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Tracy Campbell '13 and John Capano '13
David A. Baram Prize for Excellence in Molecular Biology
Elise Fiala '13
Louis Hauer Greenberg Prize for Excellence in Biochemistry
Phoebe Oldach '13
Paul Burkholder Prize
Elizabeth Austin '14
]]>4:30 pm Chris Mealey
5:00 pm Antonio Marrero
5:30 pm John Capano
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“Exploring the hidden landscapes of Pennsylvania using LiDAR data”
LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is an optical remote sensing technology used for measuring distances that is quickly changing how scientists view and map the surface of the earth. Within the field of GIS (geographic information systems), LiDAR is gaining popularity for use in many applications such as terrain modeling, geomorphology, hydrology, landscape ecology, and urban planning, just to name a few. Starting in 2006, Pennsylvania undertook a program to collect and process high resolution LiDAR elevation data for the entire state, becoming one of the first states in the nation to do so. This talk will explore just some of the few ways that this technology is transforming our view and understanding of the Pennsylvania landscape.
Thursday, April 11
Noon - 1:00 pmStafford Auditorium, Rector Science Complex
]]>Robert Allaway '11, Biology & Chemistry Major
will present:
Cancer Therapeutics: Screening for Synthetic Lethality in Glioblastoma Multiforme with NF1 Deficiency
(Robert will also conduct an informal discussion on attending graduate school.)
Friday, April 5, 2013
3:00 pm
Stafford Auditorium
]]>"The Transfusion Lesion: a Potential Suspect Appears"
Presented by
Associate Professor Chuck Zwemer
Department of Biology, Dickinson College
Wednesday, April 3 at 4:30 p.m.
Dana 110
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“Sexual dimorphism in the mouse retrotrapezoid nucleus:
implications for breathing disorders in males”
Presented by
Asst. Professor Missy Niblock
Department of Biology, Dickinson College
Wednesday, March 27, 4:30 p.m.
Stafford Auditorium
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"Clinical Research and the long term complications of treated HIV Infection : Not just a T cell problem"
Presented by
Eleanor M.P. Wilson, MD
Clinical Fellow, HIV Pathogenesis Unit
National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases
Wednesday, March 20
4:30 p.m.
Stafford Auditorium
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will present:
“More Than Just A Rotation: The Twisted Tale of Isomerizing Molecules”
The carbon-carbon bond is a fundamental motif in Organic Chemistry and often takes center stage in the architecture of new, interesting molecules and materials. Organic molecules can often be made functional by incorporating carbon-carbon bond rotations into their structural design, allowing for exciting opportunities in areas such as photochemistry and nanotechnology. This talk will discuss our investigation of two such devices that apply this rotary motion, known as isomerization, toward solving several important challenges in Chemistry: 1.) Measuring CH-pi interactions and 2.) Solution phase purification.
March 19
Noon - 1:00 pm
Stafford Auditorium
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Free pizza!!!
]]>Students who have done research in biology at Dickinson, during a summer project, or while studying abroad will be presenting posters and giving oral presentations.
Dana Hall
Friday, February 22, 2013
1:30 - 4:30 pm
BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
“The flagellum of the African trypanosome: homing in on the beat”
Presented by:
Geneticist Candidate for Dickinson College
Tuesday, December 4
4:30 pm
Stafford Auditorium
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Presented by:
Geneticist Candidate for Dickinson's biology department
Monday, November 26, 2012
4:30 pm, Dana 110
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Presented by:
Geneticist Candidate for Dickinson's biology department
Monday, November 26, 2012
4:30 pm, Dana 110
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Presented by:
Dr. Tiffany Frey, adjunct biology professor and physiologist candidate for Dickinson's Biology Dept.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Dana 110, 4:30pm
Muscles and wings and other things:
Scalloped expression and function during Drosophila development
Associate Professor Kirsten Guss
Department of Biology, Dickinson College
Wednesday, October 17th, 4:30pm
Rector - Stafford Auditorium
Light refreshments will be served
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Tuesday, October, 9, 2012
Professor Ann Boyd, Hood College
will present:
"What does biomedical ethics have to do with science?"
Stafford Auditorium, Noon - 1:00
Join us for interdisciplinary free pizza!!!
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BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Acid Seas
Impacts of atmospheric CO2 on coastal marine ecosystems
Associate Professor Tom Arnold
Department of Biology, Dickinson College
Wednesday, October 3rd, 4:30pm
Rector - Stafford Auditorium
Light refreshments will be served
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“Comparative life-history of a population of Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus) in east-central Alabama”
Presented by
Associate Professor, Dr. Scott Boback
Dickinson College
Wednesday, September 19th, 4:30
Dana Hall, Room 110
Light refreshments will be served
]]>Title: Dickinson Students @ UN Climate Change Conference
Description: Eleven Dickinson students joined 20,000 delegates from 190 nations to participate in the UN climate change conference held in Durban, South Africa in December. They met with and interviewed negotiators, activists, scientists, and youth leaders from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas as the culmination of a semester of study of climate change science and policy.
Come hear their perspectives on what happened and what more needs to be done.
Speakers: Dani Thompson '12, Timothy Damon '12, Emily Bowie '14 and Neil Leary
Presented by
Dr. Omar Quintero
ASST PROF C&M PHYSICOLOGY
Penn State College of Medicine
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
4:30-5:30 PM, Dana 110
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"What's with the Weird Weather? Links Between Climate Change, Extreme Weather and Health"
Prof. Jeff Niemitz (Earth Sciences) will discuss the possible link between climate change and extreme weather as recently reported by the UN International Panel on Climate Change. Prof. Henson (Biology) will talk about the link between climate change and health as well as some of Dickinson's recent international efforts in the area of sustainability.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Noon - 1:00
Stafford Auditorium
“Roles of the Actin-Binding Protein Ena During Drosophila Morphogenesis. ”
Presented by
Dr. Julie Gates
Assistant Biology Professor
Bucknell University
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
4:30-5:30 PM, Dana Hall, Room 110]]>http://www.fieldstudies.org/SFS-Presents-Distinguished-Student-Researcher-Awards-to-Five-Alumni_2830
]]>“Potassium regulation in yeast: Why care about cations? ”
Presented by: Dr. Anne Rosenwald
Professor of Biology
Georgetown University
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
4:30-5:30 PM, Dana Hall, Room 110
]]>from Dickinson's Biology Department
will present: Priceless Ponds for Three Seasons
This presentation will take the audience through an entire year at a Vernal Pond. The Natural History of the pond is featured including the various amphibians that use these ephemeral ponds to complete their life cycles.
Stafford Auditorium
Noon - 1:00 pm
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from Penn State
will present:
Understanding the Ecology of Parasites in a Changing World
4:30 pm, Dana Hall 110
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]]>Paul Titchenell
from PSU Medical School
will present:
"Targeting Atypical PKC Isoforms to Prevent Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)-Induced Blood-Retinal Barrier Dysfunction"
February 22, 2012
4:30 pm
Dana 110
]]>Thursday, March 8 Prof. Gene Wingert
Thursday, March 22 Prof. Scott Boback
Tuesday, April 3 Profs. John Henson and Jeffrey Niemitz
Thursday, April 19 Prof. David Jackson
Thursday, April 26 Climate Change Mosaic
All Rush Hours will be in the Stafford Auditorium at noon.
More details to follow!
]]>presented by
Dr. Michael Stitzel
National Human Genome Research Institute, NHGRI
Wed., Feb. 8, 2012
4:30 pm, Dana Hall, Rm. 110
]]>February 8 & 29, March 28, April 4 & 11
Details to follow!
]]>Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011
Dana Hall, Room 110
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Melissa Rolls, Ph.D.
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University
will present
Cellular self-defense: Functions of microtubules in neuronal responses to injury
]]>RUSH HOUR
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011
Noon – 1:00
Stafford Auditorium
Professor Karen Weinstein
will present
Monkeys in the snow and cold: the evolution of body proportions in macaques
Summary: How do we understand the evolution of modern human body size and proportions and their worldwide geographic dispersal during the Pleistocene epoch? One way is by examining macaques, a genus of monkeys that has the greatest geographic range of all primates second to humans. Unlike most primates that live solely within the tropics, macaques inhabit diverse regions, including tropical rainforests, mountainous habitats, and northern climates with marked seasonal fluctuations in temperature and snowfall. This presentation discusses the evolution of body size and proportions in macaques as responses to this environmental diversity as well as the influences of variations in locomotion, phylogeny, and other ecological factors.
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Proving the Impossible
Abstract: "Nothing is impossible!" It is comforting to believe this greeting card sentiment; it is the American Dream. Human flight and the four-minute mile were proclaimed to be impossible, but both came to pass. Yet there are impossible things, and it is possible to prove that they are so. In this talk we will look at some of the most famous impossibility theorems—the so-called "problems of antiquity." The ancient Greek geometers tried and failed to square circles, trisect angles, double cubes, and construct regular polygons using only a compass and straightedge. So did future generations of great mathematicians. It took two thousand years to prove conclusively that all four of these are mathematically impossible. No, not even Chuck Norris can square the circle.Sept. 22, Oct. 4, Oct. 20 and Nov. 17, 2011
Come join us for interdisciplinary presentations given by Dickinson Faculty in the Stafford Auditorium in the Rector Science Complex from noon - 1:00 pm.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Rector Science Complex Atrium
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session and Refreshments
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will present:
We See What We Think We See
Our general world knowledge, previous experiences, contextual information, and even our fears, thoughts, and imagination influence our visual perception in a dynamic manner. In other words, top-down influences play a determining role in what we actually “see” in the environment. What remains to be determined is the amount of influence these processes exert over vision and the extent to which they actually influence our day-to-day perceptions. Evidence from vision science as well as experimental evidence from my lab will be presented to describe this process. Real-life examples of misperceptions will also be presented as examples and discussed.
Stafford Auditorium, Rector Science Complex
Noon - 1:00 pm
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"How cells crawl – a role for actin arcs in the
advance of migrating cells”.
Dylan T. Burnette, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health
Stafford Auditorium
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
4:30 pm
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Spring 2011
Stafford Auditorium, Rector Science Complex
Noon - 1:00 pm
February 10, Thursday Prof. David Kushner
March 1, Tuesday Prof. Jennifer Schaefer
March 24, Thursday Prof. Jonathan Page
April 28, Thursday Prof. Sarah St. Angelo
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