Spring 2019 Colloquium - Tuesdays 12:05 - 12:55pm, Darwin 103
| Jan 22 | Introductory Meeting – Dr. Brent Hughes, Colloquium Coordinator |
| Jan 29 (Host: Bentley) |
Ben Young Landis, Capital Science Communicators, Sacramento CA. “Getting Your SciComm On: A Tour of Science Writing Careers” |
| Feb 5 (Host: Rank) |
Frederique Lavoipierre, Santa Barbara Botanical Garden. “Translating Biological Understanding to Awareness of Conservation Issues” |
| Feb 12 (Host: Lin) |
Dr. Greg Ku, University of California, San Francisco. “A Genetic Interaction Map of Insulin Production in the Pancreatic Beta Cell” |
| Feb 19 (Host: Whitkus) |
Sarah Gordon, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation "The Laguna de Santa Rosa: a Watershed Approach to Conservation" |
| Feb 26 (Host: Lin) |
Dr. Frances Hundley, University of California, San Francisco. “A Comprehensive CRISPR-Cas9 Screen of Ubiquitin Ligases Uncovers Novel Roles in Mitosis” |
| Mar 5 (Host: Cohen) |
Dr. Judy Sakanari, University of San Francisco, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. "A Multi-Faceted Screening Funnel to Identify Drugs to Treat Neglected Parasitic Diseases” **Women in STEM Honorary Speaker** |
| Mar 12 (Host: Gilmore/Rank) |
Dr. Katherine Schick, San Joaquin Delta College. "Oaks Have Gall! Gall Forming Wasps of California" |
| Mar 19 |
SPRING BREAK |
| Mar 26 (Host: Rank) |
Christopher Grinter, California Academy of Sciences. Title TBD |
| Apr 2 (Host: Rank) |
Dr. Kip Will, University of California, Berkeley. “Studies on the Evolution of Chemical Defense in Carabid Beetles: Genetics, Biosynthesis, and Natural History” |
| Apr 9 (Host: Lin) |
Robert Crystal-Ornelas, Rutgers University. "Do Invasive Species Impacts Get Worse Over Time? Meta-research in Invasion Ecology" |
| Apr 16 (Host: K. Wininger) |
Mark Wininger, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. “A Hepatitis C Virus Recombinant Protein Vaccine: From RNA/DNA to Drug” |
| Apr 23 (Host: Lin) |
Dr. Kushal Suryamohan, Genentech. “Next Generation DNA and RNA Sequencing and Applications” |
| Apr 30 (Host: Bentley) |
Sahrye Cohen, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. “Rising Seas and Changing Shorelines: Working in Planning, Adaptation, & Resiliency” |
| May 7 (Host: ) |
TBD |