Department of

Biological Sciences

Departmental Seminars

Nominate A Speaker. Check below for open dates and contact Antonis Rokas, (93)6-3892, or Julian Hillyer , (34)3-2065 to schedule. Upon scheduling, contact Jamie Harris(32)2-2674 with an email address for your speaker to make flight and hotel arrangements.
Postdoc speakers wanted! If you have any postdocs in your laboratory who would like to present a departmental seminar, please forward their names to Kathy Friedman. She will contact them later in the summer if there are remaining seminar slots available.

To Schedule the 1220 Lecture Hall in MRB3 before 12:00pm, please contact: Lisa Wright
To Schedule the 1220 Lecture Hall in MRB3 after 12:00pm, please contact: Beverly Stevens.

Past Seminars
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The Biological Sciences Building/MRB III auditorium is on the first floor of the new building BSCI/MRBIII, just to the right of the main first floor entrance. Latecomers may wish to note that there is a back entrance on the second floor.

Date	Location	Seminar
Sep 10 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room 1220	Dr. Vince Cassone,Ph.D University of Kentucky Dr. Vince Cassone,Ph.D University of Kentucky
Sep 17 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room 1220	David M. Geiser, PennState David M. Geiser, PennState
Sep 24 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room 1220	Dr. Vivian Siegel,Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Dr. Vivian Siegel,Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Oct 1 4:00 am	MRBIII Room 1220	Louis J. Muglia, MD PhD Vanderbilt University Louis J. Muglia, MD PhD Vanderbilt University Title: "Comparative Genomic Analysis of Birth"
Oct 8 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room 1220	Dr. Takato Imaizumi, Ph.D University of Washington Dr. Takato Imaizumi, Ph.D University of Washington Title: "How plants sense the seasons: the role of FKF1 blue-light photoreceptor in day-length measurement"
Oct 15 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room 1220	Brandt Eichman,Ph.D Vanderbilt University Brandt Eichman,Ph.D Vanderbilt University Title: Structural Biology of DNA Replication and Repair Machines
Oct 29 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Daniel Carlin & Jason Pitts, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Daniel Carlin, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Jason Pitts, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Faculty Host: Solnica-Krezel Lab, Zwiebel Lab
Nov 5 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room 1220	John Rawls, UNC, "Host-microbe relationships in the zebrafish digestive tract" John Rawls, UNC Title: "Host-microbe relationships in the zebrafish digestive tract". Faculty Host: Josh Gamse
Nov 12 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room 1220	Dr. Mary Zutter, Department of Pathology and Vanderbilt -Ingram Cancer Center Dr. Mary Zutter, Department of Pathology and Vanderbilt -Ingram Cancer Center Faculty host: Julian Hillyer
Nov 19 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room 1220	Dr. Eric Skaar, VUMC, "The Battle for Metal at the Host-Pathogen Interface". Dr. Eric Skaar, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Title: "The Battle for Metal at the Host-Pathogen Interface". Faculty host: Antonis Rokas
Dec 3 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Dr. Robert Sclafani,Ph.D, University of Colorodo-Denver Title: "Regulation of Genomic Replication and Fidelity by Cdc7-Dbf4 and Rad53 Kinases" Dr. Robert Sclafani,Ph.D University of Colorodo-Denver Title: "Regulation of Genomic Replication and Fidelity by Cdc7-Dbf4 and Rad53 Kinases" Faculty host: Dan Kaplan
Dec 10 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Dr. David Daleke, Ph.D Indiana University School of Medicine, "Identification of Substrate Specificity of the Aminophospholipid Flippase" Dr. David Daleke, Ph.D Indiana University School of Medicine Title: Identification and Substrate Specificity of the Aminophospholipid Flippase Facuty host: Todd Graham
Dec 17 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Patrick Robertson and Gulfem Guler, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Patrick Robertson, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Gulfem Guler, Vanderbilt University, "RIP" Faculty host: Eichman Lab & Fanning Lab
Jan 7 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Faculty Search Faculty Search Faculty Host: Department
Jan 14 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Faculty Search Faculty Search Faculty Host: Department
Jan 21 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Faculty Search Faculty Search Faculty Host: Department
Jan 28 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Faculty Search Faculty Search Faculty Host: Department
Feb 4 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Dr. Chris Burd, Ph.D University of Pennsylvania Dr. Chris Burd, Ph.D University of Pennsylvania Faculty Host: Todd Graham
Feb 11 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Dr. Sten Vermund, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health Dr. Sten Vermund, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health Faculty Host: Julian Hillyer
Feb 18 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Jenifer Furguson & Robert Taylor, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Jenifer Furguson, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Faculty Host: Friedman Lab Robert Taylor, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Faculty Host: Gamse Lab
Feb 25 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Dr. Ehab Abouheif, McGill University Dr. Ehab Abouheif, McGill University Faculty Host: Dan Funk
Mar 4 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Scott M. Williams, Ph.D Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University Scott M. Williams, Ph.D Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University Faculty Host: Antonis Rokas
Mar 18 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Andrew Read, Ph.D , Ph.D Penn State Andrew Read, Ph.D , Ph.D Penn State Faculty Host: Patrick Abbot
Mar 25 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Diane Kanter & Morgan Sammons, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Diane Kanter, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Faculty Host: Kaplan Lab Morgan Sammons, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Faculty Host: Link Lab
Apr 1 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Dr. Kevin Myles,Ph.D Virginia Polytechnic Institute Dr. Kevin Myles,Ph.D Virginia Polytechnic Institute Faculty Host: Julian Hillyer
Apr 8 4:00 pm	MRBIII Room	Wan-Hsin Lin, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Wan-Hsin Lin, Vanderbilt University "RIP" Faculty Host: Webb Lab