Press Releases

Febuary 23, 2004

Southampton College Lecture: "The Mutant Among Us: Genetic Studies of Long Island Weed"
Professor and Student Offer Expertise in Afternoon Lecture

Contact:
Patricia Conway
631-287-8313

Southampton, NY -Plant Biologist Ed Himelblau and Southampton College student Kestrel Perez will speak on genetic studies of a common Long Island weed in the first BrainWASH lecture of the Spring semester on Wednesday, March 3 at 1:15 p.m. in the College's Duke Lecture Hall.

Himelblau, a professor of Genetics and Cell Biology at Southampton College, will talk about research on the control of flowering. Perez, a Southampton College senior, will describe related research involving a local weed species that may have been brought to Long Island by early European settlers.

The informal free lectures, presented by the Natural Science Division of Southampton College, allow a public peek into the research of the College's faculty and students.

For further information on the series contact Prof. Joe Warren at the College at (631) 287-8390 or joe.warren@liu.edu.