The following was the seminar schedule for the Spring semester of the 1998-1999 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. Janis Shampay (Biology Dept., Reed College) "Telomerase in Myb-induced Tumors". | |
Dr. Victor Nizet, Reed Class of '84 (Div. of Infectious Diseases, Univ. of California, San Diego). "Pathogenesis of Group B Streptococcal Infections in Newborn Infants". (Supported by the Liu Fund) | |
Dr. Esther Angert (Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard Univ.). "A novel mode of cellular propagation for bacteria". (Dr. Angert is a candidate for the Microbiology position) | |
Dr. Lisa Gorski (Dept. of Biochemistry, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine.). "Social bacteria: Genetics, physiology, and ecology". (Dr. Gorski is a candidate for the Microbiology position) | |
Dr. Cindy Arvidson (Dept. of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health Sciences Univ.). "Functional analysis of the PilA protein of the pathogenic Neisseria" . (Dr. Arvidson is a candidate for the Microbiology position) | |
Dr. Mandy Ward (Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, Univ. of California at Berkeley) . "Regulation of directed motility behavior in the developmental bacterium Myxococcus xantus". (Dr. Ward is a candidate for the Microbiology position) | |
Dr. John Bishop (Dept. of Botany and Dept. of Genetics, Washington State Univ. - Vancouver) "Molecular Evolution of Plant Defenses". (Supported by the Liu Fund) | |
Dr. Kellar Autumn (Dept. of Biology, Lewis & Clark College) "Dynamics of Geckos Running Vertically". (Supported by the Ellis Fund) | |
Dr. Jay L. Mellies, (Center for Vaccine Development, Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine) "Regulation of virulence factor expression in E. coli". | |
Dr. Phil Stork, (Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University) "Choosing between cell growth and differentiation ". | |
(please note special day and time; Noon in B-200A) | Dr. Adam S. Wilkins, Reed Class of '65) (Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, England) "The evolution of sex determination pathways: Is there an underlying unity in the dynamics?" |
Dr. Monica Torres, Reed Class of '92 (Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine) "Wnt signaling and dorsoventral axis formation in Xenopus embryos". (Supported by the Lamfrom Fund) | |
Dr. Lynne D. Houck(Dept. of Zoology, Oregon State Univ.) "Courtship Pheromones in Terrestrial Salamanders". (Supported by the Ellis Fund) | |
Dr. Linda Seitz, (Dept. of Animal Sci., Rutgers Univ.) "Experimental and Ecological Studies on Social Interactions in a Lizard: Hormones, Behavior, and Coloration". (Dr. Seitz is a candidate for the one-year faculty position in the Biology Department) | |
Dr. Tom Stevens (Inst. of Molecular Biology, Univ. of Oregon) "Protein Sorting and Membrane Traffic to the Lysosome-like Vacuole of Yeast". (Supported by the Liu Fund) | |
Dr. Udo Savalli (Louis Calder Center, Fordham Univ.) "The birds and the beetles: Sexual selection and the evolution of dimorphic traits". (Dr. Savalli is a candidate for the one-year faculty position in the Biology Department. ) | |
Dr. Stephen Yezerinac, (Dept. of Biology, Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ontario) "Reproductive strategies: Extra-pair mating, sexual selection and plumage coloration in the yellow warbler". (Dr. Yezerinac is a candidate for the one-year faculty position in the Biology Department. ) | |
Reed Senior Thesis Students (May graduates). "S.T.A.R.S. (Students Talking about Research Seminar)"
Bob Foster "We've Got Crabs: The Potential Impact of the Invasive European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, on the Pacific Northwest's Commercial Oyster Industry" Forrest Stewart "Dynein is Essential for Normal Left-Right Asymmetry in Xenopus" Justin Taraska "Subnuclear Targeting and Protein Interactions of AKAP95" | |
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