The School of Science at TCNJ is honored to host distinguished, interdisciplinary scientist Dr. Larry Abbott for our Spring 2016 Colloquium Series, on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, from 12:30-1:30 pm in the Education Building, room 212. The lecture will be followed by lunch reception. Dr. Abbott is the William Bloor Professor of Theoretical Neurosceince  and Co-Director…

Dr. Matthew Willis Connecticut College February 9, 2016 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm SCP-229 “The Combinatorics of Counting Catalan Numbers” Abstract: In this talk we will focus on a few specific counting problems.  Some will be geometric or algebraic in nature using only polygons or graphs.  Other examples will be purely combinatorial involving  objects  such  as …

Dr. William Metzler Associate Director, Lead Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb February 3, 2016 11:00 am – 12:00 pm C-121 “Beyond Activity Measurements: Leveraging Biophysics and Structure for Hit Identification and Prioritization” Abstract: The emergence of fragment-based screening as a vehicle for identifying novel chemical leads is challenging the current paradigm for lead optimization. When dealing with…

Dr. Keith Pecor and Dr. Jia Tao, TCNJ November 24, 2015 12:30 – 1:30pm SCP-101 *Refreshments will be served Dr. Keith Pecor, Department of Biology “Chemical Stimuli and Geographic Distributions” Abstract: Freshwater animals use chemical stimuli in a variety of contexts, such as resource acquisition and predation avoidance.  In my presentation, I will discuss two…