The following was the seminar schedule for the Fall semester of the 1997-1998 academic year. | |
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PLEASE NOTE: where possible, we have linked each speaker's name to their home institution or personal homepage. To find out more information about each speaker, follow these links. | |
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Dr. Christine Cremo, (Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington State University). "Smooth Muscle Myosin: A Motor Made of Protein" (Supported by the Sam B. Liu Fund) | |
Dr. David S. Lawrence, (Dept. of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University). "An Organic Chemist Looks at Signal Transduction: Turning off the Biochemical Signal Responsible for Carcinogenesis and Beyond" | |
INFORMATION SEMINAR: A panel discussion by the Biology Department Faculty. "Graduate Schooling in the biological sciences: Where can you go and how do you get there?" | |
Dr. William E. Winner, ( Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology , Oregon State University). "Photosynthesis of Old-Growth Forests in the Pacific Northwest: Analysis at the Wind River Canopy Crane Site" (Supported by the Sam B. Liu Fund) | |
STUDENT SUMMER RESEARCH presentations: Eliza Gould, "Antioxidant Defenses and Water Stress in Old-Growth Douglas-fir Canopies" Gregory Lopez, "The Effects of Exon Homology and Exonuclease Activity on Intron Homing in Bacteriophage T4" Alexander Stein,"Thermodynamic Lithium Flux Coupling in a Human Neuronal Glutamate Transporter" | |
Dr. Sally D. Hacker, (Dept. of Botany and Program in Environmental Science and Regional Planning, Washington State University, Vancouver). "Some direct and indirect effects of positive plant interactions to community species diversity" (Supported by the Ellis Fund) | |
Nov. 10 *please note special day | Dr. Patrick C. Phillips, Reed Class of '86, ( Dept. of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington). "Understanding the Genetics and Evolution of Complex Traits" (Supported by the Ellis Fund) |
STUDENT SUMMER RESEARCH presentations: Filemon Sorillo Dela Cruz, "The Generation and Analysis of the Effects of the Nkx6.1 Mouse Knockout on Pancreas Development" Margaret Morrow Mayfield, "The Importance of Insect Pollination to a Hummingbird Flower. Shortcomings of a Pollination Syndrome Over Space and Time" Andre Rivard,"SK3 (Small-Conductance Ca-activated K+ Channel) Regulation, Deciding on a Model System for Myotonic Dystrophy" | |
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