Weekly Science Calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: 474-5818
02/25/05

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Noon-1 p.m. - 401 IARC
IARC/JAMSTEC Seminar
Simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum with the Atmosphere General Circulation Model ARPEGE
Oyvind Byrkjedal, Bjerknes Centre of Climate Research, Norway
Information: 474-7569 or Jenny Hutchings

TUESDAY, MARCH 1

11:30 a.m. - 401 IARC
Candidate Seminar, Department of Biology & Wildlife and the University Alaska Museum of the North
Challenging Phylogenetic Problems: Branches that are Too Long or Too Short and Conflicting Dataset Signals
Derek Sikes, University of Calgary, Alberta; candidate for position of Insect Geneticist/Curator of Insects
Information: 474-6294

1 p.m. - ARSC Discovery Lab, 375C Rasmuson Library
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center’s Discovery Tuesday Series
Visualizing Permafrost Data
Bill Brody, ARSC Visualization Specialist
Information: Jenn Wagaman

2:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Seminar Sponsored by the Center for Alaska Native Health Research (CANHR)
The Genetic Dissection of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
Anthony G. Comuzzie, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX
Information: 474-6230 or 474-5528

3:40 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Special Lecture Series sponsored by the Chapman Chair
The Physical Environment of the Polar Oceans, with Emphasis on the Arctic: Lecture 5 of 8
Ed Carmack, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC
Information: Norbert Untersteiner

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2

Noon-1 p.m. - 401 IARC
IARC/JAMSTEC Seminar
Non-linear Effects of Cloud Variability on Climate’s Heat Budget
Peter L. Langen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Information: Jenny Hutchings

1:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Atmospheric Science Informal Seminar
Climate Response to Increased Greenness at High Latitudes in Climate Model ARPEGE CLIMATE
Jing Zhang, GI Atmospheric Sciences
Information: 474-7910 or Nicole Molders

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Institute of Marine Science Weekly Seminar
Shelf-Basin Exchange in the Western Arctic: The Role of Boundary Currents and Eddies
Robert Pickart, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Information: 474-6332 or B. Bluhm

THURSDAY, MARCH 3

3:40 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Special Lecture Series sponsored by the Chapman Chair
The Physical Environment of the Polar Oceans, with Emphasis on the Arctic: Lecture 6 of 8
Ed Carmack, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC
Information: Norbert Untersteiner

FRIDAY, MARCH 4

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 & Wildlife
Mechanisms of Cardiac Conduction and Vulnerability to Arrhythmias: Protection in Hibernators?
Igor Efimov, Washington University in St. Louis
Information: 474-7640

3:45 p.m. - Globe Room, 215 Elvey Building
Department of Physics Journal Club
Weekly informal presentation.
Information: http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/journal_club.htm or 474-7339