Fall 2009 Seminar Series: Department of Biology

September 11: Dr. Lee Alan Dugatkin, University of Louisville , “Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose: When Natural History and History Collide.”  Location:  Chao Auditorium, in Ekstrom Library.

September 18: Dr. Lora Hooper, University of Texas, Southwestern "Innate immunity to commensal bacteria at the gut epithelial surface.  (Host: Dr. Awdhesh Kalia)  Location:  Chao Auditorium, in Ekstrom Library.

September 25: Dr. Awdhesh Kalia, University of Louisville, "Causes and consequences of pathogen evolution." Location:  BRB auditorium.

October 9: Dr. Eric D. Cambronne, Oregon Health & Science University, "Type IV secretion determinants on Legionella pneumophila effector protein."  (Host: Dr. Martin Klotz) Location:  BRB auditorium.

October 16: Dr. Sarah Emery, University of Louisville, "Evaluating sand dune restorations in the Great Lakes region. "  Location:  Chao Auditorium, in Ekstrom Library.

October 22-23 –  Darwin2009@UofL (Two-day event: seven national speakers.)  Locations: Planetarium (Thursday), BRB (Friday).

October 30: Dr. Michael Weintraub, University of Toronto, "The belowground effects of invasive plants."  (Host: Dr. Margaret Carreiro.) Location:  BRB auditorium.

November 6: Dr. Neil Pederson, Eastern Kentucky University, "Forest Trees: Silent Spies of Environmental Change” (Host: Dr. Sarah Emery) Location:  BRB auditorium.

November 13: Dr. Yousef Abu-Kwaik, University of Louisville, "Exploitation of a conserved polyubiquitination machinery of mammalian and protozoan cells by Legionella." (Host: Dr. Awdhesh Kalia).  Location:  BRB auditorium.

December 4: Dr. Micah Worley, University of Louisville, "Salmonella pathogenesis." Location:  BRB auditorium.