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MOCB Seminar Series

Wednesdays, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
1103 Bioscience Building
(unless otherwise noted)

Spring 2008

DATE SPEAKER TITLE OF TALK SPONSOR
01/30/08 Mihai Pop
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
University of Maryland		 Exploring the microbial world using computers Pick
02/06/08 Jiuzhou Song
University of Maryland
Animal & Avian Sciences		 Epigenetic analysis of neoplastic disease resistance in chickens. Pick
02/13/08 Elissa Lei
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892		 RNA silencing and higher order chromatinorganization. Pick
02/20/08 Osnat Herzberg
Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology		 Swiveling domains in phosphotransfer reactions. Pick
02/27/08 Lisa Taneyhill
University of Maryland		 A critical role for Cadherin6B during avian neural crest emigration. Pick
03/05/08 Dr. Cristian I. Castillo-Davis, Ph.D.
Department of Biology		 A tale of 12 species: molecular evolution of the phototransduction network in the genus Drosophila Pick
03/12/08 Gregory B. Martin
Institute for Plant Research
Cornell University		 Pseudomonas type III effectors use multiple mechanisms to promote bacterial virulence on plants Xiao
03/19/08
No Seminar (Spring Break)
    
03/26/08
No Seminar (Canceled)
   
04/02/08 William E. Bentley
Fischell Department of Bioengineering, UMCP
Center for Biosystems Research, UMBI

Interrogating Bacterial Communication Networks - Biological Basis and Applications  
04/09/08 Duojia Pan, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine		 Hippo signaling in organ size control Pick
04/16/08
David O’Brochta
Center for Biosystems Research
Transposable elements in mosquitoes: dynamics, natural history, applications.
 
04/23/08
Caroline C. Philpott
 M.D. Chief, Genetics and Metabolism Section Liver Diseases Branch, NIDDK, NIH
 Pumping Iron: The Response to Iron Deficiency in Saccharomyces cerevisiae  
05/07/08
Espen E. Spangenburg
Department of Kinesiology
The critical role of IGF-I signaling in myoblast function
 
05/14/08
postponed to 5/21
   
05/21/08 Alison McBride, PhD National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland		 Hitchhiking on chromosomes: how papillomaviruses persist Pick
05/28/08

updated 10-6-07
   


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