Mon., Nov. 7, noon. "Chromosomal Abnormalities
Underlying Mental Retardation," a Clinical Neuroscience
seminar with Jonathan Pevsner, SoM; 1-191 Meyer. EB
Mon., Nov. 7, 12:15 p.m. "Mechanisms of Cell Cycle
Regulated Histone mRNA Biosynthesis During Drosophila
Development," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with
Robert Duronio, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;
3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Nov. 7, 4 p.m. "Applications of Smart Polymers
as Bioconjugates," a Materials Science and Engineering
seminar with Allan Hoffman, University of Washington;
Laverty Lounge, Maryland Hall. HW
Mon., Nov. 7, 4 p.m. "Scalar and Vector Muckenhoupt
Weights (and Space-Filling Curves)," an Analysis seminar
with Michael Lauzon, Swarthmore College; 308 Krieger. HW
Mon., Nov. 7, 4 p.m. "Exploring Saturn in the Thermal
Infrared: The Cassini/CIRS Investigation," an Earth and
Planetary Sciences seminar with Michael Flasar, NASA Goddard
Space Flight Center; Olin Auditorium. HW
Mon., Nov. 7, 5:15 p.m. "The Corporeal Image and the
New World Baroque," a Romance Languages and Literatures
seminar with William Egginton, SUNY, Buffalo; 223 Gilman.
HW
Tues., Nov. 8, 12:15 p.m. "Research Recruitment
Through Cancer Registries: Stakeholder Perspectives," a
Berman Bioethics Institute seminar with Laura Beskow,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Public
Health; 250 Hampton House. EB
Tues., Nov. 8, 3 p.m. "The Hubbard Brook Ecosystem
Study: Site Description, Research Approach and Overview of
Cooperative Research Activities," a Geography and
Environmental Engineering seminar with Charles Driscoll Jr.,
Syracuse University; 234 Ames. HW
Tues., Nov. 8, 3 p.m. "Natural Products and the
Future of Drug Development," a Pharmacology and Molecular
Sciences seminar with Arnold Demain, MIT and Drew
University; 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., Nov. 8, 4 p.m. "Forging Identities in a
Geography of Violence: The Political Economy of Street
Youths' Survival Strategies in Sao Paulo and New York," an
Anthropology seminar with Benedito Dos Santos, KSAS; 400
Macaulay. HW
Tues., Nov. 8, 4 p.m. "Structural Topology
Optimization," a Civil Engineering seminar with Jamie Guest,
WSE; 110 Maryland. HW
Wed., Nov. 9, noon. "Global Development and the
Corporate Food Regime," a Sociology seminar with Philip
David McMichael, Cornell University; 526 Mergenthaler.
HW
Wed., Nov. 9, noon. "Does Inclusion Lead to
Moderation? A Comparison of Islamist Parties in Jordan and
Yemen," a Political Science seminar with Jillian Schwedler,
University of Maryland; 338 Mergenthaler. HW
Wed., Nov. 9, 12:15 p.m. "Bioinformatic Strategies to
Search for Bipolar Disorder Susceptibility Genes," a Mental
Health seminar with Peter Zandi, SPH; B14B Hampton House.
EB
Wed., Nov. 9, 1:30 p.m. "Atomic-Level Basis of Cell
Adhesion by Cadherins," a Biophysics and Biophysical
Chemistry seminar with Lawrence Shapiro, Columbia
University; 517 PCTB. EB
Wed., Nov. 9, 3:30 p.m. "Nano-Magnetic Droplets and
Implications to Orbital Ordering in La1-xSrx-CoO3," a
Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Despina
Louca, University of Virginia; 110 Maryland. HW
Wed., Nov. 9, 3:45 p.m. "Methods for Regularized
Estimation for Censored Data Regression, with Applications
to Genomic Data," a Biostatistics seminar with Hongzhe Li,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; W2030 SPH.
EB
Wed., Nov. 9, 4 p.m. "Outbreaks and Breakouts: Public
Health in and out of the Prison System," a General
Preventive Medicine Residency seminar with Carl Keldie,
Prison Health Services Inc.; Newton Kendig, Bureau of
Prisons; Jody Rich, Brown Medical School; and Richard Scott,
Morgan State University School of Public Health and Prince
George's County Correctional Center; W1214 SPH. EB
Wed., Nov. 9, 4 p.m. "Selectively Sensing No and O2:
A Difficult Biological Problem," a Pharmacology and
Molecular Sciences seminar with Michael Marletta, University
of California, Berkeley; West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB
Thurs., Nov. 10, 11 a.m. "Exploiting Molecular
Specificity for Biopharmaceutical Development," a Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering seminar with Patrick Daugherty,
University of California, Santa Barbara; 110 Maryland.
HW
Thurs., Nov. 10, noon. "Microtubule-Based Motors and
Cytoarchitecture," a Cell Biology seminar with Trina
Schroer, KSAS; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Nov. 10, 12:15 p.m. "Environmental Stories,
Public Health and the Public," a Health Policy and
Management seminar with columnist Tom Horton, The Sun;
Hampton House Lecture Hall. EB
Thurs., Nov. 10, 1 p.m. "Identification of a Tau
Aminopeptidase That Inhibits Neurodegeneration," a
Neuroscience research seminar with George Jackson, UCLA
School of Medicine; West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB
Thurs., Nov. 10, 3 p.m. "Modeling and Control of
Flexible Dynamic Systems," a Mechanical Engineering seminar
with Ho-Hoon Lee, Tulane University; 210 Hodson. HW
Thurs., Nov. 10, 4 p.m. "Might Be Something:
Spirituality and Sexuality in the Liberal Diaspora," a
Women, Gender and Sexuality seminar with Elizabeth
Povinelli, Columbia University; 400 Macaulay. HW
Thurs., Nov. 10, 4 p.m. "Offshore Outsourcing: The
New Competitive Debate," a Social Policy seminar with Ron
Hira, Rochester Institute of Technology. Sponsored by the
Institute for Policy Studies; Economics; and Health Policy
and Management. 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW
Thurs., Nov. 10, 4 p.m. "Generalized Principal
Component Analysis (GPCA): An Algebraic Geometric Approach
to Subspace Clustering," an Applied Mathematics and
Statistics seminar with Rene Vidal, WSE; 304 Whitehead.
HW
Thurs., Nov. 10, 4 p.m. "Role of Feedback in
Dictyostelium discoideum Gradient Sensing," an Electrical
and Computer Engineering seminar with Liu Yang, WSE; 117
Barton. HW
Thurs., Nov. 10, 5:15 p.m. "Carlos Velo's Romancero
Marroqui and the Francoist Kitsch Politics of Time," a
Romance Languages and Literatures seminar with Alejandro
Yarza, Georgetown University; 223 Gilman. HW
Fri., Nov. 11, 10:45 a.m. "Point-Based Methods in
Shape Modeling and Physical Simulation," a Computer Science
seminar with Leonidas Guibas, Stanford University; 3
Shaffer. HW
Fri., Nov. 11, noon. "Hepatitis C: Evolutionary
Inference for Intelligent Design of a Vaccine Candidate," a
Microbial Immunity and Vaccine Development seminar with
Stuart Ray, SoM. Co-sponsored by Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology and International Health. W2030 SPH. EB
Fri., Nov. 11, noon. "Challenges for Funding
Community Health Research Projects: A Reviewer's
Perspective," a Health, Behavior and Society seminar with
Janice Bowie, SPH; 208 Hampton House. EB
Fri., Nov. 11, noon. "Conceptualizing a
'Constitutional Poetics': Courts and the Development of
Constitutionalism in Early-Industrial England and
Present-Day China," a Political Science seminar with Michael
Dowdle, University of Hong Kong; 366 Mergenthaler. HW
Fri., Nov. 11, 12:15 p.m. "Coordinating Morphogenesis
and Cell Adhesion: Roles for Drosophila Abl Kinase and Rho
GTPase," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with
Donald Fox, University of North Carolina; 3520 San Martin
Drive. HW
Sat., Nov. 12, 9 a.m. "Learning about Essential
Tremor: The Diagnosis and Treatment Options," with various
speakers. Sponsored by the International Essential Tremor
Foundation. Pre-registration required to ensure adequate
seating and materials. 20 Turner Bldg. EB
Mon., Nov. 14, 12:15 p.m. "Wnt Signaling in Mouse
Development," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with
Terry Yamaguchi, NIH; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Nov. 14, 4 p.m. "Conformally Parametrized
Surfaces With Bounds on the Willmore Energy," an Analysis
seminar with Ernst Kuwert, Universitat Freiburg; 308
Krieger. HW
Mon., Nov. 14, 4 p.m. "The Care of the Soul," a
Humanities Center seminar with Rodolphe Gasche, University
of Buffalo; 111 Gilman. HW
Mon., Nov. 14, 4 p.m. "Stable Isotopes in
Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interactions: Sea Level Rise and CO2
Recycling," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with
Tara Greaver, KSAS; Olin Auditorium. HW