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Seminar: Effects on Learning in Science Courses

In this talk, Mark proposes a potentially important difference across individuals in the qualitative characteristics of what they learn from conceptual training experiences.  He suggests that during instruction, some learners focus on acquiring the particular exemplars and responses associated with the exemplars, whereas other learners attempt to abstract underlying regularities reflected in the particular exemplars linked to an appropriate…


Sustainable Food Systems Initiative (SFSI) Seminar Series

This monthly seminar series, sponsored by the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, is designed for UGA faculty to share their related research and activities with other faculty, staff and students. There will be ample opportunities for questions and cross-disciplinary discussion. For more information, visit: http://sustainablefoodsystems.uga.edu/  


James Chandler, "The Opium Connection: De Quincey, Dickens, and D.W. Griffith"

Please join us for a Joint Seminar of the Georgia Colloquium in Eighteenth & Nineteenth-Century British Literature and The Interdisciplinary Modernism/s Workshop, with James Chandler, Willson Center Distinguished Lecturer. We will pre-circulate Professor Chandler's paper; those interested in receiving access to the paper, please contact Alex Edwards at kingsley@uga.edu.  Friday, March 17, 2016. 3:30pm-5:00pm. Russell Special…


Seminar: Untangling Drivers of Biodiversity Across Ecological and Biogeographic Gradients

  "Untangling Drivers of Biodiversity Across Ecological and Biogeographic Gradients" by Jonathan Myers in the Department of Biology at Washington University. Reception precedes seminar in lobby at 3:30 p.m. Host: Jill Anderson. For more information, visit: http://www.ecology.uga.edu/  


Microbiology Seminar: Steven Wilhelm

"Towards a Better Resolution of How Viruses Shape Marine Microbial Communities," Steven Wilhelm, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee For more information, visit: http://mib.uga.edu/


Microbiology Seminar: Sandra McLellan

"The Microbiome and Ecological Signatures of Urban Water Systems," Sandra McLellan, Department of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. This seminar is part of the UGA Global Microbiome Seminar series.


Book Talk: Kaye Minchew

Please join the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies and the University of Georgia Press in welcoming author Kaye Minchew for a talk focused on her new book, A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia. A light reception and book signing will follow the lecture at 5 p.m. The event is part of Ready, Steady, Vote!, a series of events spotlighting all things presidential during the 2016 election…


Seminar: Sea Star Wasting Disease along the West Coast of North America

"Sea Star Wasting Disease along the West Coast of North America," by Ben Miner in the Department of Biology at Western Washington University. Reception precedes seminar in lobby at 3:30 p.m. Host: Jeb Byers. Contact: Beth Gavrilles 706-542-7247


END7 Outreach Seminar

Emily Conron, student outreach coordinator for the Sabin Vaccine Institute’s END7 campaign, will speak about efforts to end seven neglected tropical diseases that infect more than 1.4 billion people worldwide in the next decade. Contact: Donna Huber 706-542-9417


Neuroimaging Program Distinguished Speaker

Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli will present “Clinical Applications of Resting State Networks: Clinical Characterization, Novel Treatments and Prediction of Clinical Outcome” as part of the Franklin Foundation Neuroimaging Program lecture series. Whitfield-Gabrieli is a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is interested in how analyses of brain imaging data can shed light on the neural mechanisms subserving normal…


Seminar: Jeremy Nicholson

Professor Jeremy Nicholson will give a special seminar titled "Systems Medicine and 21st Century Healthcare Challenges, The National Phenome Centre - Part of a Broader Vision" Hosted by the UGA Office of the Vice President for Research, Georgia Research Alliance and the Waters Corporation. Nicholson's seminar is part of a seminar series given by faculty from Imperial College London's National Phenome Centre. Nicholson is professor of biological…


Seminar: Elaine Holmes

Professor Elaine Holmes will give a special seminar titled "Phenotyping and Mapping Host-Microbial Interactions, The National Phenome Centre-Part of a Broader Vision" Presented by the Office of the Vice President for Research, UGA Microbiome Initiative and Georgia Research Alliance. Holmes' talk is the first in a two-part seminar series given by faculty from Imperial College London's National Phenome Centre. Holmes is professor of chemical…


Franklin Visiting Scholar Seminar

A seminar on proposed research that concentrates on the measurement and analysis of the short-term effectiveness when mentoring African-American STEM doctoral students using relational agents compared to other forms of telementoring media. This research would include the development of a relational agent and studying the effects that the agent has on student participants. The results collected should be compared to the results collected from…


One Health Seminar

"Building a Better One Health Model for Africa: Nexus of Animal and Human Health," Dr. Linda L. Logan, a professor and director of International Programs at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University. A reception will be held in the Coverdell Lobby immediately following the presentation. Logan is a professor and director for international programs at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical…


Artful Conversation

Carissa DiCindio, curator of education, will lead an in-depth discussion on selected photographs from "In Time we Shall Know Ourselves." Visit https://georgiamuseum.org/ for more information. Sponsored by: Georgia Museum of Art Contact: Hillary Brown 706-542-4662 More about the exhibit:  In Time We Shall Know Ourselves: Photographs by Raymond Smith OCTOBER 24, 2015 - JANUARY 03, 2016 VIRGINIA AND ALFRED KENNEDY GALLERY…


Marine Sciences Seminar: Martial Taillefert

Martial Taillefert, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences professor at Georgia Tech, will present this lecture.  Taillefert's research interests include: Geochemistry of freshwater and marine environments Geomicrobiololgy In situ measurements in sediments Analytical speciation of trace metals Interactions between chemical and biological processes at redox interfaces Dynamic biogeochemical modeling (reactive transport)


Seminar: Jean Lynch-Stieglitz

Jean Lynch-Stieglitz, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences professor at Georgia Tech, will present this lecture. Lynch-Stieglitz's research interests include: Behavior of the ocean and climate of the earth over the last 100,000 years. Work in this area has helped in understanding the full range of behavior possible for the ocean/climate system, and which parts of this system may be vulnerable to change in the future. My work combines geochemical…


Genetics Seminar: Topic TBA

Levi Morran Biology Emory University Speaker's Website Departmental Host or Contact: Andrea Sweigart  


Genetics Seminar: Topic TBA

Lawrence Gilbert Section of Integrative Biology University of Texas, Austin Speaker's Website Departmental Host or Contact:  Rodney Mauricio  


A genetic suppressor screen in Mecp2 mice reveals that lipid metabolism is a therapeutic target for Rett syndrome

Monica Justice Genetics & Genome Biology University of Toronto Speaker's Website Departmental Host or Contact:  Nancy Manley  


Genetics and Entomology Seminar - TBA

The first of two seminar speakers hosted jointly by the department of genetics and the department entomology.   David Hughes Entomology and Biology Penn State Speaker's Website Departmental Host or Contact:  Allen J. Moore


SNP/Tuck: The role of NKT cells in anti-cancer immunity

Tonya Webb Microbiology & Immunology University of Maryland School of Medicine Speaker's Website Departmental host: Melissa Davis  


Investigating Common Origins of Diverse Biological Misconceptions: Cognitive Science, Intuitive Reasoning, and the Development of Biological Thinking

Kimberly Tanner Biology San Francisco State University Speaker's Website Hosted by: Tessa Andrews


Cell-type-specific epigenetics of brain, fat, and placenta

Richard Meagher Speaker Website  


Strategies to improve T cell reconstitution

Marcel van den Brink Immunology Program Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Speaker's Website Departmental Host or Contact:  Nancy Manley  
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