Fall 2008
September 18
Sally Walker, Professor of Geology, University of Georgia- "Fossil Forensics of Deep-Sea Organisms"
September 25
Clarissa Henry, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maine, Orono - "Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Morphogenesis in Zebrafish"
October 2
James Langeland, Upjohn Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Kalamazoo College - "Molecular and developmental evolution in early vertebrates"
October 9
Rob Wheeler, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of Maine, Orono - "Exploring the dynamics of fungal-immune interaction: M&M's and macrophages"
October 16
Asif Ghazanfar, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Princeton University - "The embodied nature of primate communication: some ontogenetic, phylogenetic and neurobiological evidence"
October 30
Adrien Finzi, Associate Professor of Biology, Boston College - "The interactions between the carbon and the nitrogen cycle in response to long-term CO2 fertilization"
November 6
Zoe Cardon, Senior Scientist, The Ecosystems Center, MBL, Woods Hole, MA - "Exploring Relations Between Rhythmicity and Synchrony in a Simple Neural NetworkLife in the Rhizosphere Swoosh-and -Ooze"
November 13
Lennart Johns, Professor of Physical Therapy, Quinnipiac University, Hamden CT - "The effects of low level laser therapy in an animal model of autoimmunity, Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis"
November 20
Barry Logan, Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry,Bowdoin College - "The same thing that makes you live can kill you in the end." What Neil Young knows about plants and light
December 4
Ethan Clotfelter, Assistant Professor of Biology, Amherst College, Boston MA - "Keeping warm and staying healthy: life history trade-offs in birds and fish"