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27 August 2009, Thursday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: Sexually distinct vocal pattern generation
Speaker: Ayako Yamaguchi
Assistant Professor of Biology
Boston University
Host: Franz Goller (585-1929)

10 September 2009, Thursday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: Cyanobacteria: Are they going to change the world again?
Speaker: Stan Williams
Assistant Professor of Biology
University of Utah
RPT Seminar
Host: Sandy Parkinson (581-7639)

17 September 2009, Thursday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: Protein synthesis and turnover: Life's critical balance
Markus Babst
Assistant Professor of Biology
University of Utah
RPT Seminar
Host: Erik Jorgensen (585-3517)

24 September 2009, Thursday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: The genetic basis of convergent evolution
Speaker: Mike Shapiro
Assistant Professor of Biology
University of Utah
RPT Seminar
Host: A. Villu Maricq (581-6318)

8 October 2009, Thursday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: The influence of body size on the structure and function of large herbivore communities
Speaker: Johan du Toit
Professor at the College of Natural Resources
Utah State University
Host: Denise Dearing (585-1298)

9 October 2009, Friday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: Biodiscovery, biodiversity & biogeography: The life of sponges
Speaker: John Hooper
Director, Queensland Centre for Biodiversity
Queensland Museum, Australia
Host: Eric Schmidt (ews1@utah.edu)

22 October 2009, Thursday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: Cell lineage history and cancer
Speaker: Steve Frank
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Irvine
Host: Fred Adler (585-6202)

29 October 2009, Thursday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: Community assembly through adaptive radiation: Spiders on islands
Speaker: Rosemary Gillespie
Professor of Evolutionary Ecology
University of California, Berkeley
Host: Don Feener (581-6444)

5 November 2009, Thursday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: Genetic dissection of neural circuits in Drosophila: Disease models and interventions
Speaker: Kendal Broadie
Stevenson Professor of Neurobiology
Vanderbilt University & Medical Center
Host: A. Villu Maricq (581-6318)

9 November 2009, Monday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: High-resolution measurements on the plasma membrane: Distinguishing between the endocytic clathrin-coated pits and coated plaques in living cells
Speaker: Saveez Saffarian
Post-doctoral Fellow
Harvard Medical School
Monday Seminar
Host: A. Villu Maricq (581-6318)

12 November 2009, Thursday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: Ecological immunology: The organism in context
Speaker: Susannah French
Assistant Professor of Biology
Utah State University
Host: Dale Clayton (581-6482)

19 November 2009, Thursday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: Genes, hormones and neurons in social decision making
Speaker: Hans Hofmann
Assistant Professor of Biology
University of Texas, Austin
Host: Franz Goller (585-1929)

3 December 2009, Thursday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: Perspectives on the origin and early diversification of dinosaurs
Speaker: Randy Irmis
Curator of Paleontology
Utah Museum of Natural History
Host: Colleen Farmer (581-4236)

7 December 2009, Monday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: Invasion! Immigration and spread of Bromus tectorum genotypes across North America: genetic and historical evidence
Speaker: Rickard Mack
Professor of Biological Sciences
Washington State University
Monday Seminar
Host: Jim Ehleringer (581-7623)

10 December 2009, Thursday
Department Seminar 4:00 pm, 210 ASB
Title: Potassium channels in lymphocytes: therapeutic targets for autoimmune diseases
Speaker: George K. Chandy
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
University of California, Irvine
Host: Baldomero (Toto) Olivera (581-8370)