Description

• Biology seminars are scientific presentations given by faculty or guest speakers.


• Seminars are generally held in Olin room 1.  Seminars start promptly at 3:30 pm, unless otherwise noted, and usually end around 4:30 pm.  If you enter after the start of the seminar, please try to enter as quietly as possible and avoid walking in front of the slide projector. Seminars are free and open to the public.


• Questions are encouraged at the end of each seminar.


• The list of seminars below is preliminary and will be updated as additional seminars are confirmed, so check back for updates.


• If you have any questions regarding seminars, or if you have a suggestion for a possible speaker, contact Emilie Gray (Emilie.Gray@ColoradoCollege.edu) or Darrell Killian (Darrell.Killian@ColoradoCollege.edu).

2011-12 Seminars

• Rocky Mountain Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Fall Meeting (Click here for flyer)
  • Friday, October 7, 2011 (Block 2) at 7:00pm in Slocum Commons
    • Dr. Phoebe Lostroh
    • Department of Biology
    • The Colorado College
    • Starvation in a Bacterial World
    
    
  • Saturday, October 8, 2011 (Block 2) at 1:30pm in Slocum Commons
    • Dr. Brian Vandenheuvel
    • Department of Biology
    • Colorado State University-Pueblo
    • Insights into the evolution of an actinorhizal symbiosis through new genome sequences
    
    
• Thursday, October 13, 2011 (Block 2) at 3:30pm in Olin 1
  • Dr. Jeremy Bono
  • Department of Biology
  • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
  • Adaptation and Speciation in Cactus-Breeding Drosophila
  
  
• Thursday, November 10, 2011 (Block 3) at 3:30pm in Olin 1
  • Liesl Peterson Erb (CC '04)
  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Climatic drivers of American pika (Ochotona princeps) distribution and population density
  
  
• Thursday, December 8, 2011 (Block 4) at 3:30pm in Olin 1
  • Dr. Terri Holzen
  • Department of Biochemistry/Molecular Genetics
  • University of Colorado School of Medicine Aurora
  • Genetic interaction of the RAD53 checkpoint protein kinase with histones is important for DNA replication
  
  
• Tuesday, December 13, 2011 (Block 4) at 3:15pm in Tutt Science Lecture Hall - Rm 122
  • Dr. Charles Sullivan
  • Department of Biology
  • Grinnell College
  • Lens Induction: More than meets the Eye . . . Ear, Nose and Throat


• Wednesday, February 1, 2012 (Block 5) at 3:30pm in Olin 1
  • Dr. Andrew Subudhi
  • Department of Biology
  • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
  • Cerebral Oxygenation at High Altitude: Implications for Exercise Performance
  
  
• Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (Block 6) at 3:30pm in Olin 1
  • Dr. George Wittemyer
  • Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
  • Colorado State University
  • Insights from a long term study of a long lived species: population structure and demography of African elephants
  
  

Abstracts

As part of the Senior Capstone Experiences…During your last two semesters, Biology majors must ….

• Complete attendance at five Biology seminars, and summarize each in an abstract, and submit each abstract to your advisor no later than the first Monday of the block following the block in which the seminar occurred. After declaring the Biology Major, students can turn in abstracts during their junior or senior years.

Students are advised to take notes during the seminars to aid in writing the abstracts

Acceptable Seminars

• Abstracts of seminars sponsored by the Biology Department will be accepted, but student seminars presented at Bio Day are NOT acceptable.


• Abstracts from biology seminars at UCCS, CU, CSU, DU, CU medical school and at Penrose or Memorial Hospital will normally be accepted (if in doubt ask your academic advisor for approval before you attend the seminar).


• Abstracts of seminars from other science departments at CC may be eligible but abstracts must include a paragraph that clearly explains the link of the topic to biology (again, if in doubt ask your academic advisor for approval before you attend the seminar).

Format

• Abstracts are limited to one page and must be printed and not handwritten..


• Each abstract must include the following:

  1) complete title of the seminar

  2) complete name and academic affiliation of the presenter

  3) date of the seminar

  4) a complete description (abstract) of the seminar where you summarize the major points of the presentation

  5) the student's name with the honor code signed.

  Each abstract must be clear, concise, well-written and complete to be accepted by your advisor and the department. Click here to download a sample abstract.

Abstracts must include the honor code. The letter and spirit of the CC honor code must be strictly followed. For example, each abstract must be your own original description, written by you in your own words, and you must have actually attended the seminar in person.