Attend a biology seminar with Bob Goldstein, associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research group combines classical cell manipulations with a variety of modern methods in C. elegans to explore basic mechanism in cell and developmental biology. The group is also developing water bears as a new animal model for studying the evolution of such mechanisms. Goldstein serves on the editorial boards of Development, Development Dynamics, Molecular Biology of the Cell and BMC Developmental Biology and received a Pew Scholars Award in 2000, A March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Scholars Award in 2000, and a Philip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement in 2005. He was named a Visiting Fellow and Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University and a Guggenheim Fellow in 2007. The event occurs on Monday, May 11 at the Cox Science Building, room 166 at 12:20 p.m.

Spring has returned and nature beckons discovery and exploration—even in art form. The annual two-part UM Student/Master of Fine Arts Exhibitions are viewable at the Lowe Art Museum. Also on view: UM’s Faculty Exhibition, featuring Carsten Meier’s Naturell. A preview and reception for the juried student exhibition and Naturell will be held Friday, April 17 from 7 to 10 p.m. The evening will be highlighted with a special lecture by Meier. A preview reception for the MFA exhibition, on view from May 14-June 14, will be held Wednesday, May 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. Both receptions are free and open to the public. Regular admission to the Lowe (not including special events) is $10; $5 for seniors and non-UM students; and free for Lowe Art Museum members, UM students, faculty and staff, and children under 12 years of age. For more information, call 305-284-3535 or visit www.lowemuseum.org.