4

FEB

11

FEB

18

FEB

25

FEB

11

MAR

25

MAR

8

APR

15

APR

29

APR

Justin Hollander, Ph.D., AICP, Department of Urban and

Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University

co-sponsored with environmental studies

Urban absorption in a shrinking city: A close examination

of land use and environmental change.

Madeline Vargas, Ph.D., Department of Biology, College of the Holy Cross

distinguished faculty seminar

Genetic analysis of long-range extracellular electron transfer required

for current production in Geobacter sulfurreducens.

Maria Duenas Decamp, Ph.D., Program in Molecular Medicine,

UMass Medical School

Determinants of HIV tropism and neutralization.

An approach to learn about Envelope structure.

Marc Freeman, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology,

UMass Medical School

brain awareness week

Molecular mechanism of axon degeneration.

Julie Blackwood, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics, Williams College

co-sponsored with mathematics & computer science and environmental studies

Rabies persistence in vampire bats:

Immunity, pathogenesis and immigration.

Michael Summers, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Insights into the mechanism of HIV-1 genome packaging

and virus assembly.

Sean Ryder, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and

Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School

RNA regulation, metabolism, and cell fate specification in the brain.

Harvey Florman, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology,

UMass Medical School

Female control of fertilization.

S P R I N G 2 0 1 4

SCHAEFFER FAMILY

SEMINAR SERIES

Darwin’s Birthday

Robert Bertin, Ph.D., Department of Biology, College of the Holy Cross

co-sponsored with environmental studies

Land use, climate change, and the flora of central Massachusetts.

all talks are from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. i smith labs 154 i a light lunch is served

college of the holy cross i department of biology