Hope College Biology

September 2009

• Seminar
  04 September 2009:
  Faculty Seminar
  Biology Faculty Introductions
  3:00 p.m. Science Center 1019
• Seminar
  11 September 2009:
  Student Seminar
  "Out There" Doing Biology! Stories from 5 students on the Frontier
  Jennifer Bartman, Danielle Fegan, Anne Georges, Jonathan Hertel, Scott Kosiba
  3:00 p.m. Science Center 1019
• Seminar
  18 September 2009:
  Dr. Juli Wade, Michigan State University
  Hormonal and genetic influences on sexual differentiation of the zebra finch song system
  3:00 p.m. Science Center 1019
• Seminar
  25 September 2009:
  Dr. Jerry Hazelbaure, University of Missouri
  Joint Biology/Chemistry Seminar
  Bacterial Chemotaxix, a Paradigm for Studying Biological Signaling Mechanisms at the Molecular Level
  4:00 p.m. Winants Auditorium

October 2009

• Seminar
  02 October 2009:
  Dr. Mark Mitchell, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine
  Sponsored by Club Animalia
  Reptile Reproductive Assistance Programs: 'Planned Parenthood' for Reptiles
  3:00 p.m. Science Center 1019
• James Gentile Lectureship
  09 October 2009:
  Dr. A. Paul Schaap '67
  3:30 p.m. DeWitt Theatre
• Fall Recess
  16 October 2009:
• Seminar
  23 October 2009:
  Dr. Nyre Zerega, Northwestern University and the Chicago Botantical GardensThis seminar has been postponed until the Spring Semester
• No Seminar
  30 October 2009:
  Students Prepare for Undergraduate Research Symposium at the Van Andel Institute

November 2009

• Seminar
  06 November 2009:
  Dr. Kay Holekamp, Zoology Department, MSU
  Developmental 'handicaps' and the evolution of extreme parental behavior
  3:00 p.m. Science Center 1019
  Sponsored by Tri-Beta
• Seminar
  13 November 2009:
  Dr. Steve Triezenberg, Dean of the Graduate School, Van Andel Institute
  Gene regulation during infection by herpes simplex virus
  or
  Beautiful hypotheses slain by ugly facts
  3:00 p.m. Science Center 1019
• Seminar
  20 November 2009:
  Dr. Dennis Wegner, Collaborative Laboratory Services NAS Centennial Speaker
  No Mercy for methicillin resistant Staph aureus (MRSA)
  3:00 p.m. Science Center 1019
  
• Thanksgiving Break
  27 November 2009:
  No Seminar

December 2009

• Seminar
  04 December 2009:
  Dr. Aaron Putzke, Hope College Biology Department
  Functional roles of a non-receptor tyrosine kinase in cellular adhesion and tissue identity during C. elegans embryogenesis
  3:00 p.m. Science Center 1019


• Seminar
  11 December 2009:
  Dr. Paul Bartell, Poultry Science and Avian Biology, Penn State Univeristy
  The role of biological clocks in avian reproduction
  3:00 p.m. Science Center 1019