Seminar Series 2008-2009
| Fall Quarter |
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| Date |
Speaker |
Title | Host |
| Oct
02 |
Susan Amundsen Fred Hutchison Cancer Res Ctr |
AddAB in Helicobacter pylori for efficient
colonization of the stomach in mice http://www.fhcrc.org/science/labs/gsmith/ |
Courcelle justc at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| Oct 09 | Tawnya Peterson Sci Tech Ctr OHSU |
Production and Nutrient Uptake in a River's
Plume and Coastal Margin http://www.stccmop.org/node/916 |
Bartlett micb at pdx.edu 5-3858 |
| Oct
17* 4pm |
Cheryl Maslen Molec & Med Genet Dept OHSU |
Annual
Alumni Party Lecture* "Down" the genetic path to heart defects http://www.ohsu.cc/pmcb/facultyresearch/maslen.shtml |
Murphy murphym at pdx.edu 5-8734 |
| Oct
23 |
Chris Smith Dept Biology Willamette U |
Phylogeography of the Yucca - Yucca Moth
Mutualism: Connecting Microevolutionary Processes to Macroevolutionary
Patterns http://www.willamette.edu/~csmith/ChrisSmith.htm |
Masta smata at pdx.edu 5-8505 |
| Oct
30 |
Patrick Phillips Ecol & Evol U Oregon |
Sexual Conflict in C. elegans http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~pphil/ |
Estes estess at pdx.edu 5-8782 |
| Nov 06 | Detlev Boison Neurobiology Legacy Research |
Adenosine and epilepsy: how to translate
basic research into novel stem cell therapies http://www.legacyhealth.org/body.cfm?id=1263 |
Bartlett micb at pdx.edu 5-3858 |
| Nov 13 | Damian Elias Dept Biology U British Columbia |
Multimodal communication and complex signal
evolution in jumping spiders http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~elias/ |
Masta smata at pdx.edu 5-8505 |
| Nov 20 | Joshua Johnson Dept Reprod Neuro Yale U |
mTOR kinase controls granulosa cell
proliferation and fertility http://www.med.yale.edu/obgyn/research/researchlabs.html |
Buckley bbuckley at pdx.edu 5-4239 |
| Nov 27 | No
Seminar |
Thanksgiving
Break |
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| Dec
4 |
Charles Lopez Heme & Med Oncology OHSU |
New insights into the p53 tumor suppressor
pathway http://www.ohsu.edu/ohsuedu/healthcare/hemonc/faculty/lopez.cfm |
Courcelle justc at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| Dec
5* noon |
Darryl Murray Director Undergrad Scolarship Program NIH |
Overview of Intramural Training
Opportunities at the National Institutes of Health www.training.nih.gov |
Stedman kstedman at pdx.edu 5-3253 |
*Special Time and Date
| Winter Quarter |
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| Date |
Speaker |
Title | Host |
| Jan
08 |
Andrew Weinberg Franz Cancer Res Inst Providence |
Manipulating the immune system through the
TNF-receptor family member, OX40 http://www.providence.org/together/cancer_weinberg.htm |
Courcelle justc at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| Jan 15 | Elana Berg Dept Biol Portland State U |
Reforestation and the break-down of social
structure in the white-throated magpie-jay, a cooperative breeder with
female helpers http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/Elena.htm |
Murphy murphym at pdx.edu 5-8734 |
| Jan 22 | |
No Seminar | |
| Jan 29 | Brian Knaus Dept Bot&Plant Path Oregon State U |
A fistful of Astragalus: characterization
of the most taxon rich species in the North American Flora http://oregonstate.edu/~knausb |
Cruzan cruzan at pdx.edu 5-8391 |
| Feb 05 | Jim Smith Dept Biol Boise State U |
Molecular dating places the origin of two
species-rich genera in the Cretaceous with later diversification in the
Tertiary http://www.boisestate.edu/biology/SMITH.HTM |
Fishbein mfish at pdx.edu 5-3872 |
| Feb 12 | Susan Crockford Pacific IDentifications Victoria BC |
Rhythms of Life: Thyroid Hormone and the
Origin of Species http://www.pacificid.com/pages-added/about-pacific-id.php |
Cheeke-Icoz cheeket at pdx.edu 5-8391 |
| Feb 19 | Laurn Pintor Dept of Biol Sci U Ill Chicago |
Evolutionary game theory as a conceptual framework for invasion biology | Eppley eppley at pdx.edu 5-8986 |
| Feb
24 |
Pamela Yeh Syst Biol Dept Harvard Med Sch |
Evolution of Bacteria in Multi-Drug
Environments |
Murphy murphym at pdx.edu 5-8734 |
| Feb
25 11AM |
Kenneth Feeley Dept Biology Wake Forest U |
Tropical forests in a changing world |
Estes estess at pdx.edu 5-8782 |
| Feb 26 | Richard Castenholz Dept Biology U Oregon |
Effect of desiccation on the synthesis of
the UV-screening compound, scytonemin, in cyanobacteria http://biology.uoregon.edu/people/Castenholz/castenholz.php |
Stedman kstedman at pdx.edu 5-3253 |
| Feb
27 3PM |
Heather Throop Biology Dept New Mexico State U |
Linking Organisms to Ecosystems:
Implications of Vegetation Change on Carbon Cycling in the Desert
Southwest |
Ruedas ruedas at pdx.edu |
| Mar
03 |
Jason Kolbe Museum Vert Zool UC Berkeley |
Invasion history and its consequences for
evolution during biological invasions |
Ruedas ruedas at pdx.edu |
| Mar
05 |
Asher Cutter Evol Genomics U Toronto |
On the
potential for extinction by Muller's ratchet in Caenorhabditis elegans http://labs.eeb.utoronto.ca/cutter/index.htm |
Estes estess at pdx.edu 5-8782 |
| Mar
12 |
Susan Wallace Cell & Molec Biol U Vermont |
10,000 lesions per cell: Dissecting the biological consequences of oxidative
DNA damage http://www.uvm.edu/cmb/faculty_details.php?people_id=111 |
Courcelle justc at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| Spring Quarter |
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| Date |
Speaker |
Title | Host |
| Apr
02 |
Ken Olsen Dept Biol Indiana U Sch Med |
Heart Healthy Hydrogen Sulfide: The
whole stinkin story http://medicine.iu.edu/body.cfm?id=524 |
Hillman/Garlid garlid at pdx.edu 5-8969 |
| Apr 09 | Maureen Hoatlin Biochem Molec Biol OHSU |
Reverse Engineering Cancer Susceptibility http://openwetware.org/wiki/Hoatlin_Lab |
Courcelle justc at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| Apr 16 | Michael Webster Dept Biol Sci Washington State U |
Promiscuity drives sexual selection in a
socially monogamous bird http://sbs.wsu.edu/faculty/?faculty/36 |
Murphy murphym at pdx.edu 5-8734 |
| Apr 23 | Sharon Glaeser Dept Biol Portland State U |
Domesticated elephants of Thailand: A large
unemployment problem http://www.biology.pdx.edu/people/zelick/research.php |
Zelick zelickr at pdx.edu 5-3086 |
| Apr
30 |
Sebastian Grünberg Biologie und Vkl Medizin U Regensburg, Germany |
Position and function of transcription
factors and RNA polymerase subunits during the archaeal transcription
cycle http://www.biologie.uni-regensburg.de/Mikrobio/Thomm/Mitarbeiter/index_en.html |
Bartlett micb at pdx.edu 5-3858 |
| May 07 | |
No Seminar | |
| May 14 | Lloyd Stark Sch of Life Sci UNLV |
Gender dimorphism and trade-offs in the
cosmopolitan silver moss http://sols.unlv.edu/faculty/stark.html |
Eppley eppley at pdx.edu 5-8986 |
| May 21 | Anna-Louise Reysenbach Dept of Biol Portland St U |
Exploration in the deep-sea: want to see
what nobody has ever documented this deep ...till last week? http://www.alrlab.pdx.edu/ |
Flores floresg at pdx 5-3864 |
| May 28 | Gareth Cromie Inst Cell & Mol Biol U Edinburgh UK |
Making Use of Self Inflicted Wounds in DNA
Repair http://labs.fhcrc.org/gsmith/members.html |
Courcelle justc at pdx.edu 5-3866 |
| Jun
04 |
Leigh Latta Dept Biol Utah St Univ |
Evolution of Salinity Tolerance in Daphnia http://www.biology.usu.edu/labsites/pfrender/ |
Estes estess at pdx.edu 5-8782 |
