Undergraduate/MS Seminar Series
Spring 2008
Biol 4960/6960/4970/6970
Friday 2:00-2:50 PM
Room 300 GCB
Course Objective: The Undergraduate Biology Seminar course will give students the opportunity to hear scientists discuss their research. Students will gain practice in thinking critically about research presentations and asking questions of the speaker, and begin to develop skills for presenting their own research.
January
Jan 11
Organizational Meeting
Jan 18
Speaker: Dr. Glennis Julian
Title: "Eyes and Ears: Basic Principles of Sensory Systems"
Jan 25
Speaker: Dr. Divya Rao
Title: "Characterization of the Structure, Function and Assembly of the DrrAB Antibiotic Efflux Pump in Streptomyces peucetius "
February
Feb 1
Speaker: Dr. Amy Horner
Title: "Introduction to the Olfactory System"
Feb 8
Speaker: Dr. Prajakta Pradhan
Title: "Assembly of a Functional Drug Efflux Pump"
Feb 15
Speaker: Dr. Sobrasu Ibim
Title: "Endocrine System: how cells communicate"
Feb 22
Speaker: Dr. Andrea Zbell
Title: "The gateway to the cell: cell membrane structure and function"
Feb 29
Speaker: Chadia Toukoki
Title: "The Love Triangle Between MtsR, DNA, and Metal in Streptococcus pyogenes"
March
Mar 14
Speaker: Suganthi Suppiah
Title: TBA
Mar 21
Speaker: Dr. Wen-Pin Tzeng
Title: "The gateway to the cell: cell membrane structure and function"
Mar 28
Speaker: Anupama Shanmuganathan
Title: TBA
April
Apr 4
Speaker: Dr. Tracy Tie
Title: TBA
Apr 11
Speaker: Dr. Johnson Agniswamy
Title: TBA
Apr 18
Speaker: Dr. Mohamed Emara
Title: TBA
Apr 25
Speaker: Han-Ting Chou
Title: "Application of GeneChip DNA Microarray in Bacterial Physiology"
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