Monday, 22 Apr 2013
Statistics Seminar
"Identify-then-annotate: a third way for RNA-sequencing?", Jeff Leek, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Statistics Seminar
"Is most published medical research really false?", Jeff Leek, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Tuesday, 23 Apr 2013
Finding Her Voice: Writing about Women's Struggles and Triumphs
Rekha Basu has been a columnist for the Des Moines Register since 1991, focusing on human rights, racial and gender issues and commenting on cultural trends. A collection of her columns was recently published as Finding Her Voice.
Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013
Evolving UX research while Reimagining Windows - Melinda Knight
Eight years ago, Melinda Cerney Knight was a PhD candidate in Human Computer Interaction at Iowa State. Today, she's a senior lead in Windows Research, managing a team responsible for user experiences. Part of the Emerging Technologies Conference.
Human Computer Interaction and the Automobile: Promises and Perils - John D. Lee
John D. Lee is the Emerson Electric professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory. Part of the Emerging Technologies Conference.
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
Suzanne Millman,"Animal Welfare."
Plant Breeding Seminar
Jessica Barb, Sunflower as a lignocellulosic biofuel
Soil Seminar
Kimberly Brown, "Effects of long term nitrogen application on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization, soil aggregation, and soil organic matter storage in a continuous maize, tilled system"
Thursday, 25 Apr 2013
A Hearing on Agricultural Trade with China: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has a legislative mandate to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China, and to provide recommendations to Congress for legislative and administrative action.
Biomedical Science Seminar
"Physiology and pharmacology of prokineticins: A pair of versatile regulatory peptides" qun-Yong Zhou, University of California, Irvine; Pharmacology
Bioeconomy seminar
"Cellulosic Ethanol: Are We Finished with Forty Years of Being Five Years away from Commercialization?" Kathy Halvorsen, Michigan Technological University.
Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Seminar
"Complexity compounded: The evolution of phototransduction in stomatopods" Megan Porter, University of South Dakota
Biochemisty, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Seminar
"Broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1: In search of the Holy Grail" Michael Cho
Presentation: Writers, Take Risks or You're Dead Meat
Editor-in-chief Lars Pearson of the sci-fi book publisher Mad Norwegian Press will reveal why some submissions to his Hugo-award-winning press make the cut and others don't. Sponsored by The Writers' Guild of ISU; all are welcome.
Friday, 26 Apr 2013
Chemistry Seminar
"Advanced NMR studies of nano structured materials and signal enhancement" Hans Spiess, Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Saturday, 27 Apr 2013
Lecture: Music advocacy
David Law, Iowa Alliance for Arts Education, will speak about how to promote music in your community, mobilize volunteer musicians and keep funding flowing to band programs. A Q&A session will follow the talk.