MONDAY, JUNE 9

"Regulation of Muscle Growth: From the Basics to Application," John Killefer (faculty candidate), West Virginia University, 10:30 a.m., 221 Henning Building, host: Carol Gay, Department of Poultry Science (863-2101).

"Head Development in Mammals: New Insights from Studies of Transcription Factor AP-2," Pamela Mitchell (faculty candidate), University of Zurich (Switzerland), 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

TUESDAY, JUNE 10 (no seminars scheduled today)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 (no seminars scheduled today)

THURSDAY JUNE 12 (no seminars scheduled today)

FRIDAY, JUNE 13

"Soft Computing Tools and Classification Methodologies," Sankar K. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, 4:00 p.m., 117 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

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