2012 Fall Seminars
Cancer/Genetics Research Complex, CGRC 101, Tuesdays 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
August 28
“Discovering important cancer biomarkers and synergistic therapy strategies”
Su-Shing Chen Ph.D., Professor Emeritus,
Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida
September 11
Title: “The Black Pearl: Masuo Kodani and the History of Twentieth Century Genetics”
Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, Ph.D., Professor,
Departments of Biology and History, University of Florida
September 18
“Transcription complex recruitment and non-genic transcription in the beta-globin locus control region”
Jorg Bungert, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida
October 9
Title: “Functional Genomics in Strawberry Focusing on Horticultural and Consumer Traits”
Kevin Folta, PhD, Associate Professor,
Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida
October 16
Title: “S male-sterile maize and the forward genetic analysis of plant mitochondrial function”
Christine D. Chase, Ph.D., Professor,
Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida
October 23
Title: ”Formation of the intervertebral disc”
Brian Harfe, PhD, Associate Professor,
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida
November 6
Title:“Assessing the molecular signature of environmental contaminants that behave as estrogens”
Nancy Denslow, PhD, Professor,
Physiological Sciences, University of Florida
November 13
Title: “From tRNA to protein modification: Linking gene and function by comparative genomics”
Valerie de Crecy-Lagard, PhD, Associate Professor,
Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida
December 4
Title: “Heavy-isotope assisted quantitative phosphoproteomics analysis of drought and ABA signaling in higher plants”
Michael R. Sussman, Ph.D., Kellett Professor of Biochemistry,
Director, University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center, Madison, Wisconsin