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CofC Department of Biology Seminars


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Seminars are held in the Science Center Room 239 beginning at noon.

Date
Speaker
Title

Sept. 29

Ted Rathbun
USC Anthropology (emeritus)

 Bare Bones - Forensic Anthropology

Sept. 30
**Note special time, place:
Tuesday, 12:30 p.m.
SCIC123

Carole Baldwin
National Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Galapagos: Way Beyond Darwin

Oct. 27

Alan Feduccia
UNC Chapel Hill

 Bird Evolution's Big Bang

Nov. 3

Robin Muise-Helmeric
MUSC

 Regulation of the Akt family of kinases by VEGF in endotherlial cells

Nov. 10

Lou Burnett
College of Charleston

 Immune Defenses of Marine Organisms in Low Oxygen: a Physiologist's View

Nov. 17

John Rashford
College of Charleston Anthropology

 Is the Boabab naturalized in the Southeast Region of Brazil?

Dec. 1

Roger Sawyer
University of South Carolina

 Developmental Expression of Feather Keratins: Implications for the Evolution of Feathers



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Thesis Defenses


Monday, December 1
2:30 p.m.
MRRI Auditorium

Jamie Colman
Graduate Program in Marine Biology

"Characterization of the Effects of Brevetoxins and Caribbean Ciguatoxins on Embryonic Finfish Development"

Committee members:
Dr. John Ramsdell, Major Advisor
Dr. Gregory Doucette
Dr. George Sedberry
Dr. Agnes Southgate


Friday, December 5
1:00 p.m.
MRRI Auditorium

Marcus Drymon
Graduate Program in Marine Biology

"Age, Growth and Maturation of the Finetooth Shark, Carcharhinus isodon in the Atlantic Waters of the Southeastern United States"

Committee members:
Dr. Patrick Harris, Major Advisor
Dr. John McGovern
Dr. Antony Harold
Glenn Ulrich
Dr.William Driggers

Monday, December 8
2:30 p.m.
HML Auditorium room A103

Jeannine Logan
Graduate Program in Marine Biology

"Whistle Use in the Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus"

Committee members:
Dr. D. Arch McCallum, Major Advisor
Dr. Patricia Rosel
Dr. Diana Reiss
Dr. Carol Toris
Monday, December 15
10:00 a.m.
MRRI Auditorium

Anne Blair
Graduate Program in Marine Biology

"Phenotypic Variation and Plasticity in Leptogorgia virgulata Near Charleston, South Carolina"

Committee members:
Dr. Phillip Dustan, Major Advisor
Dr. Dennis Allen
Dr. Charles Biernbaum
Dr. Allan Strand
Friday, December 19
2:00 p.m.
MRRI Auditorium

Michelle Lee
Graduate Program in Marine Biology

"Reproductive Biology and Testosterone Cycling of the Diamondback Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, in Charleston, South Carolina Estuaries"

Committee members:
Dr. David Owens, Major Advisor
Dr. Paul Marino
Dr. Rebecca Yeomans
Mr. William Roumillat
Friday, December 19
4:30 p.m.
HML Auditorium, room A103

Steven Allen
Graduate Program in Marine Biology

"The Effect of Intertidal Air Exposure on the Respiratory Physiology and the Killing Activity of Hemocytes in the Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea gigas"

Committee members:
Dr. Louis Burnett, Major Advisor
Dr. Scott France
Dr. Sandra Shumway
Dr. David Bushek

 

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