IMEG

Institute of Molecular
Evolutionary Genetics

 
 
 
          
 

IMEG SEMINAR SPEAKERS
 
Previous IMEG Speakers:
 

Spring 2008

Fall 2007

Spring 2007

Fall 2006

Spring 2006
Fall 2005
Spring 2005 
Fall 2004
Spring 2004
Fall 2003

Spring 2003
Fall 2002

Spring 2002
 
 
Fall 2001

Spring 2001 
Fall 2000

 
Fall 1999 
Spring 1998

Fall 1997
   
Spring 2008 Speaker  
  01/16/08 Dr. Iliana Baums - Department of Biology  
  01/23/08 Xiaofan Zhou - Department of Integrative Biosciences  
  01/30/08 Dr. Hiroki Goto - Department of Biology  
  02/06/08 Jill Duatre - Department of Biology  
  02/13/08 Dr. Beth Shapiro - Department of Biology  
  02/20/08 Dr. Steve Schaeffer - Department of Biology  
  02/26/08

Dr. George Zhang - University of Michigan

Biology Department Seminar

4 PM Berg Auditorium

 
  02/27/08 Dr. George Zhang - University of Michigan  
  03/05/08 Solny Adalsteinsson -  Department of Biology  
  03/12/08 SPRING BREAK - NO SEMINAR  
  03/19/08 Melissa Wilson - Department of Biology  
  03/26/08 Yan Zhang - Department of Biology  
  04/02/08 Dr. Hiroshi Akashi - Department of Biology  
  04/09/08 Dr. Masafumi Nozawa - Department of Biology  
  04/16/08 Dr. Webb Miller - Department of Biology - CANCELLED  
  04/23/08 Dr. John Carlson - School of Forrest Resources  
  04/30/08 Dr. Benjamin Dickins - Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology  
     
Fall 2007 Speaker  

  09/05/07

Dr. Ross Hardison - Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

 
  09/12/07 Dr. Masafumi Nozawa - Department of Biology  
  09/19/07 Dr. Sabyasachi Das - Department of Biology  
  09/26/07 Eleca Dunham - Department of Biology  
  10/03/07 Zhenguo Lin - Department of Biology  
  10/10/07 Fabia Battistuzzi - Department of Biology  
  10/17/07 MARKER LECTURE Sean Carroll - University of Wisconsin  
  10/24/07 Dr. Claude dePamphilis - Department of Biology  
  10/31/07 Dr. Daniel Cosgrove - Department of Biology  
  11/07/07 Dr. Chris House - Department of Geoscience  
  11/14/07 Yogeshwar Kelkar - Department of Biology  
  11/21/07

NO SEMINAR-THANKSGIVING BREAK

 
  11/28/07 Dimitra Chalkia - Department of Biology  
  12/05/07 Dr. Sarah Melissa Witiak  - Department of Plant Pathology  
  12/12/07 Rubing Chen - Department of Biology  
     
Spring 2007 Speaker  

  01/17/07

Dr. Eddie Holmes- Department of Biology

 

  01/24/07

Dr. Izabela Makalowska- Department of Life Sciences

 

  01/31/07

Dr. Wen-Ya Ko- Department of Biology

 

  02/07/07

Dr. Nikolas Nikolaidis- Department of Biology

 

  02/14/07

Fabia Battistuzzi- Department of Biology

 

  02/21/07

Dr. Hong Ma- Department of Biology

 

  02/28/07

Richard Meisel- Department of Biology

 

  03/07/07

Erika Kvikstad- Department of Biology

 

  03/21/07

Dr. Anton Nekrutenko- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

 

  03/28/07

Dr. Hiroshi Akashi- Department of Biology

 

  04/04/07

Dr. Saby Das- Department of Biology

 

  04/11/07

Valer Gotea- Department of Biology

 

  04/18/07

Song Li- Department of Biology

 

  04/25/07

Jill Duarte- Department of Biology

 

  05/02/07

Dimitra Chalkia- Department of Biology

 
     
Fall 2006 Speaker  
  09/06/06 Dr. Dr. Stephen W. Schaeffer- Department of Biology  
  09/13/06 Dr. Dr. Mark Shriver- Department of Anthropology  
  09/20/06 Dr. Jamie Blair- Plant Pathology ~ CANCELLED  
  09/27/06 Dr. Helen Piontkivska- Department of Biology -Kent State University  
  10/04/06 Dr. Cooduvalli Shashikant ~ Dairy and Animal Science Depart.  
  10/11/06 Kazuhik Kawasaki - Department of Biology  
  10/18/06 Dr. Paula McSteen - Department of Biology  
  10/25/06

Kerr Wall - Department of Biology

 
  11/01/06 Dr. Veronica Hinman- Department of Biology, Carnegie Mellon University  
  11/08/06 Dr. Masafumi Nozawa - Department of Biology  
  11/15/06 NO SEMINAR~ Dan Hartl - marker lecture  
  11/29/06 Erika Kvikstad - Department of Biology  
  12/06/06 Dimitria Chalkia - Department of Biology -Cancelled  
 
Spring 2006 Speaker  
  01/18/06 Dr. David Geiser- Department of Plant Pathology  
  01/25/06 Dr. Christopher House - Department of Geosciences  
  02/01/06 Dr. Kenneth Weiss -Department of Anthropology and Genetics  
  02/08/06 Dr. Wojciech Makalowski -Department of Biology  
  02/15/06 Dr. Webb Miller -Department of Computer Science.  
  02/22/06 Dr.  Kai Meuller -Department of Biology  
  03/01/06 Dr. Kateryna Makova -Department of Biology  
  03/15/06 Matt Heinicke -Department of Biology  
  03/22/06 Dr. Claude dePamphilis -Department of Biology  
  03/29/06 Dr. Anton Nekrutenko -Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  
  04/05/06 Xin Ye -Department of Biology  
  04/12/06 Marc Bouchet -Department of Biology - Cancelled  
  04/19/06 Jill Daurte -Department of Biology  
  04/26/06 Chungoo Park -Department of Biology  
      
 Fall 2005 Speaker  
 
   09/07/05


Dr. Horoshi Akashi - Department of Biology

   09/14/05 Dr. Will Provine - Cornell University
   09/21/05 Dr. Yoshihito Niimura - Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
   09/28/05 Li Hao - Department of Biology
   10/05/05 Dr. Eddie Holmes - Department of Biology
   10/12/05 Wen-Ya Ko - Department of Biology
   10/19/05 Chiao-Feng Lin - Department of Biology Cancelled
   10/26/05 Wen-Yu Chung - Department of Computer Science and Engineering
   11/02/05 Chiao-Feng Lin  - Department of Biology
   11/09/05 Zhenguo Lin - Department of Biology
   11/16/05 Dr. Zhi-Chun Lai - Department of Biology
   11/30/05 Dr. Teh-hui Kao - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
   12/07/05 Fabia Battistuzzi - Department of Biology
   12/14/05 Dimitra Chalkia - Department of Biology
     
Spring 2005 Speaker  

   01/12/05

Dr. Stephen Schaeffer - Department of Biology  
   01/19/05 Dr. Cooduvalli Shashikant - Department of Molecular and Developmental Biology  
   01/26/05 Dr. Reka Albert - Department of Physics  
   02/02/05 Dr. Ross Hardison - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  
   02/09/05 Dr. Chris House - Department of Geosciences  
   02/16/05 Dr. Valeria Souza - National Autonomous University of Mexico  
   02/23/05 Dr. Alexander Bolshoy - Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa and School of Informatics, Indiana University  
   03/02/05 Dr. Eric Harvill - Department of Veterinary Science  
   03/16/05 Dr. Webb Miller - Department of Biology  
   03/23/05 Dr. Kateryna Makova - Department of Biology  
   03/30/05 Dr. Anton Nekrutenko - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  
   04/06/05 Valer Gotea - Department of Biology  
   04/13/05 Dr. Laura Zahn - Department of Biology  
   04/20/05 Jaime Blair - Department of Biology  
   04/27/05 Wei Hu - Department of Biology  
 Fall 2004 Speaker  
 
   09/08/04

Dr. Zhi-Chun Lai - Department of Biology
   09/15/04 Dr. Jan Klein - Department of Biology
   09/22/04 Liying Cui - Department of Biology
   09/29/04 Dr. Hongzhi Kong - Department of Biology
   10/06/04 Richard Meisel - Department of Biology
   10/13/04 Dietmar Schwarz - Department of Biology
   10/20/04 Dr. Claude dePamphilis - Department of Biology
   10/27/04 Jongmin Nam - Department of Biology
   11/03/04 Indrani Halder - Department of Biology
   11/10/04 Dr. Kazuhiko Kawasaki - Department of Anthropology
   11/17/04 Dimitra Chalkia - Department of Biology
   11/24/04 NO SEMINAR - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
   12/01/04 Dr. Nikolas Nikolaidis - Department of Biology
   12/08/04 Jill Ricker - Department of Biology
 

Spring 2004

Speaker

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   01/14/04
 
Dr. Arthur Lesk - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
   01/21/04 Dr. Steven Schaeffer - Department of Biology
   01/28/04 Dr. Jim Marden - Department of Biology
   02/04/04 Fabia Battistuzzi - Department of Biology
   02/11/04 Dr. Izabella Makalowska - Department of Biology
   02/18/04 Dr. Hong Ma - Department of Biology
   02/25/04 WUN Bioinformations Online Seminar Series
Location:  310 Rider II         Time:  12:00 p.m. (Noon)
   03/03/04 Valer Gotea - Department of Biology
   03/10/04 NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK
   03/17/04 Dr. Andrzej Konopka - BioLingua Research
   03/24/04 Dr. Laura Elnitski - Department of Biology
   03/31/04 Wen-Ya Ko - Department of Biology
   04/07/04 Dr. Anton Nekrutenko - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
   04/14/04 Dr. James Leebens-Mack - Department of Biology
   04/21/04 Dr. Eric Davidson - Department of Biology - California Institute of Biology, CA
   04/28/04 Bioinformations Workshop
Location:  310 Rider II         Time:  12:00 p.m. (Noon)
   
 Fall 2003 Speaker

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   09/03/03

Dr. Seogchan Kang - Department of Plant Pathology
   09/10/03 Dr. Laura Zahn - Department of Biology
   09/17/03 Barbara Bliss - Department of Biology
   09/24/03 Dr. Ning Zhang - Department of Plant Pathology
   10/01/03 Dr. Wojciech Makalowski - Department of Biology
   10/08/03 Dr. Kazuhiko Kawasaki - Department of Anthropology
   10/15/03 Li Hao - Department of Biology
   10/22/03 Jongmin Nam - Department of Biology
   10/29/03 Dr. Yoshihito Niimura - Department of Biology
   11/05/03 Dr. Hiroshi Akashi - Department of Biology
   11/12/03 Dimitra Chalkia - Department of Biology
   11/19/03 Norman Barr - Department of Entomology
   11/26/03 NO SEMINAR - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
   12/03/03 Dr. Kateryna Makova - Department of Biology
   12/10/03 Dr. Vamshi Veeramachaneni - Department of Biology
   
 Spring 2003 Speaker

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   01/15/03

Kerstin Kauffman - Department of Biology - Cancelled
   01/22/03 Jongmin Nam - Department of Biology
   01/29/03 Dr. Blair Hedges - Department of Biology
   02/05/03 Helen Piontkivska - Department of Biology
   02/12/03 Dr. Hong Ma - Department of Biology
   02/19/03 Dr. Galina Glazko - Department of Biology
   02/26/03 Erin McMullin - Department of Biology
   03/05/03 Chiao-Feng (Joanne) Lin - Department of Biology
   03/12/03 NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK
   03/19/03 Dr. Xun Gu - Department of Zoology/Genetics, Iowa State University
   03/26/03 Dr. Mark Shriver - Department of  Anthropology
   04/02/03 Dr. Nikolas Nikolaidis - Department of Biology
   04/7-8/03 Dr. Jan Klein - Max-Planck-Institue fϋr Biologie, Germany
SEMINARS:

Monday, April 7, 2003 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Room 207, The Penn Stater
Title: “The Place of Our Species in Nature”
Reception to follow.

Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at 11:30 a.m.
Location: 101 Althouse Laboratory
Title: “The Origin of Species: Lessons Learned from East African Cichlid Fishes”

Tuesday, April 8, 2003 at 4:00 p.m.
Location: 101 Althouse Laboratory
Title: “The Emergence of Novel Organ Systems in Evolution: The Origin of the Adaptive Immune System
Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.
   04/16/03 Liying Cui - Department of Biology
   04/23/03 Dr. Stephen Schaeffer - Department of Biology
   04/30/03 Dr. Yoshihito Niimura - Department of Biology
   
 Fall 2002 Speaker

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   09/04/02

Dr. David Geiser - Department of Pathology
   09/11/02 Dr. Kazu Misawa - Department of Biology
   09/18/02 Shan Yang - Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
   09/25/02 Dr. Zhi-Chun Lai - Department of Biology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology
   10/02/02 Dr. Jim Leebens-Mack - Floral Genome Project - Department of Biology
   10/09/02 Li Hao - Department of Biology
   10/16/02 Dr. Kazu Kawasaki - Departments of Anthropology and Biology
   10/23/02 Jaime Blair - Department of Biology
   10/30/02 Dr. Yoshihito Niimura - Department of Biology
   11/06/02 Dr. Cooduvalli Shashikant - Department of Molecular and Developmental Biology
   11/13/02 Dr. Jianzhi Zhang - Department of Ecology and Evolution, Univ. of Michigan
   11/20/02 Dr. Nikolas Nikolaidis - Department of Biology
   11/27/02 NO SEMINAR - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
   12/04/02 Kerstin Kauffman - University of Jena, Germany
   12/11/02 Valer Gotea - Department of Biology
   
 Spring 2002 Speaker

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   01/16/02 Dr. Mark Shriver - Department of Anthropology
   01/23/02 Dr. Yoshiyuki Suzuki - Department of Biology
   01/30/02 Dr. Stephen Schaeffer - Department of Biology
   02/06/02 Dr. Malia Fullerton - Department of Anthropology
   02/13/02 Dr. Claude dePamphilis - Department of Biology
   02/20/02 Open
   02/27/02 Xi Wang - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
   03/06/02 NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK
   03/13/02 Dr. Hiroshi Akashi - Department of Biology
   03/20/02 Brian Lazzaro - Department of Biology
   03/27/02 Joel McNeal - Department of Biology
   04/03/02 Open
   04/10/02 Dr. Mark Batzer - Louisiana State University
   04/17/02 Wen-Ya Ko - Department of Biology
   04/24/02 Kristi Montooth - Department of Biology
   
 Fall 2001 Speaker

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   09/05/01 Dr. Wojciech Makalowski - Department of Biology
   09/12/01 Dr. Kazuharu Misawa - Department of Biology
   09/19/01 Dr. Jonathan F. Wendel - Department of Botany, Iowa State University
   09/26/01 Jongmin Nam - Department of Biology
   10/03/01 Dr. Christopher House - Department of Geosciences
   10/10/01 Jaime Blair - Department of Biology
   10/24/01 Liying Cui - Department of Biology
   10/31/01 Dr. Yoshi Suzuki - Department of Biology
   11/07/01 Dietmar Schwartz - Department of Entomology
   11/14/01 Li Hao - Department of Biology
   11/28/01 Dr. Daniel Cosgrove - Department of Biology
   12/05/01 Dr. Takeshi Itoh - Department of Biology
   
 Spring 2001 Speaker

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   01/17/01 Erin McMullin - Department of Biology