Biology Seminars

All members of the Grinnell College community are invited. Presentations subject to change.

Date, Time, Location Event Description
Sept. 2, 2011
12:00 noon
Science-2021		  Biology Department Graduate School Panel         
  • Grinnell College Biology Faculty
Sept. 9, 2011
12:00 noon
Science-2021		 "The anatomy of a species’ geographic range: Clarkia xantiana ssp. xantiana in the southern Sierra Nevada"        
  • Vince Eckhart, Associate Professor of Biology, Grinnell college
Sept. 16, 2011
12:00 noon
Science-2021		 "Break on Through (to the Other Side): The Assembly of Outer Membrane Proteins in Caulobacter crescentus."      
  • Lisa Bowers, Assistant Professor of Biology, Grinnell College
Sept. 23, 2011
12:00 noon
Science-2021		 Student Presentations
  • Rebecca Mandt ’13 - Characterization of the dimerization and partner binding properties of the HP1a-CSD-CTE R188Q mutant
  • Jamie Morford ’13 - Localization of the calcium-sensing receptor at the vertebrate neuromuscular junction
  • Kathryn Walder ’12 - The role of NAAG at the neuromuscular junction: Using complement mediated ablation to investigate glial cell function
Sept. 30, 2011
12:00 noon
Science-2021

"Translational Science and Public Health."

  • Dr. James C. Torner, MS, Ph.D. Professor and DEO, Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
Oct. 7, 2011
12:00 noon
Science-2021		 Student Presentations    
  • Holland Hauenstein’12 - The effect of row spacing on the temporal and spatial spread of Bean pod mottle virus in soybean
  • Michael Cole’12 - Examining microglial response to ischemia using BV-2 cells as an in vitro model
  • Camila Barrios Camacho’12 - Isolation and characterization of tRNA via reciprocal circulating chromatography
Oct. 26, 2011 12:00 noon  Science-2021 "Ecological restoration and environmental change - a geographic comparison of attitudes towards restoration and the practice of restoration"   
  • Stuart Allison, Professor of Biology, Knox College
Oct. 26, 2011 4:15 pm  Science-2021 "One year Master's programmes in Environmental & Life Sciences at the only 100% graduate university in England" and "'Environmental Futures' A Summer program designed for students completing their junior year at Midstates Math & Science Consortium Colleges."      
  • Simon Medaney, Cranfield University, UK
Nov. 4, 2011
12:00 noon
Science-2021

"The Pseudomonas putida Biofilm Matrix: Protein-Polysaccharide Interactions Critical to Biofilm Formation and Stress Relief.”

  • Dr. Larry Halverson, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Iowa State University
Dec. 2, 2011 12:00 noon Science-2021

"Metabolic Oxidative Stress and Cancer Biology.”

Dr. Douglas Spitz (’78), Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa
Dec. 9, 2011 12:00 noon Science-2021

Student Presentation

  • Julie Podair ‘12 - Role of effector OspC3 in phagosomal escape during Shigella flexneri pathogenesis
  • Qimeng Gao ‘13 and Alexander Aaring ‘13 - Will Present: Biofilm inhibition through synthetic biology: Engineering an environmental bacterium to degrade biofilms