January 01, 2008 - May 15, 2008
2008 IG Workshops: Developmental Genetics Seminar Series
1414 Molecular Biology Building

January 01, 2008 - May 14, 2008
Spring 2008: Agronomy Seminars

January 01, 2008 - May 14, 2008
Spring 2008: Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Seminar Series

January 01, 2008 - May 14, 2008
Spring 2008: Club Retina Neuroscience Series

January 01, 2008 - May 14, 2008
Spring 2008: Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology Seminar Series

January 01, 2008 - May 14, 2008
Spring 2008: Entomology Seminar Series

January 01, 2008 - May 14, 2008
Spring 2008: Food Science and Human Nutrition Seminars

January 01, 2008 - May 14, 2008
Spring 2008: NREM Seminar Series

January 01, 2008 - May 14, 2008
Spring 2008: IPPM Seminar Series

January 01, 2008 - May 15, 2008
Spring 2008: Plant Pathology Department Seminars
4:10pm, 210 Bessey Hall

February 20, 2008
8:00 pm
Annual Charles E. Bessey Lecture: David Hillis, the Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor of Integrative Biology, UT Austin, "The Discovery of Life on Earth," Sun Room, MU

March 13, 2008
12:00 pm
ISU ADVANCE NETWORKING EVENT: Gender, Science and the Myths of Merit, South Ballroom, MU

March 27, 2008 - March 28, 2008
2008 Loomis and IPPM Mini Symposium
Room 260-262 Scheman Bldg

March 27, 2008 - March 28, 2008
ISU Spring 2008 Faculty Conference: Enhancing Research Excellence

March 29, 2008 - March 30, 2008
Annual Meeting Midwestern Section: American Society of Plant Biologists, Hoover Hall, room 2055

April 01, 2008
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
ISU Advance Workshop
ADVANCE Collaborative Transformation Synthesis Report Workshop, Pioneer Room, Memorial Union (includes lunch - RSVP by March 25, 2008)

April 03, 2008 - April 04, 2008
2008 Emerging Technologies Conference
Thursday, April 3: 7pm-10pm ISU Research Park Rotunda, 2321 North Loop Drive. Friday, April 4: Iowa State University’s Howe Hall 10am-5pm.

April 05, 2008
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
15th Annual Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spring Symposium
1414 Molecular Biology Building. Keynote: Dr. David Wake "Are we in the midst of a mass extinction? A view from the world of amphibians"

April 09, 2008 - April 11, 2008
Dept. of Computer Science 40th Anniversary Celebration: Distinguished Alumni Forum

April 10, 2008
7:30 pm
NREM: Paul L. Errington Memorial Lecture
"Continental-scale ecology in a connected world." Dr. Debra Peters, research scientist, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Jornada Experimental Range. 1414 Molecular Biology.

April 14, 2008
4:10 pm
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2008 Spencer A. Beach Lecture
"Horticultural Science and Its Integration in the Broader Plant Sciences Community." W. Randolph Wilson, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Purdue University, Room 118 Horticulture Hall. Light refreshments will be served before the seminar.

April 14, 2008
4:10 pm
Toxicology Seminar
"Novel and Selective Anticholinesterases for Control of the Malaria Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae," Dr. Jeff Bloomquist, Dept. of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (Paul A. Dahm Memorial Lecture), E-164 Lagomarcino Hall

April 17, 2008
8:00 pm
LAS Dean's Lecture Series: "Confessions of a Bamboozled Botanist," Lynn Clark, EEOB
Sun Room, Memorial Union

April 22, 2008
3:10 pm
George Washington Carver Lecture: Dr. Ron Walcott, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Inaugural lecture honoring the George Washington Carver Legacy Through Agricultural Research, Education and Mentoring. 3140 Agronomy Hall.

April 22, 2008
4:10 pm
Miller Distinguished Lecture: “The Indian Genius, Ramanujan: His Life and the Excitement of His Mathematics,” George Andrews, Penn State University.
1414 Molecular Biology

April 23, 2008
8:30 am - 5:30 pm
BIGMAP Symposium, "Biotechnology Policy and Law"
The fifth annual symposium of Iowa State University's Biosafety Institute for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products (BIGMAP) will include discussion of biotechnology regulations that are responsive to scientific innovation. Gateway Hotel and Conference Center, U.S. Highway 30 and University Boulevard, Ames.

April 23, 2008
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
CIAG Faculty Spring Symposium
Ensminger Room, Kildee Hall. Registration deadline is April 18, 2008. Registration is free, but required for planning purposes.

April 24, 2008
4:10 pm
F. Wendell Miller Endowment Lecture: Interdepartmental Microbiology
"Intersection of Infectious Disease and Bioterrorism: Brucella melitensis pathogenesis and potential vaccines" Dr. Gary Splitter University of Wisconsin. Sponsored by the F. Wendell Miller Endowment Fund, the Microbiology Graduate Student Organization, the Graduate and Professional Student Senate, and the Interdepartmental Microbiology Graduate Program. Location: 1226 Vet Med Refreshments - 3:45 pm

April 24, 2008 - April 25, 2008
Lush Visions Symposium: Animal Breeding Plans
Gateway Hotel and Conference Center (April 24) and Kildee Hall (April 25)

April 24, 2008
4:15 pm
Spring 2008: Toxicology Graduate Student Organization
"Protein Modification and Parkinson's Disease: Role of a Reactive Intermediate of Dopamine Catabolism," Dr. Jonathan Doorn, University of Iowa, College of Pharmacy, Div. of Medicinal and Natural Products. 2226 Veterinary Medicine

April 25, 2008
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
ISU Mini-Conference: Plants and Climate Change
Sun Room, MU

April 25, 2008
12:00 pm
Keith Adams, Univ of British Columbia
"Evolution of duplicated gene expression and alternative splicing patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana following an ancient polyploidy in the Brassicaceae" 240 Bessey. Special seminar co-hosted by EEOB and GDCB.

May 06, 2008 - May 08, 2008
ISBRA 2008, Atlanta, GA

May 09, 2008 - May 11, 2008
First Midwest Conference on Stem Cell Biology and Therapy (SCBT)
Oakland University, Meadow Brook Hall, Rochester, Michigan