Colloquium Schedule-Biology | Northeastern University

Fall 2009 ColloquiA Schedule

All Seminars in 90 Snell Library at Noon unless otherwise noted
Refreshments at 11:45 a.m.

SEPTEMBER 2009

September 14 - Dr. Eric Stewart (Northeastern University)

Title: Molecular Basis of Bacterial Uncultivability

Host: Fred Davis

September 21 -Dr. Erin Cram (Northeastern University)

Title: In vivo regulation of cell migration and contractility

Host: Bill Detrich/Carol Warner

September 28- No Seminar - Yom Kippur

OCTOBER 2009

October 1 (Thursday) 3:00 - 4:00 PM - Dr. Doug Emlen (University of Montana)

Title: Development and Evolution of Exaggerated Morphologies in Insects

Host: Wendy Smith

October 5 - Dr. Joanne Chan (Children's Hospital, Harvard University)

Title: Dissection of Endothelial Signaling Pathway Interactions in a Zebrafish Model

Host: Phyllis Strauss

October 12 - No Seminar - Columbus Day

October 19 - Dr. Christopher Sassetti (University of Massachusetts Medical School)

Title: Conspicuous Consumption: Mtb Thrives on a High-fat Diet

Host: Kim Lewis

October 26 - Dr. John M. Asara (Harvard Medical School)

Title: Proteomics in the Cretaceous

Host: Wendy Smith

NOVEMBER 2009

November 2 - Dr. Simon Giszter (Drexel University)

Title: How Some Spinal Rats Walk and Impacts for Development of Brain-Machine-Interface and Rehabilitation

Host: Dagmar Sternad

November 9 - Dr. Arkhat Abzhanov (Harvard University)

Title: Pecking at the Origin of Verebrate Diversity: Insights from Darwin's Finches

Host: Graduate Students

November 16 - Dr. Alan Rigby (Harvard Medical School)

Title: In Silico Discovery of Small Molecule Transcriptional Inhibitors

Host: Gail Begley

November 23 - Dr. Fumihiko Nakamura (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard

Medical School)

Title: Role of Filamin in Cell Mechanics and Functions

Host: Erin Cram

November 30 - Dr. Charles Amsler (University of Alabama)

Title: Chemical Mediation of Antarctic Marcoalgal-Herbivore Relationships

Host: Bill Detrich

DECEMBER 2009

December 7 - Dr. Steven Sandler (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Title: Making Decisions on the Molecular Level: RecA's Role in SOS Induction in

e coli K-12

Host: Veronica Godoy