Biology Department

Seminar Schedule

Spring 2007

Jan. 26	Janis Shampay, PhD, Chair, Biology Department Updates
Feb. 2	Information Seminar: Summer Research Opportunities
Feb. 9	Susan Froshauer, PhD (President and CEO, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals) "Use of the high resolution crystal structure of the ribosome to produce next generation antibiotics active against serious drug-resistant infections such as MRSA--creating medical and investor value" Supported by the Merck Fund
Feb. 16	Maggie So, PhD (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University) "Force as a new language of communication between bacteria and host" Supported by the Liu Fund
Feb. 23	Barry Sinervo, PhD (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Santa Cruz) "Altruism and socially mediated speciation and the rock-paper-scissors game" Supported by the Ellis Fund
Mar. 2	Eric Cole '78, PhD (Biology Department, St. Olaf College, MN) *"A ribosome-mediated antisense mutagenesis, and the discovery of CDA 12 or, sex, drinking and fission in the ciliated protist, Tetrahymena thermophila"* Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Mar. 16	No Seminar--Spring Break
Mar. 23	Jay Mellies, PhD (Biology Department, Reed College) *"Enteropathogenic E. coli's* Regulatory Response to Host-Associated Signals"** Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Mar. 30	Larry S. Sherman '86, PhD (Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University) "Barriers to stem cell therapy: Overcoming extracellular signals to repair the damaged nervous system" Supported by the Lamfrom Fund
Apr. 6	Antonio Baptista, PhD, (Director, Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction, OHSU OGI School of Science & Engineering) "Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction-Exploring our ecosystem through science and technology" Supported by the Ellis Fund
Apr. 13	Ron Mittler, PhD (Dept. of Biochem & Molecular Biology, University of Nevada) "The Reactive Oxygen Gene Network" Supported by the Liu Fund
Apr. 20	S.T.A.R. Lectures: A series of brief lectures presented by Students Talking About Their Research Juliana Arrighi - “Variable Temperature Effects on Embryonic Growth in the Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad (Bombina orientalis): Linear vs. Non-Linear Models.” Jayne Gaubatz - “PINX1: A Potential Telomerase Inhibitor in Xenopus laevis.” Zach Turner - "TBA" Dan Walker - “Constitutive Expression of the Tumor Suppressor Xp53 in Xenopus laevis.”