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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University May 16, 2005 | Vol. 34 No. 34
 

Weekly Calendar

Blood Drive | Conferences | Discussion/Talks | Lectures | Seminars | Special Events | Symposia | Workshops

 

Blood Drive

Mon., May 23, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. JHU/American Red Cross Blood Drive; Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Pavilion. Bayview

 

Conference

Mon., May 16, noon. "Utilization and Financial Outcomes of the Guided Care Pilot Project," a Geriatric Health Services research conference with Martha Sylvia. Sponsored by Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care. 250 Hampton House. EB

 

Discussion/Talks

Thurs., May 19, 7:30 a.m. "Securing the Supply Chain and Stopping Drug Counterfeiting: Lessons for Early Stage Bio Companies," a panel discussion with James Class, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; and James Polli, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. Sponsored by Montgomery County Campus and the Technology Council of Maryland's BioAlliance. $20 for TCM members and guests; $50 for non-members. Reservations required (with an additional $10 charge for walk-in registrations). Montgomery County Campus

 

Lectures

Thurs., May 19, 4 p.m. The Daniel Nathans, M.D., Lecture in Molecular Genetics--"Aurora-A, A Potent Oncogene and Cell Cycle Progression" by Joan Ruderman, Harvard Medical School. Sponsored by Molecular Biology and Genetics. WBSB Auditorium. EB

Mon., May 23, noon. "Massage and Bodywork Practices and Research Issues," a Complementary and Alternative Medicine lecture by Jeanette Ezzo; Weinberg Auditorium. EB

 

Seminars

Mon., May 16, 12:15 p.m. "Form From the Formless: Patterning and Morphogenesis of the Vertebrate Ectoderm," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Hazel Sive, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., May 16, 12:15 p.m. "Leaving and Staying: Relational Processes Associated With Dating Infidelity," a Population and Family Health Sciences/Hopkins Population Center seminar with Chavonne Lenoir; W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., May 16, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience--"A Continuum Mechanical Model for Mechanoreceptive Afferent Responses to Indented Stimuli" with Arun Sripati. Sponsored by Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., May 16, 4 p.m. "Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay and Related Pathways in Mammalian Cells," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Lynne Maquat, University of Rochester; W2030 SPH. EB

Tues., May 17, 12:15 p.m. "Science Informing Programs and Policies That Make a Difference: Improving Injury Outcomes," a Search Committee for Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management seminar with Ellen MacKenzie. Sponsored by the Dean's Office. W1020 SPH. EB

Tues., May 17, 12:15 p.m. "Narrative Repair: Alzheimer's and Family Caregiving," a Berman Bioethics Institute/Bioethics Interest Group brown bag lunch seminar with Hilde Lindemann, Michigan State University; 250 Hampton House. EB

Wed., May 18, 12:15 p.m. "Health Care and the Presidency: Medicare's Passage Revisited," a Search Committee for Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management seminar with David Blumenthal, Harvard Medical School. Sponsored by the Dean's Office. W1020 SPH. EB

Wed., May 18, 12:15 p.m. "Early Physical Growth and Adult Mental Health: An Exploration of the Potential Connection Using a Generalized Growth Mixture Model," a Mental Health seminar with Aaron Alford; B14B Hampton House. EB

Wed., May 18, 4 p.m. "Air Quality, Infant Mortality and the Clean Air Act of 1970," a Biostatistics seminar with Michael Greenstone, MIT; W2030 SPH. EB

Wed., May 18, 4 p.m. "Structural Insights Into the Mechanisms of the WNT Signaling Molecules," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Jie Zheng, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital; 303 WBSB. EB

The first program of its kind in the world, Johns Hopkins' Department of Art as Applied to Medicine was endowed in 1911 and has been teaching medical illustration continuously. This week, a reception kicks off a two-week showing of medical and biological illustrations by the department's 2005 graduate students. See Special Events.

Thurs., May 19, noon. "Navigating the Embryo: Germ Cell Migration in Vivo," a Cell Biology seminar with Ruth Lehmann, New York University Medical School; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., May 19, noon. "Structure of Malaria Vaccine Candidate AMA1 From Plasmodium falciparum Reveals a Clustering of Polymorphisms That Surround a Conserved Hydrophobic Trough," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Adrian Batchelor, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy; W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., May 19, 4 p.m. "As the Fat Flies: Developmental Regulation of Organelle Transport in Drosophila," a Biology seminar with Michael Welte, Brandeis University; 100 Mudd. HW

Fri., May 20, 12:15 p.m. "Selection of Drosophila Genes Encoding Secreted and Membrane Proteins," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Youngwook Ahn, Pennsylvania State University; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., May 23, noon. "Environmental Mercury Exposure and Neurobehavioral Function in Older Adults," an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Megan Weil; W2030 SPH. EB

 

Special Events

Tues., May 17, 5 to 7 p.m. Installation of Scott Zeger as the Inaugural Frank Hurley and Catharine Dorrier Professor in Biostatistics. Reception to follow. Sponsored by JHU External Affairs. W1020 SPH. EB

Sat., May 21. Opening of the Medical and Biological Illustration Graduate Student Exhibit; the 2005 graduates of the Art as Applied to Medicine department display their illustrations. Exhibit continues through June 4. A wine and cheese reception with the artists is scheduled for 4 to 7 p.m. on Fri., May 27. Houck Lobby, Phipps Bldg. EB

Mon., May 23, 9 a.m. Opening of the exhibition Art, Science, Spirit, Soul: Mastering Music in the Renaissance, exploring elements of musical education for Renaissance men and women. (See story, "Rare Renaissance instruments, books take center stage," this issue.) The exhibition is open Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays, through July 31. George Peabody Library.

 

Symposia

Thurs., May 19, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 2005 CEAFM Research Symposium on Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics with keynote speaker Ugo Piomelli, University of Maryland. Sponsored by CEAFM/The Burgers Program for Fluid Dynamics at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland, College Park. Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows will present ongoing research in fluid mechanics at both universities. 110 Hodson. HW

 

Workshops

WebCT Training with Pam Stefanuca. Sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. Register at cer.jhu.edu.

Fri., May 20, 6 to 9 p.m. "Assignments, Administration and Equation and HTML Editors"; 212 Dorsey Center.

Mon., May 23, 1 to 4 p.m. "Administration and Assessment"; Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

 
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