Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminars - Fall 2007

Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminars - Fall 2007

9/12/2007 Research on plant senescence: from bench to bank
Dr. SuSheng Gan, Cornell University
Hosted by: Dr. Ellen Paparozzi


9/19/2007 Illuminating the molecular mechanisms of prostate cancer progression
Dr. Melanie Simpson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Hosted by: Dr. Jim Van Etten


9/26/2007 Exploring the regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes
Dr. David Galbraith, University of Arizona
Hosted by: Dr. Sally Mackenzie


10/3/2007 bZIP transcription factors bound to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane are activated in response to stress in Arabidopsis
Dr. Steve Howell, Iowa State University
Hosted by: Dr. Don Weeks


10/10/2007 Exploiting the innate immune response to herpes viruses
Dr. Karen Mossman, University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada
Hosted by: Dr. Clinton Jones


10/17/2007 Fall, Leaves, Fall: Regulation of Organ Abscission
Dr. John Walker, University of Missouri-Columbia
Hosted by: Dr. Julie Stone


10/24/2007 Mechanisms and applications of polyploidy in crop biotechnology
Dr. Z. Jeffrey Chen, The University of Texas at Austin
Hosted by: Dr. Steven Baenziger


10/31/2007 Cellular maladaptation in the pathogenesis of diseases: The roles of ATF3, an adaptive-response gene, in diabetes and cancer
Dr. Tsonwin Hai, Ohio State University
Hosted by: Dr. Mike Fromm


11/7/2007 Structure-function of proteinases in disease
Dr. Alex Strongin, Burnham Institute for Medical Research
Hosted by: Dr. Zoya Avramova


11/14/2007 Berry stone viruses: 30-years of climate control and face cream
Dr. Willie Wilson, Bigelow Laboratory for Marine Sciences
Hosted by: Dr. Jim Van Etten


11/21/2007 No Seminar: Thanksgiving week

11/28/2007 A unifying concept of virus origin and evolution derived from comparative genomics
Dr. Valerian Dolja, Oregon State University
Hosted by: Dr. Roy French


12/5/2007 Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus - the world's smallest hunter
Dr. John Iandolo, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Hosted by: Dr. Anne Vidaver


12/12/2007 Comparative genomics on the Mycosphaerella branch of the fungal evolutionary tree
Dr. Steve Goodwin, Purdue University
Hosted by: Dr. Dave Dunigan


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