DBI September 2009 Events
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DBI Seminar Series 3:30 pm
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Animal and Food Sciences Seminar 3:00 pm

Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminar 4:00 pm

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Biological Sciences Seminar 4:00 pm

Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminar 4:00 pm

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Mechanical Engineering Seminar 12:15 pm
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Computer Science Research Day 9:45 am
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DBI Seminar Series

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September 3rd

"From Bench to Bedside: Bioengineering Strategies in Cardiovascular Disease"
Dr. Ulhas Naik, Professor, Biological Sciences, Professor, Chemical Engineering
3:30pm, conference room 102, Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Social mixer sponsored by the Delaware Bioscience Association to follow at 4:30pm

Bioscience Breakfast

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September 16

Computer Science Research Day

September 21

9:45am-5:00pm, Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center
"My experiences with concurrent algorithms research"
Prasad Jayanti, Chair of CS at Dartmouth University, CIS Alumnus
Panel topic "Which doors can my PhD open?"
Schedule of events available at www.cis.udel.edu/researchday/2009
Register before September 14 at https://www.cis.udel.edu/researchday/2009/registration

Animal and Food Sciences Seminar

September 14, 2009

3:00pm, 101 Allen Lab, University of Delaware
"Aspects of Microgreen Production"
Dr. Wallace Pill

Mechanical Engineering Seminar

September 18, 2009

12:15pm, 114 Spencer Lab, University of Delaware
"Synthesis of Carbon Nanofibers and Carbon Nanotubes and Their Applications"
Dr. Shinn-Shyong Tzeng

Biological Sciences Seminars

September 9

4:00pm, 3205 Kirkbride Hall, UD Campus
"Control of forebrain by intercellular signaling via Eph receptors and ephrin ligands"
Maria J. Donoghue, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Georgetown University, Department of Biology

September 16

4:00pm, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"The role of RhoC GTPase in aggressive cancers"
Kenneth van Golen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware
Hosted by Dr. Daniel Simmons

September 23

4:00pm, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"Pathogenicity Islands and Nonulosonic Acid (Sialic Acid) Metabolism in Vibrio"
Fidelma Boyd, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware
Hosted by Dr. Melinda Duncan

September 30

4:00pm, 205 Kirkbride Hall, UD Campus
"Maintaining the temporal patterns of neural activity"
Dirk M. Bucher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
Hosted by Dr. Deni Galileo

Chemistry-Biochemistry Interface Seminars

September 9

4:00pm, 101 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"On the Design of Chiral Space for Asymmetric Induction in A Catalytic Synthetic Reaction"
Professor Barry Trost, Stanford University, Department of Chemistry

September 14

4:00pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"Vibrational Mode and Bond Selective Chemistry at Surfaces: Observations and Implications"
Professor Arthur Utz, Tufts University, Department of Chemistry

September 16

4:00pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"Nitrogen atom transfer from iron(IV) nitrido complexes"
Professor Jeremy Smith, New Mexico State University, Department of Chemistry

September 23

4:00pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"Chemical Transformation Inspired by Natural Products"
Professor Armen Zakarian, University of California at Santa Barbara, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

September 25

4:00pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"Protein arginine methyltransferase I: diverse biological roles, varied substrate profile and complex product formation"
Professor Joanie M. Hevel, Utah State University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

September 28

4:00pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"Water in Protein Interiors and at Protein/Ligand Interfaces"
Professor Steven W. Rick, University of New Orleans, Department of Chemistry

September 30

4:00pm, 219 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"Aerobic C-H Oxidation in Solution at a Single Group 10 Metal Center"
Professor Andrei Vedernikov, University of Maryland, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Mechanical Engineering Seminars

September 11

12:15pm, 114 Spencer Lab, UD Campus
"Stochastic Models, Lie Groups, and Engineering"
Dr. Gregory Chirikjian, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

September 18

12:15pm, 114 Spencer Lab, UD Campus
"Synthesis of Carbon Nanofibers and Carbon Nanotubes and Their Applications"
Dr. Shinn-Shyong Tzeng, Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Tatung University of Taiwan

September 25

12:15pm, 114 Spencer Lab
"Matrix Elasticity Induction of Stem Cells"
Dr. Dennis E. Discher, Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania