UAF weekly science calendar, Mar. 8-19

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
03/05/04

MONDAY, MAR. 8

1:30-3 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Seminar sponsored by EPSCoR
Molecular Systematics and Biodiversity Estimation in Forest Fungi (and other microorganisms)
Rytas Vilgalys, Duke University
For more information call 474-5895 or e-mail dottie.moss@uaf.edu

3:45 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Geophysical Institute Lecture Series
Snow Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry: Some Aspects of a New Link
Florent Domine, Visiting Professor, IARC; Research Director at CNRS, Glaciology Laboratory, Grenoble, France
For more information call 474-7059.

TUESDAY, MAR. 9

Noon - 417 IARC
Seminar sponsored by IARC/Frontier
Polar Amplification of Surface Warming in Climate Models of Various Complexity without Ice-Albedo Feedbacks
Peter L. Langen, University of Copenhagen
For more information call 474-7569 or e-mail jenny@iarc.uaf.edu

2-2:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF) Technical Seminar Series
Thermal Remote Sensing - Challenges in Hot Spot Detection
Anupma Prakash, Geophysical Institute Remote Sensing Group
Information: 474-7621 or rgens@asf.alaska.edu

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Lecture Series Sponsored by the Chapman Chair
Glaciers and Climate Change: Lecture #7
The seventh in a series of eight lectures presented by Charles Raymond of the University of Washington
For more information e-mail fyscem@uaf.edu or see http://www. gi.alaska.edu/AtmosSci/spring2004.html

WEDNESDAY, MAR. 10

1:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Atmospheric Science Informal Seminar
Verifying Snow Chemistry Models by Combining Actinometry and UV Radiometry
Gavin Phillips, Geophysical Institute Atmospheric Sciences Group
For more information call 474-7910 or e-mail molders@gi.alaska.edu

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Institute of Marine Science Weekly Seminar
The Relationship between the Depth to the 0ÁC Isotherm of the Arctic Ocean and Atmospheric Forcing
Sookmi Moon, IMS/SFOS
For more information call 474-5585 or -7289

THURSDAY, MAR. 11

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Lecture Series Sponsored by the Chapman Chair
Glaciers and Climate Change: Lecture #8
The last in a series of eight lectures presented by Charles Raymond of the University of Washington
For more information e-mail fyscem@uaf.edu or see http://www. gi.alaska.edu/AtmosSci/spring2004.html

3:40 p.m. - 183 Arctic Health Research Building
School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences (SNRAS)/Forest Sciences Graduate/Faculty Seminar
The Forest Products Industry in Southeast Alaska
Allen Brackley, University of Alaska Southeast
For more information e-mail David.Valentine@uaf.edu

7 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Public Lecture: Institute of Arctic Biology Jay Hammond Lecture Series
Large Carnivores, Herbivores, and Omnivores in South Florida (How Many Raccoons Does It Take to Equal One Black Bear?)
David S. Maehr, University of Kentucky
For more information call 474-7640 or e-mail fnlts@uaf.edu

FRIDAY, MAR. 12

9 a.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Thesis Defense, Department of Biology and Wildlife
Nest and Duckling Survival of Scaup at Minto Flats, Alaska
Johann Walker, M.S. Candidate
For more information call 474-7640 or e-mail fnlts@uaf.edu

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Life Sciences Seminar Series, Sponsored by the Institute of Arctic Biology and the Department of Biology and Wildlife
Signaling Mechanisms in Hypoxia Tolerant Neurons
Phil Bickler, University of California San Francisco
For more information call 474-7640 or e-mail fnlts@uaf.edu

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar
The Mineralogy of Life in Ice
Hajo Eicken, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
For more information call 474-7565 or e-mail fnpsh@uaf.edu

3:45 p.m. - Globe Room, Geophysical Institute
Department of Physics Journal Club
Weekly informal presentation. For more information see http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/journal_club.htm or call 474-7339.

THURSDAY, MAR. 18

11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. - 417 IARC
Seminar sponsored by EPSCoR
A Molecular Ecological Approach to Rumen Microbial Diversity and Function
Robert Forster, Lethbridge Research Centre, Canada
For more information call 474-5895 or e-mail dottie.moss@uaf.edu

FRIDAY, MAR. 19

3:30 p.m. - Runcorn Conference Room (300 Natural Sciences)
Waksman Foundation for Microbiology Lecture
Bacterial Group II Introns: From Biological Curiosity to Post-Genomic Tool
David Mills, University of California, Davis
For more information e-mail ftsar@uaf.edu