Biology majors are encouraged to attend and participate in departmental research seminars. Speakers are recruited from leading medical schools and graduate programs. Students learn about recent advances in medical and bio-molecular research. They also learn about opportunities for summer and graduate research at the speaker's institute. Students can receive credit for attending seminars by enrolling in BY300, Current Topics in Biological Research.

View the listing of previous seminars.

Presented in Bertrand Snell Hall Room 214 on Friday from 2-3 PM

September 7, 2007
Peter L. Davies, Queen’s University, “Antifreeze Proteins"

September 21, 2007
Robert G. Ewy, SUNY Potsdam, “Effects of Futuristic Environments on Crop Plants”

October 12, 2007
Marie-Andree Akimenko, University of Ottawa, “Limb Regeneration Using the Zebrafish Model”

October 26, 2007
Thomas H. Eickbush, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, “Transposable Elements: Filling-Up Our Genomes With Junk”

November 9, 2007
Alan Rossner, Clarkson University, “Community Airborne Exposure to Benzene on a Native American Reservation”

November 30, 2007
Nathaniel Ostrom, Michigan State University, “Cycling of Carbon and Nitrogen in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments”