Department of Biology
September 3, Welcome to the Start of the Year
September 10, The nuclear pore complex mediates binding of the repressor Mig1 to its target promoters, Kristine Willis, Adjunct Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biology at Georgetown University
September 24, The Impact of an Escape Mutation on the Genetic Diversity of HIV, Sivan Leviyang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Georgetown University (Host: Matt Hamilton)
October 1, Genetically controlled yeast cell death in a new model of human tumorigenesis, J. Marie Hardwick, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Host: Ronda Rolfes)
October 15, A Different View: Polarization Signaling in Mantis Shrimp, Tom Cronin, Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Unveristy of Maryland, Baltimore County (Host: Martha Weiss)
October 22, Herbivory, plant invasion, and plant defense, John Parker, Terrestrial Ecology Principal Investigator for the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) (Host: Gina Wimp)
October 29, Understanding the persistence of deleterious polymorphisms in natural populations, Kirk Lohmueller, Graduate Student in the Department of Genetics and Development at Cornerll University (Host: Matthew Hamilton)
November 5, Metabolic Mechanisms Mediate the Miserable Months: physiological and evolutionary mechanisms of seasonal adaptation, Dan Hahn, Professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of Florida (Host: Peter Armbruster)
November 19, Adventures of an Expeditionary Biologist: A Physio-ethological Approach to Sensors and Sensing, Peter Narins, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA (Host: Heather Mallory)
December 3, Title TBA, Mary Ann Wilson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University (Host: Maria Donoghue)