Mon., Feb. 23, noon. "From Behavior to Neuron and
Back: How Mechanisms Revealed in Intracellular Recordings
Have Led to a Re-evaluation of Natural Behaviors in Weakly
Electric Fish," a Clinical Neuroscience seminar with Eric
Fortune; 1-191 Meyer. EB
Mon., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. "Computer Algorithms for
Pattern Recognition," a Biophysics student seminar with
Devon Sheppard; 107 Jenkins. HW
Mon., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. "Dynamical Fingerprints of
Climate Sensitivity," an Earth and Planetary Sciences
seminar with Dan Kirk-Davidoff, University of Maryland,
College Park; Olin Auditorium. HW
Mon., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. "Minimal Planes in Hyperbolic
Space," an Analysis seminar with Baris Coskunuzer,
Princeton University; 308 Krieger. HW
Mon., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. "Telomerase and the
Consequences of Telomere Dysfunction," a Molecular Biology
and Genetics seminar with Carol Greider; W2030 BSPH. EB
Tues., Feb. 24, noon. "The Molecular Regulation of
Border Cell Migration and Its Relevance to Ovarian Cancer,"
a Biological Chemistry seminar with Denise Montell; 612
Physiology. EB
Tues., Feb. 24, 3 p.m. "Quantitative Assessment of
the Impacts of Urbanization in Hydrologic and Biotic
Processes at the Watershed Scale," a Geography and
Environmental Engineering seminar with Claire Welty, UMBC;
234 Ames. HW
Tues., Feb. 24, 4 p.m. "Translational Control of
Synaptic Plasticity, Learning and Memory," a Biology
special seminar with Yi-Shuian Huang, University of
Massachusetts Medical School; 100 Mudd. HW
Tues., Feb. 24, 4:30 p.m. "Norms and Exploitations:
Mapping Meaning Onto Use," a Center for Language and Speech
Processing seminar with Patrick Hanks, Berlin-Brandenburg
Academy of Sciences and Brandeis University; 303 Shaffer.
HW
Wed., Feb. 25, 9 a.m. "Race, Physician-Patient
Concordance and Social Distance: Effects on Communication
and Participation in Medical Visits," a Health Policy and
Management thesis defense seminar with Rachel Johnson; 744
Hampton House. EB
Wed., Feb. 25, 10:30 a.m. "A Multifaceted Approach
for Identifying Genes That Control the Migration and
Differentiation of the Mammalian Germ Cell," a Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology seminar with Kathleen Molyneaux,
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation; W1020
BSPH. EB
Wed., Feb. 25, 12:15 p.m. "The Role of Malaria in
Mother to Child Transmission of HIV," a Center for
Communication Programs seminar with Heena Brahmbhatt; Suite
310, 111 Market Place. EB
Wed., Feb. 25, 2 p.m. "Micro-RNAs Modulate
Hematopoietic Lineage Differentiation," a Molecular Biology
and Genetics seminar with Chang-Zheng Chen, Whitehead
Institute; 517 PCTB. EB
Wed., Feb. 25, 3:30 p.m. "Designing Degradable
Polymers for Drug Delivery," a Materials Science and
Engineering seminar with Kathryn Uhrich, Rutgers
University; 110 Maryland. HW
Wed., Feb. 25, 4 p.m. "Toward a Chemical Approach to
Cell Signaling," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
seminar with Dehua Pei, Ohio State University; 303 WBSB.
EB
Wed., Feb. 25, 6 p.m. "The Cracks of Kazimir
Malevich's Black Square," a History of Art seminar with
Graham Bader, Harvard University; 255 Mergenthaler. HW
Thurs., Feb. 26, 9 a.m. "The Immune Response of
Infants and Young Children to the F and G Glycoproteins of
the Respiratory Syncytial Virus," an International Health
thesis defense seminar with Joshua Shinoff; W2030 BSPH.
EB
Thurs., Feb. 26, 10 a.m. "Suicidal Ideation and Risk
Factors Among Individuals at Risk for HIV Within the
Drug-Using Community," a Mental Health thesis defense
seminar with Stephanie Hope Gilbert; 391 Hampton House.
EB
Thurs., Feb. 26, 11 a.m. "Novel Tools to Understand
Biocatalyst Stability," a Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering seminar with Andreas Bommarius, Georgia Tech;
110 Maryland. HW
Thurs., Feb. 26, noon. "Advocacy and Activism: A
Challenge to Nonprofits," an Institute for Policy Studies
lunchtime seminar with Pablo Eisenberg, Georgetown
University; 526 Wyman Bldg. HW
Thurs., Feb. 26, noon. "Potassium Channels in
Traffic Jam," a Cell Biology seminar with Min Li; Suite
2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Feb. 26, noon. "Alternatives: What Does It
Mean for Your Research?" an Animal Care and Use Committee
seminar with Alan Goldberg; 403 Ross. EB
Thurs., Feb. 26, 1 p.m. "From Peppers to
Peppermints: An Emerging Molecular Logic of
Thermosensation," a Neuroscience research seminar with
David Julius, University of California, San Francisco; West
Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB
Thurs., Feb. 26, 1:30 p.m. "Theoretical and Applied
Investigations of a Regression of Offspring on Mid-Parent
Approach: Familial Idiopathic Scoliosis," an Epidemiology
thesis defense seminar with Marie-Helene Roy-Gagnon; W2030
BSPH. EB
Thurs., Feb. 26, 3:30 p.m. "Tiny Conspiracies:
Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria," a Molecular
Biology and Genetics seminar with Bonnie Bassler, Princeton
University; 517 PCTB. EB
Thurs., Feb. 26, 4 p.m. "Some Pressing Topics in
Network Analysis," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics
seminar with Patrick Doreian, University of Pittsburgh; 304
Whitehead. HW
Thurs., Feb. 26, 4 p.m. "Mechanisms of Short-Term
Memory," a Biology special seminar with Emre Aksay,
Princeton University; 100 Mudd. HW
Thurs., Feb. 26, 4 p.m. "Odd Notes on French
Secularism," an Anthropology seminar with Talal Asad, CUNY;
400 Macaulay. HW
Thurs., Feb. 26, 4 p.m. "Tocqueville and Arendt:
Public Freedom, Plurality, and the Preconditions of
Liberty," a Seminar in Political and Moral Thought with
Dana Villa, University of California, Santa Barbara; 348
Gilman. HW
Mon., March 1, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience —"Human Motor Learning" with Mark
Hallett, NINDS/NIH; 338 Krieger. HW
Mon., March 1, 4 p.m. "Mixing Economics and
Politics: The Bush Administration's Savings Proposals," a
Social Policy seminar with Len Burman, The Urban Institute.
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies,
Economics, and Health Policy and Management. 526 Wyman
Bldg. HW
Mon., March 1, 4 p.m. "Self-Renewing Mechanism of
Stem Cells in the Germline," a Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology seminar with Haifan Lin, Duke University Medical
School; W2030 BSPH. EB