The faculty of the Biology Department are willing to present local talks on the following subjects.
Randy Yoder
Phone: 409-880-1826
Email: hryoder@lamar.edu
Parasites and Their Marvelous Bag of Tricks
An Introduction to parasitism with several examples of interesting adaptations of parasites to their way of life.
Level: General Length: 1 hour Media: PowerPoint
Biotechnology? Stem Cells? Cloning?: What Does It All Mean? Where Do We Start?
Explanation of current issues in reproductive biotechnology to help the lay person to form educated opinions about those issues.
West Nile Virus
General Information on West Nile Virus, organism, pathology, prevention, etc.
Lyme Disease
General information on Lyme Disease
Level: General Length: i hour Media: PowerPoint
Ana Christensen
Phone: 409-880-8260
Email: christenab@lamar.edu
Hummingbirds: Taking It to the Limit
Overview of hummingbird natural history with interesting notes on metabolism and flight.
Biology of Owls
A general overview of the natural history of owls and notes on interesting adaptations to make them efficient nocturnal predators.
Level: General
Length: 1 hour
Media: PowerPoint
