Delaware Biotechnology Institute

1:00pm, DBI Main Conference Room 102
Since the introduction of the first commercial Atomic Force Microscope, AFM has become an increasingly important tool in a wide range of scientific areas. AFM offers the unique ability to probe a myriad of topographic and physical properties on the sub micron scale. This seminar will highlight the new Bioscope II Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM), which has been specifically designed to facilitate advanced biological research.

DBI Luncheon Seminars Series

February 16

12:00pm, DBI Main Conference Room 102
"Oligonucleotide-directed gene repair in mammalian cells is regulated by activation of the DNA damage response pathway"
Luciana Ferrara, Ph.D. of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Advisor: Eric Kmiec, Ph.D.
Lunch provided at 11:45am

February 23

12:00pm, DBI Main Conference Room 102
Eric Welf & Vesi Cooke - Graduate Students
Department of Biological Sciences
Advisor: Ulhas Naik, Associate Professor - Biological Sciences
Lunch provided at 11:45am

DBI Seminar

February 13

3:30pm, 102 DBI Main Conference Room
"Complex Phenotypes in the Era of Genomics"
Dr. Terry Papoutsakis, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering - Northwestern University
Reception begins at 3:15pm

Asylum Research - MFP-3D-Bio AFM

February 14

10:30am, DBI Main Conference Room 102
The MFP-3D-Bio is designed to combine the high resolution imaging and sensitive (pN) force measurement capability of the AFM with a variety of optical techniques such as Phase Contrast, Fluorescence, Confocal, TIRF, and FRET, depending on the users interest. For this demonstration, Asylum Research will be performing combined AFM with Fluorescence measurements. This strategy of combined modality experiments provides researchers with powerful new capabilities for understanding complex biological systems such as molecules, cells, tissues, polymers, and a wide variety of biomaterials. The MFP-3D-Bio is a unique blend of flexibility and precision, ideally suited for users at all levels of expertise.
All are welcome to attend

RNA Biology Seminar

February 14

2:00 - 3:00 PM, DBI Main Conference Room 102
Steve Mount, University of Maryland
"pre-mRNA Splicing Signals in plants: Exonic Splicing Enhancers and SR proteins"
For publications by Steve Mount please go to: http://www.udel.edu/chem/mueller/pages/RNAbiology/papers.html
For more information contact Grace Wingfield at gew@udel.edu
Sponsored by the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences

Analytical/Physical Seminars

http://www.udel.edu/chem/seminar/a_pseminarspeakers.pdf

February 15

4:00pm, 210 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"Natively Unfolded Proteins: Implications on Folding, Binding, and Stability"
Professor Maria Luisa Tasayco
Host: Tatyana Polenova

February 22

4:00pm, 210 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"NMR studies of the structure, dymanics, and ligand interactions of polyubiquitin chains. Clues to functional diversity of polyubiquitin"
Professor David Fushman
Host: Tatyana Polenova

Biochemistry Seminars

http://www.udel.edu/chem/seminar/bseminarspeakers.pdf

February 13

4:00, 210 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"The Molecular Mechanics of Start Site Recognition during Eukaryotic Translation Initiation"
Professor Jon Lorsch
Host: Eugene Mueller

February 20

4:00, 210 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"MY VIRUS IS NASTIER THAN YOUR VIRUS! Molecular properties of the ICP34.5 protein of HSV-1 determine Virulence"
Professor Ken S.Rosenthal, Ph.D.
Host: Eugene Mueller

February 27

4:00, 210 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"The self-assembly of organized membrane channels by Sphingolipids"
Professor Marco Colombini
Host: Tatyana Polenova

Biological Sciences Seminars

http://cgi.bisc.udel.edu/cgi-bin/cals/calendar.pl?calendar=deptcal

February 6

11:00am, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"Sugar Coated Proteins: Carbohydrate Profile of Human P-glycoprotein"
Dr. Stan Ivey, Molecular, Cellular & Organismal Biology Department
Biological Sciences, Delaware State University
Hosted by Dr. Cindy Farach-Carson

February 8

4:00. 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"Structural Characterization of Exon 1 of Huntington: Pathways to Design of a Preventive Drug for Huntington's Disease"
Dr. Veronique Chellgren, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

February 10

9:00am, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"Ovarian Steroid Synthesis: Lessons Learned from PCOS"
Dr. Jennifer Wood, Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health
University of Pennsylvania

February 15

1:30, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"Molecular Modulation of Calcium Oxalate Crystallization: How Do Kidney Stones Form?"
Dr. John Hoyer, University of Pennsylvania

February 15

4:00, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
CANCELLED
Dr. Gail Prins, Professor of Physiology
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago

February 22

4:00pm, 318 Wolf Hall, UD Campus
"The Role of T-type Calcium Channels in Peripheral Nociception"
Dr. Slobodan Todorovic, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology - University of Virginia
Host: Randy Duncan

Chemistry-Biology Interface Seminar

http://www.udel.edu/chem/seminar/interface06.pdf

February 21

12:30pm - 1:30pm, 210 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"Peripheral Proteins and Membrane Re-organization: A Computational Perspective"
Dr. Diana Murray, Department of Microbiology and Immunology - Weill Medical College of Cornell University

DPA & Bartol Research Institute

February 17

4:00pm, 131 Sharp Laboratory, UD Campus
Colloquium
"Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy: Deciphering Complex Structural Dynamics"
Matthew DeCamp, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Meet & Greet" with Refreshments Lab at 3:4

Chemical Engineering Seminar

http://www.che.udel.edu/abstracts/seminarschedule.pdf

February 2

Junior Faculty Candidate Seminar
9:00am, 366 Colburn Lab, UD Campus
"A molecular view of model membranes: The stabilizing effect of disaccacharides and the dependence of mechanical properties on lipid composition"
Manolis Doxastakis, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Postdoc Researcher Advisor: Professor Juan J. de Pablo
Refreshments available at 8:45am

February 6

Junior Faculty Candidate Seminar
9:00am, 366 Colburn Lab, UD Campus
"EGF Receptor Trafficking and Signaling Dynamics in Cancer: Quantitative Experimental and Modeling Studies of Dysregulation and Treatment"
Matthew Lazzara, Biological Engineering Division, MIT
Postdoc Researcher Advisor: Professor Douglas A. Lauffenburger
Refreshments available at 8:45am

February 10

10:00am, 102/103 Colburn Lab, UD Campus
"Biomolecular Engineering for Fun and Profit"
Huimin Zhao, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry Department of Bioengineering Institute for Genomic Biology
Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology
Refreshments available at 9:45am

Inorganic/Organic Seminars

http://www.udel.edu/chem/seminar/i_oseminarspeakers.pdf

February 10

4:00pm, 210 Brown Lab, UD Campus
Professor William D. Jones
"C-H and C-C Bond Activation by Transition Metals: Dynamics of Alkane-Complex Intermediates and Mechanism of Activation"
Host: Klaus Theopold

February 17

4:00pm, 210 Brown Lab, UD Campus
"Chemistry through the Power of Genetic Selection"
Professor Donald F. Doyle
Host: John Koh

February 24

4:00pm, 210 Brown Lab, UD Campus
Professor George Hadjipanayis
Host: Charles Riordan

Marine Studies Seminars

http://www.ocean.udel.edu/seminars/

February 14

4:00 pm - 5:00pm, 202 Cannon Lab, Lewes via ITV 206 Robinson Hall, UD Campus
Dr. Mandy Joye, Department of Marine Sciences - University of Georgia - Athens
"Methane and sulfur cycling in brine pools and mud volcanoes along the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope"
Host: Thomas Hanson

February 28

4:00 pm - 5:00pm, 202 Cannon Lab, Lewes via ITV 206 Robinson Hall, UD Campus
"Assessment Program: History and Future"
Dr. Suzanne Bricker - NOAA, Sliver Spring, MD NOAA's National Estuarine Eutrophication
Host: William Ullman

Materials Science & Engineering Seminar

www.udel.edu/mse

February 15

10:30-11:30am, 102 Colburn Lab, UD Campus
"Self Assembly of Multi-Compartment Micelles from ABC Start Copolymers"
Tim Lodge, University of Minnesota

Mechanical Engineering Seminars

February 6

12:00pm-1:00pm, 114 Spencer Lab, UD Campus
"Optimal Design and Operation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems for Small-scale Stationary Applications"
Dr. Robert J. Braun, United Technologies Research Center
Refreshments will be served

February 10

12:00pm -1:00pm, 114 Spencer Lab, UD Campus
"Microfabrication Methods for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells"
Joshua L. Hertz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Refreshments will be served

February 13

12:00pm - 1:00pm, 114 Spencer Lab, UD Campus
"Use of Percolation Concepts in Materials Design, and Applications to Battery Technologies"
Dr. Ann Marie Sastry, University of Michigan
Monday, February 13, 2006

February 17

12:00pm - 1:00pm, 114 Spencer Laboratory, UD Campus
"Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy"
Dr. Jai-who Kim, University of Dayton Research Institute

Nemours Research Seminar Series

http://nemours.org/internet?url=no/rsch/art2538.html

February 6

12:00pm-1:00pm, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall
"Clinical Research: Assortment From the Emergency Department"
Magdy W. Attia, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Fellowship Director, Emergency Medicine
All seminars are free and open to anyone interested, and lunch is provided

February 13

12:00pm-1:00pm, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall
"Is Junctional Adhesion Molecule-A the AI of Angiogenesis?"
Ulhas P. Naik, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Head of the Cardiovascular and Cancer Biology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware,
Cosponsored by the Center for Pediatric Research
All seminars are free and open to anyone interested, and lunch is provided

February 20

12:00pm-1:00pm, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall
"Safety Concerns in the Conduct of Clinical Research"
James R. Hildebrand, III, Pharm.D., Director of Clinical Pharmacology, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
All seminars are free and open to anyone interested, and lunch is provided

February 27

12:00pm-1:00pm, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall
"Neutrophils in the Pathogenesis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis"
James Jarvis, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Section Chief, Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Oklahoma
All seminars are free and open to anyone interested, and lunch is provided

Physics & Astronomy – Bartol Research Institute (DPA & BRI)

February 27

4:00pm, 131 Sharp Laboratory
Colloquim
“B Femtosecond frequency combs: from precision spectroscopy to extreme nonlinear optics”
R. Jason Jones, Ph.D., Senior Research Assistant – JILA/University of Colorado and NIS
3:45 - "Meet & Greet" with Refreshment