Spring 2014: THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES and THE BIOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION (BGSA) cordially invite you to the:

Biology for Lunch – Seminar and Science Discussions

Wednesday at 12:00pm, Waggoner Hall 202

(note: we havea few special seminars on Thursdays and Fridays!)

Date / Speaker/Seminar Coordinator / Title/Activity
Jan 21 / Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting / Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting
Jan 28* / Dr. Nick Barber - NIU
(Host: Dr. Ken McCravy) / Ecological interactions between above- and belowground organisms through shared host plants
Feb4 / Welcome Back Department Potluck
(Host: BGSA and RISE) / Bring a dish to share and a donation for the Adopt a School BGSA program!!
Feb 11* / Special Alumnus Seminar
Brittany Doll
(Host: Dr. Musser) / TBA
Feb 18* / Dr. Patrick Irwin
(Host: Katie A Lamagdeleine) / TBA
Feb 25 / Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting / Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting
March 4* / Dr. Scott A. Woolbright, U of I
(Host: Seminar Committee) / Climate relicts as "natural" population, community, and ecosystem "labs"
Friday Mar 6 / WIU Graduate Research Conference
(Deadline for Abstracts Jan 23th) / Visit our Bio Grad Student Oral and Poster Presentations!
March 11 / Dr. Amy Ekanayake, WIU Math Department (Host: Seminar Committee) / TBA
March 18 / Spring Break / Spring Break
March 25 / Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting / Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting
ThApril 2 / Morrow Lecture
Dr. RüdigerBieler, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago / Can we restore the American coral reef? Biodiversity research and coral restoration in the Florida Keys
Friday April 3 / BIOLOGY RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
(Deadline for Abstracts: March 13th) / Seminar at 12 pm – Dr. RüdigerBieler - A backbone for clams: generating the new Bivalve Tree of Life
April 8 / Dr. Shawn P. Brown – U of I
(Host: Dr. Porras-Alfaro) / The role of salinity in structuring tropical aquatic fungal communities
Friday April 10- Sat 11 / Illinois State Academy of Sciences Meeting (Abstract submission starts Jan 21th) / Visit our students presenting at this meeting!!
April 15 / Thomas E. Helm Undergraduate Research Day / Visit our Bio Students with their presentation at the Union!!
April 22 / Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting / Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting
April 29 / Dr. Catherine Miller-Hunt
WIU Biological Sciences / TBA
May 6 / Department Potluck
(Host: BGSA and RISE) / Bring a dish to share and a donation for the Adopt a School BGSA program and RISE!!
May 13 / Finals / Finals

* Lunch for Grad and RISE students with Speaker in 365

Great opportunity to present your research at a local conference!