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All Events
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October 2009 |
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Seminar
Using correlated evolution of interacting protein domains to predict their interactions
Maricel Kann
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Thursday
October 01
BS 004
4:00 pm |
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Seminar
Bacterial symbionts of marine sponges: diversity and roles
Russell Hill
Dr. Hill is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Center of Marine Biotechnology. His research concerns marine molecular biology with special emphasis on drug discovery using marine invertebrates. His host is Lasse Lindahl
 http://www.umbi.umd.edu/comb/faculty-directory/hi
ll/index.php |
Wednesday
October 07
BS 004
12:00 pm |
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Seminar
Photon capture and signaling for non-image vision
Michael Tri Do
Dr. Do is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Dr. King Wai-Yau, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research in in the area of area of sensory transduction. His host is Dr. Phyllis Robinson
http://neuroscience.jhu.edu/KingWaiYau.php |
Thursday
October 08
BS 004
12:00 pm |
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Conferences and Workshop
12th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences
This symposium will involve undergraduates doing research at Universities across the Mid-Atlantic region. During this one-day symposium, students will present their research in poster form. Faculty are encouraged to volunteer to judge these student posters. Abstracts are due by September 20, 2009. For more information, please visit the symposium web site.
http://www.umbc.edu/UGSymp/ |
Saturday
October 10
Engineering & Computer Science (ECS) Building
9:30 am |
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Seminar
Chesapeake Bay genomics: crab and rockfish short stories and a Pfiesteria mystery novel
Allen Place
Dr. Place is a Professor at the Center of Marine Biotechnology. His research concerns the mechanisms by which organisms adapt to unique diets, environments and symbiotic interactions and the molecular basis of sex determination. His host is Lasse Lindahl
http://www.umbi.umd.edu/comb/faculty-directory/pl
ace/ |
Wednesday
October 14
BS 004
4:00 pm |
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Seminar
Towards predicting molecular cause of disease from amino acid substitutions
Predrag Radivojac, Ph.D.
Dr. Radivojac is an Assistant Professor in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University. His research interests are Protein Bioinformatics, Computational Mass Spectrometry Proteomics and Machine Learning and Data Mining. Dr. Radivojac's host is Rachel Brewster.
http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/predrag/ |
Thursday
October 15
BS 004
4:00 pm |
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Seminar
Melanopsin--structure and function
Phyllis Robinson, Ph.D.
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Wednesday
October 21
BS 004
12:00 pm |
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Seminar
Evolutionary patterns of carotenoid pigmentation in birds: a biochemical and phylogenetic approach
Kevin McGraw, Ph.D.
Dr. McGraw is an Associate Professor in Faculty of Organismal, Integrative, & Systems Biology of Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences. His work concerns the mechanism and function of colorful plumage in birds. His host is Dr. Kevin Omland.
http://sols.asu.edu/people/faculty/kmcgraw.php |
Thursday
October 22
BS 004
4:00 pm |
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Seminar
Biogeography and population structure of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) in Sahelian Africa
Laura Lewis, Ph.D.
Dr. Lewis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Systems at UMBC. Her research involves the biogeography of plants of the Sahara and the Sahel of Africa. Her host is Dr. Kevin Omland
http://www.umbc.edu/ges/people/lewis.htm |
Wednesday
October 28
BS 004
12:00 pm |
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Seminar
To regenerate or not to regenerate? A tale of the lateral line in zebrafish
Martine Behra
Dr. Behra is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Shawn Burgess in the Genome Technology Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, MD. The laboratory studies hair cell regeneration in zebrafish ( Danio rerio) in an effort to understand the gene network activated in inner ear stem cells during regeneration. Her host is Rachel Brewster.
http://www.genome.gov/10000502 |
Thursday
October 29
BS 004
4:00 pm |
