Spring 2003 Seminars

All Departmental Seminars are in Bold and will be held in the Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics Conference Room Jordan Hall, Room 4-25 unless otherwise noted

Distinquished Lecture and special seminars are in italics - locations will vary, call sponsoring department for details

Spring 2003

Date Speaker / Title Host

Wed.,     January 15 Thesis Defense Seminar

2:00 PM

Meena Kumar, University of Virginia

"Regulation of Smooth Muscle Differentiation by E-boxes, basic
Helix-Loop-Helix (bHLH) Proteins, and bHLH-Interacting Factors"
 
Gary Owens

Monday, February 3 Thesis Defense Seminar

1:00 PM

Chun Huie Lin, University of Virginia

"Identification of UBF Phosphorylation Sites required for rRNA transcription"

Gary Owens

Wed. February 12

CANCELED

Jonathan Goldberg,Sloan-Kettering / HHMI Co-sponsor with Cell Biology
Wed. February 26 12:15 PM Jordan Hall, Rm 1-17

Tomas Kirchhausen, Harvard

"Structural Biology in Membrane Trafficking"

Co-sponsor with Cell Biology -  David Castle

Wed.   March 19 4PM

Peter Brink, SUNY Stony Brook

"Gap junction channels: participants in diesease and their role as a therapeutic tool"

Brian Duling
Wed.    March 26 4PM

Richard Breyer, Vanderbilt University

" Structure, Function and Physiology of Prostaglandin Receptors"
Michael Wiener
Wed.       April 2          12 PM

Duncan McRee, Syrrx

"High Throughput Structure-Based Drug Design at Syrrx"

Wladek Minor
Tues.      April 15 Tom Jessal, Columbia / HHMI, 

Distinguished Lecture

Neuroscience Host: Bayliss
Wed.     April 23 Paul Liu, NHGRI/NIH John Bushweller
Wed.       April 30         4 PM

Nancy Carrasco, Albert Einstein University

"The journey of the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS): from its molecular identification to its medical application in cancer."

Eduardo Perozo
Wed. May 7 Doug Rees, CalTech / HHMI Beams Lecture
 


DIRECTIONS FOR INVITING SPEAKERS

Follow these directions if you wish to invite a seminar speaker. Remember that you as host have the major responsibility of arranging the professional and social schedule for your guest.

1. Check current "OPEN" seminar dates.

2. Tentatively arrange a date with the speaker. Tell speaker he/she will be receiving a letter from the Seminar Director containing details regarding travel and overnight accommodations. The host should obtain the following information from the speaker at this time:

1.Speaker's full name and Institution.

2 Title of seminar

3.Complete mailing address, email, telephone and FAX numbers.

4.Internet "URL" address for the speaker so we can link to his/her homepage.

5.One or two relevant references to place at the bottom of the seminar announcement.

3. Send email to Michael Wiener containing the above information, and ask for confirmation of the seminar date.

4. Confirm date with speaker.

5. The host is responsible for taking care of the speaker during the visit, including meeting schedule and meals. The host is also responsible for obtaining the correct forms if the speaker is to be reimbursed with an honorarium. An I-9 and an honorarium form are available from the front office (Jordan 4-7). Be aware that payments to foreign nationals have a very strict set of rules and requirements, so please talk to us in advance.

Bioscience seminars

Faculty and their research