Mon., Feb. 21, 12:15 p.m. "Chromosomal Abnormalities
Underlying Mental Retardation," a Carnegie Institution
Embryology seminar with Jonathan Pevsner; Seminar Room, 115
W. University Pkwy. HW
Mon., Feb. 21, 12:15 p.m. "Population Digital
Library: A New Model for Information Services from Welch,"
a Population and Family Health Sciences/Population Center
seminar with Claire Twose and Susan Rohner. Part of the
series Demography and Reproductive Health. W2030 SPH.
EB
Mon., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. "Marine Bioturbation," an
Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with William Dewar,
Florida State University; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW
Mon., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. "Ecology, Biology and
Technology: The Historical Vision of Owen Lattimore," a
History seminar with Bill Rowe; 315 Gilman. HW
Mon., Feb. 21, 4 p.m. "Role of a Conserved
Pseudouridine in Spliceosomal Branch Site Structure and
Recognition," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar
with Nancy Greenbaum, Florida State University; W2030 SPH.
EB
Tues., Feb. 22, noon. "Keratin Filaments Provide
Solid-State Support for Metabolic Processes During
Epithelial Tissue Remodeling," a Biological Chemistry
seminar with Pierre Coulombe; 612 Physiology. EB
Tues., Feb. 22, 2 p.m. "Speech Characterization
Using Miniature Microwave Sensors" with John Holzrichter,
Hertz Foundation and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
Co-sponsored by Electrical and Computer Engineering and
Mechanical Engineering. 120 Latrobe. HW
Tues., Feb. 22, 3 p.m. "Rivers and the Urban
Environment," a Geography and Environmental Engineering
seminar with Jim Smith, Princeton University; 234 Ames.
HW
Tues., Feb. 22, 4 p.m. "String Theory and Geometry,"
an Analysis seminar with Michael Douglas; 308 Krieger.
HW
Tues., Feb. 22, 4 p.m. "The Faulty False Discovery
Rate: How Do Biased Nulls Affect Power and Control of the
FDR," a joint Biostatistics and Environmental Health
Sciences seminar with Hoa Nguyen, Carnegie Mellon
University; W2030 SPH. EB
Tues., Feb. 22, 4 p.m. "Empathy or Antipathy: The
Impact of Diversity," a Social Policy seminar with Greg
Duncan, Northwestern University. Sponsored by the Institute
for Policy Studies. 526 Wyman Park Bldg. HW
Tues., Feb. 22, 4:30 p.m. "Boundaries to the
Influence of Animates," a Center for Language and Speech
Processing seminar with Annie Zaenen, Xerox Palo Alto
Research Center; 100 Shaffer. HW
Wed., Feb. 23, 12:15 p.m. "Taking a TRIPP:
Translating Research Into Policies and Programs," a
Population and Family Health Sciences seminar with Phyllis
Piotrow; W2030 SPH. EB
Wed., Feb. 23, 12:15 p.m. "Cannabis Dependence:
Escalation in Use and Psychiatric Co-Morbidity," a Mental
Health seminar with Michael Lynskey, Washington University
School of Medicine; B14B Hampton House (auditorium). EB
Wed., Feb. 23, 1:30 p.m. "Olfaction and G-Protein
Signaling," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar
with King-Wai Yau; 517 PCTB. EB
Wed., Feb. 23, 3:30 p.m. "Complex Singularities in
String Theory," an Analysis seminar with Michael Douglas;
304 Krieger. HW
Wed., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. "Statistical Contributions to
Studying Global Environment Change: Multilevel and Spatial
Applications," a Biostatistics seminar with William Pan;
W2030 SPH. EB
Wed., Feb. 23, 4 p.m. "Tissue Protection Mediated by
A2a Adenosine Receptors on CD4+ T Cells," a Pharmacology
and Molecular Sciences seminar with Joel Linden, University
of Virginia; 303 WBSB. EB
Thurs., Feb. 24, noon. "Unconventional Energy
Economy of Mal-aria Parasites," a Molecular Microbiology
and Immunology and Infectious Diseases seminar with Akhil
Vaidya, Drexel University College of Medicine; W2030 SPH.
EB
Thurs., Feb. 24, noon. "Animal-based Research:
Principles of Experimental Design and Sample Size
Determination," an Animal Care and Use Committee seminar
with Karl Broman; 403 Ross. EB
Thurs., Feb. 24, noon. "Tales from the Dark Side:
Novel Endosomal Protein Sorting Pathways Revealed During
Melanosome Biogenesis," a Cell Biology seminar with Michael
Marks, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Suite
2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB
Thurs., Feb. 24, 1 p.m. "In vivo Dissection of
Neurotrophin Activated Pathways," a Neuroscience research
seminar with Lino Tessarollo, National Cancer Institute;
West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB
Thurs., Feb. 24, 3 p.m. "Behavior Change and
Adolescent Girls," a Health Policy and Management thesis
defense seminar with Joann Binko Sanders; 1003 Ross. EB
Thurs., Feb. 24, 3 p.m. "Transition to Turbulence in
Pipe Flow," a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Bruno
Eckhardt, University of Maryland; 210 Hodson. HW
Thurs., Feb. 24, 4 p.m. "NMR Spectroscopy of
Bacterial Polysaccharides: Swapping Genes Makes New
Structures," a Biology seminar with C. Allen Bush, UMBC;
100 Mudd. HW
Thurs., Feb. 24, 4 p.m. "Call Center Staffing for
Profit Optimality," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics
seminar with William Massey, Princeton University; 304
Whitehead. HW
Thurs., Feb. 24, 4 p.m. "Curing Poetic Vocation: The
Example of Hart Crane's 'The Broken Tower,' " a Humanities
Center seminar with Allen Grossman; 111 Gilman. HW
Thurs., Feb. 24, 4 p.m. "Single Chip Integration of
3-D Imaging Systems," an Electrical and Computer
Engineering seminar with Ralf Philipp; 117 Barton. HW
Thurs., Feb. 24, 5:15 p.m. "Literary
Extraterritoriality in the Epoch of American Literary
Globalism," a Romance Languages and Literatures seminar
with Donald Pease; 223 Gilman. HW
Fri., Feb. 25, 11 a.m. "Challenging the Paradigm of
Dust Mite Allergen and Mold Exposure: What the Inner City
Has Taught Us," an Environmental Health Sciences seminar
with Ginger Chew, Columbia University Mailman School of
Public Health. Co-sponsored by the Center for Childhood
Asthma in the Urban Environment. W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., Feb. 28, 11 a.m. "Race and Measurement of
Major Depression," a Mental Health thesis defense seminar
with Oyelola Faparusi; 845 Hampton House. EB
Mon., Feb. 28, 12:15 p.m. "Identification and
Characterization of Nociceptive Neuron Specific Genes," a
Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Xinzhong Dong;
Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW
Mon., Feb. 28, 12:15 p.m. "Emotion and Reproductive
Health," a Population Center and Population and Family
Health Sciences seminar with Alaka Basu, Cornell
University; W2030 SPH. EB
Mon., Feb. 28, 4 p.m. "Init- iation and Spreading
of Agriculture in the Mediterranean: A Working Hypothesis
and Speculations on the Possible Relationship with Abrupt
Climate Events at the End of the Late Glacial and Early
Holocene," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with
Cinzia Cervato, Iowa State University; Olin Hall
Auditorium. HW
Mon., Feb. 28, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Perceptual Learning and Cortical
Self-Organization" with Michael Kilgard, University of
Texas, Dallas. Sponsored by Krieger Mind/Brain Institute.
338 Krieger. HW
Mon., Feb. 28, 4 p.m. "Role of the GATA Family of
Transcription Factors in Reproductive Function: More Than
Just a Matter of Sex," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
seminar with Robert Viger, Laval University; W2030 SPH.
EB