Biology Colloquium
Lecture Series Includes Topics of Ocean Acidification, Zoo Animal Behavior and More
Sonoma State University's Biology Colloquium features exciting lectures on gut microbiota, ocean acidification effects on coastal marine species, zoo animal behavior and more. The series culminates with a presentation by Dr. Imilce A. Rodriguez-Fernandez from the Buck Institute on fruit flies and their intestinal stem cells. Lectures take place on Tuesdays, noon to 1 p.m. in Darwin 103. Admission is free, parking on campus is $5-$8.
January 24
Introductory Meeting
Dr. Lisa Bentley, Colloquium Coordinator
January 31
Oiled Wildlife Response in California: How Biologists Are Involved
Dr. Nancy Anderson, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, OWCN
February 7
Identifying Molecular Hallmarks of Aging to Guide the Development of Anti-aging Therapies
Dr. Simon Melov, Buck Institute for Research on Aging
February 14
Direct and Indirect Contrils of Precipitation on ANPP: Legacies, Meristem Limitation and Plant Communities
Dr. Lara G. Reichmann, UC Berkeley
February 21
Bugs, Guts and Brains: How Gut Microbiota Shapes Your Mind and Body
Dr. Helen Raybould, UC Davis
February 28
Challenges and New Approaches for Understanding Coastal Marine Species Under Ocean Acidification
Dr. Anneliese Hettinger, Oregon State University
March 7
A Role for Transcriptomics in Environmental Physiology, Global Change Biology, and Finding the 'Genes that Matter' for Environmental Adaptation
Dr. Tyler Evans, California State University, East Bay
March 21
TBA
Kathern Corn, Ph.D. Candidate, UC Davis
March 28
Understanding the Current and Historical Role of Pinnipeds in Antarctic Trophic Webs: New Insights from Stable Isotopes Analysis
Dr. Luis Huckstadt, UC Santa Cruz
April 4
Love and Chemical Warfare: the Battle of the Sexes over Female Reproductive Behaviours in Drosophila
Dr. Meghan Laturney, UC Berkeley
April 11
Cold Rain and Snow: Plant Responses to Precipitation Change
Dr. Michael Loik, UC Santa Cruz
April 18
Challenges and Successes in Developing Solvent-Tolerant Bacteria: Use of Proteins in Strain Engineering
Dr. Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
April 25
Zoo Animal Behavior and Welfare: Observations, Ideas and Experiments
Dr. Jason Watters, San Francisco Zoological Society
May 2
A Comparative Analysis of High pCO2 Effects on Rockfish (genus Sebastes) Physiology
Dr. Cheryl Logan, California State University, Monterey Bay
May 9
A New Proteostasis Checkpoint in Drosophila Intestinal Stem Cells
Dr. Imilce A. Rodriguez-Fernandez, Buck Institute for Research on Aging