Delaware Biotechnology Institute

DBI Luncheon Seminars Series

Luncheon Seminar will be held on Thursday
In Delaware Biotechnology Institute Conference Room 102
from 12:00pm – 1:00pm
(Lunch begins at 11:45am)
Schedule

March 8

“Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Device for Monitoring Molecular Overexpression in Cancer Cells”
Ning Shao, Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Balaji Panchapakesan, Assistant Professor - Electrical & Computer Engineering

March 15

“Gene Repair in Spinal Muscular Atrophy using Single-stranded Oligonucleotides”
Darlise Dimatteo, Research Associate
Advisor: Eric Kmiec, Professor - Biological Sciences

March 22

Michael Dumas, Undergraduate
Karla Boyd, Undergraduate
Advisor: Carlton Cooper, Assistant Professor - Biological Sciences

March 29

“A Fixation with Crustaceans: Investigating the effects of fixation on the ultrastructure of blue crab exoskeleton with electron microscopy”
Shannon Modla, Research Associate
Delaware Biotechnology Institute

DBI Special Lunch Seminar

March 9

12:00pm, DBI Room 10
"Notes from a Trip with the NIH "Roadmap"
Dr. Steven Stanhope, Founding Director of the Physical Disabilities Branch at the National Institutes of Health
Lunch will be available at 11:30am
All are welcome to attend

Bioscience Breakfast

more information >>

March 14

7:30am-9:00am, 102 Delaware Biotechnology Institute.
A networking event bringing together bioscience-focused individuals to foster collaboration and growth of the Delaware bioscience community

Center For Critical Zone Research (CCZR)

Seminar Announcements

March 13

12:00 p.m. in room 102 DBI
“Deciphering the Chemical Structure and Composition of Natural Organic Matter with Advanced
Analytical Approaches”
Patrick G. Hatcher
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University

Nemours Seminars

12:00pm – 1:00pm, Lecture Hall
Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
http://www.nemours.org/internet?url=no/rsch/art2512.html
Refreshments will be provided
For information call 302-651-6804

March 5

Spotlight on Nemours Research
“Impact of Mechanical Ventilation on the Neonatal Airway”
presented by Thomas L. Miller, PhD, Research Scientist, Nemours Research Lung Center; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA

March 12

12:00pm – 1:00pm, Lecture Hall
Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
“Embryonic Stem Cells and Motor Neuron Diseases”
Douglas Kerr, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Neurology and MMI; Director, Johns Hopkins TM Center, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Hosted by Wenlan Wang, M.D., Ph.D. (wwang@nemours.org)

March 19

“TBA”
Susan J. Hayflick, M.D., Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Molecular & Medical Genetics
Associate Professor, Pediatrics & Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Hosted by Carolyn Schanen, M.D., Ph.D. (schanen@medsci.udel.edu)

March 26

TBA

University of Delaware Chapter of Sigma Xi Event

http://www.udel.edu/sigma-xievents.html

March 1

3:30pm Wolf Hall, Room 100 – UD Campus
“Integrity at Risk: Handling Alleged Research Misconduct by Institutions and NSF”
Dr. Lewis A. Burkley, National Science Foundation

March 1

5:30pm Memorial Hall, Room 127 – UD Campus
“Good Science”: A facilitated discussion for graduate students
Mark Greene, Tom Powers and David Silver, University of Delaware
Sponsored by Sigma Xi, the College of Arts and Sciences, Delaware NSF-EPSCoR, the Delaware Interdisciplinary Ethics program, and the Science, Ethics and Public Policy program at the University of Delaware

Microbiology Journal Club

March 12

12:00pm – 1:00pm, 306 Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“Presenting Ho, David, 2005. Infection with multidrug resistant, dual-tropic HIV-1 and rapid progression to AIS: A case report. Lancet 365:1031-8”
Carlton Cooper, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Delaware

Mathematical Sciences Seminars

http://www.math.udel.edu/research/weekly_calendar/calendar.html

March 19

3:30pm, 102 Gore Hall – UD Campus
Carl J. Rees Distinguished Lecturer Series
“Button Madness”
Dr. Aart Blokhuis, Tech. University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands

March 21

3:30pm, 102 Gore Hall – UD Campus
Carl J. Rees Distinguished Lecturer Series
“Do we know all 3-colorable distance regular graphs”
Dr. Aart Blokhuis, Tech. University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Refreshments in 436 Ewing Hall immediately following talk

Department of Biological Sciences Dissertation Defense

March 20

http://www.udel.edu/bio/
3:30pm, 318 Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“Targeted Gene Repair of Frameshift Mutations: Insights into the Mechanism and Applications for Gene Therapy”
Katie Maguire, University of Delaware
Advisor: Dr. Eric Kmiec, Department of Biological Sciences
Refreshments will be served

Materials Science & Engineering Seminars

http://www.mseg.udel.edu/

March 13

10:00am, 209 Smith Hall – UD Campus
“Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control of Charged, Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymer Assembly via Interaction with Organic Counterions in Solvent Mixtures”
Honggang Cui, University of Delaware
Advisor: Darrin J. Pochan

March 21

10:00am – 11:00am, Colburn Lab 104 – UD Campus
“Intermediate Band Solar Cells: Current Status and Future Prospects”
Dr. Andrew Norman, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Refreshments available at 9:45am

March 21

10:00am – 11:00am, Colburn Lab 102 – UD Campus
“Nucelic Acid Engineering: Using DNA as a Nano-material”
Dr. Dan Luo, Cornell University
Refreshments available at 9:45am

March 28

10:00am – 11:00am, Colburn Lab 104 – UD Campus
“Nucleic Acid Engineering: Using DNA as a Nano-material”
Dan Luo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Refreshments available at 9:45am

Biological Sciences Spring Seminar Series

http://www.udel.edu/bio/

March 7

4:00pm, 318 Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“Calcineurin/NFATuation in Osteoblasts is Bad to the Bone”
Majd Zayzafoon, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Molecular & Cellular Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hosted by: Dr. Farach-Carson
Refreshments will be available at 3:30pm

March 21

http://www.udel.edu/bio/
4:00pm, 318 Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“Cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer: A difficult dialogue”
Dr. Keith E. Latham, Temple University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & The Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology
Hosted by: Dr. Catherine Kirn-Safran
Refreshments served at 3:30pm

Physics and Astronomy Colloquium

http://www.physics.udel.edu/event/

March 14

4:00pm, 104 Gore Hall – UD Campus
“GeV Astrophysics: Results from Satellite-based Experiments”
Reshmi Mukherjee, Barnard College, Columbia University
Hosted by: Holder
Refreshments will be at 3:30pm in Sharp 225 (Commons Room)

March 21

4:00pm, 104 Gore Hall – UD Campus
“Graphene: A Romance of Two Dimensions”
Allan H. MacDonald, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin
Hosted by Branislav Nikolic
Refreshments will be available in 225 Sharp Lab at 3:30pm
Gore Hall is wheelchair accessible. Please request disability accommodations by March 20: phone 831-3361; fax 831-1637; e-mail sherry@bartol.udel.edu

Center for Molecular and Engineering Thermodynamics Seminar

March 30

11:00am, 366 Colburn Lab – UD Campus
“Preparation and Applications of Novel Fluorinated Polymeric Nanoparticles”
Professor Hideo Sawada, Department of Frontier Material Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, Japan

Biochemistry Seminars

http://www.udel.edu/chem/seminar/index.htm

March 2

4:00pm, 123 Memorial Hall – UD Campus
“TBA”
Professor Mary Roberts
Email: mary.roberts@bc.edu
Website: http://chemserv.bc.edu/faculty/roberts.html
Hosted by: Tatyana Polenova, tpolenov@chem.udel.edu

March 16

4:00pm, 123 Memorial Hall – UD Campus
“TBA”
Dr. Wei-Jen Tang
Email: gilmer@chem.fsu.edu
Website: http://www.chem.fsu.edu/editors/gilmer/index.html
Hosted by: Kate Scantlebury, kscantle@udel.edu

March 23

4:00pm, 123 Memorial Hall – UD Campus
“TBA”
Professor Walter Fast
Email: WaltFast@mail.utexas.edu
Website: http://www.utexas.edu/pharmacy/divisions/medicinalchem/faculty/fast.html
Hosted by: Eugene Mueller, emueller@udel.edu

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquium

http://www.udel.edu/chem/seminar/index.htm
Refreshments will be served at 3:30pm

March 5

4:00pm, 205 Gore Hall – UD Campus
“Nuclear magnetic resonance of heavy metals”
Professor Cecil Dybowski, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware
Email: dybowski@udel.edu
Website: http://www.udel.edu/dybowski/dybowski.htm
Hosted by: Charles Riordan, riordan@udel.edu

March 9

4:00pm, 205 Gore Hall – UD Campus
“TBA”
Professor Susan S. Taylor, University of California, San Diego, CA
Email: staylor@ucsd.edu
Website: http://chem-faculty.ucsd.edu/taylor/index.htm
Hosted by: Eugene Mueller, emueller@udel.edu

Inorganic/Organic Seminars

http://www.udel.edu/chem/seminar/index.htm

March 7

4:00pm, 123 Memorial Hall – UD Campus
“Towards A Toolkit of Distinctly Folded Oligomers as Modulators of Biomolecular Function”
Professor Paramjit S. Arora
Email: arora@nyu.edu
Website: http://chemistry.fas.nyu.edu/object/paramjitarora.html
Hosted by: Neal Zondlo, zondlo@chem.udel.edu

March 14

4:00pm, 123 Memorial Hall – UD Campus
Professor Robert Cava
Email: rcava@princeton.edu
Website: http://www.princeton.edu/~cavalab/
Hosted by: Svilen Bobev, bobev@udel.edu

March 21

4:00pm, 123 Memorial Hall – UD Campus
“Silicon and Silicon Containing Compounds: Applications in Thermoelectrics, Hydrogen Storage, and Quantum Dots”
Professor Susan M. Kauzlarich
Email: smkauzlarich@ucdavis.edu
Website: http://chemgroups.ucdavis.edu/~kauzlarich/
Hosted by: Svilen Bobev, bobev@udel.edu

March 29

4:00pm, 123 Memorial Hall – UD Campus
“Copper Coordination Chemistry with Scorpionates”
Professor Kiyoshi Fujisawa
Hosted by: Charles Riordan, riordan@udel.edu

Analytical/Physical Seminars

http://www.udel.edu/chem/seminar/index.htm

March 12

4:00pm, 123 Memorial Hall – UD Campus
“New Dimensions in Magic-Angle Spinning NMR of Membrane Proteins: Methods and Applications for Physical Chemistry and Structural Biology”
Professor Chad Rienstra
Email: rienstra@scs.uiuc.edu
Website: http://chemistry.uiuc.edu/rienstra.htm
Hosted by: Tatyana Polenova tpolenov@chem.udel.edu

March 19

4:00pm, 123 Memorial Hall – UD Campus
Professor Joanna Long
Email: jrlong@mbi.ufl.edu
Website: http://www.mbi.ufl.edu/people/fac-form.php?id=260
Hosted by: Tatyana Polenova tpolenov@chem.udel.edu

College of Engineering Seminars

http://www.engr.udel.edu/home/index.html

March 14

11:00am-12:00pm, 114 Spenser Lab – UD Campus
“Electromagnetic inverse scattering using genetic programming”
Raymond Wildman, University of Delaware

March 30

11:00am-12:00pm, 336 Colburn Lab – UD Campus
“Preparation and Applications of Novel Fluorinated Polymeric Nanoparticles”
Hideo Sawada, Hirosaki University

Chemistry-Biology Interface Seminar

March 14

12:15pm – 1:15pm, Brown Lab 221 – UD Campus
“The Role of the Rho GTPases in Prostate Cancer Metastasis”
Dr. Kenneth L. van Golen, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware