Georgetown College

Invited Speakers

This series provides students with an opportunity to hear researchers from diverse fields outside the scope of the Department. For additional information contact the department chair. Unless otherwise noted, all seminars will be held in 112 Asher Science Center. Refreshments will be provided 15 minutes prior to the start of each seminar.

Past Speakers

Year	Name	Affiliation	Topic
Spring 2008	Mr. Ryan Evans	Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commision	Kentucky’s Biological Wealth
	Dr. Sherie Kendal	Midway College	Effects of Gonadal Steroids on Neurotoxic Synergism of Cocain with HIV Proteins
Fall 2007	Dr. Eric Rouchka	University of Louisville	Bioinformatics
	Mr. Andy McDonald	Kentucky Solar Partnership, Appalachia – Science in the Public Interest	Global Warming: Confronting a Crisis
Spring 2007	Dr. Richard Levine	University of Kentucky	Building Sustainable Cities
	Dr. Hazel Barton	Northern Kentucky University	Microbial Metabolic Mutualism: Energy Acquisition in Starved Cave Environments
Fall 2006	Dr. Robert Bevins	University of Kentucky	Killing Cancer Cells by Disrupting Cell Cycle Arrest
	Dr. Paul Smithson	Berea College	Excess Nutrients in Soil and Water Receiving Swine Waste Inputs
Spring 2006	Dr. Emma Rainforth	Ramapo College of New Jersey	Dinosaur Tracks
Fall 2003	Dr. Lannett Edwards	University of Tennessee	Cloning Adult Farm Animals: Possibilities, Problems, Concerns
	Dr. James Tidwell	Kentucky State University	The Relative Contributions and Impacts of Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture
Fall 2002	Dr. Nancy C Martin	University of Louisville	Nucleocytoplasmic Interactions in Mitochondrial Biogenesis
	Dr. Mary Vore	University of Kentucky	Research in Toxicology
	Dr. Bill Harvey	Earlham College	HIV and AIDS
Spring 2002	Dr. Brian Stevenson	University of Kentucky	Lyme Disease
	Dr. George Uetz	University of Cincinnati	From Rainforest to Research Lab: Studies of the Social and Sex Life of Spiders
Fall 2000	Dr. Thomas Barnes	University of Kentucky	You Can Establish Prairie Grasses in a Single Growing Season
	Dr. Ritin Khan	Armstrong Atlantic State University	Pollutant and Parasitic Infection Effects on Shrimp Growth and Survival
	Dr. Jewell Sloan	University of Kentucky	Benzodiazepine Dependence: Brain Site, Gender, Toxicity
	Dr. Steve Asmus	Centre College	Tango at the Synapse: Neurotransmitter Regulation in Developing Neurons
	Dr. Charles Issel	University of Kentucky	Control of Infectious Diseases in Man and Animals: the Individual and the Herd
Fall 1998	Dr. Michael Clark	University of Kentucky	The Role of Eosinophils in Asthma
	Mr. Robin Buckner	Procter & Gamble	Microbiology Research at Procter & Gamble
	Dr. Bruce Jayne	University of Cincinnati	Integrating Laboratory and Field Studies of Lizard Locomotion
	Dr. Glenn Storrs	Cincinnati Museum of Natural History	Plesiosaur Evolution: the Long and Short of It
	Dr. Jodi Shann	University of Cincinnati	Investigating the Environmental Chemistry of Plants
Fall 1997	Dr. Marcia Jumblatt	University of Louisville	The Aging Eye: Changes in Cornea and Conjunctiva
	Dr. Peter Sherman	University of Louisville	Mating Strategies and Reproductive Success in White-Winged Trumpeter Groups
	Dr. Joseph Chappell	University of Kentucky	Molecular Regulation of Isoprenoid Metabolism in Plant-Pathogen Interactions
	Dr. David Francko	Miami University	Of Thousand Year-Old Lotus Seeds and Lake Erie Coastal Wetlands
	Dr. Dennis Grogan	University of Cincinnati	Sulfolobus and the Cell Biology of Geothermal Environments
Fall 1996	Dr. Carl Webster	Kentucky State University	Fish Nutrition
	Dr. Rebecca German	University of Cincinnati	Biomechanics of Infant Feeding: Why Do Babies Suck?
	Dr. Sheldon Guttman	Miami University	The Role of Biochemical Systematics in Understanding Diversity
	Dr. C. Fred & Barbara W. Bryan	Louisiana State University	Acidification of the Lower Mississippi River
	Dr. Glenn Collins	University of Kentucky	Plant Genetic Engineering Today and Into the 21st Century
Fall 1995	Dr. Rebecca Cook	Georgetown College	Population Biology of Rare Herbaceous Plants
	Dr. William Harvey	Earlham College	Studies on the Genetics of Cancer
	Dr. William Thom	University of Kentucky	Constructed Wetlands: Use and Function for Wastewater Treatment
	Dr. Charles Issel	University of Kentucky	Lentiviruses, Horses and the Future of Society
	Dr. Tom Curry	University of Kentucky	In Vitro Fertilization in the 90′s
Fall 1994	Dr. Steve Mims	CRS Aquaculture Research Center	Reproductive Biology of Paddlefish
	Dr. R. Jan Stevenson	University of Louisville	Water Quality Analyses Using Experimental and Indicator Approaches
	Dr. William C. Messner, Jr.	International Affairs Education Services, Washington DC	Scientific Research versus Economic Realities
	Dr. Nancy Martin	University of Louisville School of Medicine	Molecular Biology of Mitrochondria – From Yeast to Man
	Dr. Burns Brady	Kentucky Medical Association	Biopsycho-Social Disease of Alcoholism and drug Dependency
Fall 1993	Dr. Malcolm P. Frisbie	Eastern Kentucky University	Physiological Effects of Acid Soil on Salamanders
	Dr. Mary A. Hilton	University of Louisville School of Medicine	Phenylketonuria (PKU) and Identification of Carriers of PKU Genes
	Dr. Randal Morris	University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Using Cell Biology to Design Novel Therapeutic Agents
	Dr. George J. Wagner	University of Kentucky	Secreting Leaf Hairs: Their Biology and Potential for Exploitation
Fall 1992	Dr. Sheldon Steiner	University of Kentucky	Master Genes that Control Embryonic Muscle Development
	Dr. William DeVries	DeVries & Associates, PSC Louisville, KY	Personal Aspect of the Current Medical Practive
	Annette M. Gatchett	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	EPA’s Changing Face: The Importance of Technology Transfer
	Dr. Douglas Dahlman	University of Kentucky	Insert-Plant Biochemical Warfare
	Dr. Ron Rosen	Berea College	Traditional and Modern Approaches to Tapeworm Research
Spring 1991	Dr. Jerry Eisele	Human Reliability Program, DOE	Transport of Pollutants Through Man’s Food Chain
Spring 1990	Dr. Philip Bonner	University of Kentucky	Embryonic Differentiation in Vertebrate Skeletal Muscle
	Dr. Lawrence Stritch	U. S. Forest Service	The Need for Determining Biodiversity
	Dr. Robert Brackenbury	University of Cincinnati School of Medicine	Cell-Cell Interactions in Malignancy
	Mr. Richard Kopp	Eastern Kentucky University	Genetic Indicators of Stress and Tolerance in Acid Exposed Fish
	Dr. Grayson Brown	University of Kentucky	Entomology: Does It Compute
Fall 1990	Dr. Gene R. Kritsky	College of Mount St. Joseph	Charles Darwin: His Life and Times
	Dr. Denny O. Harris	University of Kentucky	Toxic Algae
	Dr. Ralph L. Thompson	Berea College	Vegetation and Flora of Two Areas in the Coastal Range of Western Oregon
	Dr. William W. Yotis	Loyola University School of Medicine	The Interaction of Fluoride with Oral Microorganism
	Dr. Dru Anne Henson	Appalachian State University	Cellular Mechanisms of Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation