Date

Presenter

EOP

CMP

January 22

Course Overview
Matt Andrews

January 29

Interactive web-based data visualization for discovery and decision-making: LakeSuperiorStreams.org
Rich Axler
NRRI

February 5

Oil, Water and Sunshine Don't Mix
David Mount
US EPA

Psycobiolgy of stress and risk for heart disease
Mustafa al'Absi
UMD Behavioral Sciences

February 12

Downstream patterns in Si, N and P in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Brian Hill
US EPA

Barriers in the Brain: Genes, Cells and Trading Spaces
Lester Drewes
School of Medicine Duluth

February 19

The silence of the frogs: What amphibians might be telling us about the environment
Pat Schoff
NRRI

Cardiovascular Aging and Gravity: A case for elderly astronauts
Lois Heller
School of Medicine Duluth

February 26

Chemoinformatics and bioinformatics research program at CWE/ NRRI - U of M
Subhash Basak
NRRI

The effect of stress on immunity
Ben Clarke
School of Medicine Duluth

March 5

Rodney Johnson
US EPA

Characterization of Protein-Protein Interactions Between Human Beta-Secretase (BACE1) Isoforms and Their In Vivo Partners
Joe Johnson
Chemistry

March 19

Finding and reading ecological signals in the nearshore of the Great Lakes
John Kelly
US EPA

Designing new copper binding sites in the copper protein azurin
Steve Berry
Chemistry

March 26

Changes in the food web of Lake Superior: the recovery of native fish species with unique behavior
Tom Hrabik
Biology

C. elegans: a Model for the Molecular Basis of Fertilization
Tim Kroft (speaking first)
Biology

April 2

Links between intercellular protein transport and oncogenesis
Pat Scott
School of Medicine Duluth

Modeling mycobacteria from the environment to human disease: What tuberculosis, leprosy and fish have in common
Lucia Barker
School of Medicine Duluth

April 9

Endocrine Disruption in Developing Amphibians
Sigmund Degitz
US EPA

April 16

Evolution in response to human-mediated changes in the environment
Julie Etterson
Biology

The dichotomy of sweet and bitter. Why and how!
Goran Hellekant
School of Medicine Duluth

April 23

Design and engineering of artificial chromosomes
Edward Perkins
School of Medicine Duluth

Vital imaging of cell behavior
Jon Holy
School of Medicine Duluth

April 30

Plant physiological responses to environmental variables: implications for global change biology and restoration efforts
Tali Lee
Biology

Clinical simulation/pharmacogenomic analysis as a novel tool to combat bacterial resistance: a Northern Minnesota and North American perspective
Ayman Noreddin
Pharmacy