All seminars began at 4:15 pm, and are held in 169 Crawford Hall, on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh, except where noted.
Seminars are scheduled primarily for Monday afternoon except whre noted. Due to its high information content, you
may wish to view this page at its maximal width. Seminars for the 2000-2001 academic year included the following:
| 11 September |
Dr. Scott Peothig |
University of Pennsylvania
Turning Over a New Leaf: Genetic Regulation of Phase Change in Maize and Arabidopsis
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| 18 September |
Dr. Debashish Bhattacharya |
University of Iowa
Using rDNA Genes to Understand the Origin and Evolution of Spliceosomal and Group I Introns
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| 25 September |
Dr. Andy Fire |
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Homology-dependent Mechanisms for Gene Silencing and Genome Surveillance
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| 2 October |
Dr. Karen Arndt |
University of Pittsburgh
The Regulation of RNA Polymerase II Transcription: Exploiting the Genetic and Biochemical Toolbox of Yeast
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| 3 October - Tuesday, A221 Langley Hall |
Dr. Nancy Hopkins |
Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Gene Tagging in Zebrafish to Identify Genes Required for Early Development
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| 12 October - Thursday, A221 Langley Hall |
Dr. Sherwood Casjens |
University of Utah School of Medicine
DNA Ends, Pseudogenes and Amazingly Numerous Replicons: the Unusual Genome of the Lyme Disease Bacteria
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| 13 October - Friday, 169 Crawford Hall |
Dr. Wai Mun Huang |
University of Utah School of Medicine
Division of Labor: Why Some Cells Need Two Type II DNA Topoisomerases
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| 16 October |
Dr. Susan Gilbert |
University of Pittsburgh
Motoring Along Microtubules with the Ncd ATPase
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| 23 October |
Dr. Cori Bargmann |
University of California
Olfactory Diversity and the Mechanism of Odor Discrimination in C. elegans
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| 30 October |
Dr. Jim Brown |
University of New Mexico
Body Size, Organism Function and Biodiversity
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| 6 November |
Dr. C. David Allis |
University of Virginia Medical School
Deciphering the Histone Code : A Growing 'Tale' About Four 'Tails'
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| 13 November |
Dr. Marshall Horowitz |
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Adenovirus Immunoregulatory Proteins: Effects on Apoptosis, Signal transduction and prevention of Type I Diabetes
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| 20 November |
Dr. Sharon Strauss |
University of California at Davis
Evolution in a Community Context: Joint Effects of Herbivory and Pollination on Plant Traits
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| 27 November |
Dr. Raymond Deshaies |
California Institute of Technology
Prospecting at the Intersection of the Cell Division Cycle and the Ubiquitin-Dependent Proteolytic System
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| 4 December |
Dr. Brenda Bass |
University of Utah School of Medicine
Cellular Functions of Double-Stranded RNA: RNA Editing and RNAi
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