Weekly Calendar
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.
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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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