Biology and Chemistry Seminar - North Central College

Biology/Chemistry 475 • Fall 2008

Mondays 4:00-5:00 p.m. • Science Center room 204

Coordinator: Dr. Paul Brandt (e-mail: pfbrandt@noctrl.edu)

Seminar provides an opportunity for all students majoring in Biology, Biochemistry or Chemistry to gain practical experience in verbally communicating scientific information. All of our students are required to perform original research either as part of a class, an independent study or a summer program. The weekly seminar series is the chance to share that work with our local scientific community.

North Central students are required to register for Seminar three times, which don't need to be consecutive. The first two times you are considered to be a "participant" and will register for zero credits. You may substitute CHM190/BIO290/BIO291 ACCA seminar for one of these two required zero-credit seminars. The third time that you register for Seminar, you will register for one credit and are a "presenter." That is your chance to tell your peers about your work, why it is important and what was learned.

Both participants and presenters should read the Seminar guidelines, which explain the expectations for seminar and how you will be graded. Presenters should also see the presentation tips.

Date	Speaker	Title (click links for abstracts)
15 Sep 2008	Leslie Esquerra and Dorothy Tran North Central College	Internships at Morton Arboretum and Michigan State University
22 Sep 2008	Dr. Mara Berkland North Central College	Giving Research Presentations
29 Sep 2008	Gabe Youel and Ashley Collins North Central College	TBA
06 Oct 2008	Shelly Porcellino, MTSC Technical Writer Department of Medicine University of Chicago	Beyond the Bench and Bedside: Writing as a Career for Science Professionals
13 Oct 2008	Tom Sawyer North Central College	Visual Adaptation to Changing Illumination
20 Oct 2008	Jennifer A. Arens Gubbels University of Wisconsin-Madison	The Two Faces of MUC16: An Adhesive and Non-adhesive Molecule that Aids in the Spread of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
27 Oct 2008	Barbara O'Meara Environmental Health Specialist in the Division of Environmental Health with the Illinois Dept. of Public Health	TBA
03 Nov 2008	Katayoun Rezai, MD Division of Infectious Diseases Cook County Hospital (John H. Stroger)	Chills, STDs and outbreaks - a day in the life of an ID doc
10 Nov 2008	Emily Johnson North Central College	The effect of concentration of Lake Michigan water on the weight, feeding behavior, and activity level of crayfish
17 Nov 2008	Dr. Christine L. Weilhoefer North Central College	Biomonitoring - What organisms can tell us about the state of the environment