Academics

Activities

A major goal of our organization is to excite and educate the campus and people in the nearby communities about life science discoveries, biomedical advances, and its relevance to society. We succeed in our objective by holding public lectures by distinguished scientists and by creating exhibitions.

Fall, 2009

Thursday, September 10

PREPARING FOR DIVERSE HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS: Alumni Choices, Alumni Voices

Thursday, October 8
LABILE CARBON IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS: Production, Allocation and Drivers
Charles Flower '04, PhD Candidate, Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior Program, University of Illinois at Chicago

Thursday, October 22
USING MUSEUM RECORDS TO TRACK RECENT BIOTIC CHANGE: An 80-year resurvey of small mammals in the Ruby Mountains, Nevada
Dr. Eric Rikart, Curator of Vertebrates, Associate Professor of Biology, Utah Museum of Natural History

Tuesday, November 10
KENNETH L. WEIK UNDERGRADUATE LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
First annual Showcase of Biology Research Conducted by Lake Forest College Students

Spring, 2009

Monday, April 13
GENETICS OF SPECIATION: Insights from Fly Behavior
Dan McNabney’04, PhD candidate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Program, University of Rochester

Monday, March 30
Short Research Talks by Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Fellows
STICKY AMOEBA: Not a SAD Tail After All        
Anthony Kowal, PhD Candidate, IGP Program, Northwestern University
PARKINSON'S DISEASE - Vulnerability of Dopamine or Norepinephrine Neurons?
Javier Sanchez, PhD Candidate, NUIN Program, Northwestern University

Monday, March 23rd
Can We Make Blood Outside Our Body?
Samantha England’04, PhD candidate, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Rochester

Wednesday, February 25th
GENETICS OF DIABETES MELLITUS: Insight From Studies Of Neonatal Diabetes
Inaugural UAN-ASBMB Lecture at Lake Forest College
Dr. Graeme Bell, Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor in Medicine and Human Genetics, The University of Chicago

Monday, February 16th
PREPARING FOR DIVERSE BIOLOGY CAREERS: Alumni Choices, Alumni Voices

Fall, 2008

Saturday, December 6th
Modeling Schizophrenia in Rodents: A Heuristic Approach
Keynote for the 2008 Lake Forest College NeuroFrontiers Workshop
Dr. Kuei Y Tseng, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Rosalind Franklin Univ of Medicine and Science

Wednesday, November 12th
Stem Cells & Nanotechnology in the Treatment of Neurologic Disease
Eukaryon Lecture: Keynote for 2008 Lake Forest College Brain Awareness Week
Dr. John Kessler, Davee Professor of Stem Cell Biology & Chairman of Neurology Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Monday, October 27th
Understanding Multiple Sclerosis With A Viral Mouse Model
D'Anne Duncan '04, PhD Candidate, Microbiology-Immunology Dept, Northwestern University

Tuesday, October 14th
Living With Wolves
Jim & Jamie Dutcher, Multiple Emmy Award-winning fimmakers and cinematographers

Monday, October 6th
Why Do Neurons Die in Parkinson Disease & How Can It Be Stopped?
Dr. James Surmeier, Nathan Smith Davis Professor and Chairman of Physiology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Wednesday, September 24th
How To Make A Modern Cell
Dr. Aaron Turkewitz, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, University of Chicago

Tuesday, September 9th
Preparing For Diverse Health Careers: A Student-Alum Panel

Spring, 2008

Wednesday, April 23
Using Fast Voltage Sensetive Dyes to "See" Neural Network Activity
Dr. William Frost, Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science  

Wednesday, March 26
Biology Alumni Career Panel: Preparing For Your Future
Biology Major Alumni

Fall, 2007

Thursday, October 18                                                                                                                                                      Women in Science: Changes & Prospects                                                                                                              Dr. Joan Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemisty, Yale University;                       Investigator in Howard Hughes Medical Institute                                   
 
Monday, November 5           
Natural History Museums: Their Role In Understanding Evolution In The Tropics and How To Conserve Biodiversity
Dr. John Bates, Chairman, Department of Zoology, Field           
Museum of Natural History

Wednesday, December 5          
Molecular Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s Disease
Dr. Robert Vassar,

Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Spring, 2006

Tuesday, February 27           
Biology Alumni Panel: Preparing For Your Future
Biology Major Alumni

Monday, March 5  
Extreme Nanomachines: Protein Refolding Drives Membrane Fusion By The Paramyxovirus Fusion Protein
Dr. Robert A. Lamb, John Evans Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology, Northwestern University; Investigator in Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Monday, March 19  
Genetic Studies Of Common Diseases In A Founder Population
Dr. Carole Ober, Professor at The University of Chicago, Department of Human Genetics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Committees on Genetics & Evolutionary Biology

Fall, 2006

Wednesday, October 25  
Yeast as Small "Mad Cows" Demonstrate Protein-Based Inheritance
Dr. Susan Liebman, Distiguished University Professor, University of Illinois-Chicago

Wednesday, November 8  
How our Hands Help us Think
Dr. Susan Goldin-Meadow, Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor at The University of Chicago, Department of Psychology; Committee on Human Development