Previous Biology Graduate Seminar Series

Fall 2007 Schedule

Date: Fridays 9:20 to 10:45 AM
Room: 300 General Classroom Bldg.
Instructors: Profs. Laura Carruth & Teryl Frey
For more information, please contact Dr. Laura Carruth (lcarruth@gsu.edu)

August

Aug 24
Speakers: Profs. Laura Carruth & Teryl Frey, Course directors
Title: Organizational Meeting

Aug 31
Speaker: Dr.  Jenny Yang, Department of Chemistry
Georgia State University
Title:  Probing Molecular Mechanism of "Life and Death" by Protein Design
Host: Dr. Laura Carruth

September

Sept 7
Speaker: Dr. Lin Mei, Medical College of Georgia
Title: “Synapse formation and plasticity: pre- and post- synaptic mechanisms”
Host:Dr. Teryl Frey

Sept 14
Speaker: Dr. Charlie Garnett
Title: "The effects of sub-lethal radiation on human tumor cell lines"
Host: Dr. Susanna Greer

Sept 21
Speaker: Dr. Wendy Bollag, Medical College of Georgia
Title: “Epidermal Keratinocyte Biology:  A Tale of Two Signals”
Host: Dr. Teryl Frey

Sept 28
Speaker: Dr. Marc Tetel, Wellesley College
Title: "Nuclear Receptor Coactivators: The New Players in Steroid Action in Brain and Behavior"
Host: Dr. Laura Carruth

October

Oct 5
Speaker: Dr. Ketema Paul, Morehouse School of Medicine
Title: "Genes and gender organize and influence the sleep-wake cycle"
Host: Dr. Laura Carruth

Oct 12
Speaker: Dr. Gregory Ball, The Johns Hopkins University
Title: "Hormones, Brain and Birdsong in a Seasonal Context"
Host: Dr. Laura Carruth

Oct 19
Speaker: Dr. Tara Stoinski, Zoo Atlanta
Title: “Primate Research in a Zoo Setting: Zoo Atlanta as an Example”
Host: Dr. Laura Carruth

Oct 26
Speaker:  Dr. Edwin Cruz-Rivera, Jackson State University
Title: "Harry Potter, Drug Discovery and the Ecology of Marine Plant-Herbivore Interactions"
Host: Dr. Charles Derby

November

Nov 2
Speaker: Dr. Louis B. Justement, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: “Regulation of B Lymphocyte Differentiation by the Adaptor Protein HSH2”
Host: Dr. Susanna Greer

Nov 9
Speaker: Dr. Wen-Pin Tzeng, GSU Dept. of Biology
Title: "Insight into the Role of Rubella Virus Capsid Protein in Virus Replication"
Host: Dr. Teryl Frey

Nov 16
Speaker: Dr. Lynnette McCluskey,  Medical College of Georgia
Title: "Understanding immune influences on neural degeneration: a tasteful model"
Host: Dr. Charles Derby

Nov 30
Speaker: Dr. Sally Hoskins. The City College of NY, CUNY
Title: “Using primary literature to demystify and humanize research science for undergraduates: the C.R.E.A.T.E. approach”
Host: Dr. Laura Carruth

December

Dec 7
Speaker: Dr. Charles Derby, GSU Dept. of Biology
Title: “Antimicrobials and other bioactive chemicals in sea slug ink”
Host: Dr. Laura Carruth