Please join the OU BSGS (Ohio University Biological Sciences Graduate Society) welcoming their first speaker of the year in their Seminar Series, Dr. Andor Kiss. Dr. Kiss’ talk, “The Roots of Adaption: Extremes ↔ Nominal”, will be given on Thursday March 16 at 4:00 PM in 104 Porter Hall. Dr. Kiss is the Director of Bioinformatics & Functional Genomics at Miami University of Ohio.
Dr. Kiss is the Director of the Center for Bioinformatics & Functional Genomics. Aside from his day job running Miami U’s genomics core, his main interests are adaptation and evolution. The projects he works on are related to understanding how changes at the molecular level influence the success of the entire organism. Projects include how higher vertebrates have become freeze tolerant, the stability of globular proteins, functional genomics of seasonal acclimations. Applications of his knowledge are (a) understanding of evolutionary biology, (b) tissue & organ preservation, & (c) manned space flight.
Sponsored by: The Ohio University Biological Sciences Graduate Society
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