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Biology Seminar: Barry Logan

12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Biology

“Mechanisms of mortality and the legacy of land use in dwarf mistletoe-infected spruce forests along the Maine coast”, talk by Barry Logan, Professor, Biology Department, Bowdoin College. Eastern dwarf mistletoe, a diminutive plant parasite, can fell a mature white spruce in a matter of years. Curiously, a closely related host growing in the same forest stands, red spruce, tolerates infection and even succeeds in killing the parasite.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

Open to the Public

Biology Seminar: “Spider venom: new technologies …”

12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Biology

“Spider venom: new technologies yield insights into an ancient predatory adaptation”, seminar by Robert Haney, Dept of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. While prized for their silk, and the beautiful web designs which are constructed from it, spiders are equally feared for their venom. Spiders are the largest group of venomous animals, as nearly all of the more than 44,000 species of spiders are venomous. Venom plays a critical role in spider feeding, and contains toxins that incapacitate their prey.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

Open to the Public

Biology Seminar (TBA)

12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Biology

Open to the Public

"The promise of stem cells for cures and improved human health", public talk by Douglas Melton, Harvard Stem Cell Inst

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Biology

Public talk by Dr. Douglas Melton, the Co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University. Human stem cells are a relatively new discovery in biomedicine. How were these cells discovered and what is their potential? This talk will consider the biology of stem cells and point to potential applications for new treatments of diabetes, brain and other diseases as well as enabling longer and healthier lives. Sponsored by The Biology Class of ’88 Lecture Fund and the Department of Biology.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

Open to the Public

Biology Seminar: "Applied developmental biology: Making pancreatic beta cells for diabetics", Douglas Melton, Harvard

12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Biology

Science talk, sponsored by the Biology Class of ‘88 Lecture Fund: Dr. Melton is the Xander University Professor at Harvard, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and the Co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

Open to the Public

BIOL-MBBC-ESBI-NSCI Thesis Presentations

12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Biology

May 6 - 13: Biology, Molecular Biology & Biochem, ES-Conservation Biology, and Neuroscience thesis presentations. Thesis students with Biology faculty advisers will present their final theses. Lunch will be available at 12:15pm. See website for details. go/bio or www.middlebury.edu/academics/bio Sponsored by the Department of Biology, Program in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, and Program in Neuroscience.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

Open to the Public

BIOL-MBBC-ESBI-NSCI Thesis Presentations

12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Biology

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

Open to the Public

BIOL-MBBC-ESBI-NSCI Thesis Presentations

12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Biology

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

Open to the Public

BIOL-MBBC-ESBI-NSCI Thesis Presentations

12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Biology

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

Open to the Public

BIOL-MBBC-ESBI-NSCI Thesis Presentations

12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Biology

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

Open to the Public