2004 Fall Seminars
August 31:
“Using evolutionary models to reconstruct and deconstruct the last universal common ancestor of life”
Edward L. Braun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Zoology, University of Florida
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Pubmed Search ), (UFGI New Faculty Profile)
September 21:
“Three-dimensional structure to function correlations for adeno-associated viruses”
Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida
September 28:
“Genetics and the conservation of Florida Ziziphus”
Matthew A. Gitzendanner, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist,
Department of Botany & the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
(PubMed search ), (UFGI New Faculty Profile)
October 5:
“Enabling genomics – postcards from the ground floor”
William G. Farmerie, Ph.D., Scientific Director,
Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida
October 12 [Note special time and location - Noon, LG-101A (Brain Institute Auditorium)]:
“Multiprotein complexes conduct multiple coordinated steps in trypanosome RNA editing”
Kenneth D. Stuart, Ph.D., Director and President,
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute,
and Professor, Department of Pathobiology, University of Washington
Co-sponsored with the Department of Pathobiology
October 12-13:
Workshop – “Meeting the information requirements of the Animal Welfare Act”
Lecture 8:30 am – noon either day, Room C3-72. Hands-on database workshops 1:00 – 4:00 pm either day, Room C2-20
Co-sponsored with the University of Florida’s Office of Research, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and the Health Science Center Libraries
October 19:
“Functional genomics of the plant cell wall”
Karen E. Koch, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Horticultural Sciences & Program in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida
October 26 [Note special time and location - Noon, LG-101A (Brain Institute Auditorium)]:
“Viruses and the immune system: who is the pupil and who is the teacher?”
Grant McFadden, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario
and Co-director, Biotherapeutics and Immunopathogenesis Group, John P. Robarts Research Institute
November 2:
“Gene and cell-based treatments for arthritis”
Steven C. Ghivizzani, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Florida
(PubMed search), (UFGI New Faculty Profile)
November 16:
“Culture conditions alter reprogramming of nuclei utilized in bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer”
Karen Moore, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida
November 30:
“Beauveria bassiana versus ticks (Acari:Ixodidae): molecular mechanisms of fungal-arthropod pathogenesis”
Nemat O. Keyhani, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida
December 9-10:
“National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Field Guide Workshop”
Co-sponsored with the Health Science Center Libraries
December 14:
“Patterning of the vertebrate embryo”
Brian D. Harfe, Ph.D, Assistant Professor,
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida
(PubMed search), (UFGI New Faculty Profile)