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Department of Biology

Biology Seminar 2007

General public is welcome and encouraged to attend. Seminars begin at 5:00pm
and are held in the Science Center (NW corner 200 S. 300 W.) room 016 (SC 016).

For more information contact Dr. Jonathon Marshall at 435-865-7927.

Date	Topic
Jan 16	Michael Bell, State University of New York, Stonybrook. ‘Vertical integration of evolutionary mechanisms: pelvic reduction in the stickleback fish’
Jan 23	Christy Turnbull, University of Utah. ‘Does biodiversity explain dynamics of hantavirus prevalence?’
Jan 30	Helen Boswell, Southern Utah University. ‘Evolution vs. Intelligent Design: continuation of the controversy’
Feb 6	Edgar Benavides, Brigham Young University. ‘Evolutionary genetics in the Galapagos archipelago: historical inferences from the island’s most abundant vertebrate, lizards’
Feb 13	Eric Postma, University of New South Wales, Australia. ‘Life-history evolution: understanding variation in clutch size in a small songbird’
Feb 20	Neil Perry, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. ‘Small mammal ecology and conservation’
Feb 27	Devon Pearse, NOAA/NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA. ‘Population genetics of costal California Oncorhynchus mykiss, with emphasis on resident and anadromous forms at Scott Creek, CA ’
Mar 6	Brian Foley, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. ‘DNA, protein, and immunological analyses: examples from the world of HIV research’
Mar 20	John Dennehy, State University of New York, Albany. ‘Bacteriophage life history and evolution’
Mar 27	Volodymyr Dvornyk, Kent State University. ‘Origin and evolution of circadian clock system in prokaryotes’
April 3	Ron Martin, Southern Utah University. ‘Genetically engineering plants for disease resistance’
April 10	Steve Shuster, Northern Arizona University. ‘Alternative mating strategies in a marine isopod’
April 17	Gary Massoth, NSF Ridge 2000 Distinguished Lecturer Series, GNS Science, New Zealand. ‘Hydrothermal contributions from the far side: way out arcs weigh in’
April 24	Steve Carr, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. ‘New biotechnology for biodiversity: fish n’ chips, interspecific hybridization, and how to tell a sea monster’

The biology seminar is sponsored by the College of Science, the Department of Biology and the Jack H. Berryman Institute.

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