DBI February 2009 Events
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Nemours Monday Research Seminar 12:00 pm
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Biology Seminar 4:00 pm
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Winter Classes End
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Spring Classes Begin

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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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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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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Life Science Educator's Resource Network 8:30 am

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)

Biology Seminar Series

February 4

4:00pm, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"Akt pathways in platelets: Regulating responses to agonist"
Donna Woulfe, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, Center for Translational Medicine
Hosted by Dr. Ulhas Naik

February 11

4:00pm, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"Multivalent Polymers in the Design of the Therapeutic Materials"
Kristi L. Kiick, PhD, Associate Professor, Materials Science, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
Hosted by E. Selva

February 18

4:00pm, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"The Role of ANK in Biomineralization"
Charlene J. Williams, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Department of Medicine

February 25

4:00pm, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"Using Genomic Approaches to Study Viral-Host Interactions"
Sara Cherry, PhD, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Nemours Monday Research Seminar

February 2

12:00 - 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
"Understanding Corticospinal Motor Neuron Biology"
P. Hande Ozdinler, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Hosted by Jeffrey Twiss, MD, PhD (twiss@medsci.udel.edu)

February 9

12:00 - 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
"Where, When and How Much? Regulation of Myeline Proteolipid Protein Gene Expression by an Intronic Enhancer"
Patricia Wight, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Hosted by Grace Hobson, PhD (ghobson@nemours.org)

February 16

12:00 - 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
"Array-Based Comparative Genomic Hydridization Reveals Genetic Hotspots for Congenital Genitourinary Defects"
Dolores J. Lamb, PhD, HCLD, Lester and Sue Smith Chair in Urology Research, Professor Urology and Molecular Cellular Biology, Vice Chairman for Research, Director, Laboratory for Reproductive Research and Testing, Director, Special Procedures Laboratory, Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Hosted by Julie Barthold, MD (jbarthol@nemours.org)

February 23

12:00 - 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
"Transplantation of Testis Tissue to Study Mammalian Spermatogenesis"
Ina Dobrinski, PhD, Professor of Reproduction, Head, Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Hosted by Kamin Johnson, PhD (johnson@medsci.udel.edu)

Life Science Educator's Resource Network

February 28

8:30 am -12:30 pm, The Hub CityView, The United Plaza Building
30 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA
Registration

Chemistry Biology Interface Seminars

February 11

12:15 - 1:15pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
Presentations by 3 First-Year Students
Scott Crown (Sharon Rozovsky's Lab), Patrick McNeely (Brian Bahnson's Lab), Natalee Smith (John Koh's Lab)

February 18

12:15 - 1:15pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
Presentations by 3 First-Year Students
Stephanie Scott, Brian Grindel, Daniel Hess

February 25

12:15 - 1:15pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"IMP Dehydrogenase and the dynamics of drug selectivity"
Dr. Lizbeth Hedstrom, Markey Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brandeis University