasive Species Roles in the Type E Botulism Die-offs at Sleeping Bear Dunes and the Great Lakes |
| Mar. 14 |
No Seminar |
Spring Break |
| Mar. 21 |
No Seminar |
Good Friday Holiday |
Mar. 24
Monday
Seminar |
Rolf. O. Peterson, Ph. D.
School of Forest Resources and
Environmental Science,
Michigan Technological University,
Houghton, MI |
The Wolves of Isle Royale -After 50 Years |
| Mar. 28 |
Arlene Hoogewerf, Ph.D.
Department of Biology,
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI |
Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms: Bacteria in Communities Have Enhanced Response to Growth Promoting Signals |
| Apr. 4 |
Kim Olthoff, M.D.
Liver Transplant Program
University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA |
Liver Transplantation: Bedside to Bench and Back Again |
| Apr. 11 |
Daniel E. Michele, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
Function of Dystroglycan in Cardiomyopathy and Muscular Dystrophies |
Apr. 18
(part 1) |
Katie Baumann
junior environmental science major, (biology emphasis) Calvin College
Rob Roos, B.S. Biology '08
Calvin College |
Assessing Prairie Pots as a Tool for Habitat Establishment |
Apr. 18
(part 2) |
Aren Phillips,
senior geology major,
Calvin College |
TBA |
Apr. 25
(part 1) |
Krista Aschenbach,
junior biology major, Calvin College |
Rapid Uptake of the Styryl Dye AM1-43 is Inhibited by P2X Antagonists |
Apr. 25
(part 2) |
William Wondergem,
senior biology major, Calvin College |
Identification of Candidate Tumor Suppressors and Oncogenes in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma |
May 2
(part 1) |
Biology Department Scholarships and Awards |
May 2
(part 2) |
Nathan DeHaan,
junior biology major, Calvin College
Samantha Miller,
senior biology major, Calvin College
Luke Vande Zande,
junior biology major |
Assessing the Health Effects of Environmental Contaminants on Colonial Waterbirds of the Great Lakes |
