Fall 2009
Seminars are held at 4:00 P.M. in Ackert Hall, Room 221 unless otherwise noted.

Date	Speaker	Affiliation
November 20	Marjorie Matocq Samantha Wisely	University of Nevada – Reno
December 4	Larry Harshman Ted Morgan	University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Spring 2010
February 19	Dan Hahn Ted Morgan	University of Florida
March 12	Brent Helliker Jesse Nippert	University of Pennsylvania
March 26	Doug Drevets Sherry Fleming	University of Oklahoma
April 9	Paul Schmidt Eco Gen & Graduate Students	University of Pennsylvania
April 16	Debra Peters John Briggs	New Mexico State University
April 23	Biology Graduate Student Awards Ceremony	Kansas State University
April 30	Michael Kaspari Tony Joern	University of Oklahoma
May 7	Kiona Ogle Jesse Nippert	University of Wyoming
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Schedule Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology (MCDB) Research Forum Schedule

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Aquatic Journal Club

Weekly Meeting
Fridays from 3-4pm in Ackert 324 A (except during the summer)
Notes: We pick a paper to discuss every week, but have no fixed schedule.

 

Ecogen Journal Club

Weekly Meeting
Tuesdays from 4-5pm in Ackert 324 A

 

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Journal Club

Weekly Meeting
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Immunology Journal Club

Weekly Meeting
Tuesdays from 4-5pm in Ackert 107 & 343 Coles Hall
Notes: The Immunology Journal club will rotate its meetings between Ackert 107 and 343 Coles Hall.

 

Molecular Ecology Journal Club

Weekly Meeting
Fridays from 3-4pm in Ackert 324 B

 

Molecular Genetics Journal Club

Weekly Meeting
Tuesdays from 12-1pm in Ackert 324 A
Notes: Each week a member of the journal club leads the discussion on a paper from the current literature.  The paper is chosen and distributed by the discussion leader the week before the meeting. The semester schedule is set at the first meeting of the semester.

 

Meetings & Conferences
Functional Genomics Consortium Fall Workshop, October 13, 2009, Manhattan, KS PDF 7th Annual Ecological Genomics Symposium, November 13-15, 2009, Kansas City 8th Annual K-INBRE Symposium, January 16-17, 2010, Kansas City

News Releases

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