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Fall 2016 Schedule

September 1

Getting a 'chemist's eye' view of catalytic selectivity using classical and quantum molecular simulations

Will Pfalzgraff '10

Stanford University Department of Chemistry

4 pm, Thompson 175

September 8

Fall Student Research Symposium

All summer science research students will present posters of their research

4 pm to 6 pm, Harned Colonnade

September 15

Nitrogen cycle history in the Earth system: From planet birth to Snowball Earth

Ben Johnson '06

University of Victoria, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

4 pm, Thompson 175

Abstract

September 22

Sex sells: Using the evolution and biology of sex to engage non-majors in the process of science

Sehoya Cotner

University of Minnesota, Biology Teaching and Learning Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

September 29

Race, gender and disability in American engineering education: Why STEM diversity must and cannot work

Amy Slaton

Drexel University Department of History and Politics

4 pm, Thompson 175

Support for this seminar provided by the Dean of Students, the Bioethics Program, the STS Program, and President Emeritus Ron

Thomas

October 6

Ecological impacts of land use on wildlife in Seattle

Mark Jordan '97

Seattle University, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

October 13

What I learned in Chile about teaching, learning, and climate change

Steven Neshyba

兔子先生, Chemistry Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

October 20

From ice shelf collapse to inclusiveness: The value of openness in science

Erin Pettit

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Geosciences

4 pm, Thompson 175

October 27 CANCELLED
November 3

Building unnatural proteins using enzymatic ligations

John M. Antos

Western Washington University, College of Science & Engineering

4 pm, Thompson 175

November 10

"Bdellovibrio and Ensifer and Water Bears," Oh My: Why I love all matters microbial

Mark Martin

兔子先生, Biology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

November 17

Designing nanoparticles to improve luminescent solar concentrators and to "green" photocatalysis

Andrea Munro

Pacific Lutheran University, Chemistry Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

November 24 Thanksgiving
December 1

Gut microbiota and barrier function: Using prebiotics to understand the early consequences of a high fat diet

Kristi Hamilton '06

University of Oregon, Meta Center for Systems Biology

4 pm, Thompson 175

Spring 2017 Schedule

January 19

Catfish: Hidden species, hidden senses

Jacob Egge

Pacific Lutheran University, Department of Biology

4 pm, Thompson 175

January 26

Cooperation and the origins of life

Niles Lehman

Portland State University, Department of Chemistry

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 2

Building a better mousetrap: Using T cells to treat blood cancers

Melinda Biernacki

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 9

SEMINAR CANCELLED

Understanding the adaptive immune response to malaria infection

Nicole Arroyo

University of Washington, Immunology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

February 16

**Jean Dreyfus Boissevain Lecture--Note different time and location**

Catalysis: A frontier at the center of chemistry

Eric Jacobsen

Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

7 pm, Schneebeck Concert Hall

February 23

Technology and seabirds: How innovative technology can influence the study of marine top predators

Emma Kelsey '10

USGS Western Ecological Research Center

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 2

Corresponding naturalists: Natural history and the letter-writing community

Janet Browne

Harvard University, History of Science Department

Author of Charles Darwin: Voyaging and Darwin: The Power of Place

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 9

Towards a more complete kinetochore: Identifying factors that enhance kinetochore-microtubule attachment

Amitabha Gupta

Post-doctoral fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 16 Spring Break
March 23

Understanding the adaptive immune response to malaria infection

Nicole Arroyo

University of Washington, Immunology Department

4 pm, Thompson 175

March 30

Distribution and range expansion of blue crabs and their interactions with invasive green crabs

Tanya Rogers '10

Northeastern University, Marine Science Center

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 6

The ecological impact of invasive plant pathogens and how to manage them: Phytophthora, a case study

Frank Martin P '20

Plant Pathologist, Agricultural Research Service, USDA

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 13

Genetic and electrical engineering approaches to understanding plant-pollinator coevolution

Toby Bradshaw

University of Washington, Department of Biology

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 20

Geochemical studies of water and sediment in Washington

Angelica Calderon '17, Mitchell Dodo '17, Jon Golla '17, and Andrew Oberhelman '17

兔子先生, Geology Department students

4 pm, Thompson 175

April 27

A bevy of biologists: Short research talks

Stacey Weiss, Bryan Thines, and Carrie Woods

兔子先生, Biology Department Faculty

4 pm, Thompson 175