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2007 - 2008 Officers
President: Élan Alford
Vice-President: Amanda Broz
Treasurer: Julie Thomas
Webmaster: Liz Harp
Contact email:
colloq@lamar.colostate.edu
Student Host Checklist
The
Colloquium in the Life Sciences is...
An interdisciplinary seminar series in "Life Sciences". Scientists
from around the country are invited to present their research. Coordinated
by
Colorado
State
University
graduate students
The
Colloquium Goals
To provide students with the opportunity to (1) Learn about cutting edge
research, and (2) Interact with scientists from around the country.
How
are the speakers nominated?
Any graduate student in the Colleges of Natural Sciences, Natural
Resources, Agricultural Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, or Biomedical
Sciences can nominate a speaker. By
nominating the speaker you become the host.
Seminar Links
Cell and Molecular Biology Program
Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Pathology
Department of Biology
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Biology
Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
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Spring 2008 Schedule
Monday,
February 4, 2008
David Smith,
University of Florida
(click here for abstract)
Title: The
epidemiology and control of malaria: updating the classical paradigm
Host: Dylan
George (Biology;
PRIMES)
Please contact Dylan
George (dgeorge@lamar.colostate.edu) if you would like to meet with
David Smith during
his visit
Topics: epidemiology; malaria
Sponsorship: PRIMES;
Department of Biology; ASCSU
Click here for a flyer advertising David
Smith's visit
Monday,
February 25, 2008
James
Harwood, University of Kentucky
(click here for abstract)
Title: Tracking
the role of generalist predators in biological control
Host: Laurie
Kerzicnik (Bioagricultural
Sciences and Pest Management )
Please contact Laurie
Kerzicnik (lmk@holly.colostate.edu)
if you would like to meet with James
Harwood during
his visit
Topics: biological control; predator-prey interactions
Sponsorship: Department
of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology; ASCSU
Click here for a flyer advertising James
Harwood's visit
Monday,
March 3, 2008
Paul
Angermeier, Virginia Tech
(click here for abstract)
Title: Making
conservation biology relevant: muddlings and reflections of a fish
ecologist
Host: Jeffrey
Falke (Fish,
Wildlife, and Conservation Biology)
Please contact Jeffrey
Falke (jfalke@warnercnr.colostate.edu) if you would like to meet with
Paul Angermeier during
his visit
Topics: aquatic ecology; conservation biology
Sponsorship: Department
of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology; ASCSU
Click here for a flyer advertising Paul
Angermeier's visit
Monday,
March 3, 2008, 7:00pm, Lory Student Center Theater
Tuesday, March 4, 2008, noon, Natural Resources 113
Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 5:15pm, Yates Hall 104
Randy
Olson, Writer/Director
(click here for abstract)
Title: Randy
Olson's Sizzling Dodos Tour!
Monday, 7:00pm: Screening of the documentary, Flock of Dodos,
followed by a panel discussion. Official
Flock of Dodos website: http://www.flockofdodos.com/
Tuesday,noon: Don't be such a scientist! (seminar on
communicating science)
Tuesday, 5:15pm: Special advance screening of the movie, Sizzle, a comedy/mockumentary
about global warming, followed by a panel discussion. This is a
special sneak preview - CSU is proud to be one of the first places in
the nation to host this special advance screening!
Tuesday, 7:15pm: Student dinner at a local restaurant (location
tba) with Randy Olson. Please contact
Liz Harp
(eharp@lamar.colostate.edu)
if you would like to join us for dinner - space is
limited.
Host: Liz
Harp (Biology;
PRIMES; GDPE)
Please contact Liz Harp
(eharp@lamar.colostate.edu) if you would like to meet with Randy
Olson during
his visit
Topics: evolution; intelligent design; global warming; science
communication
Sponsorship: PRIMES;
ASCSU
Click here for a flyer advertising Randy
Olson's visit
Monday,
March 10, 2008
Judy Wall,
University of Missouri Columbia
(click here for abstract)
Title: Bioremediation
of toxic metals by sulfate-reducing bacteria: accident or rescue?
Host: Amanda
Broz (Horticulture
and Landscape Architecture)
Please contact Amanda
Broz (akbroz@lamar.colostate.edu) if you would like to meet with
Judy Wall during her visit
Topics: bioremediation, environmental microbiology
Sponsorship: Department
of Horticulture; ASCSU
Click here for a flyer advertising Judy
Wall's visit
Monday,
April 14, 2008
John
Demboski, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
(click here for abstract)
Title: Western
chipmunks: more fun and complex than Alvin and his brothers
Host: Shelley
Bayard de Volo (Biology;
GDPE)
Please contact Shelley Bayard
de Volo (sbdv@cnr.colostate.edu) if you would like to meet with John
Demboski during
his visit
Topics: vertebrate zoology
Sponsorship: Department
of Biology; GDPE; ASCSU
Click here for a flyer advertising John
Demboski's visit
Wednesday,
April 16, 2008
4:00pm
Anatomy/Zoology E112 (note
different room than usual)
Diane
Ebert-May, Michigan State University
(click here for abstract)
Title: TBA
Host: Indy
Burke (GDPE Co-Director)
Please contact Indy Burke (Indy.Burke@ColoState.EDU)
if you would like to meet with Diane Ebert-May during her visit
Topics: teaching ecology
Sponsorship: Institute
on Learning and Teaching; Graduate Degree Program in Ecology; Colloquium
in the Life Sciences
Click here for a flyer advertising
Diane Ebert-May's visit
Monday,
April 21, 2008
Janet Braam, Rice
University
(click here for abstract)
Title: Roles
of calmodulin-like proteins in plant responses to environmental stimuli
Host: Julie
Thomas (Biology)
Please contact Julie
Thomas (thomasju@lamar.colostate.edu) if you would like to meet with
Janet Braam during her visit
Topics: plant responses to environmental stress
Sponsorship: Program
in Molecular Plant Biology; ASCSU
Click here for a flyer advertising Janet
Braam's visit
Monday,
April 28, 2008
Peter
Graham, University of Minnesota
(click here for abstract)
Title: Native
legumes and their rhizobia: issues in inoculation, restoration, and
microbial ecology
Host: Élan
Alford (GDPE)
Please contact Élan Alford
(eralford@lamar.colostate.edu) if you would like to meet with
Peter Graham during
his visit
Topics: molecular microbial ecology
Sponsorship: Department
of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship; GDPE; ASCSU
Click here for a flyer advertising Peter
Graham's visit
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