Life
Science Seminar Schedule Archive
October 2001/ November 2001/ December 2001/ January 2001/ February 2002/ March 2002/ April 2002/ May 2002
SEPTEMBER 2001
September 5 ~ Dr. Xiaoqin Zou~ Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, MU ~ ~ Molecular modeling of ligand-protein interactions. ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 6 ~ Life Sciences Student Seminar~ Kelley Davis, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology ~ Site-specific proteoplysis of the MALP lipoprotein in Mycoplasma fermentans. ~ Life Sciences Fellowship Program - 12:00 P.M.,~28 Schweitzer
September 7 ~ Dr. Bonnie Bassler~ Princeton University ~ How bacteria talk to each other: Regulation of gene expression by Quorum sensing. ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 P.M., Ellis Auditorium
September 10 ~ Dr. Leonard Forte~ Dept. of Pharmacology, MU ~ Guanylin peptide and cyclic GMP: From Travelers diarrhea to colon cancer. ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 11 ~ Dr. Steve Goldman~ University of Toledo~ Rapid, high frequency regeneration and T-DNA transfer in plants. ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
September 11 ~ Dr. Wayne McDaniel~ Cardiothoracic Surgery, MU~ Cardiac electrical defribrillation. ~ F21C/ food Science and Engineering Unit - 4:00 PM, 105 Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
September 12 ~ Dr. Calvin Hale~ Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, MU ~ ~ Does cardiac sodium-calcium exchange participate in transmembrane signaling? ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
p>September 13 ~ NMR Facility Open House~ Dr. Micahel Summers ~ Universityof Maryland, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute ~ NMR studies of retroviral genome recognition and virus assembly. ~ Chemistry - 3:30PM, 103 Schlundt HallSeptember 14 ~ Dr. Henry Sun~ California Institute of Technology~ Endolithic microorganisms in harsh deserts: an analog for life on Mars. ~ Geomicrobiology and Astrobiology - 3:00 PM, 108 Geological Sciences Bldg.
September 14 ~ Dr. Erik Zuiderweg~ University of Michigan ~ NMR studies of biomacromolecular conformation, dynamics and interactions in solution. ~ Biochemistry and Chemistry - 3:30PM, 103 Schlundt Hall
P>CANCELLED-September 17 ~ Dr. Luis Reuss~ University of Texas Medical Branch ~ Gap-junctional hemichannels: Do they play a role in cell death? ~ Dalton Cardiovascular Research Seminar Series - Noon, 133 DaltonSeptember 17 ~ Dr. Olga Potella~ Dept. of Pharmacology, MU ~ Mechanisms of altered P2Y, receptor function during salivary gland development. ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 18 ~ Dr. David Worcester~ Division of Biological Sciences, MU~ Lights on Quaternary Structures of Chlorophyllis ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
September 19 ~ Dr. Peng Chen~ Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, MU ~ ~ Novel microfabricated devices to study secretion with millisecond temporal resolution. ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 20 - Student Seminar ~ Miguel Rodriguez~ Genetics Area Program, MU~ To be announced ~ Genetics Area Program - Noon, 28 Schweitzer
September 20 ~ Dr. Emmanuel Migot~ Stanford University ~ Narcolepsy and Hypocretins ~ > Neuroscience - 3:30 P.M., 18 Tucker Hall
September 21 ~ Dr. David Draper~ Johns Hopkins University ~ Getting the charge out of RNA: how ions and proteins help RNA fold. ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 P.M., Ellis Auditorium
September 21 ~ Dr. Melanie Mormile ~ University of Missouri-Rolla~ Preservation and recovery of halophilic bacteria entrapped in evaporite crystals. ~ Geomicrobiology and Astrobiology - 3:00 PM, 108 Geological Sciences Bldg.
CANCELLED-September 24 ~ Dr. Adrian Dunn~ Louisiana State University ~ The stress of infection: The role of cytokines and other mediators ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
p>September 24 ~ Dr. William Welsh~ Dept. of Chemistry, UMSL ~ Computer-aided molecular modeling tools: Application for nuclear receptors and their diverse ligands. ~ MU Center for Phytonutrient and Phytochemical Studies - 1:45 PM, M437 Medical Sciences BldgSeptember 24 ~ Dr. William Shannon~ Washington University School of Medicine~ Correlation of gene expression revels with clinical covariates in microarray experiments. ~Department of Statistics- 3:30 PM, 232 Arts & Science bldg.
September 25 ~ Dr. Sheila Grant~ Biological Engineering, MU~ Optical biosensors: the next generation of diagnostic tools? ~ Biological Engineering/F21C - 4:00 PM, 105 Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
September 26 ~ Dr. Chris Heaps~ Vet Biomedical Sciences, MU ~ ~ Adenosine activation of voltage-dependent K+ channels. ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
September 26 ~ Dr. Mohamed Noor~ Louisiana State University~ Genetics of speciation ~ Ecology, Evolution & Behavior - 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
September 27 ~ Student Seminar-Eddie Chang~ Veterinary Pathobiology, MU Herpetic stromal keratitis: descriptive and mechanistic aspects. ~ Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:00 noon, W235 Veterinary Medicine Building
September 28 ~ Dr. David Dennis~ Queen's University, Ontario ~ The good, the bad and the transgenic: Learning to love GMO's. ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 P.M., Ellis Auditorium
OCTOBER 2001
October 1 ~ Dr. Annaya Aroor~ Dept. of Pharmacology, MU ~ To be announced ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 1 ~ Dr. Annaya Aroor~ Department of Pharmacology, MU~ MAPK signaling and alcoholic liver disease. ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 2 ~ Dr. Don Sakaguchi~ Iowa State University~ Neutral stem cell transplants into the eye: A strategy for CNS rescue and repair. ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
October 3 ~ Dr. Thomas Cunningham~ Dept. of Physiology, MU ~ ~ Neurophysiology of supraoptic vasopressin neurons. ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 3 ~ Dr. Phil de Vries~ Milwaukee Public Museum~ Mutualism between catapillars and ants ~ Ecology, Evolution &Behavior- 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
October 4 ~ Life Sciences Student Seminar~ Rachel Ruhlen, Biological Sciences ~ Soy and Obesity ~ Life Sciences Fellowship Program - 12:00 P.M.,~28 Schweitzer
October 4 ~Dr. Christine M. Loiacono~ Veterinary Pathobiology, MU Neurons activate HSV-1 immediate-early and early gene promoters in transgenic mice in the absence of vieral proteins. ~ Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:00 noon, W235 Veterinary Medicine Building
October 4 ~ Dr. Jay Williams~ Virginia Tech University ~ Cellular mechanism of muscle fatigue. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
October 4 ~ Dr. Sidney Simon~ Duke University ~ Good taste includes a somatosensory experience. ~ > Neuroscience - 3:30 P.M., 18 Tucker Hall
October 5 ~ Dr. Sarah Woodson~ Johns Hopkins University ~ To be announced ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 P.M., Ellis Auditorium
October 5 ~ Dr. Sarah Woodson~ Johns Hopkins~ RNA folding mechanisms: role of sequence order and transcription ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 PM, Ellis Auditorium Ellis Library
October 5 ~ Dr. Eric J. Smart~ University of Kentucky-Lexington~ Effects of fatty acids on eNOS activity and blood pressure. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
October 8 ~ Dr. Mark Kirk~ Division of Biological Sciences, MU ~ Embryonic stem cell replacement therapy for neurodegnerative disorders of the mouse retina. ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 9 ~ Dr. Dale Dorsett~ Saint Louis University~ Insulators versus facilitators in long-range gene activation. ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
October 10 ~ Dr. Carol Witczak~ Dept. of Physiology , MU ~ ~ To be announced ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 10 ~ Dr. Tara Robinson~ Auburn University ~ Behavioral ecology of tropical wrens ~ Ecology, Evolution &Behavior- 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
October 10-16 ~The Role of Animals in Human Wellness~ Dr. Johannes Odendaal~ Professor and research development director, Life Sciences Institute, Technikon Pretoria, South Africa~ College of Veterinary Medicine and MU Sinclair School of Nursing-
October 11 ~Dr. Changbaig Hyun~ Veterinary Pathobiology, MU Molecular genetics on canine copper toxicosis. ~ Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:00 noon, W235 Veterinary Medicine Building
October 11 ~ Dr. Wojiech Kaniewski~ MonsantoTransfer plant virus resistance at Monsanto. ~ Genetics Area Program - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
October 12 ~ Dr. James Bruce~ Merck Research Labs ~ Macromolecular mass spectrometry. ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 P.M., Ellis Auditorium
October 12 ~ Dr. Yongsong Huang~ Brown University~ Applications of compound-specific isotope analyses in geological, planetary, and environmental research. ~ Geomicrobiology and Astrobiology - 3:00 PM, 108 Geological Sciences Bldg.
October 15 ~Dr. Susan Carpenter~ Iowa State UniversityLentivirus evolution: can we forecast the weather? ~ Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:00 noon, 316 Connaway Hall
October 15 ~ Dr. Gary Gibson~ Weill Medical College of Cornell University ~ To be announced ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 17 ~ Dr. Geoff Hill~ Auburn University~ Sexual selection in house finches ~ Ecology, Evolution &Behavior- 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
October 18 ~Martin Childers, DO Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MU~ Eccentric contraction injury in dystrophic canine muscle ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
October 19 ~ Dr. Ray Chollet~ University of Lincoln ~ Plant PEP carboxylase: Its up/down-regulation by a novel Ser/Thr-Kinase and an oppposing PP2-A Phosphatase. ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 P.M., Ellis Auditorium
October 19 ~ LIFE SCIENCES CAREER WORKSHOP~ Dr. Anson Elliot~Southwest Missouri State University~Dr. Tara Allen~ William Jewel College~These speakers will present perspectives on the realties of working in (and getting jobs in) smaller institutions ~ - 3:30 PM, 2-16 Agricultural Bldg.
October 19 ~ Central States Microscopy and Microanalysis Society Fall Meeting~keynote presentation~Dr. Kenneth C. Moore~ University of Iowa~Application of correlative microscopy to genetic therapy of various human diseases~Electron Microscopy Core Facility~ - 4:30 PM, Adams Conference Center Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
October 22 ~ Dr. Amira Klip~ University of Toronto ~ Rhe intracellular journey of the GLUT4 glucose transporter in muscle cells. ~ Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center - 12:00PM, 133 Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center
October 22 ~ Dr. Cathy Krull~ Division of Biological Sciences, MU ~ Out on a limb; getting nerves and muscle in place. ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 23 ~ Dr. Dr. Paul Trainor~ Stowers Institute~ Hox genes and neural crest cells in vertebrate head development. ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
October 23 ~ Dr. Galen J. Suppes ~ Department of Chemical Engineering, MU ~ New frontiers in fat and oil transesterification technology. ~ ~ F21C/Food Science and Engineering - 4PM, 105 Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
October 24 ~ Dr. William Bondesen~ Departments of Physiology, Family &Community medicine, MU ~ Ethics and research. ~ Physiology - 2:30 AM, MA437 Medical Sciences Bldg
October 24 ~ Dr. Michael Smith~ Dept. of Animal Sciences, MU~ Female mate choice in frogs ~ Ecology, Evolution &Behavior- 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
October 25 ~ Dr. Richard T. Lee~ Harvard Medical School~ Cardiomuscular mechanotransduction: a functional genomics approach. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
October 26 ~ Dr. Gary Landreth~ Case Western Reserve University ~ Inflammatory mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease: Microglial signaling and transcriptional regulation. ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 P.M., Ellis Auditorium
October 26 ~ Dr. Jan Amend~ Washington University~ Energetics of microbial life. ~ Geomicrobiology and Astrobiology - 3:00 PM, 108 Geological Sciences Bldg.
October 29 ~ Dr. John Ward~ University of Minnesota-St. Paul~ Sucrose transporter function in plants and bioinformatic analysis of membrane proteins in arabidopsis. ~ Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Group- 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
October 30 ~ Dr. Diane Campbell~ University of California~ Fitness of plant hybrids in the wild: field experiments with Ipomopsis. ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
October 30-31 ~ STOWERS SYMPOSIUM~
Stowers Institute ~Keynote Speakers: Bob Horvitz (MIT), Gerry Rubin (HHMI)
and Bob Waterston (Wash U)
~ From Genes and Genetics to Molecular Medicine ~
Registration Information
October 31 ~ Dr. Allan Jones~ Dept. of
Physiology , MU ~
~ Adenosine and coronary artery function: New tricks from an olde
dog. ~
Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437
Medical Sciences Bldg October 31 ~ Dr. Ham Farris~
University of Texas~ Hearing in trilling crickets ~ Ecology,
Evolution &Behavior- 4:00, 106
Lefevre Hall NOVEMBER
2001
November 1 ~ Life Sciences Student Seminar~
Travis Barnard, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
~ To be announced ~
Life Sciences Fellowship Program - 12:00 P.M.,~28
Schweitzer November 1 ~ Dr. Pamela Lloyed~ Postdoctoral
Fellow~Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, MU
~ Angiogenesis: the process, its regulation, and the influence of
physical activity. ~ Veterinary
Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building November 1 ~ Dr. Ronald Hoy ~ Cornell
University
~ The host is toast: The evolution of hyperacute hearing in a
parasitoid fly. ~ >
Neuroscience - 3:30 P.M., 18
Tucker Hall November 2 ~ Dr. Linda Kurz~ Washington
University
~ Role of protein motion in the chemical catalysis of citrate
synthase. ~
Biochemistry - 1:00 P.M.,
Ellis Auditorium
November 5 ~ Dr. Deborah Scheur~ Division of Pharmacology, University of Missouri-Kansas City ~ Glucocorticoids and neural control of the circulation. ~ Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center - 12:00PM, 133 Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center
November 5 ~ Dr. Michael McDaniel~ Washington University School of Medicine ~ A role for mTOR in insulin and amino acid signaling in beta-cell transcription and translation. ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
November 6 ~ Dr. Andrew Bass~ Cornell University ~ Blending the sexes: Behavioral and neural mechanisms of acoustic communication in a vocal fish with alternative reproductive tactics. ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
November 7 ~ Dr. Mark Milanick~ Dept. of Physiology , MU ~ ~ Exchangers, transporters and pumps, Oh My! From test tube stress studies to evolutionary physiology. ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
November 7 ~ Dr. John Huelsenbeck~ University of Rochester~ Molecular Evolution ~ Ecology, Evolution &Behavior- 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
November 8 ~ School of Medicine's Annual Research Day~ School of Medicine , J. Otto Lottes Gallery ~ Contact Information
November 8 ~ Dr. Kyle K. Henderson~ Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, MU~ The role of convective blood oxygen delivery and tissue oxygen diffusion on maximal aerobic capacity. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
November 9 ~ Dr. Chuanlun Zhang~ ~ Geomicrobiology and biogeochemistry of extreme environments: new frontiers in earth sciences ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 P.M., Ellis Auditorium
November 12 ~ Dr. Gary Rankin~ Marshall University School of Medicine ~ To be announced ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
November 12 ~ Dr. David E. Salt ~ Purdue University How do plants hyperaccumulate nickel? The story so far. ~ Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Group- 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
Novemver 13 ~ Dr. Bruce Lahn~ University of Chicago~ Human Y chromosome evolution ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
November 13 ~ Dr. Edgar Cahoon~ DuPont Crop Genetics~ Candidate for research molecular biologist in Genetics Research Unit/Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ~Mining the chemical diversity of plants for metabolic engineering of oilseeds and enzyme redesign. ~ - 1:30 PM, 207 Curtis Hall
November 13 ~ Dr. Noelle Cockett~ Utah State University~ Sheep genomics: characterization of callipyge and spider lamb syndrome genes. ~ Physiology - 4:00 PM, 103 Animal Science Research Center
November 14 ~ Dr. Jianjie Wang~ Dept. of Physiology , MU ~ ~ To be announced ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
November 14 ~ Dr. Scott Burns ~ Truman State University~ Ecomorphology of pocket Gophers ~ Ecology, Evolution &Behavior- 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
November 15 - Student Seminar ~ Shaun Bushman~ Genetics Area Program, MU~ To be announced ~ Genetics Area Program - Noon, 28 Schweitzer
November 15 ~ Dr. James Bruce~ Merck Research Labs~ Macromolecular mass spectrometry: protein interceptions and proteomics ~Joint seminar~ Biological SciencesandBiochemistry- 12:00 noon, 2-16 Agriculture Bldg.
November 16 ~ Dr. Fred Pereira~ Baylor College of Medicine ~ Orphan nuclear receptors regulating development of hearing and balance. ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 P.M., Ellis Auditorium
November 16 ~ Dr. Eliot Herman~ Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, ARS, USDA~ Candidate for research molecular biologist in Genetics Research Unit/Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ~Cellular remodeling; its function and an opportunity to alter plants ~ - 1:30 PM, 207 Curtis Hall
November 16 ~ Dr. Alan Fryar~ University of Kentucky~ Trichloroethen biodegradation potential in wetland soils and paleowetland sediments. ~ Geomicrobiology and Astrobiology - 3:00 PM, 108 Geological Sciences Bldg.
November 19 ~Yu-I Weng~Doctral Defense ~Dept of Pharmacology, MU~ Acute and chronic ethanol effects on liver p42/44 mitogen activated protein kinase. ~ Pharmacology - 9:00 AM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
November 26 ~ Dr. Lixing Reneker~ Dept. of Ophthalmology, MU ~ To be announced ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
November 27 ~ Dr. Lorraine Pillus~ University of California-San Diego~ Demystifying the Effects of Chromatin Modification on Chromosomal Function ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
November 28 ~ Dr. Doug Bowles~ Dept. of Vet Biomedical Sciences, MU ~ ~ To be announced ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
November 28 ~ Dr. Douglas Bowels~ Dept. of Physiology, MU ~ Hypercholesterolemia and coronary ion channels. ~ Physiology - 2:30 AM, MA437 Medical Sciences Bldg
November 28 ~ Dr. Johann Bruhn, Dr. Jeanne Mihail, Dr. James Wetteroff and Dr. Susan Taylor~Department of Microbiology & Pathology , MU and University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry~ Development of best management practices for outdoor cultivation of Shiitake in Missouri. ~ Plant Microbiology and Pathology - 3:00 PM, 200 Waters Hall
November 28 ~ Dr. Ted Schulz ~ Smithsonian Institution~ Evolution of agriculture in ants ~ Ecology, Evolution &Behavior- 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
November 30 ~ Dr. Ackers~ Washington University ~ Intermediate state of hemoglobin cooperativity. ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 P.M., Ellis Auditorium
November 30 ~ Dr. Ann-Louise Reysenbach~ Portland State University~ Gourmet geochemical "primordial soupd" at hydrotermal vents support novel thermophilic chmolithotrophs: Implications for the evolution of life on early earth. ~ Geomicrobiology and Astrobiology - 3:00 PM, 108 Geological Sciences Bldg.
DECEMBER 2001
December 3 ~ Dr. Judy Cole~ Dept. of Pharmacology, MU ~ To be announced ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
December 3 ~ Dr. Judy Cole~ Dept. of Pharmacology, MU~ Parathyroid hormone & MAPK activation: walking down the signaling pathways. ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg.
December 4 ~ Dr. Antony Cooper~ University of Missouri-Kansas City~ Quality Control in the Endoplasmic Reticulum ~ Division of Biological Sciences - 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
December 4 ~ Dr. Andrew D. Clarke ~ Department of Food Sciences, MU~ Advances in chilled muscle foods ~ ~ F21C/Food Science and Engineering - 4PM, 105 Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
December 5 ~ Wendell L. French ~Dissertation Defense, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, MU~ Mutational analysis of the functional domains of entD, a phosphopantetheinyl transferase involved in enterobactin biosynthesis in Escherichia coli ~ Molecular Microbiology and Immunology - 9:00 AM M615 Medical Sciences Bldg.
December 5 ~ Dr. Sonia Houston~ Dept. of Physiology , MU ~ ~ To be announced ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
December 5 ~ Dr. Christopher Phillips ~University of Illinois~ Rattlesnake reproductive ecology ~ Ecology, Evolution &Behavior- 4:00, 106 Lefevre Hall
December 6 ~ Life Sciences Student Seminar~ Eddie Chang, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology ~ Herpes simplex virus induced corneal inflammation in perforin-deficient mice. ~ Life Sciences Fellowship Program - 12:00 P.M.,~28 Schweitzer
December 6 ~Dr. James Cook~ Veterinary Pathobiology, MU Comparative orthopedic research in bone and joint decade. ~ Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:00 noon, W235 Veterinary Medicine Building
December 6 ~ Dr. Eileen Hasser~ Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, MU ~ Cardiovascular deconditioning and neurohumoral regulation. ~ > Neuroscience - 3:30 P.M., 18 Tucker Hall
December 7 ~ Dr. Dr. Gil Prive~ University of Toronto~ Two case studies of protein self-association: the BTB domain and the saposin fold ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 PM, Ellis Auditorium Ellis Library
December 10 ~Dr. Kapil Vashisht~ Candidate for graduate residency in Anatomic PathologyPreliminary studies on the transcription map of the Simian parvovirus. ~ Veterinary Pathobiology 1:30 p.m., W235 Veterinary Medicine Building
December 13 ~Dr. Jose A. Ramos Vara~ Veterinary Pathobiology, MU Immunohistochemical characterization of canine endocrine and hepatic tumors: something old, something new. ~ Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:00 noon, W235 Veterinary Medicine Building
December 13 ~ Julie Bossuyt~ Graduate research assistant, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences Department, MU ~ Caveolins and sodium-calcium exchange. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
December 20 ~ Dr. Peter Raven~University of North Texas~Arterial baroreflex control of blood pressure during exercise. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
JANUARY 2002
January 8 ~ Affymetrix MAS, MicroDB, and DMT software training session~ Veterinary Medicine - 9 AM to 5PM, the Adams Conference Center Veterinary Medicine Building
January 8 ~ Dr. Johnny W. Peterson~ ~University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Downregulation of intestinal adenylyl cyclase reduces secretory diarrheas. ~ Molecular Microbiology & Immunology - 1:15 PM, M437 Medical Sciences Bldg
January 10 ~ Vamsidhara C. Dhulipala~ Graduate Research Assistant~Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, MU ~ Effects of secalonic acid-D on palatal cell cycle. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
January 17 ~ Dr. William R. Law~University of Illinois-Chicago~ Multisystem impact of adenosine in systemic inflammatory response syndrome. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
January 17 ~ Dr. Charles Rice~ Washington University~ Estradiol neuroprotectants in DPPC bilayers: REDOR NMR studies of conformation and dynamics. ~ Chemistry - 1:00PM, 103 Schlundt Hall
January 18 ~ Dr. Brian Forster~ Scottish Crop Research Institute, Scotland~Hunting for root trait genes. ~ Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Group- 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
January 22 ~ Dr. Kurt Amann~Cell Biology Candidate~The Salk Institute~ Reflections on the cytoskeleton: visualizing the processes and products of actin filament dynamics Division of Biological Sciences- 3:30 PM, 106 Lefevre Hall
January 24 ~ Dr. Kristi Neufeld~Cell Biology Candidate~University of Utath~ Regulated Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of the tumor suppressor APC Division of Biological Sciences- 3:30 PM, 106 Lefevre Hall
January 24 ~ Dr. Steven Swoap~Williams College~ The reduction of blood pressure with dieting genes and mechanisms. ~ Physiology - 3:00 PM, MA436A Medical Sciences Bldg
January 25 ~ Dr. Erik R. P. Zuirserweg~ University of Michigan~ Structural biology by NMR. ~ Chemistry and Biochemistry - 3:30PM, 103 Schlundt Hall
January 29 ~ Dr. Eric Grote~Candidate for Cell Biology~Yale University~ Molecular membrane fusion machines Division of Biological Sciences- 3:30 PM, 106 Lefevre Hall
January 29 ~ Dr. Howard Zhang~Ohio State University~ Pulsed electric field pasteurization of high acid liquid foods. ~ ~ F21C/Food Science and Engineering Unit - 4PM, 105 Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
January 30 ~ Dr. Ronald A. Meyer~Michigan State University ~ Sense and nonsense about the creative circuit. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
January 30 ~ Dr. R. Michael Roberts~ Dept. of Animal Sciences, MU~Evolution of the interferon system for a role in maternal recognition of pregnancy. ~ Physiology - 2:30 AM, MA436A Medical Sciences Bldg
January 31 ~Dr. Gregory A. Bohach~University of IdahoEvasion of the bovine immune response by staphylococcus aureus. ~ Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:00 noon, W235 Veterinary Medicine Building
January 31 ~ Dr. Salman M. Hyder~University of Texas Health Sci. Ctr. ~ Hormonal Regulation of VEGF in uterine and breast cancer cells . ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
January 31 ~ Dr. Tony Sanderfoot~Candidate for Cell Biology~Michigan State University~Genetic and biochemical dissection of the syntaxin gene families of Arabidopsis Division of Biological Sciences- 3:30 PM, 106 Lefevre Hall
FEBRUARY 2002
February 1 ~ Dr. Michael Boyd~Delta Center, MU ~ Cotton pest management: new technologies and challenges in the 21st century ~ Entomology3:00 PM, 2-7 Agriculture Bldg.
Februrary 1 ~ Dr. Kenneth Pienta~University or Michigan~Factors involved in prostate cancer metastasis to bone ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 PM, Ellis Auditorium Ellis Library
February 4 ~Dr. John Lever ~Department of Radiology, MU~Molecular imaging of opioid receptors. ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM, M558 Medical Sciences Bldg
February 4 ~ Dr. Jay Thelen~Michigan State University~ Genomic and proteomic investigations of the plastid multisubunit acetyl-CoA carboxylase. ~Food for the 21st Century and Proteomics Center- 3:30 PM, 322 Tucker Hall
February 5~Dr. David Sheff~Candidate for Cell Biology~Yale University~ Are recycling endosomes required for endocytic recycling Division of Biological Sciences- 3:30 PM, 106 Lefevre Hall
Februrary 6~Carol Witczak~Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Physiology, MU~ The role of macrophages in anthrax-medicated toxicity. ~ Physiology - 2:30 AM, MA437 Medical Sciences Bldg.
Februrary 7 ~ Dr. Caroline Hoang~Graduate Research Assistant, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, MU~Potential mechanisms underlying mGluR modulation of baroreceptor afferent neurons. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126Veterinary Medicine Building
February 7 ~ Dr. Jamie Rusconi~Candidate for Cell Biology~Washington University~ The WilmUs Tumor Suppressor-1 ortholog Klumpfuss regulates programmed cell death in the developing Drosophila retina.~ Division of Biological Sciences- 3:30 PM, 106 Lefevre Hall
February 7~Dr. Jamie Rusconi~Candidate for Cell Biology~Washington University~ TBA Division of Biological Sciences- 3:30 PM, 106 Lefevre Hall
February 7 ~ Jennifer Lavrarr~Graduate student, Department of MM&I, MU~ Fur-DNA interactions at the bidirectional fepDGC-entS promoter region in Escherichia coli. ~ Life Sciences - 12:00 Noon, MA302 Medical Sciences Bldg
February 7 ~ Dr. Andrew Dancis~University of Pennsylvania~Mitochondorial iron homeostasis~ Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM,209Gwynn Hall
February 8~ Dr. Dagmar Ringe~Brandeis University~ From sequence to consequence: how easy is it?~ Biochemistry - 1:00 PM, Ellis Auditorium Ellis Library
February 11 ~ Dr. Lambert Ngoka~Candidate for the Associate Director for Proteomics Center~University of Florida~ Are variant isoforms of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor produced in E. coli during translation? The case for neupogen.~Proteomics Center-12 Noon, 111Tucker Hall
February 11 ~ Dr. Harold Trick~Kansas State University~Core protection through genetic engineering.~Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Group- 3:30 PM, 18Tucker Hall
February 12~Dr. Mohammed Akaabourne~Candidate for Cell Biology~Washington University~Neurotransmitter receptor dynamics studied at normal and mutant synapses in living mice Division of Biological Sciences- 3:30 PM, 106 Lefevre Hall
February 12 ~ Dr. Hildegarde Heymann~Food Sciences and Nutrition, MU~Descriptive analysis: 10 years of research. ~ F21C/Food Science and Engineering - 4PM, 105Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
February 13 ~ Dr. Carl Degler~Stanford University~How evolutionary theory can help us understand the past.~- 7:30 PM, Allen AuditoriumArts & Sciences Bldg.
February 14 ~Dr. Breanda Beernsten~Veterinary Pathobiology, MU Filarial worms: influence on mosquito innate immunity. ~ Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:00 noon, W235 Veterinary Medicine Building
February 14~Dr. Tom Peterson~Iowa State University~ Maize Ac/Ds transports can induce genome rearrangements via two distinct recombination pathways.~Genetics Area Program- 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker Hall
February 15 ~ Dr. Toni Kazic~MU~ Understanding the architecture of cellular biochemistry ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 PM, Ellis Auditorium Ellis LibraryFebruary 15 ~Xiaoyi Jin~Graduate student, Entomology, MU~Application of proteomic technology in insect research ~ Entomology3:00 PM, 2-7 Agriculture Bldg.
February 15 ~LIFE SCIENCES CAREERS WORKSHOP~Speaker: Dr. Michael Zwick~Promega~Careers in science publishing. ~ - 3:30 PM, 2-16Agriculture Bldg.
February 18 ~ Dr. Krishna Sharma~Department of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry~ Functional elements in small heat shock protein-Alpha crystallin. ~ Pharmacology - 1 PM, M558Medical Sciences Bldg
February 18 ~Faculty Candidate Seminar~~ Dr. Junxuan (Johnny) Lu~ Center for Cancer Causation and Prevention AMC Cancer Research, Denver, CO~ Anti-angiogenic, Anti-proliferative and apoptotic actions of selenium metabolites for cancer chemoprevention. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:15 PM, E126 Veterinary Medicine Building
February 18 ~ Dr. Chris Taylor~Danforth Plant Science CenterAdventures in plant nematode resistance. ~Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Group- 3:30 PM, 18Tucker Hall
February 18 ~O.M. Stewart Colloquium~Dr. James Glazier~University of Notre Dame~How do cells know here to go? ~Physics - 4PM, Physics LibraryPhysics Building
February 19~Dr. Melissa Pepling~Candidate for Cell Biology~Institute of Washington~ Mouse ovarian germ cell cysts: formatio and function Division of Biological Sciences- 3:30 PM, 106 Lefevre Hall
February 20 ~ Dr. Michael Petris~ Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, MU~Functional analysis of the Menkes disease copper transporting P-type ATPase. ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA436AMedical Sciences Bldg
February 20 ~ Dr. Stephen Alexander~ Division of Biological Sciences, MU~Proteomics approaches to cell biology and drug discovery. ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, MA437Medical Sciences Bldg
February 21 ~Dr. Janice Endsley~Veterinary Pathobiology, MU T cell immunity to BVDV in the presence of maternal antibody. ~ Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:00 noon, W235 Veterinary Medicine Building
February 21 ~ Dr. William W. Winder ~Brigham Young University~ Energy sensing and signaling in skeletal muscle by AMP-Activated Protein Kinase. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126Veterinary Medicine Building
February 22 ~ Dr. Johannes Schul~Biological Sciences, MU~ Noon-parallel co-evolution of sender and receiver in acoustic communication systems ~Entomology3:00 PM, 2-7 Agriculture Bldg.
February 22 ~ Dr. Billy Hudson~University of Kansas~ Basement membrane collagen: an ancient protein essential for tissue development ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 PM, Ellis AuditoriumEllis Library
February 25 ~Sanderk Lee~Graduate Research Assistant~Dept. of Pharmacology, MU~ Is dimerization of the P2Y nucleotide receptor important? ~ Pharmacology - 1 PM, M558Medical Sciences Bldg
February 26 ~ Dr. Frank Feng~Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, MU~MEMS-A springboard to multidisciplinary research. ~ F21C/Food Science and Engineering Unit - 4PM, 105Agricultural Engineering Bldg.
February 28 ~Drs. Susan Schommer and Steve Kleiboeker~ Veterinary Pathobiology, MUDevelopment of a PRRSV infections cDNA clone: quasispecies variation and implications for clone development. ~ Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:00 noon, W235 Veterinary Medicine Building
MARCH 2002
March 1 ~ Dr. Leslie Kuhn~Michigan State University~ Modeling flexibility in proteins and their complexes. ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 PM, Ellis AuditoriumEllis Library
March 1~ Dr. Michael Strand~Division of Biological Sciences, MU~The interaction between ancestry and environment in the early development of parasitic insects.~ Entomology3:00 PM, 2-7Agriculture Bldg.
March 4 ~ Dr. Gary Ruvkun ~ Harvard Medical School~
The tiny RNA world. ~
Molecular
Biology Week - 3:30 PM, Conservation Hall
Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Center March 6 ~ Dr. Jeff Dangl ~ University of North
Carolina - Chapel Hill~
Specificity and signaling in the plant innate imuune system. ~
Molecular
Biology Week - 3:30 PM, Conservation Hall
Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Center March 7 ~ Dr. Zena Werb~ University of California-
San Francisco~
Proteases- common molecules and common pathways in development
and neoplasia.. ~
Molecular
Biology Week - 3:30 PM,
Arts and Sciences Bldg. March 8~ Dr. Brenda Beerntsen~Dept. of
Veterinary Pathobiology, MU~The interaction between ancestry and
environment in the early development of parasitic insects.~
Entomology3:00 PM, 2-7Agriculture
Bldg. March 8 ~ Dr. Julian Davies ~ Univeristy of British
Columbia~
The biology of antibiotics. ~
Molecular
Biology Week - 3:30 PM, Conservation Hall
Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Center March 13 ~ Dr. Robert Balaban~ National
Heart, Lung & Blood Institute~ Domestication of the mitochondrion for
cellular energy conversion. ~ Physiology - 2:30 AM,
MA437Medical
Sciences Bldg March 15~ Dr. Lawrence Gilbert~University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill~The insect steroid hormone biosynthetic
pathway: regulation and molecular dissection.~ Entomology3:00 PM, 2-7Agriculture
Bldg. March 18 ~ Dr. Takashi Murata~National
Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki Japan~Structure and function of the
cortical array of microtubules. ~Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and
Physiology Group- 3:30 PM, 18Tucker
Hall March 19 ~ Dr. Gerald Pollack~McGill
University~Who, what, where? Neural analysis of acoustic signals in
crickets.~ Division of
Biological Sciences- 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker
Hall March 21 ~ Shaun Bushman~Graduate student,
Genetics Area Program, MU~ What QTLs can tell us about chlorogenic acid
synthesis in maize.~ Life
Sciences - 12:00 Noon, MA302
Medical Sciences Bldg. March 21 ~ Dr. Marshall Bloom~LPVD/NIAID/NIH
Rocky Mountain Labs~ Mink coats and mink genes: structure-function
relationships of the Aleutian mink disease parvovirus. ~ Molecular Microbiology &
Immunology - 1 PM, M437Medical
Sciences Bldg March 21 - Student Seminar ~ Ahmed
Mahmoud~Genetics Area Program, MU~ Potential of deletion-based physical
mapping of ESTs in wheat. ~ Genetics Area Program-
- 3:30 PM, 18Tucker
Hall March 21 ~Dr. Bimal K. Ray~ Veterinary
Pathobiology, MU Role of saf in the regulation of cellular events ~
Veterinary Pathobiology -
12:00 noon, W235Veterinary
Medicine Building March 21 ~Student seminar~ Jeffrey J.
Brault~Graduate Research Assistant~College of Veterinary Medicine, MU~
Regulation of intramuscular creatine by the creatine transporter. ~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences -
1:00 PM, E126Veterinary
Medicine Building March 22 Student seminar~ Nathan
Mills~Graduate Research Assistant~ Direct and indirect effects of an
insecticide on rana sphenocephala tadpoles.~ Division of Biological
Sciences- 2:00 PM, 106 Lefevre
Hall March 22 ~ Dr Lance Seefeldt~Utah State
University~ Insights in to the nitrogenase mechanism. ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 PM, Ellis
Auditorium
Ellis
Library March 22~ Dr. David
Stanley~University of
Nebraska-Lincoln~Eicosanoids in insect immunity: we know something is
happening, but we donUt know what it is.~ Entomology3:00 PM, 2-7Agriculture
Bldg. March 25 ~ Dr. Stephen Johnston~University of
Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolWhat's in a name: "Proteosome" and
transcription. ~Interdisciplinary
Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Group- 3:30 PM, 18Tucker
Hall March 28 ~Dr. Espen Spangenburg~Postdoctral
Fellow~College ofVeterinary Medicine, MU~Are there specific components
of acute inflammation that contribute to skeletal muscle hypertrophy.
~ Veterinary Biomedical
Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126Veterinary
Medicine Building March 28~ Dr. Anne Calof~
Universityof California-Irvine~Bone morphoegenetic proteins:
multifunctional regulators of neurogenesis. ~ >
Neuroscience - 3:30 PM 18Tucker
Hall APRIL
2002
April 1 ~ Dr. Archie Thurston~Pfizer Global
Research and Development ~ From Mizzou to Pfizer: the musings of a MU
graduate. ~ Pharmacology -1:00 PM,
M558
Medical Sciences Bldg April 2 ~ Dr. Rick McGee~
Mayo Clinic~Improving the effectiveness of student selection
processQusing qualitative research methods to define and select for key
characteristics of MD, PhD and MD/PhD students.~ Division of Biological
Sciences- 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker
Hall April 3 ~Dr. Ganes C. Sen~Cleveland Clinic
FoundationMode of action and functions of genes induced by interferons,
double-stranded RNA and viruses. ~ Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:00
noon, W235Veterinary
Medicine Building April 3 ~Mouhamad Allosh~Graduate Research
Assistant~ Dept. of Physiology, MU~Renal Structure and function in
obesity ~ Physiology
- 2:30 PM, MA437Medical
Sciences Bldg April 3 ~ Dr. Per Stromhaug~Cell Biologist
Candidate~University of Michigan~ The molecular biology of autophagy in
yeast and mammalian cells.~ Division of Biological
Sciences- 3:30 PM, 106 Lefevre
Hall April 4 ~Dr. Terence R. Flotte~University
of Florida~ AAV capsid mutagenesis for targeting specific cell surface
receptors. ~Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology - 1PM M615Medical
Sciences Bldg April 4 ~ Steve Szalma~Graduate student,
Genetics Area Program, MU~ TBA. ~ Life Sciences - 12:00 Noon,
MA302
Medical Sciences Bldg. April 4~ Dr. Albert Feng~University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaim~ Hearing in a cocktail party: perspective from
neurobiology to Technology.~ >
Neuroscience - 3:30 PM 18Tucker
Hall April 9 ~ Dr.Lynn Landmesser~Case Western
Reserve University~Novel roles of NCAM in presynaptic maturation and
function.~ Division of
Biological Sciences- 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker
Hall April 10 ~ Dr. Patrick Mueller~Dalton
Cardiovascular Research Center, MU~Physical activity, inactivity and
neural control of the circulation. ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437Medical
Sciences Bldg April 10 ~Dr. Patrick Shiu~Cell Biologist
Candidate ~Stanford University~ Meiotic silencing by unpaired
DNA.~Division of Biological
Sciences- 3:30 PM, 106 Lefevre
Hall April 11 - ~Dr Jeff Bennetzen Dept. of
Biological Sciences Purdue University~ Modes, mechanisms, rates and
outcomes of local genome evolution in the cereals. ~ Genetics Area Program-
3:30 p.m. ~ 18
Tucker Hall April 12 ~Sonia Houston~Dissertation Seminar~
Graduate Research Assistant~Dept. of Physiology, MU~Acute microvascular
responses to 17 beta estradiol: building a mechanistic pathway-part2.
~ April 12~ Dr. Jianjun
Duan~ Monsanto~Ecological risk assessment for transgenic Bt
cropsQregulatory requirement and science-based approaches.~Entomology3:00 PM, 2-7Agriculture
Bldg. April 12 ~ Dr. Stephen Barthold~ University
of California-Davis College of Veterinary Medicine
~ Sermon on the Mouse. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences 3:30pm, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building April 12 ~ Dr. Tao Pan~University of
Chicago~ Origin of Thermophilic Stability and Inherent Rate-Limiting
Steps in RNA folding ~ Biochemistry - 1:00 PM, Ellis
AuditoriumEllis
Library April 15 ~Dr. Jean E. Shaffer~Washington
University ~ Lipotoxicity : Models and Mechanisms ~Dalton Cardiovascular Research
Center - 12:00PM, 133Dalton
Cardiovascular Research Center April 16 ~ Dr. Sam Pfaff~Salk
Institute~Transcriptional mechanisms regulating spinal neuron
development.~ Division of
Biological Sciences- 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker
Hall April 17 ~Student Seminar-Aaron Hinken~ Dept.
of Physiology, MU ~ Potential Etiological Roles for a- Synuclein in
Parkinson's Disease ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM, M437Medical
Sciences Bldg April 18 ~ Dr. Mark Kirk~Division of
Biological Sciences, MU~Stem cell replacement therapy for
neurodegenerative disorders of the retina.~>
Neuroscience - 3:30 PM 18Tucker
Hall April 18 ~ Dr.Christopher Woodman. ~
Dept of Biomedical Sciences, MU
~ Exercise,Nitric Oxide, and Endothelial Function ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, Auditorium
Veterinary Medicine Building April 18 - Student Seminar ~ Miftahudin
Mentor: Perry Gustafson~ Towards cloning aluminum tolerance gene in Rye
(Secale cereals L.). ~ Genetics Area
Program 3:30 P.M., 18
Tucker Hall April 19~ Dr. Vince Henrich~University of
North Carolina-Greensboro~Ecdysone action in insects: lessons from
model experimental systems.~Entomology3:00 PM, 2-7Agriculture
Bldg. April 22 ~ Dr. Mark Holland~ Salisbury State
University~Methylobacterium as a Microbial Farmer on Plants?. ~Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and
Physiology Group- 3:30 PM, 18Tucker
Hall April 23 ~ Hanno Steen~Harvard University~
New Vistas in Tyrosine Phosphorylation Analysis by Tandem Mass
Spectrometry and their Application to Signaling Pahtways
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:30 PM, 18
Tucker Hall April 25 ~James Abshier~ Veterinary
Pathobiology, MU Spontaneous Infection of Lawsonia intracellularis in
the Mouse. ~ Veterinary
Pathobiology - 12:00 noon, W235Veterinary
Medicine Building April 25 ~ Dr. Mark Kirk~
Biological Sciences- University of Missouri-Columbia
~ Stem cell replacement therapy for neurodegenerative disorders of the
retina. ~
Neuroscience - 3:15 PM, RM 111
Tucker Hall April 26 ~ Paul A Wender~
Stanford University
~ Breaching biological barriers with new molecular drug delivery
systems. ~
Chemistry - 3:30PM, 103
Schlundt Hall April 26 ~ Dr. Bill Smith~ Michigan State
~ Cycollxygenase Structure and Catalysis ~
Biochemistry 1:00 PM Ellis Auditorium
Ellis
Library April 26~ Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy~Kansas State
University~Of leps and eggs-part deux.~Entomology3:00 PM, 2-7Agriculture
Bldg. April 29 ~ Dr. Jan E Leach~ Kansas State
University~Pathogen Fitness Penalty as a Predictor of Resistance Gene
Durability . ~Interdisciplinary
Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Group- 3:30 PM, 18Tucker
Hall April 29 ~ Dr. Julie Bossuyt ~Thesis Defense
Seminar~ Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, MU
~ Sodium-Calcium Exchange and Caveolins. ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building April 30 ~ Biology Defense Seminar~Gordon
Burleigh~
Division of Biological Sciences, MU~ Variation in the Process of
Molecular Evolution and its Impact on Phylogenetic Inference.
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 1:00 PM, Rm 115
Tucker Hall April 30 ~ Dr. Valerie Reinke~
Yale University Scholl of Medicine
~ Gene expression programs governing C. elegans germline
development ~
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and
Biochemistry - 10 AM, M437
Medical Sciences Bldg April 30 ~ Dr. Michael Bom Frost~
Royal Danish Veterinary and Agricultural University Copenhagen, Denmark~
Cross-cultural differences in percepton of healthy and natural in dairy
products examined in Mid-American and Danish students.
~ Biological Engineering/F21C
- 4:00 PM, 105
Agricultural Engineering Bldg. April 30 ~ Dr. Laura Kaguni~Michigan State
University~A drosophila model of mitochondrial DNA replication,
mutagenesis and dysfunction.~ Division of Biological
Sciences- 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker
Hall April 30 ~ LSUROP Spring Symposium~
Division of Biological Sciences, MU
~ Division of Biological
Sciences
- 3:00 PM, 18
Memorial Union MAY
2002
May 1 ~ Dr. Michael Sturek~ Dept. of
Physiology, MU ~ 500 years of transgenics on Ossabaw Island: Obese,
diabetic swind and the "thrifty genotype". ~ Physiology - 2:30 PM M437Medical
Sciences Bldg May 1 ~ Dr. Kelly Kindscher~
University of Kansas~ Medicinal Plant Enthobotany,Conservation and
Research in Midwest/Great Plains. ~ UM Center for Phytonutrient
and Phytochemical
Studies.
- 3:00, N112
Memorial Union May 2 ~ Rayford
Payne~Graduate
student, Department of MM&I, MU~ Uranium metabolism in sulfate reducing
bacteria. ~ Life
Sciences - 12:00 Noon, MA302
Medical Sciences Bldg May 2 ~ Dr. Anthony Sinskey~
Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA
~ From Genetics to Enzymes to Materials to Polymers toHeart Valves.
~
Danforth Plant Science Center - 4:00 PM, Donald Danforth Plant
Science Center, Southwestern Bell Auditorium, 975 North Warson Rd., St.
Louis, MO May 2 ~ Dr. Marta Kutas~
University of California San Diego~ Using memory to make sense: an
electrophysiological analysis. ~ >
Neuroscience - 3:30 PM 18Tucker
Hall May 2 ~ Nutritional Sciences Research Seminar
Series~
Dr. Roger Sunde~Nutritional Sciences- MU
~ Using molecular biology to unravel the mechanism underlying selenium
regulation and requirements ~
Nutritional Sciences - 4:00 PM, 209 Gwynn
Hall May 3 ~ Dr. Kim Sharp~ Michigan State
~ Back to Bjerrum: Caluclating Absolute Binding Free Energies for
Protein - Protein Ineractions ~
Biochemistry 1:00 PM Ellis Auditorium
Ellis
Library May 3 ~ LIFE SCIENCES CAREER WORKSHOP~
Dr. Brent Hill~ Augustana College and Dr. Susan Singer~ Perlman Center
for Learning and Teaching
Panel discussion focusing on college teaching. ~
- 3:30 PM, Rm 2-16
Agricultural Engineering Bldg. May 3~ Dr. Kunyan Zhu~Kansas Statue
University~Molecular basis of insect-pesticide interactions.~Entomology3:00 PM, 2-7Agriculture
Bldg. May 6 ~ Dr. Raj Lakshman~V.A Medical Center
Washington, D.C.~ Alcohol, Paraoxonase, and Cardiovascular Risk ~
Pharmacology -
1:00PM, M558Medical
Sciences Bldg May 6 ~ Dr. Randy Shoemaker~ Iowa State
University~The Soybean Genome: The Right Stuff. ~Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and
Physiology Group- 3:30 PM, 18Tucker
Hall May 7 ~ Dr. Chi-Bin Chien~
University of Utah~How the Zebrafish's eye connects to its brain.~
Division of Biological
Sciences- 3:30 PM, 18 Tucker
Hall May 8 ~ Student Seminar~ David Kump~Dept. of
Physiology, MU ~ Does a Mutation in ACE Help Win the Race?: Phenotypes,
Genotypes, and the elite endurance athlete . ~ Physiology - 2:30 AM, M437Medical
Sciences Bldg May 10 ~ Dr. Jeff Urbauer~ University of
Kansas
~ Mediating Transcription by Subunit Exchange: The Interaction of the
Anti-Sigma Factor AsiA with Sigma-70 ~
Biochemistry 1:00 PM Ellis Auditorium
Ellis
Library May 13 ~ Dr. Lou Sherman~ Purdue
University~MicroArrays (and MacroData) - - The Impact of Iron Stress on
Global Gene Expression in Cyanobacteria. ~Interdisciplinary Plant Biochemistry and
Physiology Group- 1:15 PM 103
Schlundt Hall May 13 ~ Dr. John Lever~Department of
Radiology~MU-Columbia~ Molecular imaging of Opiod Receptors ~ Pharmacology - 1:00 PM,
M558Medical
Sciences Bldg May 13 ~Dr. W Ray Waters~ National Animal
Disease Center USDA-ARS~Immune responses of cattle to Mycobacterium
bovis infection/vaccination ~
Veterinary Pathobiology - 12:30 PM, W235Veterinary
Medicine Building May 14 ~ Proteomics Seminar
~ Qualitative and Quantitative Proteomics of cell membranes using
Orthogonal 2D-LC MS/MS and ICAT. ~
Danforth Plant Science Center - 10:00 AM, Donald Danforth Plant
Science Center, Southwestern Bell Auditorium, 975 North Warson Rd., St.
Louis, MO ~Questions call (636)281-3598 May 15 ~ Dr. Ronald Freeman~ Dept. of
Physiology, MU~TBA. ~
Physiology - 2:30 AM, MA436A
Medical Sciences Bldg May 24 ~ Dr. Calito Lebrilla ~University
of California- Davis~ Beyond Proteomics - The role of mass
spectrometry.
~ Biochemistry - 1:00 PM, Ellis
Auditorium
Ellis Library May 28 ~ Dr. Joe Starnes ~University of
Texas- Austin
~ Exercise, Aging, cand Cardioprotection ~
Veterinary Biomedical Sciences - 1:00 PM, E126
Veterinary Medicine Building June 3 ~Dr. Donal O'Leary ~Wayne State
University ~ Reflex cardiovascular control during exercise. ~Dalton Cardiovascular Research
Center - 12:00PM, 133Dalton
Cardiovascular Research Center