Biology

Seminars Spring 2008

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Natural Science Seminar Series
Spring 2008

The Natural Science Seminar series is an informal, biweekly Friday presentation in Science, Room 147, from 4:00-5:00pm. Refreshments will be served prior to the seminar at 3:50 and a spirited discussion will followed each seminar. Be sure to join us.

The Natural Science Seminars are sponsored by the Department of Biological Sciences

Date	Speaker	Topic
April 4th	Priya Shahani, Natural Areas Ecologist, Washington State Department of Natural Resources	Pollinators in a Patchy Landscape: Forest Management, Native Bees, and a Serpentine Specialist Plant
April 11th	Birute Galdikas, Universitas Nasional, Jakarta and Simon Fraser University, BC	Update on Orangutans of Borneo NOTE: Special Location: Student Union - Rec Center Theater, followed by book signing and t-shirt sale
April 25th	David Darda, Department of Biological Sciences, Central Washington University	The Human Tailbone and That Thing Hanging Down the Back of Your Throat: Oddball Anatomical Structures and the Stories They Tell
May 9th	Mark Roth, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington School of Medicine	Metabolic Flexibility and Suspended Animation
May 23rd	David Lygre, Department of Chemistry, Central Washington University	Aging and Retirement NOTE: Special Location: Hebeler, room 121
May 30th	Peter Zani, Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, PA	Integrating the Evolutionary Ecology of Ectotherms in Response to Climate Change: Physiology and Life History of Northern Side-Blotched Lizards (Uta stansburiana)