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Department of Biological Sciences Seminar
http://www.udel.edu/bio/
Refreshments available at 3:30pm
November 7
4:00pm 318 Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“Using Metastasis Suppressor Proteins to Re-examine Fundamental Paradigms of Metastasis”
Carrie Rinkler-Schaeffer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Surgery/Urology, University of Chicago
Hosted by Dr. R. Sikes
November 14
4:00pm 318 Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“The stem cell niche; bone marrow function in health and disease”
Russell S. Taichman D.M.D., D.M.S., Professor of Dentistry, University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Hosted by Dr. C. Cooper
November 16
12:15pm 100Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“Transporters and Textbooks"
Dr. Robert Brooker, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota
Hosted by Beta Beta Beta
November 28
4:00pm 318 Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“Gene-Based Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease: Identification of Trans-factors involved in Gamma Globin Regulation”
Betty Pace, M.D., Director of the Sickle Cell Disease Research Center, Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Dallas
Hosted by Dr. E. Kmiec
Biomedical Engineering Seminars
November 2
11:15am-12:15pm, Evans Hall 204 – UD Campus
Neil Forbes, University of Massachusetts, Department of Chemical Engineering
For information contact Ryan Zurakowski at ryanz@udel.edu or (302) 831-0331
November 16
11:15am-12:15pm, Evans Hall 204 – UD Campus
Benjamin Shapiro, University of Maryland, Department of Aerospace Engineering
For information contact Ryan Zurakowski at ryanz@udel.edu or (302) 831-0331
November 26
11:15am-12:15pm, DBI Room 102
Michael Henson, University of Massachusetts, Department of Chemical Engineering
For information contact Ryan Zurakowski at ryanz@udel.edu or (302) 831-0331
November 30
11:15am-12:15pm, Evans Hall 204 – UD Campus
Leif Finkel, University of Pennsylvania, Department of BioEngineering
For information contact Ryan Zurakowski at ryanz@udel.edu or (302) 831-0331
Materials Science & Engineering Seminar
November 14
http://www.mseg.udel.edu/
10:00-11:00am Kirkwood Room, Perkins Student Center – UD Campus
“Protein-Polymer Hybrid Materials for Nanotechnology”
Heather Maynard, University of California
Chemistry-Biology Interface Seminar
http://www.udel.edu/chem/seminar/index.htm
November 5
4:00pm, Memorial Hall Rm. 123 – UD Campus
“Structure and Function of Proton Pumping Cytochrome Oxidase”
Professor Robert B. Gennis
November 7
12:15pm-1:15pm Gore Hall 116 – UD Campus
“Structure, Function and Energetics of Proteins”
Dr. Bertrand Garcia-Morena, Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University
November 14
12:15pm-1:15pm Gore Hall 116 – UD Campus
“Reversible Protein Modifications: e.g. Acylation and Deacylation”
Dr. John M. Denu, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
November 28
12:15pm-1:15pm Brown Lab 221 – UD Campus
Dr. Sharon Rozovsky, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware
Department of Physics & Astronomy Seminars
http://www.physics.udel.edu/event/
November 1
2:00pm 223A Sharp Lab - UD Campus
“Beyond the spin-Hall effect”
Dimitrie Culcer, Argonne National Lab
Host: Branislav Nikolic
November 6
2:00pm 215 Sharp Lab – UD Campus
“TBD”
Horst Meyer, Department of Physics, Duke University
November 7
4:00pm 104 Gore Hall - UD Campus
“Nanoscale fluctuations of live cell membranes quantified by optical interferometry”
Gabriel Popescu, Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Refreshments will be available in Sharp Lab at 3:30pm
November 13
Condensed Matter & Materials Physics Seminar
2:00pm 215 Sharp Lab – UD Campus
“Actin self-assembly, cell crawling and Listeria motility”
Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Sui-Tat Chui
November 13
4:00pm 215 Sharp Lab – UD Campus
“TBD”
Aristotle Socrates, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton
November 28
4:00pm 104 Gore Hall - UD Campus
“Physics of the Piano"
N. Giordano, Department of Physics, Purdue University
Refreshments will be available in Sharp Lab at 3:30pm
Plant and Soil Sciences Seminars
http://ag.udel.edu/plsc/index.htm
November 1
2:00pm-2:50pm 132 Townsend Hall – UD Campus
“Calcium oscillations and plant development”
Zen-Ming Pei, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Duke University
November 8
2:00pm-2:50pm 132 Townsend Hall – UD Campus
“Brassinosteroid signaling from cell surface to nuclear genome – Charting a signaling pathway using genetics, proteomics, and genomics”
Zhiyong Wang, Staff Scientist, Department of Plant Biology, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Depart of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
November 15
2:00pm-2:50pm 132 Townsend Hall – UD Campus
“Growing Up Green on Serpentine Soils: Evaluating the Geochemistry and Vegetative Fate of Serpentine Soil Trace Metals”
Chris Oze, Assistant Professor of Geology, Bryn Mawr College
November 29
2:00pm-2:50pm 132 Townsend Hall – UD Campus
“TBA”
Leslie Sieburth, Associate Professor, Molecular Biology Program, University of Utah
Nursing Research Lecture Series
November 28
1:20-2:20pm, 114 McDowell Hall – UD Campus
“Realities and Myths of HIV Over 50”
Christopher Lance Coleman, Assistant Professor, Center for Health and Disparities Research and the Center for Gerontologic Nursing Science - University of Pennsylvania
For more information: 302-831-8375
Nemours Monday Research Seminars
November 5
12:00pm – 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
“Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering and Application in Biomanufacturing”
Wei Sun, PhD, Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Host: Tariq Rahman (trahman@nemours.org)
November 12
12:00pm – 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
"Nemours Health and Prevention Services Evaluation Strategy"
Linda Bultman, Director of Planning and Marketing Research, Nemours Health and Prevention Services
Host: Carolyn Schanen, MD, PhD (schanen@medsci.udel.edu)
November 19
12:00pm – 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
Mary Susan Bee Stine Memorial Seminar, "Modeling the Neuropathology of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex in the Mouse"
Michael Gambello, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX
Host: Carolyn Schanen, MD, PhD (schanen@medsci.udel.edu)
November 26
12:00pm – 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
Spotlight on Nemours, "Developing Regenerative Therapies of Congenital and Acquired Cardiovascular Disease"
Robert E. Akins, PhD, Head of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Research Laboratory, Nemours Department of Biomedical Research
November 30
12:00pm – 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
“Novel Radiation Delivery Strategies in the Management of Advanced Cancers"
Mansoor M. Ahmed, MD, Staff Scientist, Geisinger Health Systems, Weis Center for Research, Danville, PA
Hosted by A.K. Rajasekaran, PhD (araj@medsci.udel.edu)
Department of Computer and Information Sciences Distinguished Speaker Series
http://www.cis.udel.edu/distinguished.html
November 26
3:30pm 116 Gore Hall - UD Campus
"An Overview of High Performance Computing and Four Research Areas of Importance"
Dr. Jack Dongarra
Refreshments after the lecture in Smith Hall 102A
November 12
The Jack A. Gerster Memorial Lecture
9:30am 102/103 Colburn Laboratory - UD Campus
"Biomass Energy: Cost, Scale and Policy Issues"
Peter Flynn, Poole Chair in Management for Engineers, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta
www.engineering.ualberta.ca/mece/p_flynn.cfm
November 28
4:00 p.m 131 Sharp Laboratory - UD Campus
Pigford Memorial Lecture
“Pharmaceutical Informatics and the Pathway to Personalized Medicines in the Petascale Era”
Professor Sangtae Kim, Purdue University
Reception follows in DuPont lobby
Center for Critical Zone Research Seminar
November 13
2:00-2:50pm, 206 Robinson Hall/202 Cannon Lab (video streaming) - UD Campus
"Observing the Coastal Ocean with Chemical Sensor Network"
Dr. Kenneth S. Johnson, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Discussion following seminar at 3pm 105 Robinson Hall/203 Cannon Lab
The Center for Catalytic Science & Technology Seminar
http://www.che.udel.edu/ccst/seminars.html
November 16
10:00am 102 Colburn Lab - UD Campus
"Selective Oxidation Using Nanocrystalline Gold: Green Chemistry has a Golden Future"
Dr. Graham J. Hutchings, University of Cardiff
Refreshments will be available at 9:45am
DBI Luncheon Seminar Series
November 8