News and Seminars Archive - Fall 2013

Priscilla F. Pollister Biology Seminar Series — Fall 2013*

All events will be held on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in 113 Ingersoll Hall Extension.

The series is organized by Assistant Professor Paul M. Forlano.

Aug. 29

Dr. Dan McCloskey, College of Staten Island (CUNY)
"Neural Correlates of Social Behavior in the Naked Mole Rat"
Host: Paul Forlano

Sept. 12

Dr. James Liao, Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, University of Florida
"The Biomechanics and Sensory Biology of Fish Swimming"
Host: Paul Forlano

Sept. 19

Dr. Luis Martinez Torres, Long Island University
"Impact of Methamphetamine in Infection and Immunity"
Host: Peter Lipke

Sept. 26

Dr. Jason Dictenberg, Hunter College (CUNY)
"Role of RNA Binding Proteins in Activity Dependent mRNA Transport and Translation"
Host: Paul Forlano

Oct. 3

Dr. Kari Lavalli, Boston University
"Adaptations of Decopods to Predators: A Review"
Hosts: Jennifer Basil and Frank Grasso

Oct. 10

Dr. Jon Horvitz, City College (CUNY)
"Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine and Habit Learning"
Host: Paul Forlano

Oct. 17

Dr. Andreas Kottmann, City College (CUNY)
"Exploring the Function of the Morphogen Sonic Hedgehog When Expressed in Mature Neurons: Extending Spemann's Organizer Principle to the Regulation of Cognitive Processes and neurogenesis in the Adult"
Host: Paul Forlano

Oct. 31

Dr. Sunny Scobell, Brooklyn College (CUNY)
"Hormonal Mediation of Male Pregnancy and Female Aggression in a Sex Role Reversed Pipefish"
Host: Tony Wilson

Nov. 7

Dr. Davida Smyth, City Tech (CUNY)
"Using Staphylococcus aureus as a Model Organism for Studying Bacterial Adaptation and Evolution"
Host: Theodore Muth

Nov. 14

Dr. Uri Hershberg, Drexel University
"Germline Amino Acid Diversity in B cell Receptors Is a Good Predictor of Somatic Selection Pressures in the Immune System"
Host: Theodore Muth