Department of Biology: Sonoma State University

Spring 2018 Colloquium - Tuesdays 12:05 - 12:55pm, Darwin 103

Jan 23 Introductory Meeting – Dr. Michael Cohen and Dr. Nicholas Geist, Colloquium Coordinators

Jan 30
(Host: Torok) Dr. Romy Chakraborty, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “Exploring Plant-Microbe Interactions for Sustainable Supply of Nitrogen and Phosphorus”

Feb 6
(Host: Kozanitas) Alan Rockefeller, Counter Culture Labs. “Toxic, Edible and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of Mexico”

Feb 13
(Host: Bentley) Dr. Sasha Berleman, Audubon Canyon Ranch. “Fire Ecology” - CANCELLED

Feb 20
(Host: Geist) Dr. Jason Watters, San Francisco Zoo. “Zoo Animal Behavior and Welfare: Observations, Ideas and Experiments”

Feb 27
(Host: Lin) Eliza Nieweglowska, University of California, San Francisco. “Elucidating the Mechanisms Driving the Formation of a Nucleus-like Bacteriophage Compartment”

Mar 6
(Host: Girman) Tyler Linderoth, University of California, Berkeley. "Mapping a Phenotypic Radiation in the Mimic Poison Frog Through Population-Scale Exome Sequencing"

Mar 13
(Host: Bentley) Sahrye Cohen, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. “So You Want to Save the World? How to Work in Ecological Regulation”

Mar 20
Spring Break

Mar 27
(Host: Rank) Art Dawson Baseline Consulting, Glen Ellen, CA. “Historical Ecology of Sonoma County”

Apr 3
(Hosts: Cohen/Torok) Dr. Alma Parada, Stanford University. "Archaeal Diversity and Activity in the Marine Environment"

Apr 10
(Host: Crocker) Dr. Michael Tift, University of California, San Diego. “The Therapeutic and Protective Potential of Carbon Monoxide (CO) in Deep Diving Mammals and High-Altitude Humans”

Apr 17
(Host: Rank) Dr. Janice Edgerly-Rooks, Santa Clara University. “Silk as Armor and the Web of Adaptation (the Order Embioptera)”

Apr 24
(Host: Geist) Wendy St. John, Sonoma State University. “Riparian Restoration on a University Campus: SSU’s Copeland Creek”

May 1
(Host: Whitkus) Dr. Kirsten Tripplett, Traditional Medicinals, Sonoma County. “Plant Biologists in the Dietary Supplement Industry: Botanical Identity Specialists and Non-Academic Career Paths”

May 8
(Host: Lin ) Dr. Marlin Halim, California State University, East Bay. “Oligonucleotide-based Molecular Imaging"

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Spring 2018 Colloquium - Tuesdays 12:05 - 12:55pm, Darwin 103


Jan 23	Introductory Meeting – Dr. Michael Cohen and Dr. Nicholas Geist, Colloquium Coordinators
Jan 30 (Host: Torok)	Dr. Romy Chakraborty, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “Exploring Plant-Microbe Interactions for Sustainable Supply of Nitrogen and Phosphorus”
Feb 6 (Host: Kozanitas)	Alan Rockefeller, Counter Culture Labs. “Toxic, Edible and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms of Mexico”
Feb 13 (Host: Bentley)	Dr. Sasha Berleman, Audubon Canyon Ranch. “Fire Ecology” - CANCELLED
Feb 20 (Host: Geist)	Dr. Jason Watters, San Francisco Zoo. “Zoo Animal Behavior and Welfare: Observations, Ideas and Experiments”
Feb 27 (Host: Lin)	Eliza Nieweglowska, University of California, San Francisco. “Elucidating the Mechanisms Driving the Formation of a Nucleus-like Bacteriophage Compartment”
Mar 6 (Host: Girman)	Tyler Linderoth, University of California, Berkeley. "Mapping a Phenotypic Radiation in the Mimic Poison Frog Through Population-Scale Exome Sequencing"
Mar 13 (Host: Bentley)	Sahrye Cohen, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. “So You Want to Save the World? How to Work in Ecological Regulation”
Mar 20	Spring Break
Mar 27 (Host: Rank)	Art Dawson Baseline Consulting, Glen Ellen, CA. “Historical Ecology of Sonoma County”
Apr 3 (Hosts: Cohen/Torok)	Dr. Alma Parada, Stanford University. "Archaeal Diversity and Activity in the Marine Environment"
Apr 10 (Host: Crocker)	Dr. Michael Tift, University of California, San Diego. “The Therapeutic and Protective Potential of Carbon Monoxide (CO) in Deep Diving Mammals and High-Altitude Humans”
Apr 17 (Host: Rank)	Dr. Janice Edgerly-Rooks, Santa Clara University. “Silk as Armor and the Web of Adaptation (the Order Embioptera)”
Apr 24 (Host: Geist)	Wendy St. John, Sonoma State University. “Riparian Restoration on a University Campus: SSU’s Copeland Creek”
May 1 (Host: Whitkus)	Dr. Kirsten Tripplett, Traditional Medicinals, Sonoma County. “Plant Biologists in the Dietary Supplement Industry: Botanical Identity Specialists and Non-Academic Career Paths”
May 8 (Host: Lin )	Dr. Marlin Halim, California State University, East Bay. “Oligonucleotide-based Molecular Imaging"