Previous Biology Research Seminar Series

Bio 8700: Biology Seminar, Fall 2004

Time: Fridays 10:00-10:50 AM
Room: 300 General Classroom Building

August

Aug 27
Dr. Chung-Dar Lu Ph.D., Associate Professor
Dept. of Biology, Georgia State University
Title: Post-genomic research of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: From gene chip to metabolic network
Host: Dr. Sarah Pallas

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September

Sep 3
Dr.  Sarah Pallas, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof., and Dr.  Zhi-Ren Liu , Ph.D., Assoc. Prof.
Course directors
Dept. of Biology, Georgia State University
Title: Introduction to the Graduate Seminar course

Sep 10
Dr. Paul Vasey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Dept. of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Title: Same-sex sexual behavior and sexual partner preference in Japanese macaques: behavioral & neuroanatomical research
Host:  Dr. Matthew Grober

Sep 17
Dr. D. Malamud, Ph.D., Professor
Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Title: Inhibition of HIV infectivity by gp340 (aka DMBT-1), a member of the innate immune system
Host: Dr. Don Edwards

Sep 24
Dr. Tom Hobman, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Dept. of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Canada
Title: Functions of virus capsid proteins in replication and virus-host interactions
Host: Dr. Teryl Frey

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October

Oct 1
Dr. Kerry Ressler, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Yerkes Research Center, Emory University
Title: Examining the molecular neurobiology of fear"
Host: Dr. Sarah Pallas

Oct 8
Dr. Rudolfs K. Zalups, Ph.D., Professor
Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine
Title: Molecular mimicry and the renal handling of mercury"
Host: Dr. Delon Barfuss

Oct 15
Dr. Shi-Yong Sun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Dept. of Hematology and Oncology, Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence
Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine
Title: Regulation of death receptors and drug-induced apoptosis
Host: Dr. Zhi-Ren Liu

Oct 22
Dr. Abraham L. Sonenshein, Ph.D., Professor
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Tufts University
Title: CodY, a global regulator of stationary phase, sporulation, and virulence gene expression in gram-positive bacteria
Host: Dr. Chung Dar Lu

Oct 29
Dr. Veena Rao, GCC Distinguished Cancer Scholar,
Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence
Professor and Co- Director, Cancer Biology Program
Morehouse School of Medicine
Host: Dr. Zhi-Ren Li


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November

Nov 5
Dr. John G. Vandenbergh, Ph.D., Professor
Dept. of Zoology, North Carolina State University
Title: Natural and xenobiotic endocrine disruptors of reproductive development
Host: Dr. Matthew Grober

Nov 12
Dr. Margaret McCarthy, Ph.D., Professor
Dept. of Physiology, University of Maryland
Title: A cellular mechanism for masculinization of brain and behavior
Host: Dr. Anne Murphy

Nov 19
Dr. Youxing Qu, Ph.D., Research Associate
Computational Systems Biology Lab, Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA
Title: Protein structure prediction through application of residual dipolar coupling NMR data
Host: Dr. Zhi-Ren Liu

Nov 26
Holiday, no class

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December

Dec 3
Dr. Kathleen Postle , Ph.D., Professor
School of Molecular Bioscience, Washington State University
Title: TonB-dependent energy transduction in E. coli
Host: Dr. Phang Tai

Dec 10
Dr. Charles Roselli, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health Sciences University
Title: Sexual partner preference, hypothalamic morphology and aromatase in rams
Host: Dr. Anne Murphy

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