Mon., Feb. 6, 12:15 p.m. "Deciphering the
Prader-Willi Locus Enigma: Implications From Gene Targeting
Studies in Mice," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar
with Serguei Kozlov, NCI/NIH; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Feb. 6, 3:30 p.m. "Zeroes of Random Analytic
Functions and Determinantal Point Processes in Two
Dimensions," a Math/Physics seminar with Manjunath
Krishnapur, University of California, Berkeley; 308
Krieger. HW
Mon., Feb. 6, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Neural Basis of Spatial Attention"
with Kirk Thompson, NEI/NIH. Sponsored by the Krieger
Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
Mon., Feb. 6, 4 p.m. "The Enlightenment and
Enchantment," a Humanities Center seminar with Akeel
Bilgrami, Columbia University; 111 Gilman. HW
Tues., Feb. 7, noon. "Cellular Responses to Force,
Geometry and Rigidity: Roles of Src Family Kinases and
Substrate Priming," a Biological Chemistry seminar with
Michael Sheetz, Columbia University; 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., Feb. 7, noon. "Economic Analysis of Homeland
Security Policies, an Institute for Policy Studies seminar
with Joseph Cordes, George Washington University; 526 Wyman
Park Bldg. HW
Tues., Feb. 7, noon. "Community Based Participatory
Research: Policy and Practice," a Health, Behavior and
Society seminar with Kim Dobson Sydnor, Morgan State
University School of Public Health; 208 Hampton House.
EB
Tues., Feb. 7, 2 p.m. "Congruences Among Automorphic
Forms on the Unitary Group U(2,2)," a Number Theory seminar
with Krzysztof Klosin, University of Michigan; 211 Krieger.
HW
Tues., Feb. 7, 3 p.m. "Toric Vector Bundles and the
Resolution Property," a Math/Physics seminar with Sam
Payne, University of Michigan; 308 Krieger. HW
Tues., Feb. 7, 4:30 p.m. "Improving Access to
Conversational Speech: the MALACH Project," a Center for
Language and Speech Processing seminar with Douglas Oard,
University of Maryland, College Park; 3 Shaffer. HW
Wed., Feb. 8, 3 p.m. "On Pattern Formation and Cell
Aggregation in Biology," an Applied Mathematics and
Statistics seminar with Mark Alber, University of Notre
Dame; 114 Barton. HW
Wed., Feb. 8, 3:30 p.m. "Experimental and
Computational Investigation of Structure and Plastic Flow
in Bulk Metallic Glasses," a Materials Science and
Engineering seminar with Katharine Flores, Ohio State
University; 110 Maryland. HW
Wed., Feb. 8, 4 p.m. "Synthetic/Mechanistic Studies
of Bioactive Natural Products: Enduring Leads for Discovery
of Cellular Probes and Therapeutics," a Pharmacology and
Molecular Sciences seminar with Daniel Romo, Texas A&M
University; West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB
Thurs., Feb. 9, 8:30 a.m. "Trafficking of Women and
Health: New Data From a European Study," an International
Health seminar with Cathy Zimmerman, research fellow,
London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Co-sponsored by Infectious Diseases (SoM) and History of
Medicine (SoM). E6519 SPH. EB
Thurs., Feb. 9, noon. "Regulation of Microtubules
and Cell Polarity by Rho GTPases in Migrating Cells," a
Cell Biology seminar with Gregg Gundersen, Columbia
University; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Feb. 9, 12:30 p.m. "Different Roads to
Globalization: Neoliberalism, the Competition State and
Politics in a More Open World," a Political Science seminar
with Philip Cerny, Rutgers University; 366 Mergenthaler.
HW
Fri., Feb. 10, 12:15 p.m. "Predictors of Virologic,
Immunologic and Clinical Outcomes in HIV-Infected Adults
Receiving Art in a Faith-Based Health Facility," an
Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Olumuyiwa Aina;
W4030 SPH. EB
Fri., Feb. 10, 4 p.m. "Characterizing the
Albumin-Enriched Fraction of Human Serum: Proteins,
Associations and Biomarker Discovery," a Pharmacology and
Molecular Sciences thesis defense seminar with Rebekah
Gundry; 303 WBSB. EB
Fri., Feb. 10, 5:15 p.m. "Flaubert's Capital: Toward
a Labor Theory of Translation from Eleanor Marx to Paul de
Man," a Romance Languages and Literatures seminar with
Emily Apter, New York University. Co-sponsored by the
Philological Society. 223 Gilman. HW
Mon., Feb. 13, noon. "Chemical Reactions at the
Solid-Water Interface: A Predictive Syntheis From Protons
to Biomolecules," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar
with Dimitri Sverjensky, KSAS; Olin Auditorium. HW
Mon., Feb. 13, 12:15 p.m. "Patterning the Vertebrate
Gut and Limb," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar
with Cliff Tabin, Harvard Medical School; 3520 San Martin
Drive. HW
Mon., Feb. 13, 1 p.m. "Genetic Polymorphisms in DNA
Repair Genes and the Risk of Colorectal Neoplasia," an
Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Sonja Berndt;
W3008 SPH. EB
Mon., Feb. 13, 4 p.m. "Averages of the Fourier
Transform of Measures and Applications," an Analysis
seminar with M. Burak Erdogan, University of Illinois; 308
Krieger. HW
Mon., Feb. 13, 4 p.m. "Can Science and Industry
Co-Exist? Contraceptive Development and the Drug
Development Process," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
seminar with Gregory Kopf, University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine; W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., Feb. 13, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Characterization of Neural Response
With Stochastic Stimuli" with Eero Simoncelli, HHMI Center
for Neural Science and Courant Institute of Mathematical
Sciences. Sponsored by Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338
Krieger. HW
Mon., Feb. 13, 5:15 p.m. " 'Words in the Air':
Thaumaste, Nazdecabre and the Question of Perspicuous
Signs," a Romance Languages and Literatures seminar with
James Helgeson, Columbia University; 336 Gilman. HW