Biology

Senior Thesis Presentation by Daryl Morrison, ‘18.5: “An Exploration of Ependymin Mimetics and Their Role in The Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease”. Lunch available at 12:30pm!

Biology talk by Dr. Scott Tighe, UVM Advanced Genomics Core. “Detecting Life at Extreme Conditions in Antarctica and Greenland Using Next Generation Sequencing Technologies”. The ability to perform advanced genomic techniques on samples collected from extreme environments demands a well-designed experimental approach using high performance reagents and techniques not commonly using in most labs today.

Dr. Craig Dahlgren of the Perry Institute for Marine Science will give a talk entitled: “Conservation of Coral Reefs in the Caribbean: present conditions and future prospects”.

Lunch available at 12:15 p.m.

“Barriers to participation in biology: where they are and what you can do about them”, a talk by Cissy Ballen, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University.
Please register in advance, by clicking this link:
https://middlebury.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsf-uoqD8tGNai7A3f1Q0M6zO…

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in North America and Europe. Over the last two decades the incidence in Vermont has increased dramatically. Lyme disease risk is directly tied to the ecology of an area because it is transmitted by a tick vector and has a diverse community of vertebrate animal reservoirs. This makes it hard to disentangle the potential biotic and abiotic drivers of Lyme disease risk. In the Allen lab we seek to do this with a combination of tools: tick surveys and experiments, small mammal trapping, GIS, ecological modeling, and molecular approaches.

“African American population structure and health: examining violence exposure, immune health and epigenomic modifications” talk by Dr. Latifa Jackson, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Howard University. Sponsored by Department of Biology, the Albert D. Mead Professorship, and the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity. Lunch available at 12:15pm. www.middlebury.edu/academics/bio

Biology Department Meet and Greet for majors and students interested in learning more about the Biology major. Meet biology faculty and majors, and come with your questions! Includes pizza lunch!

Public talk by Dr. Howard E.Gendelman, Larson Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Director, Center for Neurogenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska College of Medicine. (Refreshments). Dr. Gendelman will also give a science talk on Friday, March. 13 at 12:30pm, MBH 220: “Parkinson’s Disease” (lunch available at 12:15pm).

Dr. Howard Gendelman is Larson Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases,
Director, Center for Neurogenerative Disorders at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine.
This talk is intended for a science audience. Lunch available at 12:15pm. Sponsored by the Biology Class of ‘88 Lecture Fund