SFSU Colloquium in Microbiology, Cell and Molecular Biology
Spring 2004
Sponsored by MARC/RISE programs
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Unless otherwise noted, all talks will be held in SCI 210 at 4:10 PM on Thursdays.
All students, faculty, and staff are welcome.  Light refreshments will be served at 4 PM.
Biology 871 announcements NEW!!
 
date
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Jan 29
  
Biol 871 students must attend class for orientation
    
Feb 5
 G. Steven Burrill
CEO, Burrill & Company
 Biotech 2004
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publications
Feb 12
Grisel Ponciano
SFSU
 Characterization of avirulence genes from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae field isolates
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 recent
publications
Feb 19
 Shibo Zhang
UC Berkeley
  Comparative genomic analysis of coding sequences between rice and Arabidopsis and among cereal crops
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publications
Feb 26
 Liqing Zhang
University of Chicago
  The distribution and evolution of duplications in the genomes of Arabidopsis thaliana and human
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publications
Mar 4
 Shinhan Shiu
University of Chicago
  Rise and fall of gene families: dynamics of their expansion and functional implications
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publications
Mar 11
 no seminar
 no seminar
 
  
Mar 18
 Kimberly McDermott
UCSF
 Centrosome dysfunction in breast cancer
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publications
Mar 25
 SPRING BREAK
 
 
  
Apr 1
 Matthew Scott
Stanford University
 Hedgehog Signaling in Development and Disease
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publications
Apr 8
 Thea Tlsty
UCSF
  Genetic and Epigenetic Events in Early Cancer
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recent
publications
Apr 15
 Michael C. Venuti
Celera Genomics
  Targeted Medicine: The Future of Pharmacogenomics, Diagnostics and Therapeutics
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publications
Apr 22
 David Ferrick
CEO, Sagres Discovery
  The OncogenomeTM: Cracking the code of Cancer
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publications
Apr 29
 no seminar
  no seminar
 
  
May 6
Julia Rice
IBM Almaden Research 
  Computational chemistry and its role in understanding biology
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 recent
publications
May 13
 Dr. Margarita L. Dubocovich*
Northwestern University
  Melatonin Receptors: Signaling, Function And  Regulation  of Circadian Rhythms
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May 20
Dr. John Sninsky
Celera Diagnostics
Human Evolution:  Differential Divergence
from Our Closest Relative, the Chimpanzee, Promises Insight into Human Biology
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recent
publications
Many thanks to the MARC/RISE programs for their generous support of this Colloquium series.
*MARC/RISE speaker
Spring 2003 seminar list
Fall 2003 seminar list

Biology 871 announcements  return to top
Announcement #3 (5/05/04)
EXTRA seminar scheduled on May 20.  Biol 871 students are not required to attend this class, but may obtain credit for attending the seminar.  In addition, students may write a summary for this presentation--please turn in to the Department of Biology Office for the instructor's mailbox (S Pasion) by 4:30pm, Friday May 28, 2004.
Announcement #2 (2/06/04)
Dr. Pasion's office hours for Spring 2004 have been changed to Tuesdays 2pm to 4pm.
Announcement #1 (1/29/04)
Enrolled Biology 871 students must attend the first day of class (Jan 29 2004).
Students who need to obtain a permit number to enroll, must attend the first day of class (Jan 29) and obtain the number from the instructor at the end of class.

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