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November

Monday, November 23, 2009

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

"Fungal Ecology in Native and Disturbed Coastal Prairie Soils"
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Speakers:
Philip Lyons-Hosted by Jennifer Rudgers
Associate Professor of Biology
University of Houston-Downtown
BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Monday, November 23, 2009

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Molecular mechanisms of action of miRNAs
Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Speakers:
Nahum Sonenberg, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
McGill University
102 Keck Hall

Monday, November 23, 2009

12:00 PM - 12:55 PM

Space Physics - MULTI-FLUID MHD SIMULATIONS USING THE LYON-FEDDER-MOBARRY MODEL
Physics & Astronomy

Speakers:
Viacheslav Merkin

Boston University
227 Herman Brown Hall

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Young Tableaux with Applications to Representation Theory and Flag Manifolds
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Speakers:
Christian Bruun
Masters Candidate
227 Herman Brown Hall

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

12:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Meteorite evidence for deep crustal magma chambers on Mars suggests crustal growth driven by underplating and intrusion
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Speakers:
Heather Dalton
Masters Candidate
100 Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories

Monday, November 30, 2009

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

"Battle between or within the sexes? Conflict in coercive livebearing fishes"
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Speakers:
Raelynn Deaton-Hosted by Amy Dunham
Assistant Professor
Sam Houston State University
BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Monday, November 30, 2009

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The glycobiology of embryo implantation
Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Speakers:
Daniel D. Carson, PhD
Schlumberger Chair of Advanced Studies and Research, Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Dean, Wiess School of Natural Sciences
Rice University
102 Keck Hall

December

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

A Single-Molecule Approach to Chirality, Catalysis and Rotation
Chemistry

Speakers:
C. Sykes

Tufts
180 Dell Butcher Hall

Thursday, December 3, 2009

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Rice Earth Science Thursday Seminar Series
Earth Science

Speakers:
Dr. David W. Eaton
Professor of Geophysics & Department Head, Department of Geoscience
University of Calgary
Room 100 Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories

Friday, December 4, 2009

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar: Population Genetics for Problems in Medical Genetics
Gulf Coast Consortia

Speakers:
Paul Scheet
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
102 Keck Hall

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Chemistry Seminar
Chemistry

Speakers:
Norbert Scherer

Chicago
180 Dell Butcher Hall

Thursday, December 10, 2009

7th Annual Rice Alliance Information Technology & Web 2.0 Venture Forum
Dean of Natural Sciences

Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas
USA

Thursday, December 10, 2009

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

AMO - TBA
Physics & Astronomy

Speakers:
Thomas Walther

Technical University of Darmstadt
337 Space Science Building

Friday, December 11, 2009

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

AMO - A TRAPPED SINGLE ION INSIDE A BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE
Physics & Astronomy

Speakers:
Michael Koehl

Cambridge University
313 Space Science Building

Monday, December 14, 2009

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

BCB Holiday Lunch
Dean of Natural Sciences

Grand Hall RMC/Ley Student Center

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Chemistry Seminar
Chemistry

Speakers:
Fred Hawthorne

Missouri
Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas
USA

January

Monday, January 11, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EEB Seminar TBA
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Friday, January 22, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar
Gulf Coast Consortia

Auditorium BioScience Research Collaborative

Monday, January 25, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EEB Seminar, Nathan Kraft, UC Berkeley
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Speakers:
Nathan Kraft-Hosted by Ken Whitney
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of California at Berkeley
BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Friday, January 29, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar
Gulf Coast Consortia

Auditorium BioScience Research Collaborative

February

Monday, February 1, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EEB Seminar TBA
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Friday, February 5, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar
Gulf Coast Consortia

Auditorium BioScience Research Collaborative

Monday, February 8, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EEB Seminar TBA
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Friday, February 12, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar
Gulf Coast Consortia

Auditorium BioScience Research Collaborative

Monday, February 15, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

"Ecology and Evolution of Higher Attine Ants"
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Speakers:
Scott Solomon-Hosted by Amy Dunham
Instructor
Rice University
BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Thursday, February 18, 2010

9th Annual Rice Alliance Nanotechnology and Sustainability Venture Forum
Dean of Natural Sciences

Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas
USA

Friday, February 19, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar
Gulf Coast Consortia

Auditorium BioScience Research Collaborative

Monday, February 22, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EEB Seminar, Tomas Carlo, Penn State University
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Speakers:
Tomas Carlo-Hosted by Amy Dunham
Assistant Professor of Biology
Penn State University
BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Thursday, February 25, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Jerome McGann. Philology in a New Key: Information Technology and the Transmission of Culture
Humanities Research Center

Speakers:
Jerome McGann
the John Stewart Bryan University Professor and Professor of English
University of Virginia
Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas
USA

Friday, February 26, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar
Gulf Coast Consortia

Auditorium BioScience Research Collaborative

March

Monday, March 8, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EEB Seminar TBA
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Friday, March 12, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar
Gulf Coast Consortia

Auditorium BioScience Research Collaborative

Monday, March 15, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EEB Seminar TBA
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Friday, March 19, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar
Gulf Coast Consortia

Auditorium BioScience Research Collaborative

Monday, March 22, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EEB Seminar TBA
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Friday, March 26, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar
Gulf Coast Consortia

Auditorium BioScience Research Collaborative

Monday, March 29, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EEB Seminar TBA
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

April

Monday, April 5, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EEB Seminar TBA
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Friday, April 9, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar
Gulf Coast Consortia

Auditorium BioScience Research Collaborative

Monday, April 12, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EEB Seminar TBA
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Friday, April 16, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar
Gulf Coast Consortia

Auditorium BioScience Research Collaborative

Monday, April 19, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

EEB Seminar TBA
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

BL 123 Anderson Biological Laboratories

Friday, April 23, 2010

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Keck Seminar
Gulf Coast Consortia

Auditorium BioScience Research Collaborative

June

Thursday, June 17, 2010

9th Annual Rice Alliance Life Science Technology Venture Forum
Dean of Natural Sciences

Rice University
6100 Main St
Houston, Texas
USA