2016-17
Fall 2016-17
| Date | Title Speaker (Sponsor) |
| Wed Sep 14 |
Botanic Gardens and Arboreta – Enriching and Preserving our Growing World Eric Garton, Robert and Peggy Weed Executive Director Josh Steffen, Horticulture Manager Wellfield Botanical Gardens (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Fri Sep 23 |
Celebrate Science! GC Science Faculty and Students (David Housman) |
| Wed Sep 28 |
Stroud EnviroDIY Mayfly Data Logger and Modbus RS-485 Sensor Peter Wise, Goshen College, Physics Major Learning Robust Failure Recovery for Autonomous Vision Based Flight Vince Kurtz, Goshen College, Physics Major (Paul Meyer Reimer) |
| Fri Sep 30 |
Fruit fly Research: A Tal(in) of a Broken Heart Dr. Jessica Vanderploeg, Department of Biology, Taylor University (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Fri Oct 7 |
Navigating a Career in Medicine Doug Swartzentruber, Associate Director of Clinical Affairs at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Surgical Oncologist and Professor of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and System Medical Director for Indiana University Health’s Statewide Cancer Services (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Wed Oct 26 |
Working in a Community Emergency Department Dr. Andre Hirschler, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Elkhart General Hospital & IU Health Goshen Hospital (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Fri Oct 28 |
Development of a Frizzled/G-Protein GTPyS Biosensor Aaron Graber, Goshen College, Molecular Biology/Biochemistry Major The SYSTEMS Intervention: Promoting Scientific Literacy and Healthy Lifestyles in Childhood David Jantz, Goshen College, Molecular Biology/Biochemistry Major (Jody Saylor) |
| Wed Nov 2 |
Optimizing the Cellular Thermal Shift Assay to Validate Target Engagement in Cancer Drug Development Jacob Roth, Goshen College, Molecular Biology/Biochemistry Major Woody Perennial Polyculture Research at Merry Lea Isaac Godshalk, Environmental Science Major (Jody Saylor) |
| Wed Nov 9 |
Primate skeletal epigenetics and the evolution of complex traits Genevieve A. Housman, School of Human Evolution & Social Change, Arizona State University (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Wed Nov 16 |
Enhancing the effect of chemotherapy by adding the antiangiogenic agent dovitinib in preclinical gastric cancer models. – Kate Crawford
Development of Substituted Aryl Carbamates for the Treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis – Lauren Wenger (Jody Saylor)
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| Fri Nov 18 |
Why are we sometimes our own worst enemies? Autoimmunity in the setting of infection and cancer Dr. Christopher Blosser, M.D., Div. of Nephrology & UW Organ Transplant Center, University of Washington (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Wed Nov 30 |
Lanthanide Chemistry in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Catalysis Dr. Matthew Allen, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University (Dan Smith) |
Spring 2016-17
Fri
Mar 31Daily patterns of herbivory and plant chemical defenses in a lowland tropical forest
Luke Zehr, University of Illinois (Ryan Sensenig)
| Date | Title Speaker (Sponsor) |
| Mon Jan 23 10:00am |
In Solidarity with Others Choose Life: Confronting the Violence of the Global Food System Ray Epp, Mission Associate, Mennonite Mission Network, Japan (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Wed Feb 8 |
Innovations in Food Systems: Cover Crop Roller Crimpers and Technology to Reduce Food Waste Ruth Mischler, SEED Department, Goshen College (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Fri Feb 17 |
Redox Imbalance: the Root Cause of Chronic Disease? Michael Sherer, Exec Director of Technology Services and Innovation, Goshen College (Kris Schmidt) |
| Wed Feb 22 |
Cow Burps and Fertilizer Runoff: A discussion of food systems and human impacts on global biogeochemical cycling over the last few thousand years Dr. John Mischler, SEED Department & Department of Biological Sciences, Goshen College (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Wed Mar 15 |
Dr. Barbara Farnell, Purdue Univ Northwest (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Fri Apr 7 |
Taking The Road Less Traveled: Life and Research Dr. Kristen Entwistle, Goshen College (Dan Smith) |
| Tue Apr 18 |
Distributed Drug Discovery Project Collaboration Bill Scott, IUPUI |
| Fri Apr 21 |
Establishing Novel Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Capabilities at Goshen College Jacob Roth, Chemistry major, Goshen College (Dan Smith) Effects of Therapeutic Compounds on Cadmium-Induced Prostate Cancer Sophie Sears, Molecular Biology/Biochemistry major, Goshen College (Jody Saylor) |