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Our weekly seminar includes student research presentations, as well as alumni and other professionals talking about their work and life beyond NCC. Biology majors take:
- BIOL 290 (0 cr; click for course information) once as a seminar participant/evaluator
- BIOL 390 (2 cr) once, including seminar participation and career preparation
- BIOL 490 (1 cr; click for course information) once as a presenter, capping off their research experience
Seminars are open to the campus community and you don't have to be in the course to attend.
30 Jan
Dr. Jen Sallee and Dr. Greg Ruthig
North Central College
Title TBA
6 Feb
Amanda De Vos
Seattle Children
Title TBA
13 Feb
Dr. Tim Woods
Physician Assistant Studies, North Central College
Mechanisms of Neural Plasticity & The Anatomage Virtual Cadaver Table
20 Feb
Zack Orban
Northwestern University
The Role of Viruses and Immune Responses in Neurologic Diseases: A Study Coordinator’s Perspective
27 Feb
Zoe Diaz-Martin
Chicago Botanical Gardens
Using micro-evolution to inform restoration, in situ, and ex situ management of plant populations in a changing world
6 Mar
Luis Aguilar
University of Illinois - Chicago
What’s Next? Post-College Careers and One Graduate’s Spontaneous Plan
13 Mar
Spring Break
20 Mar
Christiana Lenzer
North Central College
Utilization of Spent Coffee Grounds as a Fuel Source
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27 Mar
Esther Lim
North Central College
Phenotypes of yeast with A174T or F209L mutations in Cox10p and their implications in Leigh Syndrome
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3 Apr
Sarah Smith
North Central College
The effect of nutrient intake on Gryllodes sigillatus reproduction
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3 Apr
Bailey Bloom
North Central College
Human COX10 mutations in yeast models and their phenotypical association to Leigh Syndrome
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10 Apr
Olga Giza
North Central College
Effect of Exhausted Coffee Ground Particle Size on Lead Ion Adsorption Rates and Capacities
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10 Apr
Egypt Moyenda
North Central College
Effects of Nutrition on Calling Behavior of male Gryllodes sigillatus
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17 Apr
Fredy Favela
North Central College
Finding the Oomycetes’ Zoospore Death Rate
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17 Apr
Fatima Alauddin
North Central College
Functionality of Mutations in Human COX10, linked to Leigh Syndrome, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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24 Apr
Brett Stogsdill
North Central College
ClpB as a possible protein "partner" with PCM in long-term stationary phase Escherichia coli
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24 Apr
Amy Adduci
North Central College
Investigating DnaK as a possible ‘partner’ to PCM in Escherichia coli
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