All seminars begin at 4:15 pm, and are held in 169 Crawford Hall, on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh, except where noted. Science lovers should also consult the CMU seminar schedule; talks are held right across the street in the Mellon Institute.
Seminars for the 2011-2012 academic year include the following:
| Date | Speaker | Host |
| 12 September | Dr. Joseph Martens University of Pittsburgh "A cis gene regulatory mechanism involving non-coding DNA transcription and chromatin dynamics" | |
| 19 September | Dr. Michael Grabe University of Pittsburgh "Sugar and salt – an unbeatable combination!“ | |
| 26 September | Dr. John H. Wilson Baylor College of Medicine "Trinucleotide Repeat Instability: A Blessing and a Curse" | Dr. James Pipas |
| 03 October | Dr. Jesus Torres-Vazquez Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine "Sculpture lessons: How the zebrafish shapes its vessels" | Dr. Beth Roman |
| 17 October | Dr. Carolyn Coyne University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine "The tipping point: how viruses evade host innate immune signaling" | Dr. Jon Boyle |
| 24 October | Dr. Leonie C Moyle Indiana University "Adaptation and isolation in the wild tomatoes: from GIS to genes" | Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman |
| 31 October | Dr. Charles Barlowe Dartmouth Medical School "Mechanisms underlying COPII-dependent transport" | Dr. Jeffrey Brodsky |
| 07 November | Dr. Antonis Rokas Vanderbilt University "The origin and evolution of metabolic gene clusters in fungi" | Dr. Mark Rebeiz |
| 14 November | Dr. Stephen Wright University of Toronto "How much selection is acting on plant genomes?" | Dr. Susan Kalisz |
| 21 November | Dr. Jennifer DeLuca Colorado State University "Chromosome Segregation in Mitosis: Making and Breaking Kinetochore-Microtuble Attachements" | Dr. Jon Boyle |
| 28 November | Dr. Leticia Aviles University of British Columbia "Towards a unified theory of the ecology of sociality" | Dr. Jonathan Pruitt |
| 05 December | Dr. Dan Bolnick University of Texas "Why does intraspecific trait variation matter in ecology?" | E & E Students |
| 12 December | Dr. Darren Boehning University of Texas Medical Branch "Calcium and lymphocyte apoptosis" | Dr. Kirill Kiselyov |
| 12 March | Dr. Kirsten Bomblies Harvard University "Genomic analysis of Arabidopsis arenosa suggests adaptation to polyploidy" | Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman |
| 19 March | Dr. Haoxing Xu University of Michigan "Ion channels in the lysosome: opening the gate to the cell's recycling center." | Dr. Kirill Kiselyov |
| 26 March | Dr. David Bates Baylor College of Medicine "Twisted sisters: the mechanism and role of sister chromosome cohesion in E. coli" | Dr. Tony Schwacha |
| 02 April | Dr. Todd Lamitina University of Pennsylvania "Your inner worm - C. elegans models of human disease" | Dr. Jeffrey Brodsky |
| 09 April | Dr. Daniel Papaj University of Arizona "Signal uncertainty in plant-pollinator interactions: studies with bees and butterflies" | Dr. Jonathan Pruitt |
| 16 April | Dr. Mike Shapiro University of Utah "Endless pigeons most beautiful: Darwin's favorite birds enter the genomics era" | Dr. Debbie Chapman |
| 23 April | Dr. Stephen Devoto Wesleyan Universiy "Zebrafish muscle development and segmentation: a Tbx6 connection" | Dr. Debbie Chapman |
| 07 May | Dr. Alanna Schepartz Yale University "Visualizing information transfer through the plasma membrane with small molecules" | MCDB Students |
Date
12 Sep 2011
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Events
Departmental Seminars
Location
169 Crawford Hall