GRAND
ROUNDS

LECTURE

OPEN
HOUSES

Sat., March 24, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Open House for the SPSBE undergraduate part-time programs for adults; faculty, advisers and financial aid officers will be available to answer questions. JH Columbia Center, 6740 Alexander Bell Drive, Columbia Gateway Park.

MUSIC

Sun., March 25, 2 p.m. Young People's String Program concert. 410-659-8124. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody

SEMINARS

Mon., March 19, 4 p.m. "Protein Aggregation, Proteasomes and Neurodegeneration," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Ron Kopito, Stanford University; W2030 SPH. JHMI

Tues., March 20, noon. "Cell Polarity and the Localization of mRNAs and Proteins," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Peter Takizawa, University of California, San Francisco. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. JHMI

Tues., March 20, noon. "Regulation of Intestinal Epithelial Cell Proliferation," a Gastroenterology seminar with Vincent Yang; 903 Ross. JHMI

Tues., March 20, noon. "Regulation of KSPG Biosynthesis," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Gary Conrad, Kansas State University; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Tues., March 20, 12:05 p.m. "CD4 Cells in Latent Tuberculosis: Studies in a Mouse Model," an International Health seminar with JoAnne Flynn, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Co-sponsored by the TB Center. W2030 SPH. JHMI

Wed., March 21, and Thurs., March 22, 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., and Fri., March 23, 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. 35th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), information sessions on new advances, applications and ideas in the fields of signal, image and video processing; systems and control; communications; pattern recognition; statistical inference; and computer engineering. Registration fee is $275; students who do not want a copy of the proceedings may register for $60. Shaffer Hall. HW

Wed., March 21, 1:30 p.m. "RNA Helicases That Moonlight as Protein Displacement and DNA Unwinding Proteins," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Anna Marie Pyle, Columbia University; 517 PCTB. JHMI

Wed., March 21, 4 p.m. "Biochemical and Genetic Analysis of Mismatch Repair," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Eric Alani, Cornell University; 303 WBSB. JHMI

Thurs., March 22, 11 a.m. "Nonlinear DNAmics: Designer Gene Networks," a Biomedical Engineering seminar with James Collins, Boston University; 709 Traylor. JHMI

Thurs., March 22, noon. "Nuclear Organization of DNA Replication in Primary Mammalian Cells," a Cell Biology and Anatomy seminar with Brian Kennedy, MGH Cancer Center; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. JHMI

Thurs., March 22, 4 p.m. "The Interaction of Actin-Binding Proteins with Lipid Membranes," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Gerhard Isenberg, Technical University of Munich, Garching; 612 Physiology. JHMI

Fri., March 23, 11 a.m. "Temporal and Spatial Trends in Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations in Maryland," a Center for Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment seminar with Carol Blaisdell, University of Maryland; W4013 SPH. JHMI

Mon., March 26, 12:15 p.m. "Gene Targeting in Drosophila: Progress and Prospects," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Kent Golic, University of Utah; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., March 26, 3:30 p.m. "Student Seminar," Eda Koculi. 109 Jenkins Hall. HW

Mon., March 26, 4 p.m. "Behavior of Earth Materials from Fundamental Physics," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Ron Cohen, Carnegie Institution of Washington; 305 Olin. HW

Mon., March 26, 4 p.m. "Clio and Her Publics: An American Debate in Comparative Perspective," a History seminar with Ian Tyrrell, University of New South Wales; 315 Gilman. HW

Mon., March 26, 4 p.m. "Synthetic Transcriptional Factors and Their Potential as Therapeutics Against Cancer," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Aseem Ansari, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; W2030 SPH. JHMI

SPECIAL
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SPORTS

THEATER