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, 12:15 p.m. "Retrovirus Emergence," an
Epidemiology seminar with Nathan Wolfe, SPH; W4030 SPH.
EB
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
Mon., Nov. 14, 4 p.m. "1421 or 1567? Menzies' Myths
and What Chinese Maritime History Really Should Be About,"
a History seminar with Leonard Blusse, University of Leiden
and Harvard University; 315 Gilman. HW
Mon., Nov. 14, 5:30 p.m. "At the Border Between
Judah and Philistia: Recent Excavations at Tel
Beth-Shemesh," a Near Eastern Studies seminar with Zvi
Lederman, Tel Aviv University; 123 Gilman. HW
Tues., Nov. 15, noon. "Seven Transmembrane
Receptors," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Robert
Lefkowitz, Duke University Medical Center/HHMI; 612
Physiology Bldg. EB
Tues., Nov. 15, noon. "Healthy Hearts in Public
Housing: Improving Health, Changing Lives," a Health,
Behavior and Society seminar with Carol Payne, Baltimore
HUD Office; 208 Hampton House. EB
Tues., Nov. 15, 4 p.m. "Birational Geometry of
Symplectic Resolutions of Nilpotent Orbits," an Algebraic
and Complex Geometry seminar with Yoshinori Namikawa, Osaka
University. Co-sponsored by JAMI. 308 Krieger. HW
Tues., Nov. 15, 4 p.m. "Pharmaceutical Testing and
Evidence Making: An Ethnography of the Globalized Clinical
Trial," an Anthropology seminar with Adriana Petryna, New
School University; 400 Macaulay. HW
Wed., Nov. 16, 10 a.m. Alpha-Methylacyl-CoA
Racemase: A Candidate Gene for Prostate Cancer and
Colorectal Adenomas in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and
Ovarian Cancer Screening Test," an Epidemiology doctoral
proposal seminar with Sarah Daugherty; W2030 SPH. EB
Wed., Nov. 16, 10 a.m. "The Functional Proteome of
Mammalian Cell Factories," a Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering seminar with David James, University of
Queensland, Australia; 201 Maryland. HW
Wed., Nov. 16, 2 p.m. "Enhancer Detection in
Zebrafish: A Search for Developmental Genes and Regulatory
Sequences," an Institute for Cell Engineering seminar with
Tom Becker, Sars International Centre for Molecular Marine
Biology and the University of Bergen, Norway; West Lecture
Hall, PCTB. EB
Wed., Nov. 16, 3 p.m. "Aerospace Challenges and
Opportunities for USAF Science and Technology," a
Mechanical Engineering seminar with Mark Lewis, University
of Maryland and U.S. Air Force; 110 Hodson. HW
Wed., Nov. 16, 3:30 p.m. "Solving the Structure of
Complex and Nanostructured Materials," a Materials Science
and Engineering seminar with Simon Billinge, Michigan State
University; 110 Maryland. HW
Wed., Nov. 16, 4 p.m. "'Caged' Compounds:
Photochemistry and Biological Applications," a Pharmacology
and Molecular Sciences seminar with Timothy Dore,
University of Georgia; West Lecture Hall (ground floor),
WBSB. EB
Wed., Nov. 16, 4 p.m. "The Geneaology of Europe
— Responsibility," a Humanities Center seminar with
Rodolphe Gasche, University of Buffalo; 111 Gilman. HW
Wed., Nov. 16, 4:30 p.m. "Hilbert Modular Generating
Series with Coefficients in Intersection Homology," a
Number Theory seminar with Jayce Getz, University of
Wisconsin at Madison; 304 Krieger. HW
Thurs., Nov. 17, noon. "Imaging, Measuring and
Manipulating Biological Matter Across Dimensions," a Cell
Biology seminar with Ueli Aebi, University of Basel,
Switzerland; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Nov. 17, 12:10 p.m. "Reducing Health Risk
Among Injecting Drug Users in India: Preliminary Results
from SHARAN Project," a Health, Behavior and Society brown
bag lunch seminar with Michael Sweat, SPH; 250 Hampton
House. EB
Thurs., Nov. 17, 12:15 p.m. "Green Hospitals: The
Impact of Hospitals on the Environment," a Health Policy
and Management seminar with Robin Guenther, Guenther5
Architects; Hampton House Lecture Hall. EB
Thurs., Nov. 17, 12:15 p.m. "Targeting
Heterochromatin Formation in Drosophila," a Carnegie
Institution Embryology seminar with Sally Elgin, Washington
University; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Thurs., Nov. 17, 1 p.m. "Detection and Processing of
Color Information in Drosophila," a Neuroscience research
seminar with Claude Desplan, New York University; West
Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Thurs., Nov. 17, 1 p.m. "Diversity of Semaphorin
Function in the Postnatal CNS: From Neuronal Migration to
Myelination," a Neuroscience research seminar with Alain
Chedotal, CNRS, Universite Paris; 811 WBSB. EB
Thurs., Nov. 17, 3 p.m. "The Role of Biomechanics in
Sensory Perception," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with
Mitra Hartmann, Northwestern University; 210 Hodson. HW
Thurs., Nov. 17, 4 p.m. "Moving to Opportunity: The
Effects of Neighborhood on Low-Income Families," a Social
Policy seminar with Larry Orr, Abt Foundation Inc.
Sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies. 526 Wyman
Park Bldg. HW
Thurs., Nov. 17, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "The Contribution of Feedforward,
Lateral and Feedback Connections to the Classical Receptive
Field Center and Extraclassical Receptive Field Surround of
Primate V1 Neurons" with Alessandra Angelucci, University
of Utah. Sponsored by the Mind/Brain Institute. 338
Krieger. HW
Thurs., Nov. 17, 4 p.m. "European Memories," a
Humanities Center seminar with Rodolphe Gasche, University
of Buffalo; 111 Gilman. HW
Thurs., Nov. 17, 4 p.m. "A Statistical Framework for
Coarse-to-Fine Classification," an Applied Mathematics and
Statistics seminar with Donald Geman; 304 Whitehead. HW
Thurs., Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. "Facial Rejuvenation, a
Dermatologist's Perspective," a JHU Cosmetic Center seminar
with Patrick McElgunn and Patrick Byrne. Part of the series
Fresh Perspectives on Looking Your Best. Suite 350,
Pavilion I, Green Spring Station.
Fri., Nov. 18, 10:45 a.m. "Self-Organizing Wireless
Sensor Networks in Action," a Computer Science seminar with
John Stankovic, University of Virginia; 3 Shaffer. HW
Fri., Nov. 18, 11 a.m. "Getting the Lab Into the
Field: What This Can Do to Help Explain Primate Food
Choice," a Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
seminar with Peter Lucas, George Washington University;
Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Fri., Nov. 18, 12:15 p.m. "Exploring Statistical
Epistasis in the Role of DISCI Pathway in Schizophrenia,"
an Epidemiology doctoral proposal seminar with Kristin
Nicodemus; W4030 SPH. EB
Fri., Nov. 18, 12:15 p.m. "Evolution and Development
of Brain Lateralization," a Carnegie Institution Embryology
seminar with Lesley Rogers, University of New England; 3520
San Martin Drive. HW
Fri., Nov. 18, 2 p.m. "Marine Energy Harvesting," a
Mechanical Engineering seminar with Shashi Talya, GE
Research; 106 Latrobe. HW
Fri., Nov. 18, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Effect of Task Demand on the Color
Selective Neural Responses in the Inferior Temporal Cortex
of the Monkey" with Hidehiko Komatsu, National Institute
for Physiological Sciences and the Graduate University for
Advanced Studies, Okazaki, Japan. Sponsored by the Krieger
Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
Mon., Nov. 21, 12:15 p.m. "Lost in Translation:
Molecular Epidemiology," an Epidemiology seminar with Patti
Gravitt, SPH; W4030 SPH. EB
Mon., Nov. 21, 4 p.m. "Structure and Function of RNA
Splicing Endonuclease: Molecular Tweezers, Ruler and
Scalpel," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with
Hong Li, Florida State University; W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., Nov. 21, 4 p.m. "Calculative Agencies in
Mufti: Finance, Number and Islamic Mortgages in the United
States," an Anthropology seminar with Bill Maurer,
University of California, Irvine; 400 Macaulay. HW
Mon., Nov. 21, 4 p.m. "Modes of Attraction in
Colonial British America," a History seminar with Kate
Haulman, Ohio State University; 315 Gilman. HW
Mon., Nov. 21, 4 p.m. "Quasilinear and Hessian
Equations with Nonlinear Source Terms and Measure Data," an
Analysis seminar with Nguyen Cong Phuc, University of
Missouri; 308 Krieger. HW
Tues., Nov. 22, 3 p.m. "Floods in the Greenhouse:
Spinning the Right Tale," a Geography and Environmental
Engineering seminar with Harry Lins, USGS; 234 Ames. HW
Tues., Nov. 22, 4 p.m. "Educating for Global Mental
Health: American Pharmaceutical Companies and the Adoption
of SSRIs in Japan," an Anthropology seminar with Kalman
Applbaum, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; 400 Macaulay.
HW
Tues., Nov. 22, 4 p.m. "On the Kleiman-Mori Cone,"
an Algebraic and Complex Geometry seminar with Osamu
Fujino, Nagoya University, Japan. 308 Krieger. HW
Mon., Nov. 28, 12:15 p.m. "The Politics and Practice
of Surgical Sterilization in Costa Rica: An Ethnographic
Case Study of the Challenges of Making a Reproductive
Right," a Berman Bioethics Institute seminar with Gwynne
Jenkins, SPH; W2015 SPH. EB
Mon., Nov. 28, 12:15 p.m. "Fishing for Functional,
Non-Coding DNA," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar
with Andrew McCallion, JHMI; 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., Nov. 28, 4 p.m. "Frontiers in Ocean Sciences:
Looking Ahead to the Next 25 Years," an Earth and Planetary
Sciences seminar with Margaret Leinen, National Science
Foundation; Olin Auditorium. HW
Mon., Nov. 28, 5 p.m. "The Working Poor: Invisible
in America," a Press and Public Policy seminar with
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Shipler. (See story, "Journalist, Pulitzer-winning author
David K. Shipler, to speak Nov. 28," in this issue.)
Sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies. Copies of
Shipler's book will be available for purchase and signing.
Great Hall, Levering. HW
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