Biology Seminar
Non-credit

Course Description:
Attendance at three seminars is required each semester during sophomore, junior, and senior years.  Approved seminars are posted in the Department.  Graded on a P/NP basis.

THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULED SEMINARS WILL SATISFY THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT'S SEMINAR REQUIREMENTS.  Other seminars will be posted when they are scheduled.

Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall, 2008 DATE Speaker September 24 Dr. David Zuzga Saint Joseph's University "Lineage-Dependent Regulation of Metastatic Architecture in Colon Cancer"  October 15 Seminar will be held in Rm 400 SC McGroddy Frontiers in Science Seminar Series Dr. Bruce Roth Genentech "The Discovery and Development of Lipitor." October  22 McGroddy Frontiers in Science Seminar Series Dr. Thomas Seidel "Atomic Layer Deposition, an Enabler for Nanotechnology" November  12 Dr. Mark Sabaj Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia “Calling all Catfishes: Overview of the All Catfish Species Inventory and the Renaissance of Taxonomy” November 19 HHMI Visiting Scholars Program Dr. David Wilcove Princeton University "The Impacts of Agriculture on Biodiversity: Lessons and Lies from Kenya and Borneo" December  10 Dr. K. Eric Wommack University of Delaware, College of Marine and Earth Studies Delaware Biotechnology Institute “Making Sense of the Chaff: What will Metagenomic Approaches Tell us about Viral Ecology?”   All seminars will be held at 4:00 PM in Room 200 SC except where noted. Refreshments at 3:45 Students who arrive late (after 4:00 pm) will not be permitted to sign in for credit after the seminar