December 2010

Thursday, Dec. 2

Title: "How the chicken got its stripes: control of melanocyte morphogenesis"
Speaker: Carol Erickson, Professor, University of California at Davis
Time/Location: 12 - 1 pm, by videoconferencing in 263 Med School

Title: "Granite over Greenstone diapirism: the key to Archean tectoncs?"
Speaker: Dr. Catherine M.I. Robin, Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Toronto
Host: Vicki Hansen, SCSE, Dept of Geological Sciences, 726-6211, vhansen@d.umn.edu
Time/Location: 3:30 pm; Life Science 175

Friday, Dec. 3

Title: "MicroRNA mediated gene regulations in sarcoma"
Speaker: Subree Subramanian, Ph.D., Assistant Professor;Department of Surgery; University of Minnesota Medical School
Host: Pharmacology seminar series from Twin Cities
Time/Location: 12 noon – 1:00 pm, 263 School of Medicine (ITV)

Title: "Watching molecular transport in nanopores with microscopy"
Speaker: Lei Geng, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa
Host: Anne Hinderliter, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMD, ahinderl@d.umn.edu
Time/Location: 3:00 - 4:00 pm, 175 Life Science Building

Title: "Moose Home Range Habitat in Northeast Minnesota: Parturition and Temperature"
Speaker: Amanda McGraw, Masters Degree Candidate, Integrated Biosciences Program, UMD
Host: Ron Moen, SCSE, Department of Biology and NRRI, rmoen@nrri.umn.edu
Time/Location: 3:15pm / 185 LSci

Monday,Dec. 6

Title: "Gully erosion in the Loess Plateau of China: Field and GIS approaches"
Speaker: Tongxin Zhu, CLA, Dept of Geography, UMD
Time/Location: 3:00 pm; Chem 150
Host: Josef Werne, SCSE, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Water Resources Science, 726-7435, jwerne@d.umn.edu

Thursday, Dec. 9

Title: "The Next Big Step: Planning the Remainder of Your Graduate Studies in UMD’s Applied and Computational Mathematics Master’s Program"
Speaker: Applied and Computational Mathematics Graduate Students
Host: Dalibor Froncek, SCSE, Dept of Mathematics & Statistics, 726-7958, dfroncek@d.umn.edu
Time/Location: 3:00 - 4:00 pm; 130 SCC

Title: "Testing the Lake Agassiz trigger for the 8200 cal BP climatic cooling event"
Speaker: Andrew Breckenridge, Natural Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Superior
Host: Erik Brown, SCSE, Geological Sciences, Large Lake Observatory, 726-8479 or 726-8891, ebrown@d.umn.edu
Time/Location: 3:30 pm; Life Science 175

Friday, Dec. 10

Title: "Understanding the Sedimentary Archive: Molecular Isotopic Clues to (Paleo) Climate and Environmental Change"
Speaker: Josef Werne, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMD
Host: Anne Hinderliter, SCSE, Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 726-7062, ahinderl@d.umn.edu
Time/Location: 3:00 - 4:00 pm; 175 Life Science Building

Title: "Pharmaceutical Concern and Prioritization Framework for Aquatic Life Effects"
Speaker: Dr. Carlie Lalone; USEPA Environmental Effects Research Laboratory
Host: Stephanie Guildford, SCSE, Dept of Biology, 726-7412 & 726-8064, sguildfo@d.umn.edu
Time/Location: 3:15pm; 185 LSci

Monday, Dec. 13

Title: "Motivational Interviewing: Use in Health Care and Evaluation of Health Care Trainees"
Speaker: Tatjana Petrova, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University
Time/Location: 12:00-1:00 pm, 160 LSci (ITV)
Host: Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Title: "Spatial variability of zooplankton-fish trophic interactions in freshwater lake ecosystems"
Speaker: Beth Holbrook, WRS PhD Candidate
Time/Location: 3:00 pm, CHEM 150
Host: Water Resources Science

Tuesday, Dec. 14

Title: "Human T cell development and maternal-fetal interactions in utero: Implications for Mother-to-Child transmission of HIV"
Speaker: Mike McCune, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco
Time/Location: 12:00 - 1:00 PM , 263 SMed (ITV)
Host: John Wagner, M.D.