Departmental Seminars
Biology Department seminars are held on Friday afternoons throughout each semester.  Speakers include guest scientists from the Washington, DC metropolitan area, departmental faculty, and graduate students.  This semester the seminars begin at 3:00 p.m.   All are welcomed to attend.
2002 Fall Seminar Schedule
Refreshments at 2:30 pm
Date & Time Speaker Topic Building & Room
Oct. 4, 2002
3:00 pm 		 P. DePriest
Department of Botany
Smithsonian Institution		 "From Molecules to Mongolia: Examining symbiosis and coevolution in lichen systems " Robinson Hall
Rm. B104
Oct. 11, 2002
3:00 pm 		 K. Fryxell
Department of Biology 
George Mason University		 "The role of cytosine deamination in the evolution of mammalian and bacterial genomes" Robinson Hall
Rm. B104
Oct. 18, 2002
3:00 pm 		 G. Grant
Department of Biology
George Mason University		 TBA Robinson Hall
Rm. B104
Nov. 1, 2002
3:00 pm 
J. Lydon
Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory
USDA
"The genetic characterization of the chloris-inducing plant pathogen pv. tagetis"
Robinson Hall 
Rm. B104
Nov. 8, 2002
3:00 pm 		 J. Muldonado
Smithsonian Institution		  TBA (Canid Phylogeny) Robinson Hall
Rm. B104
Nov. 15, 2002
3:00 pm 
R. Farnsworth
ATCC
TBA
Robinson Hall
Rm. B104
Dec. 6, 2002
3:00 pm
J. Brown
Conservation and Research Center National Zoological Park
"Elephants need our help.  Basic research efforts to prevent "captive extinction"
Robinson Hall
Rm. B104
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