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Spring 2007 Seminars

last updated 3/27/07

If you have information about any of these seminars that you would like to share, or if you know of other seminars that you think would be interesting, please e-mail me at lfbrown@ucdavis.edu.

Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry
AGC 290 - Mondays, 4:10-6:00, 166 Chem
    Instructor in charge:  Kelly (pbkelly@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:  Mostly exit seminars, with some invited speakers
    CRN: 25083
AGC 290 - Thursdays, 11:00-11:50, 1017 Wickson
    Instructors in charge:  King (ajking@ucdavis.edu)
         and Ebeler (seebler@ucdavis.edu)
    Topics related to agricultural chemistry;
    students select papers to read, analyze and discuss.
       Anyone planning to take this should have a strong
        background in chemistry and analytical chemistry.

    CRN: 25084

Biological Systems Engineering
EBS 290 - Wednesdays, 3:10-4:00, 2045 Bainer
    Instructor in charge: Giles (dkgiles@ucdavis.edu)
    CRN:  33762

Biostatistics
(Not for everyone, but some of you might find it interesting!)
BST 290 - Thursdays, 4:10-5:30, 1147 MathSci Bldg
    Instructor in charge:  Paul (debpaul@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic: 
    CRN: 30392

Community Development
CRD 290 - Fridays, 11:00-11:50, 3201 Hart Hall
    Instructor in charge:  Hirtz (fwhirtz@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:  [more information soon]
    CRN: 32521

Ecology
Ecology Seminar Webpage
ECL 296 - Thursdays, 4:10-5:30 pm, 2205 Haring, CRN 34682
  (Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series, guest speakers)

In addition, a selection of student participatory seminars
are offered, for which each student must present a seminar
at least 25 minutes long. The topics for this quarter's
student participatory seminars include:
     - Responsible conduct of research for environmental
         scientists, 2 units (Caswell-Chen)

     - Polyploidy: from genonomics to ecological interactions (Rice)
     - Geographical ecology, 2 units (Shapiro)

Entomology
ENT 297N (Departmental Seminar) - Wednesdays, 12:10-1:00 pm, 122 Briggs
    CRN:  37947

Food Science & Technology
FST 290-002 - Wednesdays, 4:10-5:00, 107 Cruess
    Instructor in charge:  Winter (ckwinter@ucdavis.edu)
    CRN: 40451

Geography
GEO 297 - Wednesdays, 4:10-6:00, 230 Wellman
       (note change from Schedule of Classes)
    Instructor in charge:  Quinn (jfquinn@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:  GIS
    CRN:  41045, 2 units

International Agricultural Development
IAD 290 - Mondays, 4:10-5:00 or 5:40, 2005 PES
    Student speakers
    CRN: 43512 (1 unit for students not presenting)

Landscape Architecture
LDA 190 - Fridays, 12:10-1:00, 119 Wellman
       (This is a Proseminar, upper division, not graduate level,
         so it may not satisfy the seminar requirement;
         check with your graduate advisor)

    Instructor in charge:  Wheeler (smwheeler@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:  Sustainable Communities:
         Planning and Design at Different Scales
    CRN: 44048

Nematology
NEM 290 - Mondays, 4:10-5:00, 102 Hutchison
    Instructor:  Westerdahl (bbwesterdahl@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic: 
    CRN: 47639

Plant Biology
PBI 290B - Fridays, 12:10-1:00, 1022 Life Sciences Addition
    Instructor in charge:  Inoue (kinoue@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic: Seminars by visiting scientists
       on research topics of current interest
    CRN: 49400
PBI 291 - Tuesdays, 12:10-1:00, 1022 Life Sciences Addition
    Instructor in charge:  Groover (agroover@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic: Exit seminars by Plant Biology graduate students
    CRN: 49418
PBI 293 - Thursdays, 12:10-1:00, 111 Parsons
    Instructors in charge:  Labavitch (jmlabavitch@ucdavis.edu)
       and Saltveit (mesaltveit@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:  Postharvest Biology
    CRN: 49433

Plant Pathology
PLP 290 - Mondays, 9:00-9:50, 202 Wellman
    Instructor in charge: 
    Topics in Plant Pathology
    CRN: 52374 (early drop)
PLP 295 - Thursdays, 12:10-1:00, 355A Hutchison
    Instructor:  Rizzo (dmrizzo@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:  Mycology
    CRN: 52377 (early drop)

Plant Sciences
PLS 290 - Wednesdays, noon-1:00, 3001 PES
    Instructor in charge:  Bloom (ajbloom@ucdavis.edu)
    Topics in Plant Science - Dept Seminar Series
        (Contact Dr. Bloom regarding requirements to receive credit)
    CRN: 57931

Population Biology
PBG 290 - Tuesdays, 4:10-5:30, 1022 Life Sci Building
    Instructors in charge:  Wainwright (pcwainwright@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic: 
    CRN: 49258

Viticulture & Enology
VEN 290 - Thursdays, 12:10-1:00, 130 Physics/Geology
    Instructor in charge:  Walker (awalker@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:
    CRN: 56424


You can find information on other seminars (often one-time seminars, rather than seminars that are part of a class) at the Seminars and Events in Biology webpage.