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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University March 9, 2009 | Vol. 38 No. 25
 

Weekly Calendar

Blood Drive | Colloquia | Conferences | Film/Video | Grand Rounds | Lectures | Music | Reading | Seminars | Special Events | Symposia | Workshops

 

Blood Drive


Mystery writer Laura Lippman roots her stories in Baltimore, using local details to add sparkle to the rich tapestry woven of characters and plot. This week, on publication day, she talks about her newest novel, 'Life Sentences.' See Readings.
Photo by Jan Cobb

Mon., March 16 (also Tues., March 17), 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions blood drive. Turner Concourse. EB

 

Colloquia

Tues., March 10, 4 p.m. "Green Materialism," an Anthropology colloquium with Jane Bennett, KSAS. 400 Macaulay. HW

Tues., March 10, 4:15 p.m. "Probing the Dark Side of Aerobic Respiration: Time-Resolved Photoacoustic Calorimetry Studies of Heme-Copper Oxidases," a Chemistry colloquium with Randy Larsen, University of South Florida. 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., March 11, 4:30 p.m. "Feeling Secular," a Women, Gender and Sexuality colloquium with Ann Pellegrini, New York University. Co-sponsored by Philosophy. 113 Greenhouse. HW

Thurs., March 12, 3 p.m. "Science in the Sandbox," a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Robert Behringer, Duke University. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Thurs., March 12, 3 p.m. "Domesticating Vaccination: The Cultural Diffusion of a Medical Practice," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Andrea Rusnock, University of Rhode Island. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB

Thurs., March 12, 5 p.m. "Transcendental Philosophy or Transcendental Semantics?" a Philosophy colloquium with Wolfgang Carl, University of Gottingen. 102A Dell House. HW

Fri., March 13, 2 p.m. "Focus and Exit: An Alternative Strategy for the Afghan War," an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Giles Dorronsoro, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Kossiakoff Center Auditorium. APL

 

Conference

Thurs., March 12, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. "Peak Oil and Health," a Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness conference, with featured speakers Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) and Howard Frumkin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A live Webcast is available; log in at www.jhsph.edu/preparedness/events/eventscalendar.html. E2030 SPH (Feinstone Hall). EB

 

Film/Video

Thurs., March 12, 7 p.m. Screening of Yoshiaki Kawajiri's Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Fourth of "Six Evenings in the Company of Vampires," the Women, Gender and Sexuality spring film festival. 113 Greenhouse. HW

Thurs., March 12, 7:15 p.m. Screening of Jun-ik Lee's The King and the Clown, part of the Lovers and Liars — Contemporary Films From Korea film series sponsored by the JHMI Office of Cultural Affairs. The series continues through April 9. Mountcastle Auditorium. EB

 

Grand Rounds

Fri., March 13, 12:15 p.m. "Computer Science Approaches to Data Quality: From Data to Dataset," Health Sciences Informatics grand rounds with Yair Rajwan, IBM Software Group. Co-sponsored by the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health/Health Policy and Management. E2014 SPH (Sommer Hall). EB

 

Lectures

Mon., March 9, noon. "Political Connections in China's Market Economy," an East Asian Studies lecture by Victor Nee, Cornell University. Co-sponsored by Sociology. 526 Mergenthaler. HW

Mon., March 9, 12:15 p.m. "Gene-Environment Interactions in Blood Pressure: A Story of Sodium and Potassium," an Epidemiology chair-candidate lecture by Jiang He, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Sponsored by Office of the Dean. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

Tues., March 10, 3 p.m. The Earnest and Agnes Gloyna Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Engineering — "Energy and the Environment" by Davis Ford, University of Texas, Austin. Sponsored by Geography and Environmental Engineering. 234 Ames. HW

Wed., March 11, 4 p.m. "The Terrible Beauty of Post/Coloniality," an English lecture by Laura Doyle, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 201C Dell House. HW

Wed., March 11, 4 p.m. Dean's Lecture Series 2008-2009 — "Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Malaria" by Peter Agre, SPH. Sponsored by the Dean's Office, Bloomberg School of Public Health. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

Thurs., March 12, 4 p.m. The 2009 David Robinson Lecture in Biomedical Engineering — "The Nature of Error Signals That Drive Saccade Motor Learning" by Albert Fuchs, University of Washington. Sponsored by Biomedical Engineering. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Thurs., March 12, 4 p.m. The 2009 Alan J. Goldman Lecture — "Submodular Approximation: Sampling- based Algorithms and Lower Bounds" by Lisa Fleischer, Dartmouth College. Sponsored by Applied Mathematics and Statistics. 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., March 12, 5:15 p.m. "Theater and Philosophy: Socrates on the Modern Stage," a Philological Society lecture by Martin Puchner, Columbia University. 101A Dell House. HW

 

Music

Wed., March 11 through Sat., March 14, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Opera Theatre and the Peabody Concert Orchestra perform Verdi's La Traviata. $25 general admission, $15 for senior citizens, $10 for students with ID. Sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Allan D. Jensen. For information, call 410-659-8100, ext. 2. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Thurs., March 12, 10:30 a.m. Lecture and demonstration of the Japanese koto with Kyoko Okamoto, University of Maryland, College Park and George Mason University. Demonstration is followed by a Q&A session with Okamoto. Sponsored by Peabody Musicology. B28 Leakin (dance studio). Peabody

 

Reading

Mon., March 9, 7 p.m. James Mann will discuss and sign copies of his latest book, The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan — A History of the End of the Cold War. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

Tues., March 10, 12:30 p.m. Laura Lippman will discuss and sign copies of her latest book, Life Sentences. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

Tues., March 10, 7 p.m. Steven Goldman will discuss and sign copies of Baseball Prospectus 2009, a guide to the sport based on statistical analysis. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins. HW

 

Seminars

Mon., March 9, 10 a.m. "The Impact of Local Environmental Health Capacity on Food Protection and Foodborne Illness in Maryland," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Joanna Zablotsky. 461 Hampton House. EB

Mon., March 9, 12:15 p.m. "Regulation of Chromosome Segregation," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Sue Biggins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., March 9, 12:15 p.m. "What in the World Does Ethics Have to Do With Health Research?" a Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar with Eric Meslin, Indiana University Center for Bioethics and Indiana University School of Medicine. Co-sponsored by the School of Medicine IRB, the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and the Bloomberg School of Public Health IRB. W4030 SPH. EB

Mon., March 9, 1 p.m. "Clinical Outcomes and Their Predictors Among Patients — Common and Rare Cardiomyopathies," an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Darshan Dalal. W2017 SPH. EB

Mon., March 9, 2 p.m. "The Structure of Perturbative Quantum Gauge Theories," a Mathematics seminar with Walter van Suijlekom, Radboud University, The Netherlands. Co-sponsored by JAMI. 168 Bloomberg Center. HW

Mon., March 9, 3 p.m. "Strichartz Estimates for the Schrodinger Equation in Exterior Domains," an Analysis seminar with Matt Blair, University of New Mexico. Sponsored by Mathematics. 302 Krieger. HW

Mon., March 9, 4 p.m. "Molecular Studies of Human Kinetochore Structure and Functions," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Tim Yen, SoM. W2030 SPH. EB

Mon., March 9, 4 p.m. "Native Topology and Nonnative Interactions in Cooperative and Noncooperative Protein Folding," a Biophysics seminar with Hue Sun Chan, University of Toronto. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Tues., March 10, noon. "Cellular and Molecular Changes in the Development of Prostatic Hyperplasia in Aging Brown Norway Rats," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense seminar with Jinchun Yan. W2030 SPH. EB

Tues., March 10, 12:15 p.m. "Merck Research Labs: Make a Future Where You Can Make a Difference," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Lyndon Mitnaul, Merck & Co Inc. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Tues., March 10, 12:15 p.m. "Epidemic Meningitis Control in Mali," a Framework Program in Global Health research presentation with Kristin Lehner (KSAS). Sponsored by the Center for Global Health. W2015 SPH. EB

Tues., March 10, 2 p.m. "Unintended Birth and Delayed Prenatal Care Among Mexican Women: A Mixed-Methods Study in Los Angeles County, California," a Population, Family and Reproductive Health thesis defense seminar with Karen Menendez. E4611 SPH. EB

Tues., March 10, 2:30 p.m. "Social Stability and HIV Risk: Exploring the Role of Multidimensional Social Vulnerability," a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Danielle German. 208 Hampton House. EB

Tues., March 10, 4:30 p.m. "EBW as a General, Consistent Framework for Parameter Estimation," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Dimitri Kanevsky, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. B17 CSEB. HW

Wed., March 11, 10 a.m. "Communique Conveyed by the Model of Emphysema Induced by Elastase in Mice," an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Hongyun Zhao. W7023 SPH. EB

Wed., March 11, 11 a.m. "The Effect of Cost Sharing on Use of Preventive Services Among Medicare Beneficiaries," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Suzanne Goodwin. 688 Hampton House. EB

Wed., March 11, 12:15 p.m. "Alcohol Advertising and Youth: Evidence of a Problem," a Mental Health seminar with David Jernigan, SPH. B14B Hampton House. EB

Wed., March 11, 1 p.m. "Care Practices in Children With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury," a Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation thesis defense seminar with Anne-Marie Guerguerian. W2029 SPH. EB

Wed., March 11, 1:30 p.m. "Theoretical Modeling of Mechanochemical Feedback Mechanism of Cellular Processes," a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Jian Liu, University of California, Berkeley. 517 PCTB. EB

Wed., March 11, 2 p.m. "Metamorphosis of Plasmodium Sporozoites in Exerythrocytic Forms: Discovery of Novel Degradative Pathways in the Malaria Parasite," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology thesis defense seminar with Bamini Jayabalasingham. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB

Wed., March 11, 3 p.m. "Electrodeposition for Microelectronics," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Xiaoyan Shao, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., March 11, 4 p.m. "Introduction to Noncommutative Geometry: Part III," an NCGA/Topological Langlands joint seminar with Masoud Khalkhali, University of Western Ontario. Sponsored by Mathematics. 304 Krieger. HW

Wed., March 11, 4 p.m. "Helping Young Adults Succeed in a World Where 'You Can't': Transitions to Healthy Adulthood for HIV-positive Youths in Balitmore, Maryland," a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Annie Michaelis. E6519 SPH. EB

Thurs., March 12, noon. The Randolph K. Bromery Seminar — "Improving Our Understanding of Atlantic Hurricanes Through Knowledge of the Saharan Air Layer: Hope or Hype?" with Scott Braun, NASA/GSFC. Sponsored by Earth and Planetary Sciences. Olin Auditorium. HW

Thurs., March 12, noon. "Evolving Insights Into Protein Trafficking to the Apicomplexan Plastid," a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Marilyn Parsons, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute. W2030 SPH. EB

Thurs., March 12, noon. "Pubertal Timing Effects on Adjustment: Implications for Prevention," a Mental Health seminar with Julia Graber, University of Florida. 250 Hampton House. EB

Thurs., March 12, 12:15 p.m. "U.S. Food Policy and Recent Food Price Increase," a Graduate Nutrition seminar with Joseph Glauber, USDA. Sponsored by the Center and Program for Human Nutrition at JHSPH. W2008 SPH. EB

Thurs., March 12, 1 p.m. "Genetic Association Tests: Trio Logic Regression and Score Test," a Biostatistics thesis defense seminar with Qing Li. E6519 SPH. EB

Thurs., March 12, 1 p.m. "Optimization and Evaluation of 4D MAP-RBI-EM Image Reconstruction Method for Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT," an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Taek-Soo Lee. 360 Phipps. EB

Thurs., March 12, 2:30 p.m. "Kidney Transplantation Using Infectious Risk Donors," a Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation thesis defense seminar with Dorry Segev. E2527 SPH. EB

Thurs., March 12, 4 p.m. "The Power of Inquisition Narratives: Jews, Conversos and Christians in the Early Modern World," a Special Meeting of the History Seminar with Gretchen Starr-Lebeau, University of Kentucky. 102B Dell House. HW

Fri., March 13, 12:15 p.m. "Biology of Human L1 Retrotransposon: Evidence for Early Embryonic Insertions," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Haig Kazazian, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

Mon., March 16, 12:15 p.m. "The Cell's Compass: Signaling Networks for Chemotaxis," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Peter Devreotes, SoM. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW

 

Special Events

Fri., March 13, 8 p.m. "A Cabaret Evening With Laure Drogoul," an evening of French singalongs with Baltimore-based interdisciplinary artist Laure Drogoul, in conjunction with her first large-scale retrospective at Maryland Institute College of Art, on view through March 15. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) $10 general admission, $5 for Evergreen members, with limited free tickets for students. Reservations required; call 410-516-0341. Bakst Theatre, Evergreen Museum.

 

Symposia

Tues., March 10, 10 a.m. The Genetic Resources Core Facility Symposium, featuring seminars and training sessions highlighting the services of the facility including the Cell Center, SNP Center, CORE store, DNA Analysis Facility, Fragment Analysis Facility and HTS Center. 11:30 a.m. "Cell Line Authentication: Why Who, When and How?" keynote presentation by Roland Nardone, professor emeritus, Catholic University of America. Turner Concourse. EB

Tues., March 11, 8 p.m. The 2009 Foreign Affairs Symposium presents Robert Kagan, author of Dangerous Nation. (See "In Brief," in this issue.) Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

 

Workshops

Wed., March 11, 9 a.m. "Grantcraft," a JHMI Professional Development Office workshop in two parts: a one-day didactic session followed by small discussion sessions. To register, e-mail jhmipdo@jhmi.edu. W1020 SPH. EB

Thurs., March 12, 1 p.m. "Introduction to Sharepoint," a Bits and Bytes workshop, sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. To register, go to www.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett Room, MSE Library. HW

 
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