News and Seminars Archive - Fall 2016
Priscilla F. Pollister Biology Seminar Series — Fall 2016*
All events will be held on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in 113 Ingersoll Hall Extension.
The seminar series is organized by Tony Wilson.
September 1
James Curley, Columbia University
"Social dynamics of mouse dominance hierarchies"
Host: Tony Wilson
September 8
Juan Marcos Alarcon, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
"Experience-dependent modulation of hippocampal circuits"
Host: Mara Schvarzstein
September 15
David Zusman, UC Berkeley
"Uncovering the mystery of gliding motility in the bacterial predator, Myxococcus xanthus"
Host: Nicolas Biais
September 22
Mariana Torrente, Brooklyn College
"Epigenetics in neurodegenerative disease: The missing piece of the puzzle?"
Host: Mara Schvarzstein
September 29
Molly Schumer, Columbia University
"Hybridization shapes the evolutionary history of swordtail fish"
Host: Tony Wilson
October 6
October 13
No seminar — Departmental Faculty Meeting
October 20
Mark Siegal, New York University
"Variability and robustness: Lessons from single-cell traits in yeast"
Host: Jeremy Draghi
October 27
November 3
Michael Long, NYU Medical School
"How does the brain generate behavioral sequences?"
Host: Paul Forlano
November 10
Amy Ikui, Brooklyn College
"Evolution of DNA replication machineries"
Host: Tony Wilson
November 17
Amar Klar, National Cancer Institute
"Selective chromatid segregation mechanism of fission yeast explains development in higher organisms
Host: Mara Schvarzstein
November 24
December 1
Paul Turner, Yale University
"Virus adaptation (or not) to environmental change"
Host: Jeremy Draghi
December 8
Anuradha Janakiraman, City College
"Structural and functional insights into the regulation of bacterial cytokinesis"
Host: Nicolas Biais
Departmental seminars are made possible through the generous support of Brooklyn College alumni and supporters. Contributions to the Biology Seminar Fund are accepted through the Brooklyn College Foundation.
* In memory of Professor Priscilla F. Pollister's contributions as teacher, scientist, and adviser.
