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April 2007
Monday, April 2nd, 2007
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Biophysics Lecture
Two Studies of Connections between Evolution and Physiology
Michael P. Brenner,
professor of applied mathematics and applied physics,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Growth Factor Signaling Specificity in Mouse Development
Philippe Soriano,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Thursday, April 5th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Neural Coding of Natural Stimuli: Information at Sub-Millisecond Resolution
Ilya Nemenman,
Computational Biology Group,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Monday, April 9th, 2007
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Novel Biosynthetic Hydrogel Biomaterials Engineered for Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration
Dror Seliktar,
department of biomedical engineering,
Technion—Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
I Can Name that Smell in 50 Voxels: Spatial Coding and Perceptual Decoding of Odor Quality in Human Olfactory Cortex
Jay Gottfried,
Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimers Disease Center, and departments of neurology and psychology,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
The Sense of Taste in Drosophila
Kristin Scott,
department of molecular and cell biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar—CANCELLED
Yehuda Ben-Shahar,
University of Iowa College of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Everhart Lecture
Stayin' Alive: How Bacteria Survive in Biofilm Communities
Tracy Teal,
graduate student in computation and neural systems,
Caltech,
Thursday, April 12th, 2007
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Experience-Dependent Rewiring of Cortical Networks
Adrianna Maffei,
department of biology,
Brandeis University,
Friday, April 13th, 2007
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Biology Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Clive Bramham,
department of biomedicine,
University of Bergen, Norway,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Solving Intermediate Vision by Nonlinear System Identification
Jack Gallant,
associate professor of psychology,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Weigle Lecture
Our Multiple Defenses against Cancer
George Klein,
Microbiology and Tumorbiology Center,
Karolinska Institute,
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Old Questions, New Tools, and Unpredicted Answers
Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado,
professor of neurobiology and anatomy,
The University of Utah,
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Controlling Cell Behavior through Genetic Engineering and the Regulation of Endogenous Gene Expression
Charles A. Gersbach,
department of molecular biology,
The Scripps Research Institute,
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Solving Molecular Recognition Problems with Evolvable Peptide Motifs
Ryan Austin,
graduate student,
Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Biology Seminar
Deciphering the Reciprocal Molecular Dialogue of Beneficial Animal-Bacteria Symbiosis
Margaret McFall-Ngai,
professor of medical microbiology and immunology,
University of Wisconsin—Madison,
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Chris Beyrer,
professor of epidemiology,
School of Public Health,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
The Design, Synthesis, and Evolution of Macrocyclic mRNA Display Libraries Containing Unnatural Amino Acids
Steven W. Millward,
graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biophysics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
8:00am
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General Biology Seminar
From Mechanisms to Functions: Plasticity of Somatosensory Representations
Dr. Tansu Celikel,
department of cell physiology,
Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, April 26th, 2007
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
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Engineered Gene Circuits
Jeff Hasty,
associate professor of bioengineering,
UC San Diego,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
Biological and Imaging Approaches to Understanding Plant Cell Growth
Adrienne Roeder,
postdoctoral scholar in biology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Designing Genetic Systems to Program Bacteria
Chris Voigt,
department of pharmaceutical chemistry,
UC San Francisco,
Friday, April 27th, 2007
4:00pm
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Special Biology Seminar
Data-Driven Biophysical Modeling of Gene Expression Regulation by DNA and RNA Binding Factors
Harmen Bussemaker,
assistant professor of biological sciences,
Columbia University,