BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

    RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES

         SPRING QUARTER 2008

 

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE/TOPIC

HOST

Mon, April 7

4:10 pm

Walter Rotunda

Prof. David W. Pfennig

Department of Biology

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

’ECOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT AND THE ORIGINS OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Graduate

Students

Mon, April 14

4:10 pm

Irvine 159

Dr. Edward D. Hall, Director

Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center

University of Kentucky Medical Center

 

"Acute Spinal Cord Injury:  A Devastating But Treatable Disorder"

Ed Rowland

Mon, April 21

4:10 pm

Irvine 159

Dr. Wolfgang Maret

Division of Human Nutrition, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

“CELLULAR REDOX CONTROL OF ZINC POTENTIAL AND ZINC SIGNALS”

Bob

Colvin

Mon, April 28

4:10 pm

Irvine 159

Sonia Doi, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Nephrology Research Lab

Department of Medicine

Uniformed Services University

“Early inflammatory response via innate immune system in bGH mouse kidney disease”

Karen Coschigano

Mon, May 5

4:10 pm

Walter Hall

Room 245

Dr. Kevin Reynolds

Chair of Chemistry

Portland State University, Oregon

“CONTROL OF BACTERIAL FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS THROUGH THE ELONGATION STEPS”

Shawn

Chen

Mon, May 12

4:10 pm

Irvine 159

Dr. Joseph Shaw

School of Public & Environmental Affairs and the Center for Genomics & Bioinformatics

Indiana University

Topic: Environmental Toxicology of Metals

Pat

Hassett

Mon, May 19

4:10 pm

Irvine 159

Dr. David Senseman

Department of Biology

University of Texas San Antonio

“TURTLES MAKING WAVES: CORTICAL PROCESSING

OF VISUAL INFORMATION”

Ellengene

Peterson

Mon, May 26

HOLIDAY

 

 

Mon, June 2

4:10 pm

Irvine 159

Dr. Emily  Ho

Nutrition and Exercise Sciences

Oregon State University

(co-sponsored by the Department

of Chemistry and Biochemistry)

“Influence of zinc status on DNA integrity, oxidative stress and cancer risk”

Shiyong Wu