DBI May 2009 Events
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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

Science Cafe 4:30 pm

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DBI Seminar 4:30 pm
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Nemours Monday Research Seminar 12:00 pm
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Bioscience Breakfast 7:30 am

Chemistry Biology Interface Seminar 12:15 pm

Science Cafe 4:30 pm

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DBI Seminar

Chemical Engineering Seminar 10:00 am

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Nemours Monday Research Seminar 12:00 pm
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Nemours Research Seminar 12:00 pm
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Spring Classes End

Chemistry Biology Interface Seminar 12:15 pm

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Spring Finals Begin
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Memorial Day - University Closed
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Nemours Research Seminar 10:30 am
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Spring Finals End
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Commencement
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DBI Seminars Series

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May 7

“Using evolutionary genomics to understand plant miRNA and siRNA functions”
Michael J. Axtell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
4:30pm, 102 Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Seminar to be followed by social mixer at 4:30pm

May 6

“Post Raft Era Nano- and Microdomains”
Ken Jacobson, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hosted by Dr. Anja Nohe

May 15

Plant and Soil Science Seminar Series
“The interconnection between RNA silencing and metabolism”
Brian Gregory, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
1:25pm, 132 Townsend Hall, UD Campus
Co-sponsored by the Delaware Biotechnology Institute

Bioscience Breakfast

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May 13

Speakers D. Phillip Cox, Ph.D., Chief Scientist of Noramco Inc. -"Noramco - Manufacturing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Delaware", Ed Ratledge, Director - Center for Applied Demography & Survey Research, University of Delaware - "Economic Impact on Delaware's Economy: The Biopharmaceutical & Related Sectors"

Chemistry Biology Interface Seminar

May 6

12:15 - 1:15pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"Extracellular Regulation of the Epidermal Growth Factor Family"
Dr. Mark A. Lemmon, Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania

May 13

12:15 - 1:15pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
Update on Research of Students in the CBI Program
Anastasia Fuzaylova (Roberta Colman's & Brian Bahnson's lab), Erin Foster (Daniel Simmons' lab)

May 20

12:15 - 1:15pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
Presentations by 3 First-year Students
Natalee Smith, Scott Crown, Patrick McNeely

Biology Seminar

May 6th

4:00pm, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"Post raft era nano- and microdomains"
Ken Jacobson, Ph.D., Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chemical Engineering Seminar

May 15th

10:00am, 102 Colburn Lab, UD Campus
"Block Copolymers: Designer Materials at Commodity Prices"
Frank S. Bates, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota

Science Cafe

http://sepp.dbi.udel.edu/

May 6th

4:30-6 p.m. at Home Grown Café and Gourmet
Janine Sherrier Associate Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, "Life in the Underground: How Simple Soil Bacteria Protect Our Environment"

May 13th

4:30-6 p.m. at Home Grown Café and Gourmet
Nicole Donofrio, Assistant Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, & Michael Dobres, founder and owner of NovaFlora, Inc., "Genetics in Your Garden"

Nemours Monday Research Seminars

May 4

12:00 - 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
"Spatial and Temporal Regulation of mRNA Translation After Nerve Injury"
Jeffery Twiss, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Translational Neurobiology, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Nemours Biomedical Research, Wilmington DE

May 11

12:00 - 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
"Gonadotropin-regulated Testicular Helicase (GRTH/DDX25): A Master-Post-transcriptional Regulator of Spermatogenesis"
Maria L. Dufau, MD, PhD, Chief, Molecular Endocrinology Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Hosted by Kamin Johnson, PhD (johnson@medsci.udel.edu)

May 18

"TBD"
12:00 - 1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Nemours Research Seminar

May 19

12:00-1:00pm, Lecture Hall, Nemours Biomedical Research, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children - Lunch will be provided
"Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Translational Medicine"
Cathy H. Wu, PhD, Edward G. Jefferson Professor of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Department of Computer & Information Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Director of Protein Information Resource (PIR), University of Delaware, Newark, DE

May 28

10:30AM, Third Floor Lecture Hall, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
"Acoustic, articulatory & perceptual similarities in laughing, smiling, & crying speech"
Donna Erickson, PhD, Professor, Showa University of Music, Kawasaki, Japan; Research Scientist, Riken, Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing, Wakoshi, Saitama