Biology Department announces visiting speakers for spring quarter

The Biology Department at Western Washington University has announced its schedule of seminars for spring quarter. All are welcome to attend these free events, which take place at 4 p.m. in Biology Building Room 234.

• Wed., March 31 - Kimberley Kolb Ayre, from the Institute of Environmental Science at Huxley College of the Environment, will present "Spinning a tail: the biology of whirling disease in cutthroat trout."
• Wed., April 7 - Terrie Klinger, an associate professor in the School of Marine Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle and winner of the 2008 Naturalist of the Year award from the Western Society of Naturalists, will present "Limits to resilience in rocky intertidal communities."
• Wed., April 14 - Victoria Foe, research professor, and Garrett Odell, professor and director, both of the Center for Cell Dynamics at Friday Harbor Labs of the University of Washington, will present "How the echinoderm zygote gets its furrow (in the right place)." This seminar will last 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• Wed., April 21  - Richard N. Mack, a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University in Pullman, will present "Invasion! Immigration and spread of Bromus tectorum genotypes across North America: genetic and historical evidence."
• Wed., April 28 - Chet T. Moritz, a research assistant professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, will present "Promoting neural plasticity for the treatment of paralysis and other movement disorders."