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September 2009

Departmental and Program Seminar Calendar
September 2009

Most regularly scheduled seminar series are paused during the summer recess. Please check the listed Web sites for updated information.

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).

Frontiers in Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series

Oct. 7 – Dr. Paul J. Anderson, K. Frank Austen Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., TBA.

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

Sept. 14 – Dr. Thomas Hansen, Director, Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory, presents “State of the ARBL” address.

Sept. 21 – Dr. Michael J. Soares, Director, Institute of Maternal-Fetal Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, presents “Adaptations of the Maternal-Fetal Interface.”

Sept. 28 – Dr. Susan Bailey, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, presents “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Telomeres, But Were Afraid to Ask.”

Oct. 5 – Dr. Shane Kanatous, Department of Biology, presents “Life Without Oxygen: The Physiological Challenges of Diving Mammals.”

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

Sept. 9 – Dr. Ione Fine, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, presents “The Effects of Visual Deprivation.”

Sept. 16 – Dr. Julie Fiez, Department of Psychology, Washington University at St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Penn., presents “The Consequences of Making a Choice: Learning and the Human Striatum.”

Sept. 23 – Dr. Jeffrey S. Diamond, Synaptic Physiology Section, NINDS, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, Bethesda, Md., presents “Parallel Processing Within Individual Retinal Interneurons.”

Sept. 30 – Dr. Nicholas C. Spitzer, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair, Section of Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego, presents “Activity–Dependent Neurotransmitter Respecification: Novel Neuroplasticity.”

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
The Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology (MIP) sponsors a series of weekly seminars. Faculty seminars are held on Fridays, 9 a.m., in Room 103 Pathology.  Alternating weeks feature noon Thursday sessions with external speakers. 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.aspx.

Sept. 11 – Dr. Bert Semler, University of California, Irvine, presents “Viral Subversion of Host Functions During Picomavirus Replication.”

Sept. 18 – Dr. Alan Schenkel, MIP, presents “Roles of Adhesion Molecules in Leukocyte Extravasation in Inflammation.”

Sept 25 – Dr. Brian Foy, MIP, presents “Vector Biology, Arbovirology, Malaria, and Immunological Interactions at the Interface of Hosts, Vectors, and Pathogens.”

Oct. 2 – Dr. Ric Slayden, MIP, presents “Bacterial Population Differentiation and Drug Discovery.”

Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Degree Program Seminar Series
All seminars are held on Thursdays (unless noted) at 11 a.m. in Room 123 of the Molecular and Radiological Biosciences Building. For a complete schedule, go to: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CMB/seminars.html.

Sept. 17 – Dr. Dave Kovar, University of Chicago, TBA.