USM Biology Seminars

Biology Seminar Series - Spring 2008

Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held on Friday at noon in 7 Science

Date	Speaker	Title
18 Jan	Open
25 Jan	Dr. Michele Dionne Research Director Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve	From plants to snails to fish: current studies in salt marsh ecology at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
1 Feb	Dr. John Lichter Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies Bowdoin College	Ecological collapse and partial recovery of Merrymeeting Bay, mid-coast Maine
8 Feb	Skye Long B.S. Candidate University of Southern Maine	Experimental evidence that stabilimenta in Argiope aurantia serve multiple functions
15 Feb	Carl Wilson Biologist Dept of Marine Resources, State of Maine	Trapped in the Maine lobster fishery? An experimental approach to Maine's largest fishery
22 Feb	Winter Break
29 Feb ** at 1:00 PM	Dr. Christopher Scott Assistant Professor of Exercise, Health and Sports Sciences University of Southern Maine	Metabolic energy expenditure
7 Mar	Dr. David Smith Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies University of New England	The most dangerous animal: Human nature and war
14 Mar	Dr. Douglas Currie Assistant Professor of Biology University of Southern Maine	What’s in the water? Arsenic’s effects on neuron differentiation and growth
21 Mar	Dr. Steven Smith Plant Ecologist Cape Cod National Seashore	Changes in salt marshes of Cape Cod, Massachusetts during the last 60 years: an analysis of vegetation losses, species shifts, and geomorphic alterations
28 Mar	Spring Break
4 Apr	Dr. Ron Butler Professor of Ecology University of Maine at Farmington	Distribution, status, and scale-related habitat associations of a globally rare damselfly in Maine
11 Apr	Open
18 Apr		Thinking Matters Student Research Conference (all day event held on USM's Portland campus)
25 Apr	Dr. Bernd Heinrich Professor Emeritus of Biology University of Vermont	Ravens at mealtime
2 May	Joseph Keierleber M.S. Candidate University of Southern Maine	Toxic effects of chromium in human lung cells
9 May	Open
**Tues, 13 May at 1:00 PM	Rosemarie Fitch M.S. Candidate University of Southern Maine	The relationship between salt marsh upland development, nitrogen, and plant community composition
**Wed, 14 May at Noon in 200 Payson Smith	Taryn Turcotte M.S. Candidate University of Southern Maine	Characterization of R-Spondin signaling and its role in mouse mesenchymal stem cell populations
16 May		5th Annual Graduate Student Thesis Proposal Presentations (9 AM - 4 PM)