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February 2008

Departmental and Program Seminar Calendar for February/March 2008

Department of Biomedical Sciences
Seminar series associated with the Department of Biomedical Sciences include the Physiology Seminar Series; the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Neuroscience Seminar Series; and the Frontiers in Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series (consult http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/bms/fibs.htm for schedule and location).

Physiology Seminar Series
Mondays, 4 p.m., in Room W104 of the Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory, Foothills Campus (http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/bms/seminar.htm);

Feb. 12 – Dr. Thomas Finger, Co-Director of the Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, CU-Denver, presents “How Goldfish Sort Food from Mud: Representation of Taste Information in the Brain Stem.”

Feb.19 – Dr. Narda Robinson, Department of Clinical Sciences, presents “How Neuroanatomy Makes Acupuncture Make Sense.”

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Neuroscience Seminar Series
Wednesdays, 4 p.m., W1 Anatomy/Zoology
(http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/mcin/seminar/)

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
The Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology (MIP) sponsors a series of weekly faculty seminars. The seminars are held on Mondays, 4:00-5:00 p.m., in Room 103 of the Pathology Building unless otherwise noted. Coordinator for the series is Dr. Carol Wilusz. For more information, and a complete schedule, go to: http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/mip/seminars/seminar_faculty.htm

Feb. 15 (Friday, 11 a.m.) – Dr. Norm Pace, CU-Boulder, presents “The Natural Microbial World, From Hot Springs to Human Health.”

Feb. 18 – Dr. Bob Ellis, MIP, presents “Our CSU Biosafety Program: Past, Present and Future.”

Feb. 15 – Dr. Ethan Shevack, NIAID, presents “Mechanism Action of T Regulatory Cells in Vivo and Vitro.”

March 3 – Dr. George Dimopoulos, Johns Hopkins, presents “Interactions Between the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium and its Vector Mosquito Anopheles.”

March 10 – Dr. Charlie Calisher, MIP, presents “Bats: Newly Recognized Reservoirs of Viruses.”

March 24 – Dr. Caroline Kulesza, UCHSC-Denver, presents “Molecular Mechanisms of Cytomegalovirus Pathogenesis.”

March 31 – Dr. Jason Raskon, Johns Hopkins, presents “Relationships Between the Genetics of Vector Populations and the Epidemiology of Vector-Borne Pathogens.”

Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Degree Program Seminar Series
All seminars are held on Thursdays at noon in Room 123 of the Molecular and Radiological Biosciences Building. For a complete schedule, go to: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CMB/seminars.html

Feb. 21 – Dr. Mary Shuler, University of Illinois-Urbana, TBA

Feb. 29 – Poster Symposium

March 13 – Dr. Thomas Wood, Texas A&M, TBA

March 27 – Dr. James Zheng, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, TBA