Biology

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

Dr. Russ is with the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, and University of Colorado- Anschutz Medical Campus. This talk is for a science audience: “Generation of functional pancreatic beta cells from human pluripotent stem cells,” in which Dr. Russ will present his personal research journey to develop an abundant insulin producing beta cell source for cell replacement therapy for patients suffering from type 1 diabetes. 

Lunch available at 12:15pm.

General audience talk by Dr. Holger Russ, Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Univ. of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. “Cutting Genes with Cutting edge Technology: CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering in research, medicine, and daily life.” In this talk, Dr. Russ hopes to outline what genome engineering is, how it works, and its likely impact on society and associated challenges. (Refreshments).