Colloquium FALL 2008

Tuesdays 12:00 - 1:00pm, Darwin 103

Schedule

Date

Host

Topic

August 26

 

Dr. Michael F. Cohen, SSU Dept. of Biology, Introductory Meeting

September 2

Cohen 

Dr. Matthew J. James, SSU Dept. of Geology, Collecting Evolution: The Unintended Vindication of Charles Darwin by the 1905-06 Galapagos Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences

September 9

 

 

September 16

 

 

September 23

Thatcher

Dr. Ben Davis, UC Davis, COPD and Tobacco Induced Lung Inflammation (preliminary title)

September 30

 Christmann

Dr. John Harada, UC Davis Department of Plant Biology; title tba

October 7

Cushman 

Dr. Gretchen Lebuhn, San Francisco State University; How Do Patterns of Emergence Influence community Structure?

October 14

 

 

October 21

Cohen 

Dr. Carol Lee Vines, UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab; Endocrine Disruption in an Estuarine Fish, the Longjaw Medsucker

October 28

Cohen 

Dr. Mark Wheelis, UC Davis, Section of Microbiology; Bioterrorism: History and Risk Estimation

November 4

Cushman 

Dr. John Wiens, Point Reyes Bird Observatory; title tba

November 11

 

Veterans' Day Holiday - campus closed 

November 18

Cohen 

Denise Cadman, Natural Resource Specialist, City of Santa Rosa; title tba

November 25

Whitkus 

Dr. Thomas Buckley, SSU Dept. of Biology; Title tba

December 2

Crocker 

Dr. Sam Simmons, Department of Biology, UC Santa Cruz, Environmental and Individual Effects on the Foraging Success of an Apex Predator, the Northern Elephant Seal 

December 9