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Biology Seminar Series - Spring 2016
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243 . Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
In addition you can click on the speakers name to see one of their recent papers.
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Feb 5 ** Friday, 4:00PM HS 243 |
Gul Ahmad | Peru State College, Nebraska | Immunology Candidate Seminar: Strategies of vaccine development for the human parasite Trichomonas vaginalis | Victor Miriel |
| Feb 11 | Mark Holland | SU Biology Department | Probiotic for Plants (and Algae?) | Kim Hunter |
| Feb 18 | Rachel Maczis Shahan | University of Maryland, College Park |
Strawberry
Fields Forever: Using Diploid Strawberry as a Model to Investigate
the Molecular Underpinnings of Fruit Development |
Kim Hunter |
| Feb 25 | Jeff Cornwell | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: Horn Point Lab | Influence of sediments and oyster communities on Chesapeake Bay nitrogen cycling | Judith Stribling |
| March 3 | Mollie Manier |
The George Washington University |
Evolutionary significance and genetic basis of giant sperm in Drosophila melanogaster | Ryan Taylor |
| March 10 | Ted Klein | Adventures in Plant Biotechnology | Patti Erickson | |
| March 24 | Mike Coble | National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | The Genetic Identification of the Two Missing Romanov Children – Maria and Alexei | Mark Holland |
| March 31 | Sofía Rodríguez | University of Texas, Austin |
When chytrid doesn't kill, geographic dynamics, sub-lethal effects, sexual selection in tungara frogs |
Kim Hunter Ryan Taylor |
| April 7 | Sami Saribas |
Department of Neuroscience and Center
for Neurovirology Temple University Lewis Katz School of
Medicine, MERB |
Structural and Functional Analysis of
Polyomavirus Agnoprotein |
Mark Holland |
| April 14 | Mallory Hagadorn |
Biology Dept MS: Thesis Defense |
From cow butt to beetle gut: Maryland dung beetles and
their gut associated endosymbionts |
Dana Price |
| April 21 | Alexa Grant |
Biology Dept MS: Thesis Defense |
Analyzing predation pressures and movements in a color polymorphic salamander | Eric Liebgold |
| April 28 | Lisa Milke |
Acting Chief, Culture Systems and Habitat Evaluation Branch
NOAA Fisheries Service, Milford Laboratory |
NOAA Milford Laboratory: 85 years of shellfish research | Judith Stribling |
| May 5 | Nitzan Soffer | ITRALYTIX | Bacteriophages: From the ocean to your dinner plate | Mark Holland |
Biology Seminar Series - Fall 2015
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243 . Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
In addition you can click on the speakers name to see one of their recent papers.
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Sept 3 | Ryan Taylor | SU Biology Department |
Sabbatical Presentation Frogs, Bats, and Genes: When Selection Worlds Collide |
Kim Hunter |
| Sept 10 | Michael Duggan | Saint Joseph's
University Philadelphia |
Personality & Corticosterone in Budgerigars and other endeavors | Kim Hunter |
| Sept 17 | Richard Synder | Virginia Institute of Marine Science: Director of Eastern Shore Laboratory |
The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Marine
Microbenthos |
Mark Holland |
| Sept 24 | Karen Patterson | Naval Research Lab: Remote Sensing Division |
Henson Seminar
Life after SU: Optical Oceanography and Shallow Water Image Analysis. |
Kathleen Shannon Karen Olmstead |
| Oct 1 | Joel Nelson | Wright State University | Genomics of speciation in the globally distributed shovelers | Kim Hunter |
| Oct 8 | James Gorman | New York Times, Science Writer | Henson/Fulton Joint Seminar: Communicating Science to the Public | Kim Hunter Ryan Taylor |
| Oct 15 | Tom Hanson | University of Delaware, Associate Director Marine Bioscience Program | Physiology of the green sulfur bacteria in the lab and the field: intriguing new metabolites and organisms | Mark Holland |
| Oct 22 | Louis Plough | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: Horn Point Lab |
Genomics in the sea: using experiments and genomic tools to
understand life history and evolution in marine animals |
Ann Barse |
| Oct 29 | Hal White | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware | Problem-based Learning: Learning without lecturing | Patti Erickson |
| Nov 5 | Chih-Han Chang | Johns Hopkins University: Department. of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
The Second Wave of Earthworm Invasion |
Eric Liebgold |
| Nov 12 | Burkhard Schulz | University of Maryland: College of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Mark Holland | |
| Nov 19 | Jim Hare | University of Manitoba | With a little help from their friends: Reliable information in ground squirrel alarm calls | Kim Hunter Ryan Taylor |
| Dec 3 | Mark Garcia | SU Biology Department | Teaching Post-Doc Seminar: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: How Genetics, Physiology, and Ecology Influence Animal Behavior | Kim Hunter Ryan Taylor |
| Dec 10 | Jonathan Moyle | Lower Eastern Shore Research and Education Center | Poultry and the Eastern Shore | Sam Geleta |
Biology Seminars
Spring 2015
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243 . Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
In addition you can click on the speakers name to see one of their recent papers.
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Jan 29 | Cinnamon Pace | Northern Arizona University | A fish out of water: true tales of terrestrial locomotion in fishes | Ryan Taylor |
| Jan 30 | Demetrius Gravis | Immunologist Candidate | Cell Signaling in Immunity, Cancer, and the Origins of Multicellularity | Gene Williams |
| Feb 5 | Ben Busby | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
Investigation of M. tuberculosis and Human Genetic Variation in the Rising Era of Individual Genome Sequence |
Philip Anderson |
| Feb 12 | Mark Garcia | Salisbury University | Mechanisms of decision making during contests in green anole lizards: prior experience and assessment | Ryan Taylor |
| Feb 19 | Open |
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| Feb 26 | Cancelled Snow Day | |||
| March 5 | Krispen Laird | Salisbury University - MS Thesis Defense |
Female Preference and Multi-Modal Signaling in Hyla cinerea |
Ryan Taylor Kim Hunter |
| March 12 | Jake Goodwin | Horn Point Lab - UMCES Ph.D. Candidate Biological Oceanography |
The role of research in oyster restoration: two case studies from Chesapeake Bay | Ann Barse |
| March 26 | Cassie Gurbisz | Horn Point Lab - UMCES Ph.D. Candidate |
Investigating change in an underwater plant ecosystem |
Judith Stribling |
| April 2 | Wendy Lewis |
University of Virginia
Department of Biology
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The Role of Perineurial Glia in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration | Jessica Clark |
| April 9 | Andrius Pasukonis | University of Vienna | Rain forest navigators: spatial behavior and orientation in neotropical poison frogs (Dendrobatidae) | Kim Hunter Ryan Taylor |
| April 16 | Megan Truitt Cho |
BioReference / GeneDx (Genetic Counselor) |
Genetic Counseling: Bringing the Lab to Life | Kim Hunter |
| April 23 | Jackie Darrow | Salisbury University - MS Thesis Defense | Ron Gutberlet | |
| April 30 | Kelsey Mitchell | Salisbury University - MS Thesis Defense | Ryan Taylor Kim Hunter |
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| May 7 | Andrew McGowan | Salisbury University - MS Thesis Defense | Aaron Hogue |
Fall 2014
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Sept 11 | Mark Garcia | Salisbury University | From Genotypes to Populations: Examining Phenotypic Variation in the Mangrove Rivulus Fish (Kryptolebias marmoratus) | Kim Hunter |
| Sept 18 | Hua Lu | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
Tic Toc: The Circadian Clock and Disease Resistance in Arabidopsis |
Les Erickson |
| Sept 25 | Marnie Pepper | USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services | The Chesapeake Bay Nutria Eradication Project: Marsh Restoration Through Eradication | Eric Liebgold |
| Oct 2 | Seminar Cancelled |
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| Oct 9 | Laura Bankey |
Director of Conservation, Baltimore
Aquarium |
Restoring Vital Habitats in the Chesapeake Bay | Mary Gunther |
| Oct 16 | Rachel Dixon | University of Delaware; College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment |
Behavioral Responses of Juvenile
Estuarine Fishes to Diel-Cycling and pH FISHES TO DIEL-CYCLING
HYPOXIA AND PH |
Paul Grecay |
| Oct 23 | Matt Gifford | University of Central Arkansas | The influence of prey size on morphology, physiology, and life history of watersnakes | Ron Gutberlet |
| Oct 30 | Christopher Heckscher | Delaware State University, Department of Environmental Sciences |
Intratropical migration of a Nearctic-Neotropical migratory songbird in South America |
Dana Price |
| Nov 6 | Stephen Kelly | Salisbury University - MS Thesis Defense | Altering Growth Rates and Nutritional Qualities of Microalgal Feedstock Using Symbiotic Bacteria | Mark Holland |
| Nov 13 | Marshall Boyd | Salisbury University - MS Thesis Defense |
Thirty Years on the Lower Delmarva
Peninsula: Understanding the Association Between |
Ron Gutberlet |
| Nov 20 | Chelsi Rose | Salisbury University - MS Thesis Defense |
Getting Down and Dirty: A Study in Soil Microbiology |
Elizabeth Emmert |
| Dec 4 | Stephen C. Pelsue | University of Southern Maine | The Role of the Ttc7 Gene in Autoantibody Development in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | Gene Williams |
Spring 2014
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243 . Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
In addition you can click on the speakers name to see one of their recent papers.
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NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Feb 6 | Karen Fleming | Johns Hopkins
University Professor of Biophysics |
Membrane protein stability may be the energy sink for sorting in the periplasm |
Alison Dewald |
| Feb 13 | Andy Aiken | National Aquarium | Nitrate Management in Aquatic Animal Life Support Systems | Mary Gunther |
| Feb 20 | Kathryne Everts | Extension Specialist, Plant Pathology | Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum on Watermelon: Developing a Sustainable Management Strategy | Sam Geleta |
| Feb 27 | Paula Mabee | University of South Dakota | Anatomy in the Genomics Age | Karen Olmstead |
| March 6 | Michelle Smith | University of Maine |
Show me the data! How the process of science can help you teach and learn biology |
Kim Quillin |
| March 13 | Leon Avery | Virginia Commonwealth University | Worm social behavior | Patti Erickson |
| March 27 | Kayla Pennerman | Virginia Tech University |
Method Development for Structural Characterization of
Quorum-Sensing Regulator EsaR |
Chris Briand |
| April 3 | Hillevi Ets | Drexel
University College of Medicine |
Novel pathways of force maintenance in vascular smooth muscle | Victor Miriel |
| April 10 | Benjamin Beck |
Scientist Emeritus, Smithsonian
Conservation Biology Institute Adjunct Professor of Environmental
Science, Drake University Affiliate Professor of Anthropology,
Iowa State University |
Saving Small Populations of Monkeys and Apes | Reema Persed-Clem |
| April 17 | No Seminar | |||
| April 24 | Larry Schramm | Johns Hopkins University |
The Secret Lives of the Spinally Injured: Physiology and
Neurobiology beyond Paralysis |
Judith Stribling |
| May 1 | Kyle Wilhite | Salisbury University | Thesis Defense: | Ryan Taylor |
| May 6** Tuesday |
Patrice Jackson-Ayotunde | University of Maryland, Eastern Shore | Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Enaminones as Potential Anticonvulsant Agents for Epilepsy | Alison Dewald |
| May 8 | Salina Parveen | University of Maryland, Eastern Shore | Incidence, persistence and control of Salmonella in poultry | Mark Frana |
Fall 2013
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243 . Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
In addition you can click on the speakers name to see one of their recent papers.
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Sept 5 | Tiffany Moisan | NOAA |
Using NASA Satellites to Understand the Role of Phytoplankton in the Carbon Cycle |
Judith Stribling |
| # Sept 10 | Jill Venton | University of Virginia, Chemistry and Neuroscience Department | Developing new analytical tools for measuring neurotransmitters in the fruit fly brain | Alison Dewald |
| Sept 12 | Tracy Smith | UMBC, Biological Sciences | Epigenetics and Evolution in Natural Populations | Ryan Taylor |
| Sept 19 | Young You | Virginia Commonwealth University; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department | Appetite control in C. elegans | Patti Erickson |
| Sept 26 | Joseph Pitula | UMES, Department of Natural Sciences |
Ecological and Genetic Studies of a
Dinoflagellate Parasite of Blue Crabs |
Patti Erickson |
| Oct 1 | Operation Wallacea | Biodiversity Expedition Group | Why not go on an expedition? | |
| Oct 3 | Maggie Sexton | UMES | Factors influencing appearance, disappearance, and variability of abundance of the sea nettle, Chrysaora quinquecirrha in Chesapeake Bay | Gene Williams |
| Oct 10 | Joel Rosenthal | University of Delaware | Novel Architectures for the Efficient Generation of Solar Fuel from Carbon Dioxide | Seth Friese |
| Oct 17 | Kristin Zuravnsky | Salisbury University, Biology | Thesis Defense: Understanding the roles of polyploidy and the environment on nordihydroguaiaretic acid variation in Larrea tridentata | Kim Hunter |
| ++Oct 18 | Michael B. Harvey | Broward College, Davie, FL | Evolution and Morphology of Whiptail Lizards | Ron Gutberlet |
| Oct 22 | Thomas Pellinger | Salisbury University, Health Sciences |
Effect of Postexercise Blood Flow on Glucose Regulation in
Humans: |
Kim Hunter |
| Oct 24 | Michael Wilberg | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | Are Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Sustainable: Comparing Management of Oysters and Blue Crabs | Eric Liebgold |
| Oct 31 | Kevina Vulinec | Delaware State University | Scaredy-Bat? Bat Behavior and the Ecology of Fear | Dana Price |
| Nov 7 | Jennifer Swift | Georgetown University | Stephen Habay | |
| Nov 14 | Julio Betancourt | USGS, Reston VA | Lessons from the past: Long-term vegetation dynamics in the American deserts | Kim Hunter |
| *Nov 14 | Julio Betancourt | USGS, Reston VA |
Patterns, sources and consequences of
spring onset variations and trends in the U.S. |
Karen Olmstead Kim Hunter |
| Nov 21 | Jonathan Kolby | James Cook University, Australia | Studying the Global Spread of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus and Ranavirus: It's a tough time to be a frog | Kim Hunter |
| **Dec 2 Monday |
Jessica Kennett Clark | University of Virginia | Protecting the peripheral nerve: the origin and function of the perineurium | Les Erickson |
| Dec 5 | Ximena Bernal | Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX | Unraveling the ecology and evolution of interspecific eavesdropping: lessons from frog-biting midges | Ryan Taylor |
# This seminar is on Tuesday in HS 243.
++ This seminar is on Friday at 11:00 AM in HS 243.
** This seminar is on Monday at 4:30PM in HS 243
*This presentation is part of the Henson School Seminar Series. It will be held at 7:00 PM in Henson Hall, Room 243.
Spring 2013
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Feb 7 | Paul Grecay | Salisbury University |
Experimental Approaches to
Research in Ocean Acidification: Problems and Solutions |
Kim Hunter |
| *Feb 13 4:00 HS 341 |
Philip Anderson | Vanderbilt University |
Linking the early and late defects of prostate cancer 4:00 HS 341 |
Mark Frana |
| Feb 14 | Courtney Robinson | Howard University | Of mice and insects: A tale of two microbial communities | Elizabeth Emmert |
| *Feb 15 2:00 PM HS 211 |
Andrew Kanarek | University of Tennessee |
How do small populations escape extinction? 2:00PM HS 211 |
Mark Frana |
| ‡‡Feb 19 | Jim Cole | Research Physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory and President of the Washington Academy of the Sciences | The origin, history and future of fiber-optic interferometric acoustic sensors for US Navy applications | Mark Holland |
| *Feb 20 3:30 PM HS 341 |
Daniel Ksepka | North Carolina State University |
Phylogenies and Flippers: Exploring Avian Evolution through
Molecular Data and the Fossil Record 3:30 PM HS 341 |
Mark Frana |
| Feb 20 7:00 PM Great Hall (HH) |
Grace Brush | Professor of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering | Linking Landscapes & Water Quality | Bill Nelson |
| Feb 21 | Gene Williams | Salisbury University | Sabbatical/Fulbright Scholar Talk: Metabolic responses of Icelandic Arctic charr to temperature change | Kim Hunter |
| Feb 28 | Kristine Grayson | Virginia Commonwealth University | Sex ratio bias and extinction risk in tuatara, an endemic New Zealand reptile | Eric Liebgold / Tami Ransom |
| March 7 | Moses Kairo |
Dean, School of Agriculture and Natural Sciences University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) |
Insect invaders - are we ready for them? | Karen Olmstead |
| March 14 | Anne Estes | Institute for Genome Sciences | What Mom packed for lunch: the vertically transmitted microbiome of Onthophagus taurus. | Dana Price |
| March 28 | Les Erickson | Salisbury University |
Sabbatical Talk: WD-40 proteins:
Lubricating the DUBs |
Kim Hunter |
| April 4 | Joe Neigel | University of Louisiana, Lafayette | Population Genetics of Marine Crustaceans: The Return of Selection | Ryan Taylor |
| April 11 | Heather Cunningham | University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES) | Using Ecological Niche Models to Assess the Relative Influence of Abiotic and Biotic Factors on Range Limits of Amphibians and Reptiles | Ron Gutberlet |
| April 18 |
Pawan Kaler |
Adjunct Lecturer in Department of Natural Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore | Macrophage-derived IL-1 beta stimulates Wnt signaling and growth of colon cancer cells; a crosstalk interrupted by vitamin D3 | Steve Gehnrich |
| April 25 | Zhongchi Liu |
University of MD, College Park Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics |
The making of a fruit: molecular studies of strawberry fruit
development |
Mark Holland |
| May 9 | Ann Barse | Salisbury University | Sabbatical Talk: Investigating Flatworm Parasites (Platyhelminthes) of Billfishes, Lionfish and a Mussel | Kim Hunter |
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243. Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
‡‡ Seminars held on Tuesday in Henson 243.
* Indicates an alternative day of the week. Make sure to check your schedule.
Fall 2012
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Sept 6 | Ryan Taylor | Salisbury University, Biology |
Audio-visual perception: how females drive the diversity of life |
Kim Hunter |
| Sept 13 | No Seminar this week! | Come back next week! | ||
| Sept 20 | Nicole Stange | University of Texas, Austin | Hear Ye! Which information is contained in the songs of Chorthippus biguttulus? | Ryan Taylor |
| Sept 27 | Tami Ransom | Salisbury University, Environmental Studies | Food, Shelter, & Competition: Multiple interactions between earthworms and salamanders | Kim Hunter |
| Oct 4 | Katherine Bogue | University of Delaware (CEOE) | The effects of diel-cycling hypoxia and pH on mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) growth | Paul Grecay |
| Oct 11 | John Tudor | Saint Joseph's University | Probing the predatory genes of Bdellovibrio, the littlest predator | Elizabeth Emmert |
| **Oct 12 | Alumni Talk/Discussion | Wildlife International, PRMC, SU Biology Grad Program, Wocester and Wicomico County Teachers | Be Brave: Different Paths to Success | 210 Team |
| Oct 18 | Joel Hamilton | Salisbury Zoo Director | In Search of Andean Bears | Mary Roman Gunther |
| Oct 25 | Kyle Wilhite, Kyle Ward, Kristin Zuravnsky | Salisbury University, Biology Graduate Students | Graduate School and Research: Life after your Undergraduate Degree | 210 Team |
| Nov 1 | Seminar is Cancelled | |||
| Nov 8 | Elizabeth Rentz | Salisbury University, Biology | Thesis Defense: Species Diversity and the Succession of Dung Beetles to Horse Dung on Assateague Island | Dana Price |
| Nov 15 | Alison Dewald | Salisbury University, Chemistry | To Hijack the Hijackers: Physical determinants of β-barrel protein folding in vesicles | Seth Friese |
| #Nov 27 | Dr. Walter Boynton | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory | Chesapeake Bay Research | Environmental Studies Department in conjunction with the Fulton and Henson Schools |
| Nov 29 | Tamra Mendelson | UMBC, Biological Sciences |
Communication and speciation in North American darters |
Ryan Taylor |
| ***Nov 29 | Dr. Kenneth Geers | Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) | The Art of Cyberwar | Karen Olmstead |
| Dec 6 | Brent Whitaker | National Aquarium | Clinical investigations at the National Aquarium | Mary Roman Gunther |
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243. Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
**Friday Seminar at 4-5pm in HS 103; Cookies and Coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213
# This presentation will be Wednesday, November 28, 7:30 pm, 123 Devilbiss Hall.
***This presentation is part of the Henson School Seminar Series. It will be held at 7:00 PM in Perdue Hall, Room 156.
Biology and Chemistry Seminars
Spring 2012
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| *Feb 3 | Adam Smith | University of Leeds | The evolution of social behavior: insights from a tropical bee | Ryan Taylor |
| **Feb 8 | Andrew Stoehr | Denison University | An Integrative Approach to Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Wing Pattern Variation in Butterflies | Judith Stribling |
| Feb 9 | Laura Foster | Freelance Writer/Educational Consultant | The Chemistry of Climate Change | Kim Hunter |
| *Feb 10 | Kristin Hultgren | Bard College | Size, Sociality, and Symbiosis in the Sea | Kim Hunter |
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| Feb 23 | Michael Kemp | Univ. of Maryland, Horn Point | Degradation and Restoration of Estuarine Ecosystems: Case Study of Chesapeake Bay | Judith Stribling |
| March 1 | Mike Ryan | Univ. of Texas, Austin | Sexual selection and communication in túngara frogs | Ryan Taylor |
| March 8 | David Smith | Univiversity of Delaware | Testing Directed Evolution as Inspired by an Exam Question | Elizabeth Emmert |
| March 15 | Mary Watson | University of Delaware | Transition Metal Catalysis of Iminium and Oxocarbenium Ion Intermediates | Seth Friese |
| *March 16 | Omar Eldakar | University of Arizona | Sex and Tragedy: How social evolutionary theory provides insights to the evolution of sexual conflict | Ryan Taylor |
| March 22 | Spring Break - No Seminar | |||
| **March 26 | Eric Leibgold | Indiana University | Dispersal & genetic structure: a confluence of time, space, & sex | Ryan Taylor |
| March 29 | Gary Laverty | University of Delaware | Familiar faces in all the wrong places: epithelial transport studies on an avian model organism | Stephen Gehnrich |
| April 5 | Jennifer Stewart | USDA/NIFA Post-doc | A novel application of algae for the simultaneous production of biofuel and bioremediation of industrial emissions | Katherine Miller |
| April 12 | Mike Wiley | Virginia Tech | Modulation of alphaviruses by small RNAs in disease vector mosquitoes | Kim Hunter |
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| ***April 26 | Lt. Gen. Jim Roudebush, MD | Former Surgeon General of the US Air Force | Air Force Medicine…Making a Difference at Home and Deployed | Karen Olmstead |
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| May 10 | Mark Talley | Certified Prosthetist and Clinical Director; D and J Medical Center for Orthotics and Prosthetics | An Introduction to Lower Extremity Prosthetics | Kim Hunter and Kate Kundratic |
*Friday Seminar at 3-4pm in HS 243; Cookies and Coffee at 2:30 in Henson 213
** Monday Seminar at 4-5 pm in HS 103; Cookies and Coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213
*** This presentation is part of the Henson School Seminar Series.
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243. Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
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Biology and Chemistry Seminars
Fall 2011
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
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| Sep 8 | Mark Holland | Salisbury University |
Probiotics for Plants (You might call them vine-agra!) |
Ryan Taylor |
| Sep 15 | Dana Limpert | Conservation Specialist, MD DNR, Wildlife and Heritage Service | Bat Zen: Understanding bats, their ecological role and the stressors affecting them | Aaron Hogue |
| Sep 22 | Jenny Gumm | UMBC |
The evolution of communication in darters |
Ryan Taylor |
| Sep 29 | Elizabeth Papish | Drexel University | Organometallic Green Chemistry: Transition Metal Catalysts Supported by New Bifunctional Ligands for Hydrogenation and Water Oxidation | Seth Friese |
| Oct 6 | Lisa Tossey | University of Delaware | Getting Social - Communicating Science in a Digital Age | Ellen Lawler |
| Oct 13 | Matt Anderson | Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory at the NCI | Fgf3: Understanding Cancer Through Development | Gene Williams |
| Oct 20 | Allen Gibbs | University of Nevada, Las Vegas and NIH |
Evolution of insect water balance in natural and artificial deserts |
Gene Williams |
| Oct 27 | Dana Price | Salisbury University |
The Search for Living Jewels: Scarabs |
Kim Hunter |
| Nov 3 | David Adams | Duke University Medical Center | A Pharmacologist’s View of the War on Cancer | Clem Counts |
| Nov 10 | Melissa McCormick | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center | Invaders under your feet: Effects of non-native earthworms in the forest | Kim Hunter |
| Nov 17 | Paul Grecay | Salisbury University | Addressing Ocean Acidification: Engineering an Experimental Approach | Ryan Taylor |
| Nov 24 | Thanksgiving--No Seminar | |||
| Dec 1 | Kevin Fitzgerald | Georgetown University | Genomic Medicine: What Care and For Whom? | Clem Counts |
| Dec 5** | Biology Seminar Class | Salisbury University | Unnatural Selection: Human Impact on Evolution | Chris Briand |
| Dec 7*** | Doug Tallamy | University of Delaware - Entomology and Wildlife Department | Author: Bringing Nature Home: How you can sustain wildlife with native plants | Bill Nelson: Env. Studies |
| Dec 8 | Steven Kennedy | University of Pennsylvania | Palladium-Catalyzed, Direct Boronic Acid Synthesis from Aryl
Halides: A Simplified Route to Diverse Trifluoroborates and
Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupled Products |
Seth Friese |
| Dec 12 | Finals Week, No Seminar |
**Please note this specially scheduled poster session will be held on Monday in the Henson Food Court from 4-5pm.
***Please note that this specially scheduled seminar will be held on Wednesday at 7 pm in Holloway Hall.
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 103. Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
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Biology and Chemistry Seminars
Spring 2011
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Jan 27 | First Week--No Seminar | |||
| Feb 3 | Kim Hunter | Salisbury University | Ecological Genetic Fieldwork: Collaboration in Indonesia and in SW Deserts | Ron Gutberlet |
| Feb 10 | Stephen Habay | Salisbury University | Small Molecules on the Brain: Antagonists of the Neuropeptide S Receptor | Seth Friese |
| Feb 17 | Francis Meehan | International Flavors and Fragrances | An Inside Look at a Flavor House | Seth Friese |
| Feb 24 | Jocelyn Curtis-Quick | University of Essex | The Changing Coral Reefs of Indonesia | Kim Hunter |
| Mar 3 | Laura Murray | Horn Point Laboratory | Seagrasses: What are they and why should we care? | Ellen Lawler |
| Mar 4** | Finith Jernigan | University of North Carolina | Suborganelle Sensing of Mitochondrial cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Activity | Seth Friese |
| Mar 10 | Linda Lund | University of Maryland Medical School | Synemin, an Intermediate Filament, Localizes PKA in the Heart | Victor Miriel |
| Mar 17 | Program Planning--No Seminar | |||
| Mar 24 | Spring Break--No Seminar | |||
| Mar 31 | Program Planning--No Seminar | |||
| Apr 7 | Jay Nelson | Towson University | Intraspecific Physiological Variation, does it matter? Ecological Performance of European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) | Gene Williams |
| Apr 14 | Eileen Hebets | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | The Evolution of Complex Courtship Signaling in Wolf Spiders | Ryan Taylor |
| Apr 21 | David Teie | National Symphony Orchestra (Cellist) | Making Music for Monkeys | Gene Williams |
| Apr 28 | Bernard Lohr | UMBC | Auditory Perception and the Sensory Ecology of Grasshopper Sparrow Song | Ryan Taylor |
| May 5 | Leila Hamdan | US Naval Research Lab | Methane Seep Geomicrobiology: Case Studies from the Chilean Margin, Hikurangi Margin (New Zealand), and the Alaska Beaufort Shelf | Judith Stribling |
| May 12 | Finals Week, No Seminar |
**Please note that this specially scheduled seminar will be on Friday at 3 pm.
***Please note that this specially scheduled seminar will be held on Wednesday at 4 pm.
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243. Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
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| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Sep 2 | First Week--No Seminar | |||
| Sep 9 | No seminar this week | |||
| Sep 16 | Tim Coles | Operation Wallacea | Conservation Expeditions: Possibilities for Undergraduates, Graduate Students, and Faculty | Kim Hunter |
| Sep 23 | Patti Erickson | Salisbury University | Weeds and Worms: Epigenetic Engineering and Stress Studies | Ron Gutberlet |
| Sep 30 | Gene Williams | Salisbury University | SU in Iceland: International Field Studies at Hólar University College | Ron Gutberlet |
| Oct 7 | Andrew Dix | University of California at San Diego | Cooperative, Heparan Sulfate-Dependent Cellular Uptake of Dimeric Guanidinoglycosides | Miguel Mitchell |
| Oct 14 | John Toscano | Johns Hopkins University | Nitroxyl (HNO): Nitric Oxide's Neglected Sibling | Seth Friese |
| Oct 21 | Program Planning--No Seminar | |||
| Oct 28 | Program Planning--No Seminar | |||
| Nov 3 | Wouter van Hoven | University of Pretoria | Contemporary Issues in African Wildlife Conservation | Meaghan Neal |
| Nov 4 | Kim Check | Ward Museum | Discover How Learning Takes Flight at the Ward Museum: Student Opportunities for Outreach, Research, and Internships | Ellen Lawler |
| Nov 11 | Rachel Sipler | Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, The College of William and Mary | The Role of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in the Growth and Proliferation of Harmful Algal Blooms | Joan Maloof and Ann Barse |
| Nov 18 | Hemayet Ullah | Howard University | Arabidopsis Scaffold Proteins RACK1 Regulate Diverse Environmental Stress Signaling Pathways | Patti Erickson |
| Nov 25 | Thanksgiving, No Seminar | |||
| Dec 2 | Mark Frana | Salisbury University | What's Contaminating that Water? Bacterial Source Tracking Can Provide Some Answers! | Elizabeth Emmert |
| Dec 9 | Oliver Beckers | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Fantastic Plastic: Developmental Plasticity in the Communication System of a Katydid | Ryan Taylor |
| Dec 16 | Finals Week, No Seminar |
***Many thanks to the Henson School for co-hosting this seminar.
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243. Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
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Biology and Chemistry Seminars
Spring 2010
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Jan 28 | First Week--No Seminar | |||
| Feb 4 | Doug Ruby | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | Communication Through Calisthenics: Displays in the Yarrow's Spiny Lizard Sceloporus jarrovii | Ron Gutberlet |
| Feb 11 | No Seminar this week | |||
| Feb 18 | Ron Gutberlet, Aaron Hogue, Doug Ruby, and Jim Rapp | Salisbury University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, DLITE | Atlas of Maryland Reptiles and Amphibians: Overview and Call for Volunteers | |
| Feb 25* | Earl Greene | USGS | The Use of Spatial Probability Models to Determine Nitrate Contamination in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed | Art Lembo |
| Mar 4 | Miguel Mitchell | Salisbury University | In Silico Molecular Modeling of Potential Butyrylcholinesterase Inhibitors for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease | Seth Friese |
| Mar 11 | Bradley Stevens | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | The Science of Crabs: An exploration of the Scientific Method, as applied to deepwater mating behavior of Tanner crabs (Chionoecetes bairdi) in Kodiak, Alaska | Gene Williams |
| Mar 18 | Spring Break--No Seminar | |||
| Mar 25 | Jonah Choiniere | George Washington University | Long Summers in China: Insights into Theropod Evolution from the Jurassic of Xinjiang | Kim Hunter |
| Apr 1 | Program Planning--No Seminar | |||
| Apr 8 | Kim Quillin | Salisbury University | A Case Study in Integrative Biology: The Mechanics of Organisms | Ron Gutberlet |
| Apr 15 | Tom Jones | Salisbury University | A Ten Year Comparison of Water Quality in Three Eastern Shore Rivers | Judith Stribling |
| Apr 22 | Chris Frye | MD Department of Natural Resources | Evolutionary Complexity in Amelanchier (Rosaceae): Insights from Morphology, Molecular Markers, Flow Cytometry, and Life History | Kim Hunter |
| Apr 29* | Jay Carlisle | Idaho Bird Observatory | Landbird Stopover Ecology in Southern Idaho in the Big Picture of Migratory Bird Conservation | Karen Olmstead |
| May 6 | Donald Zeigler | Old Dominion University | The Cartography of Political Persuasion | Gina Bloodworth |
| May 11** | Derry Roopenian | Jackson Laboratory | Autoimmune Disease: The Dark Side of the Immune System | Mario Crisalli |
*Many thanks to the Henson School for co-hosting this seminar.
**Please note that this seminar will be given on Tuesday at 4 pm in Henson 243.
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243. Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
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Biology and Chemistry Seminars
Fall 2009
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Sep 3 | First Week--No Seminar | |||
| Sep 10 | Adam Lowe | Cornell University | SNP Detection by Surface- Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Coupled Ligase Detection Reaction | Gene Williams |
| Sep 17 | Dana Price | Salisbury University | If You Make It, They Will Come: Dung Beetle Ecology and Evolution | Ann Barse |
| Sep 24 | Sethanne Howard | US Naval Observatory | 4000 Years of Women in Science, Engineering, and Other Altogether Creative Stuff | Gene Williams |
| Sep 25* | Sethanne Howard | US Naval Observatory | Why Spiral Galaxies Spiral | Gene Williams |
| Oct 1 | Robert Bryant | University of Virginia | Dynamics In and Around Proteins | Miguel Mitchell |
| Oct 6** | Barrett Klein | University of Texas at Austin | Collosal Viruses, Imitation Dung Balls, and Robotic Frogs: Alternative Approaches to Applying a Science Education | Ryan Taylor |
| Oct 8*** | Karin Akre | University of Texas at Austin | Creative Science Career Paths | Ryan Taylor |
| Oct 15 | John Christy | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute | Reproductive Timing in the Intertidal Zone for Predator Avoidance | Ryan Taylor |
| Oct 22 | Program Planning--No Seminar | |||
| Oct 29 | John LaPolla | Towson University | Discovering Species: The Importance of Taxonomic Research | Dana Price |
| Nov 5 | Matthew Hartman | Virginia Commonwealth University | Synthesis of a Large Collection of Drug-like Cyclic Peptides | Miguel Mitchell |
| Nov 12 | James Stribling | Center for Ecological Sciences, Tetra Tech, Inc. | The Relationship of Biological Monitoring to Ecological Restoration | Judith Stribling |
| Nov 19 | Alison Burnett | FMC Corporation | Life After Undergraduate Education--Rots and Rusts | Kim Hunter |
| Nov 26 | Thanksgiving, No Seminar | |||
| Dec 3 | Mark Holland and Gene Williams | Salisbury University | ||
| Dec 10 | Kelsey Glennon | George Washington University | More Chromosomes, More Options: Investigating Polyploidy and Hybridization in the Plant Genus Houstonia | Kim Hunter |
*This is a special Friday seminar that will be held at 11 am in HS 243.
**This Henson Seminar is on Tuesday at 4 pm in HS 243; cookies and coffee at 3:30 pm.
***Many thanks to the Henson School for co-hosting this seminar.
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243. Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
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Biology Seminars
Spring 2009
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Feb 5 | Ron Gutberlet | Salisbury University | A Year on the Road with North American Birds | |
| Feb 10 | Richard England Kim Hunter Charles Darwin |
Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin! | Please join the department for a celebration of the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of publication of On The Origin of Species. Learn about one of the great biologists, and eat some cake in his honor! | Judith Stribling |
| Feb 19 | Seminar Cancelled | |||
| Feb 26 | Kevina Vulinec | Delaware State University | How to Build a Rainforest: Monkeys, Dung Beetles, and Seed Dispersal | Aaron Hogue |
| Mar 5 | Scott Bowdridge | Virginia Tech | Discovering the Biology of Resistance to Gastrointestinal Parasitism in Sheep: Approaching the Problem Using Genetics, Immunology, and Molecular Biology | Kim Hunter |
| Mar 12 | William Barse | Smithsonian Institution | Paleosols, Archeology, and the Shifting Savanna-Tropical Forest Boundary throughout the Holocene in the Orinoco River Valley | Ann Barse |
| Mar 19 | Spring Break | |||
| Mar 26 | Karen Olmstead | Salisbury University | The Ecology and Evolution of Waste-based Defenses in Tortoise Beetles (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) | Ron Gutberlet |
| Apr 2 | Joe Polacco | University of Missouri and Universidad Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | Urease, What Have You Done for Me Lately? Unexpected Answers in Signaling and Defense | Mark Holland |
| Apr 9 | Tony Reeves* | U.S. Army Research Institute of Chemical Defense | Thermodynamic Design of Oximes for the Reactivation of Human Butyrylcholinesterase after Nerve Agent Intoxication | Victor Miriel and Henson Seminar Committee |
| Apr 16 | Frode Jacobsen | UMBC | Inferring Evolutionary Relationships within the New World Orioles (Genus Icterus) using Multi-locus Approaches | Ron Gutberlet |
| Apr 24 (Friday) | 8th Annual SU Student Research Conference | Salisbury University | 1:00-7:30 pm; please see more information at http://www.salisbury.edu/ugresearch/susrc.htm | Gene Williams |
| Apr 30 | Dave Tulis | East Carolina School of Medicine | Abnormal Vascular Smooth Muscle Growth: Potential Mechanisms and Novel Therapies | Victor Miriel |
| May 7 | Biology 210 Poster Session | Kim Hunter |
*Many thanks to the Henson School for sponsoring this seminar.
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243. Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.
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Biology Seminars
Fall 2008
| DATE | NAME | AFFILIATION | TITLE | HOST |
| Sept 4 | no seminar | |||
| Sept 11 | Gillian Backus | Environmental Protection Agency | Susceptibility to Ozone-induced Pulmonary Inflammation or Why are you having a Bad Air Day? | E. Williams |
| Sept 18 | Miguel Mitchell | Salisbury University | Learning Science with Flash Animation: Lab Techniques and Games | R. Gutberlet |
| Sept 25 | Clem Counts | Salisbury University | Clams of Destruction and Woe | A. Barse |
| Oct 2 | no seminar | |||
| Oct 9 | Kathleen Lynch | Johns Hopkins University | Intrinsic Mechanisms for Receiver Error in Animal Communication | R. Taylor |
| Oct 16 | Eric Prince* | NOAA/NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center | Hypoxia Based Habitat Compression of Istiophorid Billfish and White Marlin Migrations Based on High Tech Tags | A. Barse |
| Oct 23 | program planning, no seminar | |||
| Oct 30 | Susan Brazer | Salisbury University | Untangling the Web: Web of Science Demystified, Simplified, and Clarified | R. Gutberlet |
| Nov 6 | Jessica Ware | American Museum of Natural History | What to do When You are Desperate for a Date: Using DNA to Age Dragonfly Relationships | D. Price |
| Nov 13 | Melinda Butler | Preston Family Physicians | Interesting Cases in Family Medicine | V. Miriel |
| Nov 20 | Greg Binford | University of Delaware | Nutrient Losses from Poultry Litter Piles to the Environment During Temporary Storage | Sam Geleta |
| Nov 27 | Thanksgiving break | |||
| Dec 4 | Jack Chirikjian | Georgetown Medical School | From Concepts of Biology to the Business of Biotechnology | M. Holland |
| Dec 11 | Biology 210 Poster Session | K. Hunter |
*Many thanks to the Henson School for co-sponsoring this seminar.
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in Henson 243. Please join us for cookies and coffee at 3:30 in Henson 213.