Life
Science Seminar Schedule Archive
October 2000/ November 2000/ December 2000/ January 2001/ February 2001/ March 2001/ April 2001/ May 2001
SEPTEMBER 2000
September 1 ~ Dr. Gregory Petsko~ Brandeis University ~ The trouble with hydrogens. ~ Chemistry - 3:45PM, 103 Schlundt Hall
September 1 ~ Dr. Arthur Zangerl~ University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana~ Parsnips and webworms: Plots and subplots in a story of plant-herbivore coevolution. ~ Ecology, Evolution & Behavior - 3:00, 2-7 Agriculture Bldg.
September 5 ~ Dr. Jacqueline Berning~ University of Colorado ~ Sports nutrition update: Supplements and functional foods for athletes. ~ Nutritional Sciences - 7:30 PM, Jesse Wrench Auditorium in Memorial Union
September 6 ~ Dr. Thomas Sharpe~ Office of Research, MU ~ Benefits of patenting and commercializing inventions of the University's research faculty. ~ Plant Microbiology and Pathology - 3:00 PM, 200 Waters Hall
September 6 ~ Dr. Susanne Renner~ UMSL~ Repreated evolution of dioecy from monoecy in Siparunaceae. ~ Ecology, Evolution & Behavior - 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
September 6 ~ Dr. William Obermeyer~ Vice President for Research, ConsumerLab.com ~ What every consumer should know about dietary supplements. ~ Nutritional Sciences - 7:30 PM,M105 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 7 ~ Dr. William Obermeyer~ Vice President for Research, ConsumerLab.com~ What dietary supplements are our patients taking?: Implications for liability. ~ Nutritional Sciences - 10:00 AM, N214/215 Memorial Union
September 7 ~ Dr. Yamini Tripathi~ Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India ~ Holistic approach of Ayurvedic and herbal medicines with reference to diabetes and nervous disorders. ~ Pharmacology - 2:30 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 8 ~ Dr. John Erdman Jr.~ University of Illinois ~ Lycopene, tomato products and prostate cancer. ~ Nutritional Sciences - 10:00 AM,MA217 Acuff Auditorium, Medical Sciences Bldg
September 8 ~ Dr. Marcus Chambers~ Altus Food Company, Chicago ~ An insider's view of functional foods: From development to marketing ~ Nutritional Sciences - 3:00 PM,209 Gwynn Hall
September 11 ~ Dr. Calvin Hale~ Dalton Cardiovascular Center, MU ~ A novel expression system for membrane proteins. ~ Pharmacology - 11:00 AM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 11 ~ Dr. Robert Ortmann~ NIAMS, National Institutes of Health ~ Cytokine REgulatory patterns in a mouse model of infammatory arthritis. ~ Immunology and Rheumatology - 2:30 AM, MA217 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 11 ~ Dr. Senyon Cloe~ Salk Institute ~ Structural insights into K channel tetramerization and regulation. ~ Biochemistry - 3:30 AM, MA217 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 12 ~ Dr. Steve Nothwehr~ Division of Biological Sciences, MU~ Protein sorting in eukaryotic cells: mechanisms of membrane protein localization to the yeast trans-Golgi network. ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
September 12 ~ Iyad Hatem, Thesis Defense~ Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, MU~ Cartilage segmentation in vertebra images. ~ Biological Engineering/F21C - 4:00 PM, 105 Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
September 13 ~ Dr. Ken Tourjee~ Plant Microbiology and Pathology, MU ~ Genetics of life history traits of soybean cyst nematode. ~ Plant Microbiology and Pathology - 3:00 PM, 200 Waters Hall
September 13 ~ Dr, G.M. Reddy~ Osmania University, India ~ Transgenic crops- prospects and problems in developing countries. ~ Agronomy - 3:00 PM, 207 Curtis Hall
September 14 - Student Seminar ~ Supriya Srinivasan~ Genetics Area Program, MU~ Understanding developmentally regulated secretion through proteomics: A global analysis of the Dictyotelium prespore vesicle. ~ Genetics Area Program - Noon, 2-10 Agriculture Bldg.
September 14 ~ Dr. Tim Olmassov~ Monsanto~ Regulation of eukaryotic gene expression using bacterial quorum sensing systems. ~ Interdisciplinary Plant Group - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
September 15 ~ Dr. John Trumble~ University of California-Riverside~ Furanocoumarins, food safety, and celery. ~ UM Center for Phytonutrient and Phytochemical Studies. - 3:00, 2-7 Agriculture Bldg.
September 18 ~ Dr. Matthew Mulvey~ Washington University School of Medicine ~ Interplay between host defenses and bacterial pathogens within the urinary tract. ~ Molecular Microbiology & Immunology - 9:30 AM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 18 ~ Dr. Raghoottamas Pandurangi~ Department of Chemistry, MU ~ Pharmacologically potent receptor based noninvasive diagnostic probes: Assessment of viability of dysfunctional yet viable myocardium. ~ Pharmacology - 11:00 AM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 19 ~ Dr. Mannie Liscum~ Division of Biological Sciences, MU~ Phototropism: Light-perception signal transduction, hormone responses, and changes in gene expression. ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
September 20 ~ Dr. Pam Diggle~ University of Colorado~ A developmental approach to the analysis of floral form and function: Separating phenotypic plasicity from acrhitectural effects. ~ Ecology, Evolution & Behavior - 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
September 21 ~ Dr. George Rottinghaus~ Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, MU~ Introduction to the Botanical Center Anaylytical Core and what it can do for you. ~ UM Center for Phytonutrient and Phytochemical Studies. - noon, S-203 Memorial Union
September 21 ~ Dr. Stephen Jones~ Washington State University~ Corporate biotech: the new Peace Corps? ~ Genetics Area Program - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
September 21 ~ Dr. Chris Woodman~ Dept. of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, MU ~ Cardiovascular adaptations to physical inactivity: molecular to integrative. ~ Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM,209 Gwynn Hall
September 25 ~ Dr. Grace Sun~ Department of Biochemistry, MU ~ Phospholipases A2 in astrocytes: Response to oxidative and inflammatory stress. ~ Pharmacology - 11:00 AM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 25 ~ Dr. Jan Jaworski~ Miami University ~ Engineering of Arabidopsis FAE1, a fatty acid elongnase condensing enzyme. ~ Biochemistry - 3:30 AM, MA217 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 26 ~ Dr. Ting-Xie~ Stowers Institute of Medical Research.~ The Drosophila ovary: an in vivo system for studying stem cell niches. ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
September 26 ~ DRs. Phil Kerr and Andreas Altemueller~ Protein Technologies International~ Who we are and what we do -- An example of biotechnology in the food industry. ~ Biological Engineering/F21C - 4:00 PM, 105 Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
September 27 ~ Dr. Kevin Gillis~ Dept. of Physiology, MU ~ The Lab-on-a-chip concept: Applications of microsystems technology in the life sciences. ~ Physiology - 2:30 AM, MA437 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 27 ~ Dr. Jim Anderson~ University of Toronto~ Fungal evolution in a test tube: drug resistance and fitness. ~ Plant Microbiology and Pathology - 3:00 PM, 200 Waters Hall
September 27 ~ Dr. Phil Stoddard~ Florida International University~ Shocking fish tales: Lessons from electric fish on the evolution of signal complexity. ~ Ecology, Evolution & Behavior - 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
September 28 ~ Dr. Robert Hickner~ East Carolina University ~ Effects of exercise on the suppression of lipolysis by insulin. ~ Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM,209 Gwynn Hall
September 29-CANCELLED! ~ Dr. Kathryn Tosney~ University of Michigan ~ How guidance cues alter the growth cone, navigating organ of the neuron. ~ > Neuroscience - 3:15 PM, MA217 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 29 ~ LIFE SCIENCES CAREER WORKSHOP~ Dr. John Inglis ~Director, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Careers in science publishing. ~ - 3:30 PM, 2-10 Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
OCTOBER 2000
October 2 ~ Dr. Laszlo Csanady~ Semmelweis University ~ Exploring the role of CFTR's R domain using severed channels. ~ Physiology - 10:00 AM, MA437 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 2 ~ Dr. George Smith~ Dept. of Biological Sciences, MU ~ Combinatorial biotechnology in basic & applied life sciences. ~ Biochemistry - 3:30 AM, MA217 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 4 ~ Dr. William Schrage~ Dept. of Physiology, MU ~ Flow-induced dilation in skeletal muscle resistance arteries after cardiovascular deconditioning. ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M615 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 4 ~ Dr. Hiro Hasegawa~ Plant Microbiology and Pathology, MU ~ Molecular properties of alternate sigma factor, SigmaE. ~ Plant Microbiology and Pathology - 3:00 PM, 200 Waters Hall
October 4 ~ Dr. Chris Caruso~ Grinnell College~ Competition for pollination and the evolution of floral trails in Ipomopsis aggregata. ~ Ecology, Evolution & Behavior - 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
October 5 ~ Dr. Douglas Bowles~ College of Veterinary Medicine, MU ~ Influence of gender on arterial smooth muscle. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
October 5 ~ Dr. Robert Mazzeo~ University of Colorado ~ Metabolic and hormonal adaptations to high altitude in men and women. ~ Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM,209 Gwynn Hall
October 9 ~ Dr. Joe Dixon~ Dalton Cardiovascular Center, MU ~ Severity of atherosclerosis in diabetic yucatan swine is strongly associated with plasma lipid-enriched ApoB-lipoproteins. ~ Pharmacology - 11:00 AM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 10 ~ Dr. Jan Paca~ University of Chemical Technology, Prague~ Consequences of starvation stress on yeast physiology and metabolism during phenol dissimilation. ~ Biological Engineering/F21C - 4:00 PM, 105 Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
October 10 ~ Dr. Honghui Wan~ NAtional Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH~ Statistics of compositional complexity in biological sequences and sequence databases. ~ Bioinformatics for Crop Genomics - 4:00 PM, Engineering Bldg.West Auditorium
October 11 ~ Dr. Chad Hancock~ Dept. of Physiology, MU ~ Skeletal adaptation to mechanical stimuli. ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 12 - Student Seminar ~ Jennifer Cooper~ Genetics Area Program, MU~ Gene expression analysis in aneuploid maize. ~ Genetics Area Program - Noon, 2-10 Agriculture Bldg.
October 12 ~ Dr. Frank Booth~ Dept. of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, MU ~ IGF-1 rescues inactivity-produced atrophy in old skeletal muscle. ~ Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM,209 Gwynn Hall
October 13 ~ Dr. Tommy Phelps ~ Oak Ridge National Laboratory ~ Gas Hydrates Carbon Sequestration and Global Climate Change: The 2000 Debates and the 21st Century issues. ~ Geology - 9:00 AM, 208 Geological Sciences Bldg.
October 13 ~ Dr. Rex Cocroft~ MU~ Communication and cooperation in group-living insects. ~ Ecology, Evolution & Behavior - 3:00, 2-7 Agriculture Bldg.
October 16 ~ Dr. Keith Byington~ Dept. of Pharmacology, MU ~ Do the phosphorylated catecholamines have mechanisitic roles? ~ Pharmacology - 11:00 AM, MA558 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 16 ~ Dr. Barbara Golden~ Purdue University ~ A blurry vision of the tetrahymena ribozyme catalytic core. ~ Biochemistry - 3:30 AM, MA217 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 17 ~ Qiagen Workshop ~ Deborah Brinby, Ph.D. ~ Critical factors for successful PCR and RT-PCR. ~ -2:30 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 18 ~ Gabor Forgacs, Ph.D. ~ Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Columbia ~ Viscoelastic properties of cells and tissues and their biological relevance. ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 18 ~ Dr. Chris Schardl~ University of Kentucky ~ Origins and roles of alkaloid biosynthesis genes in mutualistic fungal endophytes. ~ Plant Microbiology and Pathology - 3:00 PM, 200 Waters Hall
October 19 ~ M. Harold Laughlin, Ph.D. ~ Chair of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, MU ~ Some effects of exercise training on endothelium and vascular smooth muscle are gender-dependent ~ href="http://www.cvm.missouri.edu/"> Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, Auditorium Veterinary Medicine Building
October 19 ~ Dr. Dave Somers~ Ohio State University~ ZEITLUPE, a novel signaling component of the Arabidopsis circadian clock system. ~ Genetics Area Program - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
October 19 ~ Dr. Tom Thomas~ Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, MU ~ Role of exercise in minimizing the effects of fat ingestion. ~ Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM,209 Gwynn Hall
October 20 ~ Faculty Workshop ~ Tobias
Baskin ~ Department of Biology, MU
~ Putting words in their place: Making choices for clearer writing.
~
- 2PM, N-208
Memorial
Union
October 20 ~ Life Sciences Career
Workshop~ Caroline Zervos ~ FBI Lab Division
- 3:30 PM, 2-10
Agriculture Bldg. October 23 ~ Joachim Reidl, Ph.D. ~
Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Wuerzburg
~ Haemosphilus influenzae and Vibrio cholerae: host/pathogen
adaptation. Bacterial physiology and surface structures ~
Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology - 1PM M615
Medical Sciences Bldg October 23 ~ Dr. Shi-Jie Chen~ Dept. of
Biological Physics, MU
~ RNA folding energy landscapes. ~
Biochemistry - 3:30 AM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg October 24 ~ Dr. Geoff Galef~
McMaster University~ Social influences on choice of foods by Norway
rats and choice of sex parner by Japanese quail.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall October 24 ~ Dr. Michael Grandbois ~
Department of Physics and Astronomy, MU
~ Addressing single molecular events using the atomic force
microscope. ~
~
Biological Engineering/F21C - 4PM, 105
Agricultural Engineering Bldg. October 25 ~ Steven F. Nothwehr, Ph.D ~
Department of Biological Sciences, MU.
~ Protein sorting in eukaryotic cells: Mechanisms of membrane protein
localization to the yeast trans-golgi network. ~
href="http://www.muhealth.org/~pharmacology/">
Pharmacology - 2:00 AM, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg October 25 ~ Dr. Jim Dalling~
University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana~ TBA
~ Ecology,
Evolution &
Behavior
- 4:00, 106
Lefevre Hall October 26 ~ Susan Biggins, Ph.D. ~ Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute Division of Basic Sciences
~ The role of the Ip11/aurora kinase in chromosome segregation and the
spindle of checkpoint ~
Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology - 1:00 PM M615
Medical Sciences Bldg October 26 ~ Barry Prior, Ph.D. ~
Dept. of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, MU
~ Functional magnetic resonance imaging of skeletal muscle. ~
href="http://www.cvm.missouri.edu/">
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building October 26 ~ Dr. Craig Pikaard ~
Department of Biology, Washington University
~ Nucleolar dominance: molecular and chromosomal factors controlling
rRNA gene silencing in genetic hybrids. ~
Physiology and Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall October 30 ~ Ji-Hee Seok ~ Dept. of
Pharmacology, MU ~ Stimulation of Intestinal; Chloride Secretion by
the Guanylin Family of Peptides. ~
Pharmacology - 11:00 AM, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg CANCELLED--October 30 ~ Dr. Kevin Bertrand~
Washington State University
~ Multidrug efflux systems in Ecoli. ~
Biochemistry - 3:30 AM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg October 31 ~ Dr. Tim Collins~
Arizona State University~ Pathogen and the global decline of
amphibians.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall NOVEMBER
2000
November 1 ~ Kirk Abraham ~ University of
Missouri-Columbia ~ Health Effects of Alcohol Consumption. ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437
Medical Sciences Bldg November 1 ~ Dr. Chris Haufler~
University of Kansas~ Modes and mechanisms of speciation in
Pteridophytes: Implications of contrasting tempos in temperate and
tropical habitats.
~ Ecology,
Evolution &
Behavior
- 4:00, 106
Lefevre Hall November 2 ~ Dr. Chalres Brown ~
Dept. of Veterinary Pathobiology, MU
~ Immunopathology in experimental lyme arthritis. ~
Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology - 1PM M615
Medical Sciences Bldg November 2 ~ Dr. Wade Welshons ~
Dept. of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, MU
~ Why the environmental estrogen bisphenol A is weak in the adult
yet strong in the fetus. ~
href="http://www.cvm.missouri.edu/">
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building November 2 ~ Dr. Monica Fabiani~
Dept. of Psychology, MU
~ Changes in memory in normal aging: Evidence from
electrophysiology. ~
Neuroscience - 3:15 PM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg November 2 ~ Dr. Terri Dunahay~ International
Trade Specialist, USDA
~ Agricultural biotechnology and international trade. ~
Biochemistry and Physiology - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall November 6 ~ Mary L. Thomas Ph.D.~ Department
of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch at
Galveston
~ Molecular and behavioral approaches to understanding estrogen
modulation of psychostimulant actions. ~
Pharmacology - 11:00 AM, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg November 6 ~ Spencer Leigh~ Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology Department, MU
~Identification and analysis of the mycoplasma fermentans P29
adhesin. ~
- 1:00 PM, M437
Medical Sciences Bldg November 6 ~ Dr. Steven Dowdy~ Washington
University Medical Center
~ Regulation of the G1 phase of the cell cycle and transduction of
proteins into mouse models. ~
Biochemistry - 3:30 AM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg November 7 ~ Dr. Lori Allison~
Bacterial-type transcription factors inplants: How the nucleus
regulates chloroplast gene expression.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall November 7 ~ Dr.C.I. Onwulata ~
Eastern Regional Research Center, USDA~ Solving complex
agricultural problems through extrusion processing.
~ Biological Engineering/F21C
- 4:00 PM, 105
Agricultural Engineering Bldg. November 8 Student Seminar~ Carol Witczak ~
Dept. of
Physiology, MU~ Amyloid beta-peptide-induced toxicity in
alzheimer's disease. ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437
Medical Sciences Bldg November 8 ~ Dr. Ari Jumpponen~
Kansas State University
~ Non-mycorrhizal root endophytic fungi; who are they and what do
they do? ~
Plant Microbiology and Pathology - 3:00 PM, 200
Waters Hall November 8 ~ Dr. Jim Hunt ~
UMSL~ Developmental correlates of caste and the origin of wasp
sociality.
~ Ecology,
Evolution &
Behavior
- 4:00, 106
Lefevre Hall November 9 - Student Seminar ~ Kevin Day~
Genetics Area Program, MU~ Do phytoestrogens alter tumor
progression through and ER-alpha mediated pathway by changing DNA
methylation patterns? ~ Genetics Area Program
- Noon, 2-10
Agriculture Bldg. November 9 ~ Dr. Steve Britton ~
Medical College of Ohio
~ Rat genetic models of physical capacity. ~
href="http://www.cvm.missouri.edu/">
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building November 9 ~ Dr. Brian Kotzin~
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
~ Genetics basis of systemic lupus erythematosus. ~
Research Day 2000 Medical Research Lectures - noon, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg November 9 ~ Dr. J. Thomas Cunningham~
Dept. of Physiology, MU
~ Regulation of vasopressin secreting hypothalamic neurons in
normal and pathophysiological states. ~
Research Day 2000 Medical Research Lectures - 3:30 PM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg November 9 ~ Dr. Ann Hirsh~ UCLA
~ Bacteria and plant roots: sticking together. ~
Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Group- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall November 13 ~ Dr. Richard Trealease~
Arizona State University
~ Sorting/targeting of membrane & matrix proteins to plant
peroxisomes. ~
Biochemistry - 3:30 AM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg November 14 ~ THESIS DEFENSE: Karen M. Haas~
MU Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Department
~ The induction and regulation of bovine B lymphocyte responses. ~
Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology - 1:00 PM, M437
Medical Sciences Bldg November 14 ~ Dr. Edgar Splalding~
University of Wisconsin- Madison~Arabidopsis ion channels involved
in plant nutrition and signal transduction.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall November 15> ~ Prof. John Markwell~ University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, Dept. of Biochemistry
~ Adventures in distance education: science education and trends in
distance education.~
Interdisciplinary Plant Group - 12PM, 28
Schweitzer
Hall November 15 ~ Dr. James McCarter ~ Washington
University
~ Identification and characterization of 1860 transcripts expressed
in root knot nematode. ~
Plant Microbiology and Pathology - 3:00 PM, 200
Waters Hall November 16 ~ Frank W. Booth, Ph.D.~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, MU
~ Health Consequences of Physical Activity. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, Auditorium (E126)
Veterinary Medicine Building November 16 ~ Dr. Jeff Skolnick~
Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis~ TBA
~ Genetics Area
Program
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall CANCELLED-November 16 ~ Dr. James Hagberg~
University of Maryland
~ Genetics of exercise training adaptations in humans. ~
Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM,209
Gwynn Hall November 17 - THESIS DEFENSE ~ Guochun Li~
Genetics Area Program, MU~ Genes and pathways mediating the
cytotoxicity of the anticancer drug cisplatin in Dictyostelium
discoideum. ~ Genetics Area Program
~2:00 P.M., 115 Tucker Hall
November 17 ~ Dr. Conrad Labandeira~
Smithsonian Institution~ The generation of associational diversity
on land: Insects and plants during the past 420 million years. ~ Ecology,
Evolution &
Behavior
- 3:00, 2-7
Agriculture Bldg. November 20 ~ Dr. Frank Booth~
Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, MU
~ IGF-I rescues old skeletal muscle failing to regrow from disuse
atrophy. ~
Dalton Cardiovascular Research Seminar Series - Noon, 133
Dalton November 20> ~ Seth S. Ririe~ UMC-Molecular
Biology and Immunology Dept.
~ Structure and function of the rat alpha1(I) procollagen gene
polypyrimidine promoter region. ~
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology - 1:00 PM, M437
Medical Sciences Bldg November 27 ~ Dr. Tim Huang~
Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, MU
~ Profiling of epigenetic alterations in breast cancer using CpG
island microarray. ~
Pharmacology - 11:00 AM, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg November 27> ~ Paul van Haaren~ Department of
Medical Physics, University of Amsterdam
~ Role of the glycocalyx in endothelial cell ligand receptor
interaction. ~
Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center - 12:00 PM, 133
Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center November 28 ~ Dissertation Defense -Bryan J.
Williams~ MU-Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Department
~ Discovery and characterization of the HP2 phage in Haemophilus
influenzae. ~
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology - 9:30 AM, M437
Medical Sciences Bldg November 28 ~ Dissertation Defense -Brent T.
Page~ Biological Sciences, MU ~ The study and comparison of maize
centromeric sequences. ~
Division of Biological
Sciences
- 10:00 AM, 112
Lefevre Hall November 28 ~ Ma. Xenia Garcia, Thesis
Defense~ Division of Biological Sciences, MU~ Regulation and role
of catalase antioxidant enzymes during development and in response to
oxidative stress in Dictyostelium discoideum. ~ Division
of Biological Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall November 28 ~ Dr. Richard Kolodner~
Genetic control of genome stability. ~ Roma Eisenstark Memorial
Lecture in Cancer Research
- 3:30 PM,
Jesse Wrench Auditorium, Memorial Union November 29 ~ Student Seminar -Roberta M.
Magai~ MU-Department of Pharmacology
~ Ethanol and endothelial phospholipids. ~
Pharmacology - 1:00
PM, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg November 29 ~Dissertation Defense- Kailiang
Jia~ Genetics Area Program, MU
~ DAF-9, a cytochrome P450 regulating C. elegans larval development and
adult longevity. ~
Genetics Area
Program
- 2:00 PM, 322
Tucker
Hall November 29 ~ Tom Lyons~ MU-Department of
Molecular Biology
~ Mining the yeast genome for zinc regulated genes. ~
Molecular Biology
Program - 2:30 PM, MA 437
Medical Sciences Bldg November 29 ~ Dr. Walter Gassmann~ Plant
Microbiology and Pathology, MU
~ Molecular mechanisms of plant disease resistance and bacterial
pthogenicity. ~
Plant Microbiology and Pathology - 3:00 PM, 200
Waters Hall November 30 ~ Dr. Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes~
Agricultural Economics, MU
~ Economic and environmental impacts of first generation
agrobiotechnology. ~ Biotechnology & Sociaety Working Group-
Noon, N-208
Memorial
Union November 30 ~ Student Seminar-Christian
Carlson~ University of Texas-Houston, Integrative Biology
~ Temoral analysis of PI-3 kinase and MAPK signal transduction during
skeletal muscle overload. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 12:45 PM, E125
Veterinary Medicine Building November 30 ~ Dr. Feng Zhou~
Indiana University School of Medicine
~ The serotonergic system and its signaling during development. ~
Neuroscience - 3:15 PM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg November 30 ~ Dr. Bertrand Lemieux~
University of Delaware, Plant & Soil Science
~ Genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms with DNA arrays. ~
Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Group - 3:30 PM,
18
Tucker
Hall DECEMBER
2000
December 1 ~ Tom McBride and Brian Stierwalt
~ Careers in patent law and intellectual property. ~
Life Science Career Workshop - 3:30 PM, 2-10
Agriculture Bldg. December 4 ~ Dr. Daniel Sullivan~
NHLBI/National Institutes of Health, Maryland
~ Agonist-induced protein oxidation: a signal transduction
strategy? ~
Pharmacology - 11:00 AM, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg December 5 ~ Dr. Sakis Theoligis~ Plant Gene
Expression Center~ Auxin signaling.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall December 5 ~ Dr. Karen Grenus~ Griffith
Laboratories U.S.A.
~ Product development case study. ~
Biological
Engineering - 4:00 PM, 105
Agricultural
Engineering Bldg December 6 ~ Dr. Jim Wiley~ University of
Sydney, Australia, Hematology Department
~ A single nucleotide polymorphism in the human P2X7 receptor gene
gives a non-functional channel. ~
Biochemistry - 11:30 AM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg December 6 ~Student Seminar- Shunda
Irons-Brown~ MU Department of Physiology
~ Identification of post-synaptic receptors mediating eighth nerve
function. ~
Physiology - 2:30PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg December 6 ~ Dr. Jeanne Erickson ~ Plant
Microbiology and Pathology, MU
~ Applications of real-time quantitative PCR to environmental
microbiology. ~
Plant Microbiology and Pathology - 3:00 PM, 200
Waters Hall December 6 ~ Dr. Michael Kelrick~
Truman State University~ TBA
~ Ecology,
Evolution &
Behavior
- 4:00, 106
Lefevre Hall December 7 ~Student Seminar- J. Scott
Pattison~ MU Veterinary biomedical sciences
~ Analysis of affymetrix microarrays. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building December 7 ~ Dr. Philip Haydon~
Iowa State University
~ Astrocyte-induced synaptic modulation. ~
Neuroscience - 3:15 PM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg December 7 ~ Drs. Ed Rucker and Eric
Antoniou~
Dept. of Animal Sciences, MU~ Animal science in the twenty-first
century.
~ Genetics Area
Program
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall December 8 ~ Dr. William Lacy~ University of
California-Davis, Vice-Provost-University Outreach and International
Programs
~ Issues, concerns, and benefits of commercialization of university
research. ~ MU Lectures Committee
- 3:00 PM
Memorial
Union. December 11 ~ Dr. Annayya Aroor~
Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, India
~ Ethonol and nuclear signaling in hepatocytes. ~
Pharmacology - 11:00 AM, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg December 12 ~ Dr. Daryll DeWald~ Utah State
University~ Phosphoinositide signaling facilitates plant adaptation
to environmental stress.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall December 13 ~ Dr. Martin K. Childers~ MU-PM&R
department
~ Are dystrophin-deficient myofibers preferentially injured by
eccentric contractions? ~
Physiology - 2:30PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg December 14 - Student Seminar ~ Latisha
Love-Gregory~
Genetics Area Program, MU~ Prevalance of the Y383N defect in
non-mennonite Maple Syrup Urine disease patients: Founder effect or de
novo event? ~ Genetics Area Program
- Noon, Location TBA
December 14 ~ Dr. Johannes Schul~
Div. of Biological Sciences, MU
~ Temporal pattern recognition: a fresh look at the concept of rate
filters. ~
Neuroscience - 3:15 PM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg
JANUARY
2001 January 8 ~ Dr. John Roth~ University of Utah
~ Gene amplification catastrophe: A unified model to explain
adaptive mutation in bacteria with relvance to the origins of cancer.
~
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology - 9:30 AM, M437
Medical Sciences Bldg January 8 ~Dr. Jack Rall~
Ohio State University~ Modulation of the calcium signal transducer
troponin C: Effects on contraction and relaxation in skeletal muscle.
~ Dalton
Cardiovascular Research Center
- noon, 133
Dalton
January 11 - Student Seminar ~ Daniel Maingi~
Genetics Area Program, MU~ Developing transgenic sweetpotato plants
with resistance to sweet potato weevils. ~ Genetics Area Program
- 12:30 p.m., 115 Tucker
Hall.
January 18 ~Dr. Kelly Dawe ~
University of Georgia~ TBA
~ Genetics Area
Program
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall
January 19 ~ John Trumbull~ Arcturus
Engineering Inc.
~ Laser capture microdissection (LCM) for collecting single cells from
fixed tissue, allowing molecular analysis of pure populations. ~
Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:00PM, Adams Conference Center
Veterinary
Medical Building January 24 ~ Dr. Peter Gillespie~ Oregon
Health Sciences University
~ Channels, springs, motors, and pumps: The nuts and bolts of auditory.
~
Physiology - 9:30 AM, M437
Medical Sciences Bldg January 24 ~ Dr. Daniel P. Schachtman~ CSIRO
Division of Plant Industry, Adelaide, Australia
~ Manipulating plant ion transporter structure and function to reduce
sodium chloride accumulation under saline conditions. ~
Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Group- 12:00PM,
213/215 Benton/Bingham Room
Memorial Union January 24 ~ Dr. Cindy Richards~
Biotechnology
Communications Coordinator Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
(CAST)
~ The role of scientists in communicating with the public on food and
agricultural biotechnology. ~
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources - 2:00PM, Auditorium
Memorial Union January 25 ~ Dr. Elizabeth Rogers~ Dartmouth
College
~ Molecular characterization of iron deficiency responses in
plants. ~
Nutritional Sciences - 10:00AM, 209
Gwynn Hall January 25 ~ Dr. M. Harold Laughlin~ Chair of
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, MU
~ Ethics and fraud in research: is science a dispassionate pursuit of
truth. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building January 25 ~ Dr. Kristen Bruk Artinger~
Harvard Medical School
~ Formation of the neural plate border in zebrafish and xenopus. ~
Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall ="Arial">January 26 ~ Visiting Bioethicist: Dr. Tim
Hall~ University of
Vermont
~ Innocent beneficiaries, the right to life, and abortion. ~
Molecular Biology Program- 9:00 AM,
S204
Memorial Union ="Arial">January 26 ~ Visiting Bioethicist: Dr. Tim
Hall~ University of
Vermont
~ Killing, letting die, the denial of resources. ~
Philosophy-3:00 PM,
320
General Classroom Building January 26 ~ Dr. Allen B. Edmundson~ Head of
Crystallography Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
~ Designing antibodies for human therapy along sound chemical
principles-Do mice help?. ~
Chemistry - 3:30PM, 103
Schlundt Hall January 29 ~ Yuan Wang~ MU School of
Medicine, Dept. of Pharmacology, Graduate Research Assistant
~ Uroguanylin and cGMP signaling: a pathway for regulating intestinal
epithelial renewal. ~
Pharmacology - 11:00 AM, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg Janury 29 - Edward Weinstein~
Oncology/Pharmacolgy Department, Monsanto Co.
~ The involvement of heregulin and neu in mammary gland carcinomas.
~
Biochemistry - 3:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg ="Arial">January 30 ~ Visiting Bioethicist: Dr.
Karen Maschke
~ The gene trials: Ethical dilemmas, policy issues, and regulatory
oversight. ~
Molecular Biology Program- 9:00 AM,
S204
Memorial Union January 30 ~ Dr. Neal Hessler~ University of
California- San Francisco
~ Neural signals involved in vocal learning and communication of
songbirds. ~Division of
Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall January 30 ~ Dr. Gabor Forgacs~ MU Physics
Dept.
~ Biomechanics of the extracellular matrix. ~
Physics - 4:00PM, 105
Agricultural Engineering Bldg. January 31 ~ Dr. Matthew Lucy~ MU-Animal
Science Dept.
~ Regulation of ovarian follicular development by growth hormone and
insulin-like growth factors. ~
Physiology - 2:30PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg FEBRUARY
2001
February 1 ~ Dr. Peter Wenner~ National Inst.
of Health
~ Characterization of an interneuron in the developing spinal cord:
insights to the development of neuronal networks. ~
Division of Biological
Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall February 1 - Kevin B. Hadley~ Biochemisrty
Graduate Student, MU-Nutritional Sciences Dept.
~ The effect of selenium status on liver selenoezyme activity and mRNA
levels in mammals and birds. ~
Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM, 209
Gwynn Hall February 5 ~ Dr. William Folk~
MU-Biochemistry Dept.
~ Use of translational miscoding to improve plant protein nutritive
value. ~
Biochemistry - 3:30PM, 18
Tucker Hall February 6 ~ Jennifer Liang~ Carnegie Inst.
of Washington
~ Nodal signals pattern the zebrafish nervous system: roles in the
ventral neural tube and brain asymmetry. ~Division of Biological
Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall February 7 ~
~ Panel discussion on exercise physiology: metabolic, molecular and
practical questions featuring UMC experts from veterinary biomedical
sciences, physiology, and nutrition. ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg ="Arial">February 8 ~ Visiting Bioethicist: Dr. Jim
Thobaben~ Asbury Thological Seminary, Kentucky
~ Risky responsibility: Moral culpability in agricultural
biotechnology. ~
Molecular Biology Program- 9:00 AM,
S206
Memorial Union February 8 - Dr. Mark Estes~ Associate
Professor, MU-Veterinary Pathobiology
~ Estrogen receptor mediated modulation of innate immune function.
~
- 12:00-1:00PM,
S203
Memorial Union February 8 - Student Seminar ~ Kailiang Jia~
Genetics Area Program, MU~ DAF-9, a cytochrome P450 regulation C.
elegans larval development and adult longevity. ~ Genetics Area Program
- 12:30 p.m., 115 Tucker
Hall.
February 12 ~ Dr. Frank Schmidt~ MU
Biochemistry Dept.
~ A combinatorial approach to development and signaling in a plant
pathogen. ~
Pharmacology - 11:00 -12:00, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg February 12 ~ Dr. Mike Roberts~ MU-Animal
Sciences and Biochemistry Departments, CuratorsU Professor
~ The interferon-tau, a rapidly evolving family of genes associated
with developing trophoblast and maternal recognition of pregnancy. ~
Biochemistry - 3:30PM, 18
Tucker Hall February 13 ~ Troy Zars~ Theodor-Boveri Inst.
Fur Biowissenschaften~ TBA~
Division of Biological
Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall February 13 ~ Prof. Ajit Sadana~ University
of Mississippi- Chemical Engineering Dept.
~ A fractal analysis of cardiac holter recordings to monitor diurnal
patterns and risk stratify family members.~
Food Science and Engineering Unit - 4:00PM, 105
Agricultural Engineering Bldg. February 14 ~ David Kump- MU Dept. of
Physiology
~ Energy in > energy out obesity: not just a simple equation or the
PGC-1 story. ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg February 15 ~ Dr. Jaya Pamidimukkala~ Dalton
Cardiovascular Research Center-MU
~ Of mice and gender. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building February 15 ~ Gary Dudley- ShepherdUs Spine
Institute, Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
~ I ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg
February 15 ~ Dr Susan Rosenberg~
Baylor College of Medicine, TX~ Molecular handles on adaptive
mutation.
~ Genetics Area
Program
- 3:30 PM, M437
Medical Sciences Bldg.
February 15 ~ Ayako Yamaguchi~ Columbia
University~ TBA~Division of
Biological
Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall February 15 - Dr. Dennis Winge~ University of
Utah
~ Metallochaperones for copper metallation of cytochrome c oxidase.
~
a href="http://web.missouri.edu/~nutsci/">
Nutritional Sciences February 16 ~ Dr. Xiao Xiao~ Dept. of
Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Gene Therapy Center-University of
Pittsburgh
~ The smallest viral vector vs. the largest gene: AAV mediated gene
therapy for muscular dystrophy. ~
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology - 1:00 PM, M615
Medical Sciences Bldg February 19 ~ Dr. Jack Wilmore~ Dept. of
Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University
~ Alterations in risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes
with exercise training: The heritage family study. ~
Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center - 12:00PM, 133
Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center February 19 ~ Dr. Peter Wolynes~ Depts. Of
Chemistry and Biochemistry- University of California-San Diego
~ The energy landscape theory of protein folding. ~
Biochemistry - 4:00 PM, 120
Physics Bldg February 20 ~ Lori Redmond~ John Hopkins
~ Molecular mechanisms of dendrite development: roles for notch and CaM
kinase IV. ~Division of
Biological
Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall February 21 ~ Dr. Michael Hansen~ Research
Associate- Consumers Union
~ Corporate bias and university research in the age of
biotechnology. ~
- 7:00 PM, Fisher Aud.
Gannett Hall February 22 ~ Mark Bee~ Doctoral Student
~ Voice recognition in bullfrogs. ~
Division of Biological
Sciences - 1:00 PM, 115
Tucker Hall February 22 ~ Dr. James A. Carson~ University
of South Carolina-Columbia, Dept. or Exercise Science
~ Load-induced gene expression at the onset of skeletal muscle
hypertrophy: is it time to define the limiting mechanisms. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building February 22 ~ Dr. Brian Shaw~ The
Neuroscience Institute
~ To crow like a chicken or a quail: exploring the neural underpinnings
of species differences in behavior. ~
Division of Biological
Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall February 22 - Dr. James Hagberg~ University
of Maryland-College Park
~ Genetics of exercise training adaptations in humans. ~
a href="http://web.missouri.edu/~nutsci/">
Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM, 209
Gwynn Hall February 23 ~ Dr. Susan Singer~ Carleton
College
~ TBA ~
- 2:00 PM, 2-10
Agricultural Engineering Bldg. February 26 ~ Dr. Steve Woski~ Dept. of
Chemistry, University of Alabama
~ Incorporation of novel residues into PNA-DNA double helices. ~
Biochemistry - 3:30PM, 18
Tucker Hall February 27 ~ Dr. Kevin Hicks~ Dept. of Plant
Science & Technology, Eastern Regional Research Center, ARS, USDA
~ New functional food ingredients from corn. ~
Biological Engineering/F21C
- 4:00 PM, 105
Agricultural Engineering Bldg. February 28 ~ Wynn Volkert- UMC
Radiopharmaceuticals
~ The utility of small animal imaging modalities to study or
monitor in vivo physiology and biochemistry. ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg February 28 ~ Dr. Glenn Roy~ Pepsi Cola
Company
~ In vitro taste sensors: the technology and applications. ~
- 7:30, 103
Schlundt Hall MARCH
2001
March 1 ~ David R. Harder~ Medical College of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Cardiovascular Research Center
~ Astrocytes link blood flow to neuronal activity and "orchestrate"
celebral angiogenesis. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building March 1 - Dr. Dale Brigham and Dr. Steve
Morris~ MURR
~ Estimation and determinants of selenium status in missourians using
the toenail monitor. ~
a href="http://web.missouri.edu/~nutsci/">
Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM, 209
Gwynn Hall March 5 ~ Dr. Carol Gross ~ University of
California-San Francisco~
TBA ~
Molecular
Biology Week - 3:30 PM, Conservation Hall
Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Center March 7 ~ Dr. Edward Horton
~ TBA ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg March 7 ~ Dr. Robb Krumlauf ~ Stowers Institute,
Kansas City~
Patterning the vertebrate head. ~
Molecular
Biology Week - 3:30 PM, Conservation Hall
Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Center March 8 ~ Dr. Christian Lorson- Arizona State
University, Dept. of Biology
~ The molecular basis of spinal muscular atrophy. ~
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology - 3:30 PM, M328
Medical Sciences Bldg March 9 ~ Dr. Charles Arntzen ~ Boyce Thompson
Institute for Plant Research, New York~
Production and delivery of oral vaccines in transgenic plants;
from basic studies to human clinical trials. ~
Molecular
Biology Week - 3:30 PM, Conservation Hall
Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Center March 12 ~ Dr. Terry V. Zenser~ St. Louis
University and the VeteranUs Administration Hospital, Medicine and
Biochemistry Dept. and Associate Research Director of the Geriatric
Research , and Clinical Center
~ Reactive nitrogen oxygen species metabolize aromatic and hetero
aromatic amines: influence on carcinogenicity. ~
Pharmacology - 11:00 P12:00, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg March 12 ~ Dr. Ann West~ Depts. of Chemistry
and Biochemistry- University of Oklahoma
~ Structural and biochemical properties of two-component signaling
proteins in yeast. ~
Biochemistry - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall March 13 ~ Dr. Brian Livingstone~ UMKC~
Gene regulation pathways in the developing
endoderm of sea urchins.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall March 13 ~ Jim Kloman~ Plant Manager-Quaker
Oats, Columbia, MO
~ Quaker oats and snack cakes. ~
Food Science & Engineering Unit - 4:00 PM, 105
Agricultural Engineering Bldg. March 14 ~ Josh Millspaugh- MU Dept, of
Fisheries & Wildlife
~ Using fecal glucocorticoid assays to determine the physiological
stress response of free ranging wildlife. ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg March 14 ~ Barbara Kunkel- Washington
University
~ Molecular genetic analysis of P. syringae-arabidopsis interactions:
how does the pathogen gain the upper hand? ~
Plant Microbiology and Pathology - 3:00 PM, 18
Tucker Hall March 15 ~ Dr. Robert C. Hickner- Dept. of
Exercise and Sports Science, East Carolina University
~ The role of nitric oxide in skeletal muscle nutritive blood flow and
metabolism: effects of aging and exercise training. ~
href="http://web.missouri.edu/~nutsci/">
Nutritional Sciences - 9:45 AM,209
Gwynn Hall March 15 - Student Seminar ~ Paul Bruinsma~
Genetics Area Program, MU~ The role of yeast GRD20 gene in membrane
protein trafficking in the secretory and endosomal pathways. ~ Genetics Area Program
- 12:30 p.m., 115 Tucker
Hall.
March 15 ~ Dr. Charles Fuller ~
University of California-Davis
~ Neurovestibular regulation of homeostatic adaptation in altered
force environments. ~
Neuroscience - 3:00 PM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg March 15 - Dr. Connie Weaver~ Purdue
University
~ Calcium requirements during the development of peak bone mass. ~
a href="http://web.missouri.edu/~nutsci/">
Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM, 209
Gwynn Hall March 15 ~ Dr. Russell Peterson- Chair of the
Committee on Nuclear Energy and Space Technology
~ Together we can save the earth. ~
Environmental Studies - 8 PM, Fisher Aud.
Gannett Hall March 16 ~ Mike Stambaugh- MU
~ Shortleaf pine in Missouri: a disturbing perspective. ~
Forestry - 3 PM, 210
ABNR Center March 19 - Dr. Charles Dameron~ University of
Queensland
~ The intracellular routing of copper by copper chaperones:
unlocking the key-lock fit. ~
a href="http://web.missouri.edu/~nutsci/">
Nutritional Sciences - 10:00 AM, 209
Gwynn Hall March 20 ~ Dr. Ken Ortega~ U of Colorado ,
Denver~ Helical growth during the development of Phycomyces
sporangiophores?
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall March 21 ~ Sonia Houston- MU, Dept. of
Physiology
~ Acute cardiovascular responses to 17-beta-estradiol: building a
mechanistic pathway.
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg March 22 ~ Dr. Cathy Krull
~
Division of Biological Sciences, MU~ Getting from here to there:
cell guidance in the periphery.
~ Genetics Area
Program
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall March 23 ~ Dr. James Holland~ USDA-ARS, North
Carolina State University
~ Improving exotic maize germplasm with help from genomics. ~
Missouri Maize Project - 12:30 PM, 115
Tucker Hall March 23 ~ Pekka Nygren- MU
~ Implications of the kyoto protocol for tropical forest management and
land use: prospects and pitfalls. ~
Forestry - 3 PM, 210
ABNR Center March 26 ~ Dr. Bjorn Ekesten~ Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Sweden
~ To have and not to have: thoughts on murine color vision. ~
Vision Sciences Research Candidate P 3:30 PM, Adams Conference Center
Veterinary Medicine Building March 29 ~ Roger Wilson-Former Governor,
Steve Gaw-Former Speaker of the House, Franc Flotron-Former Senator, Sandy
Kauffman-Former Representative
~ The policy process: the policy makers' perspective. ~
Institute of Public Policy - 2 PM, Great Room
Reynolds Alumni Center March 29 ~ Dr. Roger Dampney~ University of
Sydney, Australia-Head of Physiology Dept.
~ Role of brain angiotensin receptors in the short term and long term
control of cardiovascular function. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building March 30 ~ Dr. Dave Emerich~ Kemper Teacher
Award winner 2000
~ Round table discussion on his speech "Why teach at a research level I
university". ~
Division of Biological Sciences - 12:00PM, 218
Schweitzer Hall APRIL
2001
April 2 ~ Betsy Goldsmith~ University of
Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
~ Substrate induced conformational changes in MAP kinases and
serpins. ~
Biochemistry - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall April 2 ~ John Lory, MU Agronomy Dept.
~ Phosphorus runoff research and P-index. ~
Soil and Atmospheric Science - 4 PM, 115
ABNR Center April 3 ~ Student Seminar- Emily Stowe-Evans~
Division of Biological Sciences, MU~ The modulation of phototropism by
multiple
ineracting photosensory-response pathways.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall April 5 ~ Dr. Jeffrey A. Potteiger~
University of Kansas
~ The influence of resistance exercise and nutrition on metabolism.
~
Nutritional Sciences - 9:45, 209
Gwynn Hall April 5 ~ Dr. Mriganka Sur, Sherman
Fairchild~ MIT; Professor, Chairman, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
~ Rewiring cortex: visual activity and cortical development. ~
Neuroscience
~- 2:00 PM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg April 5 ~ Dr. Lisa Kozlowski~ Program
Director of Science's Next Wave
A presentation for graduate students, post-docs, and faculty
- 3:00 PM, 18
Tucker Hall April 5 ~ Eric Gustafson- NC Forest Research
Station; Rhinelander, Wisconsin
~ Linking forest management and species response using spatial
models. ~
Forestry - 4 PM, 100
Stewart Hall April 6 ~ Dr. Jerry Workman~ Paul Berg
Professor of Biochemistry-Penn State University
~ Protein complexes that regulate transcription by modifying
chromatin. ~
Biochemistry - 10:00 AM, S261
School of Nursing April 6 ~ Robert Hedlund, USAID, Washington
D.C.
~ EntomologyUs importance to 800 million hungry people. ~
Entomology - 1:15 PM, Column C
Reynolds Alumni Center April 6 ~ Jeff Wage, CABI Bioscience, United
Kingdom
~ EntomologyUs empowerment and international development. ~
Entomology - 2:30 PM, Column C
Reynolds Alumni Center April 6 ~ Heather O'Connor- MU
~ Evaluating native species establishment in an agroforestry
project. ~
Forestry - 3 PM, 210
ABNR Center April 9 ~ Dr. Thomas Jerrells~ VA Medical
Center, Lincoln, NE. Pharmacology Dept. and Research Services
~ Influence of ethanol on immune host defense mechanisms that control
bacterial and viral infections. ~
Pharmacology - 11:00 PM, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg April 9 ~ Dr. Nancy Carrasco~ Dept. of
Molecular Pharmacology-Albert Einstein College of Medicine
~ The journey of the iodide transporter (NIS): from its molecu;ar
identification to its role in breast cancer. ~
Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center - 12:00 PM, 133
Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center April 9 ~ Dr. Charles Kurland~ University of
Uppsala, Sweden
~ The orgins of mitochondria: shrinking genomes, expanding
proteomes. ~
Biochemistry - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall April 9 ~ Chris Halcomb, MU Soil &
Atmospheric Science Dept.
~ Thundersnow dynamics. ~
Soil and Atmospheric Science - 4 PM, 115
ABNR Center April 10 ~ Dr. Chris Chase~ University of
Florida~ Death and Salvation-pollen and fertility
restoration in S male-sterile maize.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall April 10 ~ Dr. Charles T. Bourland- NASA
(retired)
~ Space food: history, current development activities and opportunities
of research. ~
Biological Engineering/F21C
- 4:00 PM, 105
Agricultural Engineering Bldg. April 11 ~ Brian Wamhoff- MU Dept. of
Physiology
~ TBA ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg April 11 ~ Dr. John Shriver~ Southern
Illinois University-Biochemistry Dept.
~ Structural thermodynamics of a hyperthermophile protein: increasing
the stability by optimizing the packing of the core.
Biochemistry - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall April 12 ~ Dr. Joyce Niland
~ Integrating data and disciplines: the roles of biostatistics and
biomedical informatics. ~
Health Science - 9 AM, M217
Medical Sciences Building April 12 ~ Dr. Kimberly Huey~ Postdoc
Fellow-University of California, Irvine
~ In vivo regulation of the type 1 myosin heavy chain with
inactivity. ~
Nutritional Sciences - 9:45 AM, 209
Gwynn Hall April 12- Student Seminar ~ Sherry
Flint-Garcia~
Genetics Area Program, MU~ Quantitative trail locus analysis of
rind penetrometer resistance in three maize populations. ~ Genetics Area Program
- 12:30, 115 Tucker
Hall.
April 12 ~ Dr. Philip Jen~
MU
~ Does increasing pulse repitition rate improve hunting by
insectivorous? ~
Neuroscience - 3:30 PM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg April 12 - Dr. Michael Petris~ MU-Nutritional
Sciences
~ Functional analyses of the menkes copper transporting P-type
ATPase. ~
a href="http://web.missouri.edu/~nutsci/">
Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM, 209
Gwynn Hall April 13 ~ Ben Grossman- MU
~ The effect of acorn size, weight, and early seedling growth on the
morphology of RPM swamp white oak seedlings after one growing season.
~
Forestry - 3 PM, 210
ABNR Center April 16 ~ Dr. Ian A. Wilson~ Burroughs
Wellcome Visiting Scholar, Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Scripps
Research Institute
~ Structural basis of immune recognition. ~
Biochemistry - 3:30 PM, Jesse Wrench Aud.
Memorial Union April 17 ~ Dr. Ian A. Wilson~ Burroughs
Wellcome Visiting Scholar, Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Scripps
Research Institute
~ Erythropoietin receptor and AICAR transformylase. ~
Biochemistry - 12:00 PM, M217
Medical Sciences Bldg April 17 ~ Dr. Lila Solnica-Krezel~
Vanderbilt University~ Genetic mechanisms of gastrulation in
zebrafish.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall April 18 ~ Mark Martin- MU Dept. of
Biochemistry
~ TBA ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg April 18 ~ Dr. Cheryl Rosenfeld~ MU Dept. of
Animal Sciences
~ Estrogen action within the ovary and associated tissues. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 2:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building April 19 ~ Dr. David Oppenheimer~
University of Alabama~ Splitting hairs - The genetics of trichome
branching in Arabidopsis..
~ Genetics Area
Program
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall April 19 ~ Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi~ Thomas
Chemistry Scholar, University of California-Berkely
~ Chemistry and biology at the surfaces of cells. ~
Chemistry - 3:30 PM, 103
Schlundt April 19 - Dr. J. David Robertson~ MU-Dept.
of Chemistry
~ Copper, iron, and zinc in alzheimer's disease senile plaques. ~
a href="http://web.missouri.edu/~nutsci/">
Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM, 209
Gwynn Hall April 19 ~ Chad Pregracke, Founder of the
River Beautification and Restoration Projects
~ Cleaning up a river. ~
Environmental Studies - 7:30 PM, 100
Stewart Hall April 20 ~ Andrea Foley~ Dept. of Veterinary
Medicine, All Creatures Animal Hospital
~ Common canine behavior problems. ~!
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 2:30, W235
Veterinary Medicine Building April 20 ~ George Ebai- MU
~ Measuring the economic benefit of maintaining the environmental
qualities of the Long Branch Lake, Macon County, Missouri. ~
Forestry - 3 PM, 210
ABNR Center April 20 ~ Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi- Professor of
Chemistry, University of California
~ Sugars in biology and medicine: sweet revenge on cancer and
inflamation. ~
Chemistry - 3:30 PM, Aud.
Waters Hall April 20 ~ Cindy Richards~ Council for
Agricultural Science and Technology
Career Workshop~
3:30, 2-10
Agriculture Building April 23 ~ Dr. Kerry McDonald~ MU School of
Medicine, Physiology Dept.
~ Regulation of striated muscle contraction. ~
Pharmacology - 11:00 P12:00, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg April 23 ~ Dr. Lleana Constantinescu~ MU
Clinical Director of Veterinary Anatomy
~ Formation of an organ as complex as the heart. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, W235
Veterinary Medicine Building April 23 ~ Dr. Jon Neary~ University of Miami
School of Medicine
~ P2Y receptors, MAPK cascades and mitogensis in astrocytes:
implications for brain development and injury.
Biochemistry - 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall April 23 ~ W. Douglas Robinson, Auburn
University
~ Climate change and bird extinctions on a neotropical island.~
Conservation Biology Program - 4 PM, 100
Stewart Hall April 24 ~ Dr. Steven Danzer~ Duke
University Medical School~ The role of eurotrophins in the
development of epilepsy.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall April 25
~ Life sciences undergraduate research opportunity program spring
symposium. ~
2:00-5:00 PM, Stotler Lounge
Memorial Union April 25 ~ Betty Howard~ Pakard Instrument
Company
~ Introduction to Bret2: bioluminescence resonance energy transfer.
~
Physiology - 1:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg April 25 ~ David Burke~ Packard Instrument
Company
~ Microarrays: a highly versatile technology for the post-genomics
revolution. ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg April 26 ~ Dr. Anthony De Pass~ Long Island
University
~ Second messenger system transduction in plants: the tale of two
systems.
Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Group - 3:30, 18
Tucker Hall April 26 - Alex Gaither~ MU-Nutritional
Sciences
~ Identification and molecular characterization of human zinc transport
proteins. ~
a href="http://web.missouri.edu/~nutsci/">
Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM, 209
Gwynn Hall April 27 ~ David B. Stern~ Boyce Thompson
Institute, Cornell University
~ Un-prokaryotic mechanisms of translation initiation and
chloroplasts.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 12:15 PM, 115
Tucker Hall April 27 ~ Maria Furey- MU
~ Using GIS to explode the role of vegetation structure in the
selection of breeding territories of red-winged blackbirds. ~
Forestry - 3 PM, 210
ABNR Center April 30 ~ Dr. James Turk~ MU Dept. of
Veterinary Pathobiology and Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
~ Morbid cardiovascular anatomy: veterinary medical vignettes. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building April 30 ~ Dr. J.T. Hsiai~ UCLA School of
Medicine
~ MEMS sensors to study endothelial cell dynamics. ~
Physiology - 2:00 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg MAY
2001
May 1 ~ Student Seminar -Umesh Hanumegowda~
MU Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
~ CREB mediated events in normal and secalonic acid D altered palate
development. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building May 1 ~ Dr. Michael Greenfield~ University
of Kansas~ Paradoxes of the lek: ecological genetic studies of
sexual selection in waxmoths.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall May 1 ~ Dr. Ching Wang~ MU-Biochemistry and
Child Health Departments
~ The molecular genetic basis of autism.
Biochemistry - 3:30 PM, 105
Schlundt Annex May 2 ~ Student Seminar- David M. Bourdon~
MU Dept. of Pharmacology
~ Serotonin receptors in mammalian salivary glands (dissertation
defense). ~
Pharmacology - 10:30 AM, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg May 2 ~ Meredith Hay- MU- Vet. Bio. Med.,
Dept. of Physiology
~ TBA ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg May 3 ~Student Seminar- Jae Suk Ahn~ MU Dept.
of
Pharmacology
~ Regulation of P2Y2 nucleotide receptor expression in salivary glands
(dissertation defense).
Pharmacology - 10:30 AM, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg May 3 ~ Dr. Emmanuel Mignot~Stanford
University
~ TBA ~
Neuroscience - 3:30 PM, MA217
Medical Sciences Bldg May 3 - Dr. Robert Fleming~ St. Louis
University
~ Characterization of a second transferrin receptor and its role in
iron transport. ~
a href="http://web.missouri.edu/~nutsci/">
Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM, 209
Gwynn Hall May 4 ~ Mevin Hooten- MU
~ Modeling and mapping the distribution of ground flora in the Missouri
Ozarks. ~
Forestry - 3 PM, 210
ABNR Center May 7 ~ Dr. Myron Toews~ University of
Nebraska Medical Center, Pharmacology Department
~ Cellular road maps and molecular traffic signals for alpha-1B
adrenergic receptor regulation. ~
Pharmacology - 11:00 P12:00, M558
Medical Sciences Bldg May 7 ~ Dr. Michael A. Weiss~ Chair of
Biochemistry Dept., Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
~ Molecular mechanisms of sex determination in metazoans: structural
studies of the conserved DM DNA-binding motif in doublesex. ~
Biochemistry - Noon, 2-6
Agriculture Bldg. May 8 ~ Dr. James Coffman~ Stowers
Institute, KC~ Axis specification and regulation of transcription
factor activity in the sea urchin embryo.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall May 9 ~ Student Seminar-Pliny Andrews Smith~
MU Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology Dept.
~ Proteins interacting with the C. elegans GLHs include a LIM-domain
P-granule component and two others necessary for fertility. ~
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology - 10:00 AM, MA 437
Medical Sciences Bldg May 9 ~ Student Seminar-Johana Vallejo- MU
Dept. of Physiolgy
~ TBA ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg May 10 ~ Caroline Hoang~ Graduate Student, MU
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
~ Cellular mechanisms underlying the effects of mGluR activation in
nodose neurons. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building May 10 ~ David Giblin~ MU Doctoral Student
~ The ecological genetics of floral longevity variation in the alpine
harebell, campanula rotundifolia (dissertaion seminar). ~
Genetics Area
Program - 2:00, 115
Tucker Hall May 14 ~ Ted Zderic~ Exercise Science Dept.,
University of Texas-Austin
~ Adaption in substrate utilization during exercise to a low
carbohydrate-high fat diet. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building May 23 ~ Chad Hancock- MU Dept. of Physiology
~ TBA~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437
Medical Sciences Bldg