Biomedical Sciences Seminars

Winter Quarter 2006

Co-sponsored by the MBRS-RISE and MARC Programs

California State University, Los Angeles

 

 

January 6                ÒSensing Chemical Signals at Cell Membrane Surfaces During the Immune ResponseÓ

Dr. Joseph J. Falke, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado

           

 

January 13              ÒThe exciting life of free radicals: Imaging chemical reactionsÓ

                                 Dr. Hanna Reisler, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California

                                

 

January 20              ÒNutrient Control of Gastrointestinal Transit-a Bench-to-Bedside StoryÓ

                                 Dr. Henry Lin, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

                                

 

January 27              ÒProtein-Polymer Conjugates in Solution and on SurfacesÓ

                                 Dr. Heather Maynard, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles

 

 

February 3              ÒStudent Poster SessionÓ    

 

 

*February 10          Lloyd N. Ferguson Symposium (12:00 PM Golden Eagle Ballroom)

ÒIt's a Wonderful LifeÓ

Dr. Donald Darensbourg, Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University

 

February 17            ÒStudent PresentationsÓ

ÒRole of Mus81-Eme1 During Homologous Recombination in Schizosaccharomyces pombeÓ

Sandra Alvarez, MARC U*STAR Scholar

 

                                 ÒExamining the processes occurring in thunderstorms that affect soluble, reactive species (chemical reservoir species)Ó

Marco Orozco, MARC U*STAR Scholar

 

*February 24          CSULA Research Symposium

 

March 3                   Student Presentations

ÒRegulation of Telomerase Activity by Epstein-BarrVirus in Burkitt LymphomaÓ

Marjannie Eloi, MBRS-RISE MS to PhD Fellow

 

ÒCharacterizing the Mechanism by which Human Neutrophil a-Defensin 4 (HNP4) Inhibits HIV-1 ReplicationÓ

Mark Rivera, Beckman Scholar

 

March 10                 Student Presentations

                                 ÒLipogenesis in mice containing a targeted disruption in SREBP-1a geneÓ

                                 Rayshonda Williams, MARC U*STAR Scholar

 

ÒX-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic Studies of Crystalline Silicon Surfaces: Toward Acetylation with FerroceniumÓ

Ana Gamboa, MBRS-RISE MS to PhD Fellow

 

 

Seminars Presented on Fridays at 1:00 pm in

Biological Sciences 144

Refreshments Served

*Time and Location Change