BioNotes

April 14 through April 18, 2008

Monday, April 14, 2:30 pm, 707 KEN—MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR, "Nanoscale lipid bilayers for elucidating the structure and function of integral membrane proteins," Dr. Stephen G. Sligar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Host: Dr. Kenneth A. Taylor.

Monday, April 14, 7:00 pm, Challenger Learning Center, 200 S. Duval Street, Tallahassee—SOUND SCIENCE FOR FLORIDA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Pane discussion with renowned scientists and teachers. Panelists include Dr. Harold Kroto, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, FSU; Dave Campbell, public school teacher; Vic Walczak, Legal Director of the Pennsylvania ACLU; and Maryann Fiala, Executive Director of the American Electronics Association. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Ann Lumsden, Department of Biolgoical Science, FSU.

Tuesday, April 15, 11:15 am, 112 KLB—BIOCHEMISTRY/STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SEMINAR, "Neuronal functions of 14-3-3: on and beyond regulation of ion channels," Dr. Yi Zhou, College of Medicine, FSU. Host: Dr. Debra Ann Fadool.

Tuesday, April 15, 12:00 pm, 1302 COM—SPECIAL COLLEGE OF MEDICINE SEMINAR, "The telomerase inhibitor GRN163L efficiently targets brain tumor stem cells," Dr. Calin O. Marian, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Host: Dr. Hank W. Bass.

Wednesday, April 16, 3:00 pm, 333 BIO—SEMINAR IN GENETICS, "Discussion of Schoeftner and Blasco, 2007, Developmentally regulated transcription of mammalian telomeres by DNA-dependent RNA polymerase II, Nat. Cell Biol. 10:228-236," Amber Brown, Department of Biological Science, FSU.

Wednesday, April 16, 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Neurotrophins beyond development: nociceptive function of NGF and BDNF in adults," Dr. Lorne Mendell, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.

Wednesday, April 16, 3:30 pm, 499 DSL—COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE/MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR, "A conserved protonation-dependent switch controlling drug binding in Abl kinase," Dr. Yibing Shan, D. E. Shaw Research, New York, New York.

Thursday, April 17, 8:30 am, 112 KLB—DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Methods for epitope characterization of adeno-associated virus type 2 through antibody neutralization escape mutants," Daniel A. Mitchell, Institute of Molecular Biophysics, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Hengli Tang.

Thursday, April 17, 11:15 am, 499 DSL—ORGANIC CHEMISTRY SEMINAR, "One-electron reduction of 8-bromopurine derivatives: a palette of chemical behavior related to DNA," Dr. Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bologna, Italy.

Thursday, April 17, 12:00 pm, 1400 MSB—COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS, "Activating the DNA damage checkpoint," Dr. David P. Toczyski, Univeristy of California, San Francisco. Host: Dr. Yanchang Wang.

Thursday, April 17, 12:15 pm, A105 PDB—HOWARD BAKER RESEARCH SEMINAR, "Enhancing circuit performance in the developing and injured spinal cord," Dr. Lorne Mendell, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.

Thursday, April 17, 4:00 pm, 228 CON—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Sticking with simplicity: facile regeneration, versatile morphology, and diverse collaborations promote persistence of the most basal metazoans," Dr. Janie L. Wulff, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Host: Dr. Don R. Levitan.

Friday, April 18, 4:00 pm, 228 CON—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Amphicarpic species as a tool for studying dispersal," Sarah Tso, FSU. Host: Dr. Alice A. Winn.

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