Lecture on Sense of Smell

Gray whale skull.\Photo courtesy of Pratt Museum.

The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) is kicking off its Summer Seminar Series with a talk by Deborah Bird, a graduate student of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California at Los Angeles.  Defying her surname, Bird specializes in studying mammals, and in particular their sense of smell.

Her talk, “Olfaction written in bone:  Clues to the mammalian sense of smell found in skull morphology,” takes place at 4 p.m. in the Boathouse Auditorium at OIMB.  The talk is open to the public, while aimed at scientists, and is free.

To reach the auditorium, park on Boat Basin Road near the OIMB campus (63466 Boat Basin Rd.) and walk past the Coast Guard housing.  For more information about this talk or the seminar series, call (541) 888-2581 or e-mail oimb@uoregon.edu.