Spring 2013 BSD Science Speaker Series
4:00 – 5:00 Science 106 (open to the public)
Each semester the BSD hosts a series of Science Speaker events to address a theme or support investigation of a topic from multiple perspectives.
This spring’s theme will focus on biological communication at all levels – from the gene to the cell to the organism. Click here for a pdf version of the schedule.
Wednesday Jan. 16th
“Moving, Walking, and Talking Bacteria”
Dr. Josh Shrout, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Eck Institute of Global Health
Departments of Engineering/Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences
University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)
Wednesday Jan. 30th 
“p190B Rho GAP Overexpression Disrupts Mammary Gland Morphogenesis by Altering Stromal-Epithelial Interactions”
Melissa Gillette, PhD Candidate
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)
Wednesday Feb. 13th
“Navigating the Immune Response: UNC-53/NAV2 Mediates Multiple Aspects of Innate Immunity”
Dr. Kristopher Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Biology
Department of Biological Science, Goshen College (Goshen, IN)
Wednesday Mar. 20th 
“Reproductive and Immunity Function Trade-Offs Against Behavioral Energy Investment in Drosophila”
Georgina Mancinelli, MS CandidateDepartment of Biology
Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI)
Wednesday Apr. 10th 
“Searching for a Connection Between the Insect Circadian Clock and Seasonal Clock”
Megan Meuti, PhD Candidate
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Department of Entomology
The Ohio State University (Wooster, OH)
