Spring 2014: THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES and THE BIOLOGY GRADUATE
STUDENT ASSOCIATION (BGSA) cordially invite you to the:
Biology for Lunch – Seminar and Science Discussions
Wednesday at 12:00pm, Waggoner Hall 202
(note: we have a few special seminars on Thursdays and Fridays!)
Date
Jan 21
Speaker/Seminar Coordinator
Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting
Dr. Nick Barber - NIU
(Host: Dr. Ken McCravy)
Welcome Back Department Potluck
(Host: BGSA and RISE)
Special Alumnus Seminar
Brittany Doll
(Host: Dr. Musser)
Dr. Patrick Irwin
(Host: Katie A Lamagdeleine)
Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting
Dr. Scott A. Woolbright, U of I
(Host: Seminar Committee)
WIU Graduate Research Conference
(Deadline for Abstracts Jan 23th)
Dr. Amy Ekanayake, WIU Math Department
(Host: Seminar Committee)
Spring Break
Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting
Morrow Lecture
Dr. Rüdiger Bieler, Field Museum of Natural
History, Chicago
BIOLOGY RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
(Deadline for Abstracts: March 13th)
Dr. Shawn P. Brown – U of I
(Host: Dr. Porras-Alfaro)
Illinois State Academy of Sciences Meeting
(Abstract submission starts Jan 21th)
Thomas E. Helm Undergraduate Research Day
Title/Activity
Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting
Ecological interactions between above- and belowground
organisms through shared host plants
Bring a dish to share and a donation for the Adopt a School
BGSA program!!
TBA
April 22
Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting
Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting
April 29
Dr. Catherine Miller-Hunt
WIU Biological Sciences
TBA
May 6
Department Potluck
(Host: BGSA and RISE)
Bring a dish to share and a donation for the Adopt a School
BGSA program and RISE!!
May 13
Finals
Finals
Jan 28*
Feb 4
Feb 11*
Feb 18*
Feb 25
March 4*
Friday Mar
6
March 11
March 18
March 25
Th April 2
Friday April
3
April 8
Friday April
10- Sat 11 
April 15
* Lunch for Grad and RISE students with Speaker in 365
Great opportunity to present your research at a local conference!
TBA
Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting
Climate relicts as "natural" population, community, and
ecosystem "labs"
Visit our Bio Grad Student Oral and Poster Presentations!
TBA
Spring Break
Faculty Meeting
Graduate Student Meeting
Can we restore the American coral reef? Biodiversity
research and coral restoration in the Florida Keys
Seminar at 12 pm – Dr. Rüdiger Bieler - A backbone for
clams: generating the new Bivalve Tree of Life
The role of salinity in structuring tropical aquatic fungal
communities
Visit our students presenting at this meeting!!
Visit our Bio Students with their presentation at the Union!!