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January 2013
Seminar
Seminar: The Transcriptional Control of Secretory Capacity and Cargo in the Drosophila Salivary Gland.
Rebecca Fox, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Fox is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Cell Biology at the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Fox is a candidate for an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Monday
January 14
BS 004
3:00 pm
Seminar
Seminar: Surviving Without Food.
Eyleen ORourke, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
Dr. O'Rourke is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and the Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. O'Rourke is a candidate for an Assistant Professor position available in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Thursday
January 17
BS 004
3:00 pm
Seminar
Dissertation Seminar: Identification of Novel C. elegans WNT signaling targets functioning in the specification and differentiation of larval seam cells and vulval precursor cells.
Lakshmi Gorrepati

Friday
January 18
BS 004
11:00 am
Seminar
“C. elegans locomotion: connectivity, activity and recovery from injury”
Gal Haspel, Ph.D., NINDS, NIH
Dr. Haspel is a Research Fellow in the National Institute for Neural Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health. He is a candidate for an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Thursday
January 24
BS 004
3:00 pm
Seminar
The evolution of carotenoid Coloration and pigmentation in the New World blackbirds
Nicholas Friedman Dissertation Defense

Tuesday
January 29
CHEM 120
1:00 pm
Seminar
Using Drosophila to Screen for Neurprotective Drugs Against Parkinsons Disease and Other Neurological Disorders
Hakeem O. Lawal, Ph.D., Brain Research Inst., David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Dr. Lawal is a Senior Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA. He is a candidate for an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Wednesday
January 30
BS 004
3:00 pm