Colloquium FALL 2009

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

Schedule

Date

Host

Topic

September 1

 

Introductory Meeting, Dr. Nick Geist, Colloquium coordinator

September 8

 

Meet the SSU Biology Faculty

September 15

Geist 

Dr. Karin Enstam Jaffe, SSU Dept. of Anthropology; Got Monkeys? Recent Results from Field and Captive Primate Research

September 22

Papaik 

Dr. Seth Bigelow, USDA-FS Sierra Nevada Research Center; Microclimate Feedbacks to Ecosystem Stability: an Ecological View of contemporary Management in Sierran Mixed-Conifer Forest

September 29

Cohen

Dr. Jose de la Torre, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University; From the Deep Sea to Yellowstone Hot Springs: Physiology, Diversity and Distribution of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea

October 6

 Crocker

Dr. Patrick Robinson, Department of Biology, U.C. Santa Cruz; Exploiting pelagic habitat: navigation, migration, and foraging success in the northern elephant seal

October 13

 Geist

Dr. Nature McGinn, Bodega Marine Laboratory, Cellular Defenses and Emerging contaminants: Multidrug Resistance During Early Development in Marine Invertebrates

October 20

 

tba

October 27

Geist 

Dr. Michael Hedrick, Chair, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Cal State University, East Bay; Lymph Movement in Anuran Amphibians: What Goes Down Must Come Up

November 3

 Lin/Geist

Dr. Michelle Hermiston, UCSF; title tba

November 10

Geist 

Dr. Fred Griffin, Bodega Marine Laboratory; Impacts of Suspended Sediments in San Francisco Bay on the Vioability of Pacific Herring Early Life Stages

November 17

Pillai/Geist 

Dr. James D. Moore, California Dept. of Fish and Game/Bodega marine Laboratory; Abalone Pests and Diseases and their Impact on Restoration and Recovery Programs 

November 24

 

Cancelled due to state mandated furlough

December 1

Whitkus 

Linda Pinfold, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Solano County; title tba

December 8

Whitkus 

Dr. Tom Buckley, SSU Dept. of Biology; title tba