All students, staff, and faculty are welcome. For previous years seminar info, go here.

Week
Date
Speaker
Title
Link
1
8/31
 No Speaker  All Bio871 students are required to attend the first week of class to obtain enrollment/course information.  
2
9/7
Rachel Jurd Assistant Research Scientist, Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, Department of Neurology, UCSF
Molecular mechanisms of general anesthetics and hypnotics
Publications 
3
9/14
Sally Pasion Assistant Professor, Dept of Biology, SFSU
DNA replication and genome integrity: insights on a novel fission yeast protein, Cdc24
 Publications 
4
9/21
Sam Pleasure Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Programs in Neuroscience and Developmental Biology, UCSF
Working on the Margins: the Role of SDF1 in Controlling Migration and
Positioning of Cortical Neurons
Publications
5
9/28
Megumi Fuse Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, SFSU
 Shedding light on the neural regulation of ecdysis in insects
Publications
6
10/5
Miguel Ramalho-Santos Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, UCSF
 Transcriptional Regulation of Embryonic Stem Cells
  Publications
7
10/12

Noelle L'Etoile Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UC Davis Center for Neuroscience

Olfactory adaptation in C. elegans
  Publications
8
10/19

Diedra Wrighting Harvard University

Transcriptional Regulation of Hepcidin: A hormone that maintains iron
homeostasis.

Ms. Wrighting is an SFSU alumnus. Students are invited to come and meet her at a student lunch. Hensill Hall 543 12:30-2pm

 Publications
9
10/26
Krishna Niyogi Associate Professor
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley
Regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting in algae and plants
Publications
 
11/2
Tamira Elul Assistant Professor
Department of Basic Sciences, Touro University
Role of beta-catenin in axonal arborization
  Publications
10
11/9
Nipam Patel Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Genetics and Development and of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
 The Evolution of Animal Segmentation and Pattern Formation
Publications
11
11/16
Didier Stainier Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, UCSF
Developmental plasticity and regeneration during vertebrate organogenesis
Publications
12
11/23
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
 NO SEMINAR
13
11/30
Dr. Amato Giaccia Professor, Stanford University
The Role of the Tumor Microenvironment in Malignant Growth
Publications
14
12/7
Manuel Penichet Assistant Professor of Medicine and Immunology, Division of Surgical Oncology, UCLA
 Reprogramming the immune system to fight cancer
  Publications
15
12/14
No Speaker