Weekly science calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907) 474-5818
04/13/07

The most current version of this calendar may be found at http://www.cgc.uaf.edu/calendar.html

Monday, April 16

7 p.m. - Alaska Coffee Roasting Co., Geist Rd.
International Polar Year Science Cafe
Adventures from Ice Camp APLIS 2007
Jackie Richter-Menge and Bruce Elder, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, Hanover, New Hampshire
Information: http://ipy-youth.uaf.edu/index.php/Science_Cafe , 474-6832

Tuesday, April 17

1-2 p.m. - 201 Irving I
Biobites--Biology Graduate Student Association seminar
Title TBD
Chris Barger, graduate student in biology and wildlife
Information: James Stone

1:15-2:15 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
AQC Bering Sea Seminar Series, sponsored by the Alaska Quaternary Center, the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and the Chapman Professorship
Climate Effects on Fishes in the Bering Sea
Brenda Norcross, Institute of Marine Science, UAF
Information: Nancy Bigelow (474-5433); http://www.uaf.edu/aqc/bss.htm

4 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry seminar
Reduction of Aqueous Compounds by Fe(II) Species Associated with Clay Minerals
Anastasia Ilgen, graduate student, UAF
Information: Clara Deal, 474-1875

Wednesday, April 18

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Institute of Marine Science seminar
Title TBD
Douglas Dasher, interdisciplinary Ph.D. student
Information: http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/events/ or Madeline Scholl (474-7289)

Thursday, April 19

2 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics Seminar, sponsored by IAB and Alaska EPSCoR
Adding Phenotype to Probabilistic Models of DNA Sequence Evolution
Jeff Thorne, North Carolina State University
Information (or to make an appointment w/speaker): Trina Roberts

3:40-5 p.m. - 183 Arctic Health Research Building
Natural Resource Management seminar series--Impacts of a Warming Climate on Natural Resource Management in Alaska (also NRM 692)
Worms Ate My Forest! Large-scale Insect Outbreaks and the Implications of Climate Change
James J. Kruse, USDA Forest Service
Information: Scott Rupp (474-7535)

Friday, April 20

1-2 p.m. - 138 Irving II
Physiology seminars
Disentangling Effects of Nutritional Status and Age on Seabird Stable Isotope Signatures
Justine Sears, UAA graduate student; and
Hormonal Regulation of Alternative Reproductive Strategies
Tawna Morgan, UAA graduate student
Information: Cord Brundage (474-5024)

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
Landscape-scale Patterns in Vascular Plant Species Richness in Denali National Park
Carl Roland, U.S. National Park Service
Information: http://www.iab.uaf.edu or 474-7640/7412

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Department of Geology and Geophysics seminar
Geothermal Exploration at Chena Hot Springs, 2005-2006
Amanda Kolker, Department of Geology and Geophysics, UAF
Information: 474-7565

3:30 p.m. - 531 Duckering Building
Water and Environmental Research Center seminar
Stable Isotopic Variations (O and H) Seen in a Mangrove Ecosystem: Spanish Lookout Cay, Belize
Natalie Monacci, graduate student
Information: Doug Kane (474-7808)

3:30 p.m. - 304 Eielson Building
Anthropology colloquium series
Reflections on Tradition and Knowledge from Thailand to Alaska
Henry D. Delcore, California State University, Fresno
Information: Anthropology Dept., 474-7288

3:45 p.m. - Globe Room, 215 Elvey Building
Department of Physics journal club
Check http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/journal_club.htm
or call 474-7339 to see if there’s a presentation scheduled for this week and to confirm the location.

Coming May 14: Responsible Conduct in Research Workshop
Registration is now available for the Responsible Conduct in Research Workshop, sponsored by the UAF Office of Research Integrity. This year’s workshop is scheduled for May 14 and will focus on issues related to authorship and research collaboration; the keynote speaker is Frank Macrina from Virginia Commonwealth University. An agenda and other information is available on the registration page.

Coming May 31: Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources
INBRE Supported Faculty and Graduate Students will host a one-day National Center for Biotechnology Information training course, "Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources" at UAF on May 31, 2007. Preregistration is required. For technical information, contact Heather Huson. For general information and Registration contact the Alaska INBRE office. Deadline to register is May 1.

Sponsored by the Center for Global Change and Arctic System Research as a service to the UAF community.