DBI December 2008 Events
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Nemours Monday Research Seminar 12:00 pm
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Chemistry-Biology Interface Seminar 12:15 pm

Biology Seminar 4:00 pm

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DBI Luncheon Seminar 12:00 pm
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Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquia 4:00 pm
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Nemours Monday Research Seminar 12:00 pm

Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquia 4:00 pm

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Chemistry-Biology Interface Seminar 12:15 pm

Biology Seminar 4:00 pm

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Christmas Eve – University Closed
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Christmas – University Closed
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Winter Break – University Closed
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Winter Break – University Closed
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Winter Break – University Closed
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Winter Break – University Closed

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)

December 4

12:00 - 1:00pm, DBI Conference Room 102, UD Campus
"TBA"
Dr. Takeshi Tsuda, Nemours Cardiac Center, Molecular Cardiology Laboratory, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College

Nemours Monday Research Seminar

December 1

12:00 - 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
"NCI-Designed Cancer Centers: Why They Matter"
Linda Weiss, PhD, Chief, Cancer Centers Branch, Office of Centers, Training, and Resources National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Hosted by A.K. Rajasekaran, PhD (araj@medsci.udel.edu)

December 8

12:00 - 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
"Cytoplasmic Dynein and Dynactin: Function and Dysfunction of an Essential Motor Complex for Axonal Transport"
Erika L.F. Holzbaur, PhD, Professor of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Hosted by Jeffrey Twiss, MD, PhD (twiss@medsci.udel.edu)

Chemistry-Biology Interface Seminar

December 3

12:15 - 1:15pm, 206 Brown Lab, UD Campus
Update on Research of CBI Students: Elizabeth Sedlack (Brian Bahnson's Lab), Meghan Reilly (Millicent O'Sullivan's Lab)

12:15 - 1:15pm, 206 Brown Lab, UD Campus
Presentations by 3 First-year Students: Daniel R. Hess, Stephanie H. Scott, Brian J. Grindel

Biology Seminar Series

December 3

4:00pm, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"Regulation of Cell Polarity in Cancer"
Athar H. Chrishti, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Hosted by Dr. Ulhas Naik

December 10

4:00pm, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer"
Barbara Foster, PhD, Roswell Cancer Institute, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquia

December 5

4:00pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"New Nanostructured Solids with Unprecedented Properties"
Professor David Johnson

December 10

4:00pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"Membrane Protein Structure and Dynamics: A View from the Polypeptide Chain"
Professor Richard Armstrong