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Department of Biological Sciences Seminar
http://www.udel.edu/bio/
Refreshments available at 3:30pm
October 3
4:00pm 318 Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“Location, location, location: Targeting Ras and Rho small GTPases where they need to go”
Adrienne Cox, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina
Hosted by Dr. K. van Golen
October 10
4:00pm 318 Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“MUC1: The Path from Tumor Antigen to Oncogene”
Sandra J. Gendler, Ph.D., Professor and Consultant, Dept. of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Hosted by Dr. Dan Cason
October 17
4:00pm 318 Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“Metabolic Activation of the Constitutive Androstane Receptor during Fasting and Caloric Restriction”
Jeff L. Staudinger, Ph.D., Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Kansas
Hosted by Dr. C. Farach-Carson
October 24
4:00pm 318 Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“Cellular Aspects of Cardiac Remodeling during injury repair: Focus on Cardiac Fibroblasts and Myofibroblasts”
J. Gary Mezaros, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physiology, Northeastern Ohio University
Hosted by Dr. R. L. Duncan
October 31
4:00pm 318 Wolf Hall – UD Campus
“Bite Size TV Has Teeth”
Eliene Augenbraun, D.O., Ph.D., President and CEO, Science Central News
Hosted by Dr. R. Singleton
Materials Science & Engineering Seminars
October 1
2:00-3:00pm, CCM 106 – UD Campus
“Experimental scenarios for wound healing around biomaterials”
William Reichert, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
Refreshments available 1:45pm
October 10
10:00-11:00am Kirkwood Room, Perkins Student Center – UD Campus
“Utilizing Specific Supramolecular Interactions to Access New Responsive Materials”
Stuart Rowan, Case Western Reserve University
October 24
10:00-11:00am Kirkwood Room, Perkins Student Center – UD Campus
“Nanoscale Thermoelectric Materials and Devices for Thermal Management and Energy Harvesting”
Dr. Rama Venkatasubramanian, RTI International
Biomedical Engineering Seminars
October 12
Canceled
George Pappas, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering
For information contact Ryan Zurakowski at ryanz@udel.edu or (302) 831-0331
October 19
11:15am-12:15pm, Evans Hall 204 – UD Campus
Antonios Armaou, Penn State University, Department of Chemical Engineering
For information contact Ryan Zurakowski at ryanz@udel.edu or (302) 831-0331
October 7
http://www.ocean.udel.edu/coastday/
11:00am – 5:00pm, UD Hugh R. Sharp Campus
700 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE
The University of Delaware’s Coast Day, held at the Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes, introduces thousands of people each year to the wonders of the sea and the importance of Delaware’s marine and coastal resources
Admission is free; parking is $2
Contact the Marine Public Education Office at 302-831-8083 for more information
Chemistry-Biology Interface Seminar
October 1
4:00pm, Memorial Hall Rm. 123 – UD Campus
“Examining Biochemistry Learning from Two Perspectives: Biochemistry Students Use and Interpretation of Analogies” and “Biochemistry Students Perceptions of Buffers and Buffer Problems”
Professor MaryKay Orgill
http://www.nemours.org
Refreshments will be provided
For information call 302-651-6804
October 1
12:00pm – 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
“Molecular Genetics of Chromosome Rearrangement Disorders on 22q11.2”
Bernice E. Morrow, PhD, Director, Division of Translational Genetics, Department of Molecular Genetics; Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY
Hosted by Grace M. Hobson, PhD, (ghobson@nemours.org)
October 8
12:00pm – 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
“One Lung Ventilation: Reduction in Inflammatory Injury-An Overview”
Mary Theroux, MD, Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children and “Protective Effects of Low-Dose Methylprednisolone on One Lung Ventilation”
Alicia Olivant, MS, Senior Research Assistant, Nemours Biomedical Research Department
October 15
12:00pm – 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
“ERP Measures of Sentence Structure Perception in Children with Specific Language Impairment”
Arild Hestvik, PhD, Professor, Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science, University of Delaware
Hosted by Timothy Bunnell, PhD (tbunnell@nemours.org)
October 22
12:00pm – 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
“A Novel Pathway of RNA-Dependent Protein Localization”
Tien Hsu, PhD, Professor, Pathology and Lab Medicine, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Hosted by Jeffery L. Twiss, MD, PhD (twiss@medsci.udel.edu)
October 24
2:00pm – 3:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
“Nanotechnology for Sensing, Imaging and Treating Cancer: Opportunities and Challenges”
Balaji Panchapakesan, PhD, University of Delaware
Hosted by A. K. Rajasekaren, PhD (araj@medsci.udel.edu)
October 29
12:00pm – 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
“Lens Differentiation and Ephithelial Mesenchymal Transition”
Melinda Duncan, PhD, Associated Professor, Graduate Program Director, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware
Hosted by Carolyn Schanen, MD, PhD
Refreshments will be provided
For information call 302-651-6804
Department of Physics & Astronomy Seminars
http://www.physics.udel.edu/event/
October 1
3:30pm, DPA Conference Room 215 Sharp Lab – UD Campus
“Role of the Water Dimer in the Atmosphere”
Claude Leforestier, Institut Charles Gerhardt, Universit'e de Montpellier, France
Host: Mariana Safronova
October 2
2:00pm, 215 Sharp Lab – UD Campus
“Shaken Not Stirred: Using Brownian Motion for Biomagnetic Sensing”
Axel Hoffmann, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Host: Sui-Tat Chui
October 3 Colloquium
4:00pm, 104 Gore Hall – UD Campus
“Magnetic damping and spin momentum transport in ultrathin multilayer structures”
Bret Heinrich, Physics Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Refreshments available in Sharp Lab and 3:30pm
October 9
2:00pm 215 Sharp Lab – UD Campus
“TBD”
Maxim Tsoi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Physics Department, University of Texas
October 17 Colloquium
4:00pm 104 Gore Hall - UD Campus
“Precursors to supernova explosions and extraordinary deaths of very massive stars”
Nathan Smith, University of California, Berkeley
Host: Stan Owocki
Refreshments will be available in Sharp Lab at 3:30 PM
October 23
4:00pm 215 Sharp Lab – UD Campus
“New Discoveries in Low Frequency Transients”
Paul Ray, Naval Research Laboratory
October 24
4:00pm, 104 Gore Hall – UD Campus
“Nanodevices and Maxwell's Demon”
Supriyo Datta, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
Host: Branislav Nikolic
Refreshments will be available in Sharp Lab at 3:30pm
October 30
2:00pm 215 Sharp Lab - UD Campus
"Nanostructures for solar energy applications: materials and architectures"
Yong Zhang, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Host Sui-Tat Chui
October 30
4:00pm 215 Sharp Lab – UD Campus
“Role of surface particle detectors in Space Weather forecast”
A. A. Chilingarian, Alikhanyan Physics Institute, Cosmic Ray Division, Yerevan, Armenia
October 31 Colloquium
4:00pm 104 Gore Hall - UD Campus
"The fuzzy frontier between brown dwarfs and planets"
Eduardo Martin, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Canary Islands, Spain
Host: John Gizis
Refreshments will be available in Sharp Lab at 3:30pm
Innovative Technologies Breakfast
October 11
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., Delaware State University (main campus)
Room 309 , MBNA America Building
One Year Anniversary Celebration
“Avian Influenza from the Delmarva Agricultural Perspective”
Featured Speaker: Jack Gelb, Jr., Ph.D., Chair - Department of Animal and Food Sciences & Director, Avian Biosciences Center, University of Delaware
Full Breakfast provided!
To register or for more information email erjackson@desu.edu or contact the Office of Sponsored Programs at (302) 857-6810.
For Directions: Go to http://www.desu.edu/dsu/direction.php
Computer Information Sciences Seminar
October 3
1:25pm-2:25pm 102A Smith Hall – UD Campus
“TBA”
Professor John Cavazos
October 25
3:30pm 116 Gore Hall - UD Campus
http://www.cis.udel.edu/distinguished.html
"Integration of Physical and Virtual Environments in Work and Play"
Dr. Henry Fuchs
Refreshments after the lecture in Smith Hall 102A
Plant and Soil Sciences Seminars
http://ag.udel.edu/plsc/index.htm
October 4
2:00pm-2:50pm 132 Townsend Hall – UD Campus
“Genetic Evaluation of Maize Root Complexity”
Martin Bohn, Assistant Professor, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois
October 11
2:00pm-2:50pm 132 Townsend Hall – UD Campus
“Modeling Phosphorus Transport through Vegetated Filter Strips"
Jennifer Gilbert, Graduate Student, Sims Lab, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Institute of Soil and Environmental Quality, University of Delaware
"Speciation and Distribution of Arsenic in Poultry Production Systems"
Jennifer Seiter, Graduate Student, Sparks Lab, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Center for Critical Zone Research, University of Delaware
October 18
2:00pm-2:50pm 132 Townsend Hall – UD Campus
“Graduate Enrichment"
Leon Kochian, Research Leader and Supervisory Plant Physiologist, U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory, USDA-ARS; Adjunct Professor, Departments of Plant Biology, Crop and Soil Sciences, and Environmental Toxicology, Cornell University
October 23
2:30pm-3:20pm 132 Townsend Hall – UD Campus
"Microtubule dynamics and array organization in Arabidopsis cells"
Sidney Shaw, Department of Biology, Indiana University
Nursing Research Lecture Series
October 24
1:20-2:20pm, 114 McDowell Hall – UD Campus
“Force Coordination in Manipulation Activities,” by Slobodan Jaric, Professor - UD Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences
Series is supported by NIH grant under IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) program of the National Center for Research Resources
For more information: 302-831-8375
Delaware Membrane Protein Symposium
October 9
www.che.udel.edu/cobre/symposium.html
Clayton Hall - UD Campus
"Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins by NMR Spectroscopy"
Keynote speaker: Stanley Opella of the University of California San Diego
Sponsored by the COBRE program through NIH-NCRR
Contact dhendel@udel.edu for more information
October 5
1:00pm, Science Center South, Room 205
Delaware State University
"Cancer Risk Assessment"
Dr. Yuri Markushin, Kansas State University
Contact Shonda Poe at spoe@desu.edu
Center for Catalytic Science & Technology
October 17
http://www.che.udel.edu/ccst/seminars.html
3:00pm, 240 Colburn Lab – UD Campus
“A Survey of Zeolite Use and the Chemistry Used to Understand Their Properties"
Dr. Stacey Jones, Chevron Research and Technology
Light refreshments will be available in the faculty lounge at 2:45pm
Department of Chemical Engineering Nobel Talk
October 26
10:00am 102 Colburn Lab - UD Campus
“The Nobel Prize for Chemistry” Awarded to Gerhard Ertl for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces
Professor Jochen Lauterbach
DBI Luncheon Seminar Series