Seminar Series

Spring 2009

All lectures open to the public.

Tuesday, February 17
Paige S. Warren, Ph.D.
Department of Natural Resources Conservation University of Massachusetts, Amherst
From Bottom to Top:  Human Impacts on Biodiversity and Species Interaction in Urban Environments
4:15 pm – Cleveland Hall L2
Refreshments served at 4 pm
(Co-Sponsored by the MHC Center for the Environment)

Tuesday, March 10
Ethan D. Clotfelter, Ph.D.
Department of Biology Amherst College
Keeping Warm and Staying Healthy: Life History Trade-offs in Birds and Fish
4:15 pm – Cleveland Hall L2
Refreshments served at 4 pm

Tuesday, March 31
Jeffrey E. Podos, Ph.D.
Department of Biology University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Galápogos Finches and the Unfinished Business of Charles Darwin
4:15 pm – Cleveland Hall L2
Refreshments served at 4 pm

Tuesday, April 21
The Christianna Smith Lecture
Shinya Inoué, Ph.D., Distinguished Scientist
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
Cell Division, Polarized Light Microscopy and Dynamic Molecules
Cleveland Hall L2
Refreshments 4 pm, Lecture 4:30 pm

Tuesday, April 28
Serita D. Frey, Ph.D.
Department of Natural Resources University of New Hampshire and Harvard Forest Researcher
Microbial Responses to Chronic Soil Warming and Nitrogen Fertilization
4:15 pm – Cleveland Hall L2
Refreshments served at 4 pm
(Co-Sponsored by the MHC Center for the Environment)

Fall 2008

All Lectures Open to the Pubic
 
Thursday, October 16
Rosalie Winard
An Itinerant Photographer of the Wetlands
5:00 pm - Gamble Auditorium
Reception and book signing following the lecture
Co-Sponsored by the MHC Biology Department, Art Museum, and the Center for the Environment.
          
Monday, October 20
The 10th Isabelle Sprague Lecture
Nipam H. Patel, Ph.D.
Department of Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Animal Evolution:  Insights from Crab Claws, Snail Shells, and Butterfly Wings
4:30 pm – Cleveland Hall L2
Refreshments served at 4 pm

Monday, November 3
Sonia Bakkour, Ph.D.
Postdoc Fellow - Stranford Lab
Cutting loose with molecular scissors: Characterization of ICOS-mediated B7h shedding
Mount Holyoke College
4:15 pm – Cleveland Hall L2
Refreshments served at 4 pm