Randall Seminar Speakers

March 27, 2012: Maureen Neitz, University of Washington, Hill Professor of Ophthalmology: Exploring plasticity of the primate visual system using gene therapy"

September 20, 2011: Dr. Hopi Hoekstra, Harvard University: “From Darwin to DNA: The genetics of evolutionary change”

September 28, 2010: Dr. Elizabeth Thompson, University of Washington: "Resolving complex traits through coancestry and the shared inheritance of genome"

March 10, 2010: Dr. Camille Parmesan, University of Texas, Austin: "Responses of Wild Life to Anthropogenic Climate Change: the Limits of Adaptation and Implications for the Future of Biodiversity"

March 24, 2009: Dr. Pamela Raymond, University of Michigan: "Epimorphic regeneration in zebrafish"

October 14, 2008: Professor Therese Ann Markow, University of California, San Diego: "The Inside Story: Male-Female Reproductive Tract Interactions in Drosophila"

January 23, 2007: Dr. Claire Fraser-Liggett, President of The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR): "The impact of microbial genomics on the definition of microbial species

September 5, 2006: Dr. Anne Yoder, Director of the Duke Lemur Center and Professor of Biology and of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy: "Historical Biogeography of Madagascar: Time is of the Essence"

October 14, 2005: Dr. Eugenie C. Scott, National Center for Science Education: "Why Scientists Reject Intelligent Design”

May 5, 2005: Dr. Mary Lake Polan, Stanford University: "Evaluating Female Sexual Arousal: Defining a Protocol" 

March 31, 2004: Dr. Kim Nelson, Oregon State University: “Serial killers of the Northwest: the role of mitochondrial DNA in crime scene investigations”

April 13, 2005: Dr. Marlene Zuk, University of California, Riverside: "Sexual Selections: What We Can and Can't Learn About Sex From Animals"

March 25, 2004: Dr. Jan Randall, San Francisco State University: “Drummers, Jumpers and Scent Markers: Sociality and Communication in Desert Rodents”