BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 RDATE:20200308T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 RDATE:20201101T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T180000 SUMMARY:Science Faculty Lecture Series: Flies\, Drugs\, Genes and Undergr ads featuring Associate Professor Norma Velazquez Ulloa DESCRIPTION:This presentation is the second in a three-part Science Facul ty Lecture series being offered this fall. Keep an eye on our virtual eve nts webpage (https://college.lclark.edu/offices/alumni/virtual-events-and -programming/) for details on future presentations.Flies\, Drugs\, Genes and UndergradsPresented by Associate Professor Norma Velazquez UlloaJoin Associate Professor of Biology Norma Velazquez Ulloa as she discusses the common fruit fly\, Drosophila melanogaster\, and how it has been a model organism for genetics and developmental research for more than 100 years . Its short life cycle\, well established methods for maintaining fly col onies\, and relatively easy experimental assays make Drosophila a well su ited organism for research with undergraduate students. In her research l ab at Lewis &\; Clark College\, together with student collaborators\, Dr. Velazquez Ulloa uses Drosophila melanogaster to identify genes that i nfluence the effects of nicotine\, to determine the toxicity of nicotine on its own or in combination with resveratrol\, to investigate the role o f a specific gene on nervous system development and locomotor behavior\, and to identify genes in the genomes of other Drosophila species. This re search contributes to the fields of behavioral genetics of addiction\, ge netic toxicology\, neuroscience\, and genomics\, and trains LC students i nvolved in these projects in the process of science. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This presentation is the second in a th
ree-part Science Faculty Lecture series being offered this fall. Keep an
eye on our virtual events webpa
ge for details on future presentations.
Flies\, Dr
ugs\, Genes and Undergrads
Presented by Associate Profe
ssor Norma Velazquez Ulloa