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Other talks and seminars happening in 2008
The following talks and seminars, scheduled for 2008, are not directly connected with the Huck Institutes but may be of interest to visitors to this site.
| when | who / what | where |
|---|---|---|
| Thu Jan 24 at 07:00PM |
Brian Fagan
(University of California, Santa Barbara)
Who owns the past? An archaeologist looks at stakeholders, tourism, and cultural heritage |
The Nittany Lion Inn, Ballroom C |
| Thu Feb 21 at 04:00PM |
Janet Chernela
(University of Maryland)
Keeping time: genes, wives, and history in Yanomami blood collections and the debates about them |
Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences Building |
| Fri Feb 29 at 12:00PM |
Lorraine Santy, Rick Ordway, Richard Cyr, and Wendy Hanna-Rose
(Penn State)
Four short talks by Center for Cellular Dynamics members |
301 Life Sciences Building |
| Thu Mar 06 at 04:00PM |
Gisli Palsson
(University of Iceland)
Biosocial relations of production: The bio-graphies of body parts |
Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences Building |
| Fri Mar 07 at 12:00PM |
Doug Cavener, Erin Sheets, Zhi-Chun Lai, Aimin Liu
(Penn State)
Four short talks by Center for Cellular Dynamics members |
301 Life Sciences Building |
| Fri Mar 07 at 01:15PM |
Iain Couzin
(Princeton)
Collective motion and decision-making in animal groups |
510A Mueller Lab |
| Tue Mar 18 at 04:00PM |
Nancy Thomson
(University of North Carolina)
Total internal reflection with fluorescence correlation spectroscopy |
102 Chemistry Building |
| Wed Mar 19 at 04:00PM |
Carol Rouzer
(Vanderbilt University)
Exploring macrophage arachidonic acid metabolism through global lipid profiling |
101 ASI |
| Wed Mar 19 at 07:00PM |
Marc Feldman
(Stanford University)
Genomic ancestry of humans and mycobacterium tuberculosis |
110 Wartik Lab |
| Thu Mar 20 at 04:00PM |
Marc Feldman
(Stanford University)
The meaning of modern human genetic variation |
Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences Building/ CG624F, Hershey |
| Thu Apr 03 at 07:00PM |
Maeve Leakey
(Stony Brook University and National Geographic Society)
Who owns the bones? Pondering the ethical issues surrounding the recovery and display of ancient human remains |
The Nittany Lion Inn, Ballroom C |
| Fri Apr 04 at 02:00PM |
Daniel Huson
(Tuebingen University, Germany)
Methods for metagenome analysis |
5th floor, Wartik Lab |
| Wed Apr 09 at 04:00PM |
Norbert Kaminski
(Michigan State University)
Suppression of humoral immune responses by 2, 3, 7, 8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin involves deregulation of the B cell differentiation program |
101 ASI |
| Thu Apr 10 at 10:00AM |
Francis J. Doyle III
(University of California, Santa Barbara)
Robust timekeeping in circadian rhythm: From genes to cells to systems |
102 Chemistry, University Park |
| Mon Apr 14 at 01:30PM |
Stefan Schulz
(Institute of Organic Chemistry, TU Braunschweig, Germany)
Cuticle and silk of arthropods: chemistry and chemical ecology |
101 ASI |
| Tue Apr 15 at 04:00PM |
Daniel Dennett
(Tufts University)
From animal to person: how cultural evolution builds our minds |
100 Life Sciences/Berg Auditorium |
| Thu Apr 17 at 04:00PM |
David McMillen
(University of Toronto)
Quantitative studies of bacterial gene expression: Of cells and beakers |
107 Osmond Laboratory |
| Thu Apr 17 at 04:00PM |
William Eddy
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Magnetoencephalography and the Hunt for HFO'S |
100 Thomas Building |
| Mon Apr 21 at 04:00PM |
Anne C. Hart
(Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cancer Center)
Soluble-Notch Ligands Regulate Development and Adult Behavior |
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| Tue Apr 22 at 04:00PM |
Madhu Reddy
(Penn State)
Examining the role of information technology in health care: a socio-technical perspective |
100 Life Sciences, University Park; Room E308 Olmsted Building, Harrisburg; Room GC628, Hershey |
| Thu Apr 24 at 04:00PM |
Robert Proctor
(Stanford University)
The secular sacred in archaeological preservation ethics: academic enclosures, chimpanzee artifacts, and conflicting epistemologies of loot |
Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences Building |
| Thu Apr 24 at 04:00PM |
Susan Hardin
(President of Visigen and PSU alumnus)
Real-time DNA sequencing: The NEXT Next-Gen sequencer |
108 Wartik Laboratory |
| Thu Apr 24 at 06:30PM |
Robert N. Proctor
(Stanford University )
The cigarette in global lung history: How flue curing, matches, mechanization, and mass marketing led to mass death and deception |
124 Sparks Building/Registration required |
| Fri Apr 25 at 10:10AM |
Richard Dixon
(Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation)
Gene discovery and metabolic engineering in plant phenylpropanoid biosynthesis |
101 ASI |
| Fri Apr 25 at 04:00PM |
Nina V. Fedoroff
(US Department of State and Penn State University)
Science and technology, diplomacy in the 21st century |
HUB Auditorium |
| Mon Apr 28 at 03:30PM |
Marty B. Dickman
(Texas A&M University)
Death be not proud: Modulation of programmed cell death for disease/stress tolerance in plants |
112 Buckhout |
| Mon Apr 28 at 06:00PM |
C. David Allis
(Rockefeller University)
Translating the histone code: a tale of tails |
Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences Building |
| Tue Apr 29 at 11:30AM |
C. David Allis
(Rockefeller University)
The 'marriage' of covalent and non-covalent mechanisms of chromatin remodeling: until gene activation do us part |
Berg Auditorium, 100 Life Sciences Building |
| Tue Apr 29 at 05:00PM |
Amory Lovins
(Rocky Mountain Institute)
Whole system thinking and radical energy efficiency |
HUB-Robeson Auditorium |
| Fri May 02 at 02:30PM |
Bill Hansson
(Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Germany)
Drosophila olfaction in pollination: function and evolution |
101 ASI |
| Tue May 06 at 02:30PM |
Mike Thompson
(University of Toronto, Canada)
Label-free detection of biochemical interactions using vibrational and Kelvin fields |
100 Life Sciences Building/Berg Auditorium |
| Fri May 09 at 12:00PM |
Kristen Verhey
(University of Michigan)
Road signs for kinesin motor transport |
301 Life Sciences |
| Fri May 09 at 02:30PM |
William Conner
(Wake Forest University)
Sound strategies: acoustic aposematism, mimicry, and sonar jamming in the bat-moth arms race |
101 ASI |
| Wed May 14 at 12:00PM |
Richard Samkurashvili
(Ariadne Genomics Inc)
Demonstration of the Pathway Studio software for Gene Expression |
301D Life Sciences Building |
| Thu May 15 at 09:00AM |
Manujendra Ray
(Penn State University)
The RON receptor Tyrosine Kinase, a negative regulator of Interferon-y and endotoxin induced macrophage activation |
324 ASI |
| Tue Jun 24 at 04:00PM |
Aravinda Chakravarti
(Johns Hopkins University Medical School)
Title to be announced |
100 Life Sciences Building, Berg Auditorium |
| Wed Jun 25 at 11:10AM |
Ted Farmer
(University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
The jasmonate signaling pathway and the red/green (animal/plant) balance in nature |
101 ASI |
| Tue Aug 12 at 04:00PM |
Nick Talbot
(University of Exeter, Exeter, UK)
Investigating the Biology of Plant Infection by the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe grisea using Functional Genomics |
100 Thomas Building |
| Thu Sep 04 at 04:00PM |
Ken Miller
(Columbia University)
Feedforward and recurrent processing in cat primary visual cortex |
117 Osmond |
| Thu Sep 18 at 04:00PM |
Anil Vullikanti
(Virginia Tech)
Epidemics on Large Social Contact Graphs: Algorithmic Challenges |
100 Life Sciences Building |
| Fri Sep 19 at 10:00AM |
Gary M. Bokoch
(The Scripps Reseach Institute)
Regulation of NADPH Oxidases in Host Defense |
101 ASI |
| Mon Sep 22 at 03:00PM |
Nancy Olivieri
(University of Toronto)
Privilege, power, and pharmaceuticals: medical research in a new era |
Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library |
| Wed Oct 01 at 03:35PM |
CANCELED
Dean Ho
(Northwestern University)
Title to be announced |
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| Fri Oct 03 at 11:10AM |
Daniel Gruner
(University of Maryland)
Dirty Little Secret: the underappreciated role of entomopathogenic nematodes in soil food webs and plant community dynamics |
107 ASI |
| Fri Oct 03 at 12:20PM |
Peter Hudson
(Penn State University)
The dualities of life and reproduction: The Huck Institutes of Life Sciences & the consequences of reduced reproduction for free living animal populations |
324 ASI |
| Mon Oct 13 at 09:30AM |
David Himmelstein
(Harvard Medical School )
Complicated problems, simple solutions: policy research and the health care mess |
102 Weaver Building |
| Mon Oct 13 at 03:00PM |
David Himmelstein
(Harvard Medical School)
Sham health care reforms: the ethics of health policy placebos |
Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library |
| Mon Oct 13 at 07:00PM |
David Himmelstein, Chuck Pennacchio and Jonathan Marks
Universal health care in action—a thought experiment |
Outreach Building, Innovation Park |
| Wed Oct 15 at 04:00PM |
Anton Nekrutenko
(Penn State)
Evolving Dual Coding |
101 Althouse Laboratory |
| Fri Oct 17 at 04:00PM |
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
(NIH)
Experimental and computational analysis of Golgi apparatus function: putting paradigms to the test |
Berg Auditorium |
| Wed Oct 22 at 12:00PM |
Tom Holder
(Pro-Test)
Animal extremism and biomedical research: experiences of a pro-research student |
101 ASI |
| Mon Oct 27 at 03:35PM |
Sarven Sabunciyan
(Johns Hopkins University)
Gene environment interactions in psychiatric disorders – a molecular perspective |
211 E. Health and Human Development Bldg. |
| Mon Oct 27 at 04:30PM |
Vilayanur Ramachandran
(University of California at San Diego)
The biological basis of aesthetics and the laws of art |
Berg Auditorum, 100 Life Sciences |
| Tue Oct 28 at 08:00PM |
Laura Kiessling
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Exploring and Exploiting the Biological Roles of Carbohydrates with Chemistry |
101 Thomas Building |
| Wed Oct 29 at 04:00PM |
Laura Kiessling
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Chemical probes of carbohydrate biosynthesis in mycobacteria |
102 Chemistry Building |
| Thu Oct 30 at 12:30PM |
Laura Kiessling
(University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Chemical strategies for controlling cell fate decision |
102 Chemistry Building |
| Mon Nov 03 at 04:00PM |
Michael Grusak
(Baylor College of Medicine, USDA-ARS Children's Research Center)
Improving micronutrient status in humans: Efforts linking agriculture with human nutrition |
S-207 Henderson |
| Wed Nov 05 at 12:10PM |
Nipam Patel
(University of California, Berkley)
The Evolution of Animal Body Patterning |
317 Mueller |
| Thu Nov 06 at 03:00PM |
Allen Hornblum and Edward "Yusef" Anthony
Cheap and available: the American medical and pharmaceutical community’s love affair with prison inmates |
Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library |
| Wed Dec 03 at 03:00PM |
Rebecca Kukla
(University of South Florida)
The transformation of women's health care into reproductive medicine: a cautionary tale |
Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library |
| Wed Dec 03 at 04:00PM |
Manfred Denker
(Penn State)
Self-organized criticality in neuronal data |
501 Wartik Laboratory, commons area |
| Wed Dec 10 at 04:00PM |
Leslie Loew
(University of Connecticut)
Imaging and modeling of neuronal signaling |
108 Wartik Laboratory, CG623 Hershey |