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2006 Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series

Spring Retreat

Date: June 14th 2006
Time: 9AM - 5PM
Location: Loudermilk Center (directions)

Key Note Address:

Gene Robinson , University of Illinois
“Over achievers: What Honey Bees Teach us about Genes, Brain, and Social Behavior”

 


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Time

Activity

9am - Breakfast & Registration

10am

Opening Remarks Don Edwards , Director Brains & Behavior

10:15 – 10:45am

James Newcomb (Dept. Biology - Advisor: Paul Katz)
"Two ways to make a slug swim"

10:45 – 11:15am

Amy Horner (Dept. Biology - Advisor: Chuck Derby)
“Chemical signals and chemosensory pathways mediating shelter selection in Caribbean spiny lobsters”

11:15 – 11:45am - Coffee Break

11:45 – 12:15pm

Fadi Issa (Dept. Biology - Advisor: Don Edwards)
“The effect of social experience on the behavior and physiology of crayfish”

12:15 - 12:45pm

Nadja Spitzer (Dept. Biology - Advisors: Don Edwards & Deb Baro)
“The role of identified serotonin receptors in modulating the pyloric rhythm”

12:45 – 2pm - Lunch & Poster Session

2 – 3pm

Key Note Address: Gene Robinson , University of Illinois
“Over achievers: What honey bees teach us about genes, brain, and social behavior”

3 – 5pm - Wine & Cheese Reception - Poster Session