Fall 2002 Colloquium
Wednesdays, 3:30 PM, Auditorium of the Genetics/Biotech Building
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 4 | Henry Krause, University of Toronto (Al Laughon) | Transcript Localization and Intercellular Signaling |
| September 11 | Tim Durfee, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Functional Genomic Studies of E. coli |
| September 18 | Phil Farabaugh, University of Maryland – Baltimore (Mike Culbertson) | How mRNAs Can Disturb Translational Accuracy: The Mechanism of +1 Programmed Translational Frameshifting in Yeast |
| September 25 | Ruth Lehmann, New York University and HHMI (Francisco Pelegri) | Germ Line Stem Cell Development in Drosophila |
| October 2 | Cynthia Kenyon, University of California – San Francisco (Tom Prolla) | Genes and Cells that Control the Aging of C. elegans CANCELLED |
| October 9 | Eric Wieschaus, Princeton University (Grad Students) | Cell Shape Changes and the Actin Cytoskeleton During Drosophila Gastrulation |
| October 16 | Jerry Hazelbauer, University of Missouri – Columbia (Julius Adler) | Defining Conformational Changes in Transmembrane Signaling Using Cysteine Mutagenesis and Sulfhydryl Chemistry |
| October 23 | David Stern, Princeton University (Sean Carroll and John Doebley) | Naked Valleys and Shaven Babies: The Microevolution of Development |
| October 30 | Eduardo Orias, University of California – Santa Barbara (Ching Kung) | Tetrahymena thermophila: A Genetic, Unicellular, Animal Model for the Post-Genomic age. |
| November 6 | John Carlson, Yale University (Nansi Jo Colley) | Odor and Taste Receptors in Drosophila: Genetics and e-Genetics |
| November 13 | Bob Schmidt, University of California – San Diego (John Doebley) | Conservation and Divergence in the Evolution of Floral Organ Identity Gene Function |
| November 20 | Carol Lee, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Evolutionary Genetics of Invasive Species |
| November 27 | None scheduled – day before Thanksgiving. | |
| December 4 | Nansi Jo Colley, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Neural Degeneration Through the Eye of the Fly |
| December 11 | Tomas Prolla, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Using DNA Microarrays to Monitor the Aging Process and Its Retardation by Caloric Restriction |