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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University May 12, 2008 | Vol. 37 No. 34
 

Weekly Calendar

Colloquia | Dance | Exhibition | Music | Seminars | Special Events | Workshops

 

Colloquia

Fri., May 16, 2 p.m. "Space Archaeology and the Lunar Legacy: One Giant Leap for Historic Preservation," an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Beth O'Leary, New Mexico State University. Parsons Auditorium. APL

 

Dance

Sun., May 18, 1 and 4 p.m. Preparatory Dance Performance. For up-to-date concert information, go to www.peabody.jhu.edu/events. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

 

Exhibition

Wed., May 14, 5 to 7 p.m. 2008 Graduate Exhibition of Medical and Biological Illustration. Sponsored by Art as Applied to Medicine. Turner Concourse. EB

 

Music

Sun., May 18, 3 p.m. The Fran G. Zarubick Honors Recital with Heejo Choi, violin; Ben Guo, piano; Sidney Zaleski; Alan Zhang, violin; and Lance Zhao, piano, winners of the Preparatory's spring honors competition. For up-to-date concert information, go to www.peabody.jhu.edu/events. Griswold Hall. Peabody

 

Seminars


Big Brown and the other Preakness contenders probably don't have to worry about slow-as-turtle contenders grabbing the weekend's sports headlines. But on the university's East Baltimore campus, the 77th running (er, make that waddling) of the Johns Hopkins Turtle Derby will be big news. See Special Events.

Mon., May 12, 12:15 p.m. "TAZ: A Novel Modulator of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation and Cancer Invasion," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Michael Yaffe, MIT. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., May 12, 12:15 p.m. "HIV Prevention Trials: What Are the Ethical Issues?" a Berman Institute of Bioethics Seminar in Research Ethics with Ruth Macklin, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Co- sponsored by the IRB offices of SPH and SoM; Health, Behavior and Society; and International Health. W3030 SPH. EB

Mon., May 12, 12:15 p.m. "The Center Effect in Kidney Transplantation: A New Look at an Old Problem," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Sang Joseph Kim. W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., May 12, 12:30 p.m. "Immunological Mechanisms Mediating Hantavirus Persistence in Rodents," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Judith Easterbrook. W1214 SPH. EB

Mon., May 12, 3 p.m. "Carleman Estimates and Calderon's Inverse Problem on Manifolds," a Mathematics/Analysis seminar with Mikko Salo, University of Helsinki. 304 Krieger. HW

Mon., May 12, 3 p.m. "Neighborhood Poverty and Gender-based Power: The Social Context of Individual STD Risk Behaviors," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Shelita Merchant. W2009 SPH. EB

Mon., May 12, 4 p.m. "How DEAD-Box Proteins Use ATP to Unwind RNA Duplexes," a Biophysics seminar with Eckhard Jankowsky, Case Western Reserve University. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Mon., May 12, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "Neuronal Oscillations as Instruments of Sensory Selection" with Charles Schroeder, Nathan S. Kline Institute. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., May 12, 4 p.m. "Epigenetics, Inflammation and the Pathognesis of Prostate Cancer," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with William Nelson, SoM. W2030 SPH. EB

Tues., May 13, 10:30 a.m. "Perinatal Depressive Symptoms and Anxiety: Importance for African- American Mothers and Their Babies," a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Maliha Ilias. E4130 SPH. EB

Tues., May 13, 11:30 a.m. "Host Defense Turned Viral Offense, Prostate-specific CRAds Using RNA Interference" with Naseruddin Hoti, and "Notch Signaling Is Activated by Synaptic Activity in Neurons" with Lavinia Alberi, Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association scientific seminars. Final installment. West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB

Tues., May 13, noon. "Stem Cells, Small RNAs and Self-Renewal," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Haifan Lin, Yale Stem Cell Center. 612 Physiology. EB

Wed., May 14, noon. "Cryptosporidium spp: Genotypes in Drinking Water Source Watersheds," an Environmental Health Sciences seminar with Kristen Jellison, Lehigh University. W3030 SPH. EB

Wed., May 14, 1:30 p.m. "Structural Biology of Our Three Lineages of Antigen Receptors on B and T Cells," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Chris Garcia, Stanford University. 517 PCTB. EB

Wed., May 14, 4 p.m. "Protein Switches," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Marc Ostermeier, WSE. West Lecture Hall, WBSB. EB

Thurs., May 15, 10 a.m. "Identifying, Characterizing and Predicting the Role of Core Groups in Syphilis Epidemics," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Christina Schumacher. W3008 SPH. EB

Thurs., May 15, noon. "Viral and Host Mechanisms Driving Immune Activation and Disease Progression in HIV/AIDS," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Dana Gabuzda, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., May 15, noon. "Engineering Cellular Behavior: The Polarity Machinery of Chemotactic Cells," a Cell Biology seminar with Takanari Inoue, SoM. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Fri., May 16, 10 a.m. "The Influence of Social Factors on Drug Use Among Drug-Experienced Adults," a Mental Health thesis defense seminar with Amy Buchanan. 892 Hampton House. EB

Fri., May 16, 1 p.m. "Molecular Determinants of Toxopolasma Invasion and Egress," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Bjorn Kafsack. W3008 SPH. EB

Fri., May 16, 1:30 p.m. "Hedgehog Proteins Require Different Co-Factors to Bind Vertebrate and Invertebrate Ihog Homologs," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry thesis defense seminar with Jason McLellan. 517 PCTB. EB

Mon., May 19, 12:15 p.m. "Looking for Fat in All the Wrong Places," a Carnegie Institution Em-bryology seminar with Jean Schaffer, Washington University School of Medicine. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., May 19, 3:30 p.m. "Endogenous and Exogenous Sex Hormones, Health and Longevity in Older Adults," a Center on Aging and Health seminar with Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine. Co-sponsored by Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. Suite 2-700, 2024 E. Monument St. EB

 

Special Events

Fri., May 16, 12:30 p.m. The 77th Johns Hopkins Turtle Derby. T-shirts ($10), turtle chances ($10) and derby accessories for sale at the event and through May 15 in Hopkins Children's Hope Forest Lobby, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and from a cart that first-year medical students are taking door to door in SoM buildings. Proceeds benefit Child Life and the Perkins Day Care Center. Courtyard, PCTB. EB

Fri., May 16, 4 p.m. "Election 2008: Your Country, Your Health," a discussion with U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin. Sponsored by Health Policy and Management. W2030 SPH. EB

Sat., May 17, 10 a.m. Biscuit the Dog joins storytime. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

 

Workshops

Mon., May 12, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Speak Like a Pro," a Center for Training and Education workshop with Karen Storey. To register, go to: training.jhu.edu/html/ManagementStaffDev/msdlinks/ msdregform.pdf. Room B102, Johns Hopkins@Eastern.

Thurs., May 15, 9 a.m. "Writing for Publication," a Professional Development Office workshop with Donna Vogel. $750 for faculty, $375 for postdocs. Suite 2-108, 1830 Bldg. EB

Fri., May 16, 9 a.m. "Cultivating the Power of Emotional Intelligence," a Center for Training and Education workshop with Sharon Fries-Britt. To register, go to: training.jhu.edu/html/ManagementStaffDev/msdlinks/ msdregform.pdf. Room 2-1002, 2024 E. Monument St. EB

Fri., May 16, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Influencing for Impact: A Workshop for Women in Leadership," a Center for Training and Education workshop with Linda Dillon-Jones and Audrey Trapp. To register, go to: training.jhu.edu/html/ManagementStaffDev/msdlinks/ msdregform.pdf. Room B102, Johns Hopkins@Eastern.

Sat., May 17, 9 a.m. Young Women's Science Forum, intended for middle school girls; with Jarita Holbrook, University of Arizona. Sponsored by the Space Telescope Science Institute. $20. To register, go to www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/youthae. Muller Building. HW

 
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