Weekly science calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
12/08/06

Monday, Dec. 11

5:30 p.m. - 401 IARC
Presentation at the meeting of the student sub-unit, American Fisheries Society
Glacial Lake: Successful Sockeye Restoration, or Just Being in the Right Place at the Right Time?
Dave Parker, Bureau of Land Management
Information: Scott Ayers

Tuesday, Dec. 12

11:30 a.m. - 304 Eielson Building
Special anthropology department seminar
Pugk?enga: The Implications for Sustainability of Mossi Household Extension and Fragmentation under Scenarios of Global Change
Colin Thor West, Institute of Social and Economic Research, UAA
Information: 474-6752

2:30 p.m. - 201 Irving I
Special seminar sponsored by INBRE and IAB
Rabies Virus Variability, Quasispecies, and the Problem of Virus Adaptation
Alexander Wandeler, Center of Expertise for Rabies, CFIA/ACIA, Ottawa, Canada
Information: Erich Follmann (474-7338)

4-5 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry seminar
Allosteric Modulation of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: Implications in Disease
Chelsea Dianne Paskvan, graduate student, UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Information: Chelsea Paskvan (474-5748)

Wednesday, Dec. 13

Noon-1 p.m. - Alaska Department of Natural Resources (University Ave. & Airport Way), large conference room
Brown Bag Luncheon, Alaska section of the American Water Resources Association
Arctic Grayling and Burbot Studies at the Fort Knox Mine
Bill Morris, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Information: Sandra Boatwright (474-7209)

1 p.m. - 300 Natural Sciences Facility (Runcorn Room)
Department of Geology and Geophysics thesis defense
An 8 ka Record of Vegetation Cover, Fire History and Moisture Availability from North-Central Mongolia
Emily Molhoek, M.S. candidate
Information: 474-7565

2007 Global Change Student Grant Competition
Information and application packets are now available for the 2007 Global Change Student Research Grant Competition (http://www.cgc.uaf.edu or pick up from CGC in Room 306 IARC or from the Graduate School, Room 202 Eielson). Application deadline is Friday, Feb. 23, 2007.