Unless otherwise noted, all talks will be held in SCI 101 at 4:10 PM on Thursdays.
All students, faculty and staff are welcome.  Light refreshments will be served at 4 PM.
Biology 871 announcements
 

SFSU Colloquium in Microbiology, Cell and Molecular Biology
Spring 2003

Jan 30	No seminar--Organizational Meeting for Biology 871
Feb 6	Dr. Ray Keller Professor, Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville Research Description          Recent Articles Title:  "Patterning and function of cell motility during gastrulation of amphibians" Student Host:  Teri Girtsman
Feb 13	Dr. Doug Kellogg Associate Professor, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology, UC Santa Cruz MARC/RISE speaker Research Description          Recent Articles Title:  "Molecular mechanisms coordinating cell growth and cell division"
Feb 27	Dr. Diana Chu Postdoctoral Scholar, Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley Research Description of Meyer Lab       Recent Articles Title:  "A Proteomic Approach to Unraveling Tightly Compacted Worm Sperm Chromatin" Student Host:  Peter Lopez
Mar 6	Dr. Flora Banuett Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, CSU Long Beach Research Description          Recent Articles Title:  "Genetic and cell biological analysis of the life cycle of the fungus Ustilago maydis" Student Host:  Ali Misaghi
Mar 10	Dr. Rebecca Lamb Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University Research Description of Irish Lab       Recent Articles Title:  "Function and regulation of floral homeotic genes in Arabidopsis" Student Host:  Alejandra Cavazos
Mar 13	Dr. Felipe-Andrés Ramírez-Weber Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science, CSU Fullerton Research Description         Recent Articles Title: "Mechanisms of morphogen gradient formation during Drosophila embryonic development" Student Host:  Monica Miranda
Mar 20	No seminar--Spring Break
Mar 27	Dr. Dora Games Research Fellow, Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Research Description          Recent Articles Title:  "Developing a New Therapeutic Approach for Alzheimer's Disease"
Apr 3	Dr. Zena Werb Professor, Department of Anatomy, UC San Francisco Research Description          Recent Articles Title:  "Tube or not tube: remodeling epithelial tissues by branching morphogenesis" Student Host:  Larry Okumoto
Apr 10	Dr. Jay A. Levy Professor, Department of Medicine, and Research Associate, Cancer Research Institute, UCSF  Research Description          Recent Articles Title:  "Immunologic control of HIV infection" Student Host:  Manny Kwahk
Apr 17	Dr. Sara Venters Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Anatomy, UC San Francisco Research Description of Ordahl Lab      Recent Articles Title:  "Morphogenetic potential of muscle progenitor cells in chick embryos"
Apr 24	Dr. Randi Hagerman Tsakopoulos-Vismara Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director, MIND Institute, UC Davis Research Description          Recent Articles Title: "Fragile X: Two Disorders, One Gene"
May 1	Dr. Karen Ottemann Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz Research Description          Recent Articles Title:  "Swimming in the stomach:  how Helicobacter pylori uses motility during infection" Student Hosts:  Bonnie Bertolet, Jessica Posada
May 8	No seminar--Advising Day
May 15	Dr. Oscar Aparicio Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Southern California Title:  "Regulation of Chromosome Replication in S. cerevisiae" MARC/RISE speaker Research Description          Recent Articles
May 22	Dr. Omar Bagasra Professor of Biology and Director, South Carolina Center for Biotechnology, Claflin University Title:  "RNA Interference: A New Frontier in Vaccinology" Research Description          Recent Articles

Many thanks to GENENTECH and the MARC/RISE programs for their generous support of this Colloquium series.

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