All seminars begin 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 where noted in red. Science lovers should also consult the CMU seminar schedule. Due to its high information content, you
may wish to view this page at its maximal width. Seminars for the 2005-2006 academic year include the following:
| 12 September |
Dr. Gary Silverman |
University of Pittsburgh
Death by Drowning: Intracellular Serpins Protect from Cell Injury
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| 19 September |
Dr. John Johnson |
The Scripps Research Institute
A Biophysical Basis for Double-Stranded DNA Virus Taxonomy
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| 26 September |
Dr. Jeffrey Hildebrand |
University of Pittsburgh
How Shroom-family Proteins Contribute to Cellular Architecture
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| 3 October |
Dr. Robert Goldberg |
University of California - Los Angeles
Using Genomics to Dissect Plant Embryo Development
Dr. Goldberg is speaking the following day during the Tuesday Seminar Series
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| 5 October |
Dr. Robert Ricklefs |
University of Missouri - St. Louis
The Origin of Global Patterns of Biodiversity
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| 10 October |
Dr. Meta Kuehn |
Duke University Medical Center
Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles : Toxin Trafficking and Envelope Stress
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| 17 October |
Dr. E. Jane Hubbard |
New York University
Experimental and Systems Approaches to Understanding Germline Development in C. elegans
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| 24 October |
Dr. Mary Beth Mudgett |
Stanford University
Insights into how Xanthomonas uses Type III Effector Proteins to Manipulate Host Signaling to Promote Pathogenesis
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| 31 October |
Dr. Bobbi Peckarsky |
University of Wisconsin
Does Predation Explain Prey Population Dynamics in Open Systems?
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| 7 November |
Dr. Jon Beckwith |
Harvard Medical School
Suppressor Mutations: Keys to the Biological Kingdom
Dr. Beckwith is speaking the following day during the Tuesday Seminar Series
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| Wednesday 9 November |
Dr. Douglas Schemske |
Michigan State University
Ecological Genetics of Adaptation & Specification in California Monkeyflowers
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| 14 November |
Dr. Richard Padgett ** |
Rutgers University
Growth Control by TGF-beta and microRNA's
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| 21 November |
Dr. Ian Macara |
University of Virginia
Establishing Cell Polarity in Epithelia and Neurons
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| 28 November |
Dr. Utpal Banerjee |
University of California - Los Angeles
Control of Cell Cycle and Fate During Drosophila Eye Development.
Dr. Banerjee is speaking the following day during the Tuesday Seminar Series
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| 5 December |
Dr. Erika Holzbaur |
University of Pennsylvania
Cytoplasmic Dynein and Dynactin: Function and Dysfunction of an Essential Cellular Motor
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| 13 March |
Dr. Michael Fried |
University of California - San Francisco
Modulation of the ARF-p53 Tumor Suppressor Pathway
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| 20 March |
Dr. Catherine Fox |
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Roles for the Origin Recognition Complex and the Cell Cycle in Budding Yeast Heterochromatin
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| 27 March |
Dr. Scott Hawley, .
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Stowers Institute for Medical Research
The Molecular Genetics of Meiosis
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| 3 April |
Dr. Carl Johnson |
Vanderbilt University
As Time Glows By: Circadian Clocks in Bacteria from Molecules to Polulations
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| 10 April |
Dr. Jeffrey Errington |
University of Oxford
Control of Cell Shape by Multiple Actin Homologues in a Bacterium
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** The Richard Russell Memorial Lecture.
