Mon., Feb. 19, noon. "Exploration of Minerals at
High Pressure," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar
with Nancy Ross, Virginia Tech; Olin Auditorium. HW
Mon., Feb. 19, noon. "The City Year Action Tank
Model and the Future of National Service," an Institute for
Policy Studies brown bag seminar with Adam Donaldson, City
Year Baltimore; 526 Wyman Bldg. HW
Mon., Feb. 19, 12:15 p.m. "Interrogating Development
and Disease With Nuclear Transfer and Stem Cells," a
Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Kevin Eggan,
Harvard University; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Feb. 19, 4 p.m. "Mechanisms of Cortical
Modification," a Krieger Mind/Brain Institute seminar with
Alfredo Kirkwood, SoM. An MBI lab research presentation by
Kirkwood Lab. 338 Krieger. HW
Tues., Feb. 20, 9:15 a.m. "Indoor Air Pollution and
Breast Cancer Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study," an
Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Honghong Zhu;
E2527 SPH. EB
Tues., Feb. 20, 11 a.m. "Using Large Scale Computer
Simulations for Solving Intractable Problems," an Institute
for Computational Medicine seminar with Nilay Roy, Brandeis
University; 110 Clark. HW
Tues., Feb. 20, noon. "From Charcot to Lou Gehrig:
Mechanisms and Treatment of ALS," a Biological Chemistry
seminar with Don Cleveland, University of California, San
Diego; 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., Feb. 20, noon. "The Hope Project: Enhancing
Research Quality Through Collaborating With Adolescents and
Young Adults," a Health, Behavior and Society seminar with
Amy Templeman, SPH; 208 Hampton House. EB
Tues., Feb. 20, 1 p.m. "Cerebral Perfusion and
Tissue Dysfunction in Ischemic Stroke," a Clinical
Investigation thesis defense seminar with Rebecca
Gottesman; W4013 SPH. EB
Tues., Feb. 20, 1 p.m. "Exploiting Sparsity and
Structure in Parametric and Nonparametric Estimation," a
joint Center for Imaging Science and Center for Language
and Speech Processing seminar with John Lafferty, Carnegie
Mellon University; 110 Hodson. HW
Tues., Feb. 20, 2 p.m. "Malaria and Helminth
Co-Infection: Investigations Into Malaria Pathogenesis
Immunology, Parasite Transmission and Vaccine Response," a
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense
seminar with Gregory Noland; W2030 SPH. EB
Tues., Feb. 20, 4 p.m. "Sensation, Cilia and Cystic
Kidney Disease," a Biology seminar with Maureen Barr,
University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy; 100 Mudd.
HW
Tues., Feb. 20, 4 p.m. "Building Community
Partnerships for Cancer Prevention and Control
Initiatives," an Urban Health Institute seminar with James
Zabora, National Catholic School of Social Service,
Catholic University of America; W1020 SPH. EB
Wed., Feb. 21, 9 a.m. "Diabetes Prevention in
Northwestern Ontario First Nations: A Multi-Institutional
Program to Improve Diet and Increase Physical Activity," an
International Health thesis defense seminar with Lara Ho;
W4013 SPH. EB
Wed., Feb. 21, noon. "Mapping the Arabidopsis
Ionome," a Physiology seminar with David Salt, Purdue
University. Co-sponsored by the High Throughput Center;
202D Physiology. EB
Wed., Feb. 21, 12:15 p.m. "Class and Race
Differences in Behavioral and Cognitive Functioning of
Children," a Mental Health seminar with Lisa Dubay, SPH;
B14B Hampton House. EB
Wed., Feb. 21, 12:15 p.m. "Perspectives on Global
Health," a Center for Global Health seminar with Tadataka
Yamada, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health
Program. Second in a series of seminars, part of the Global
Health Leaders Forum. E2014 SPH (Sommer Hall). EB
Wed., Feb. 21, 1 p.m. "Insulin Resistance in HIV and
Its Potential Treatment With American Ginseng," a Clinical
Investigation thesis defense seminar with Todd Browon;
W2008 SPH. EB
Wed., Feb. 21, 3:30 p.m. "Electrochemistry in
Synthetic and Biological Nanopores," a Materials Science
and Engineering seminar with Henry White, University of
Utah; 110 Maryland. HW
Wed., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. "Catholicism in Southern
California's Myth of the Spanish Past, 1880-1930," an
American History seminar with Kate Moran; 315 Gilman.
HW
Wed., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. "Why Cry When No One's
Listening?" an Urban Health Institute seminar with Philip
Leaf, SPH; W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Wed., Feb. 21, 5 p.m. "Targeted Human Genome
Engineering of Cancer and Stem Cells," an Environmental
Health Sciences seminar with Curt Civin, SoM; Srinivasan
Chandrasegaran, SPH; and Fred Bunz, SoM; W1030 SPH. EB
Thurs., Feb. 22, 10 a.m. "Ethics and Policy Issues
of the Diffusion and Marketing of CT Screening Exams," a
Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with
Ingrid Burger; 339 Hampton House. EB
Thurs., Feb. 22, noon. "Caloric Restriction and
Aging: Cues From the Invertebrate Models," a Cell Biology
seminar with Brian Kennedy, University of Washington
Medical School; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Feb. 22, noon. "Molecular Diagnostic Studies
in Cancer Detection and Treatment," an Environmental Health
Sciences seminar with David Sidransky, SoM; W3030 SPH.
EB
Thurs., Feb. 22, noon. "Exploring Links Between
Micronutrients, Infection and Immune Responses —
Implications for Improving Infectious Disease Control," an
International Health seminar with Christian Coles, SPH.
Co-sponsored by Disease Prevention and Control. W2017 SPH.
EB
Thurs., Feb. 22, 1 p.m. "Cortical Network Dynamics
and the Formation of Cell Assemblies," a Neuroscience
special seminar with Tara Thiagarajan, NIH; West Lecture
Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Thurs., Feb. 22, 3 p.m. "A Depolymerization Winch
Drives Nematode Sperm Motility," a Mechanical Engineering
seminar with Charles Wolgemuth, University of Connecticut
Health Center; 210 Hodson. HW
Thurs., Feb. 22, 3:30 p.m. "Modeling Analysis of
Satellite and Related Observations: From Regional Air
Pollution to Global Climate," an Earth and Planetary
Sciences seminar with Qinbin Li, JPL; Olin Auditorium.
HW
Thurs., Feb. 22, 4 p.m. "Drosophila Let-7-Cluster
Micro-RNAs and Their Roles in the Development of Adult
Behavior," a Biology special seminar with Nicholas Sokol,
Dartmouth Medical School; 100 Mudd. HW
Thurs., Feb. 22, 4 p.m. "Turbulent Diffusion of
Lines and Circulations," an Applied Mathematics and
Statistics seminar with Gregory Eyink, WSE; 304 Whitehead.
HW
Mon., Feb. 26, 10 a.m. "Novel Functions of
Mitochondrial Proteins in Chromosome Segregation During
Meiosis and Mitosis," a Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology thesis defense seminar with Akila Moore; W2017
SPH. EB
Mon., Feb. 26, noon. "Ice Mass Fluctuations and
Earthquake Hazard in Southern Alaska," an Earth and
Planetary Sciences seminar with Jeanne Sauber, NASA-Goddard
Space Flight Center; Olin Auditorium. HW
Mon., Feb. 26, noon. "Incentives for Pharmaceutical
Research: Must They Exclude the Poor From Advanced
Medicine?" a Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar with
Thomas Pogge, Columbia University. Co-sponsored by the
Center for Global Health. Part of the Bioethics Interest
Group seminar series. W2015 SPH. EB
Mon., Feb. 26, 12:15 p.m. "Defining Developmental
Potency by the Expression Profiling of Mouse Early Embryos
and Stem Cells," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar
with Minoru Ko, NIH; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Feb. 26, 1 p.m. "Voltage Sensing in Excitable
Membranes: When the Sensor Becomes a Channel," a
Neuroscience special seminar with Francesco Tombola,
University of California, Berkeley; West Lecture Hall
(ground floor), WBSB. EB
Mon., Feb. 26, 3:30 p.m. "Organic Chemistry in the
Atmosphere: From Smog to Climate Change," an Earth and
Planetary Sciences seminar with Dylan Millet, Harvard
University; Olin Auditorium. HW
Mon., Feb. 26, 4 p.m. "Complex Zeros of 1-D
Schroedinger Eigenfunctions," an Analysis seminar with
Hamid Hezari, KSAS; 308 Krieger. HW
Mon., Feb. 26, 4 p.m. "Insights Into Primate
Training," a Krieger Mind/Brain Institute seminar with Gary
Wilson, Moorpark College; 338 Krieger. HW