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ICE IGERT Seminar Series - Spring 2013

Thank you for your interest in the ICE IGERT Seminar Series! Students registered for ChemEng 797D credit should attend all sessions, unless otherwise specified.
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ICE IGERT Graduate Seminar (Chem-Eng 797D)
Date
Speaker

Time & Location

Host

Thurs,
1/31
Chaitan Khosla
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry
Stanford University
Assembly line antibiotic biosynthesis
11:15 AM
1634 LGRT

Chem,
Prof. Tsung-Yi Lin

Fri,
2/8
Howard Stone
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University
Bacteria, Biofilms and Flows: (I) Surface motility and (II) The potential catastrophe of biofilm streamers
3:30 PM
A110 Conte

PSE,
Prof. Crosby

Wed,
2/13
Nayendra Yadava
Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute
Negative regulation of the tumor suppressor protein p53 by deficiency of oxidative phosphorylation
4:00 PM
221 ISB

VAS,
Prof. Jerry

Thurs,
2/21
Nathan Gianneschi
Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of California, San Diego
Programming nanoparticle morphology with peptides, enzymes and DNA
11:15 AM
1634 LGRT

Chem,
Prof. Thayumanavan

Wed,
2/27
Andrew Wright
Animal Science
University of Vermont
Methanogens: From livestock to humans
4:00 PM
221 ISB

VAS,
Prof. Leschine

Note: There are 2 seminars this week, in lieu of seminar the following week
Thurs,
3/7
Gavin Williams
Chemistry
North Carolina State University
Chemical and synthetic biology approaches for polyketide diversification
11:15 AM
1634 LGRT

Chem,
Prof. Schnarr

Fri,
3/8
Eva Harth
Chemistry
Vanderbuilt University
Functionalization and Application of Nanosponges and bioconjugates with "PEG-like" polyglycidols
3:30 PM
A110 Conte

PSE,
Prof. Carter

Weeks of March 11, 18: no seminar
Tues,
3/26
George Truskey
Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
Promoting skeletal muscle myoblast Differentiation
11:15 AM
201 LGRT

ChemE,
Prof. Peyton

Thurs,
4/4
Aaron Mitchell
Biological Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
Candida albicans gene regulation during infection
11:15 AM
N201 Morrill IV

Microbio,
Prof. Lopes

Thurs,
4/11
Chris Schardl
Plant Pathology
University of Kentucky
Evolution of bioprotective alkaloids of plant-symbiotic fungi (endophytes)
4:00 PM
222 Morrill 2

Plant Bio,
Prof. Ma

Thurs,
4/18
Jen Sheen
Molecular Biology, MGH
Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Plant innate immune signaling networks
4:00 PM
222 Morrill 2

Plant Bio,
Prof. Ma

Tues,
4/23
Jorge E. Galan
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Yale University
Type III Secretion Machines: Bacterial devices for protein delivery into mammalian cells
4:00 PM
221 ISB

MCB,
Prof. Heuck

Wed,
5/1
Sally Moody
Anatomy and Regenerative Biology
George Washington University
Fox ‘n’ Sox: the origins of being neural
4:00 PM
221 ISB

VAS,
Prof. Alfandari

 

   
Past seminar series:  
Spring 2009 Fall 2009
Spring 2010 Fall 2010
Spring 2011 Fall 2011
Spring 2012 Fall 2012

In the spirit of interdisciplinary training, students are encouraged to attend additional ICE affiliated program seminars, as found through the links below:

Chemical Engineering (ChemE)

Organismic & Evolutionary Biology (OEB)

Chemistry (Chem)

Physics

Computer Science (CS)

Plant Biology (PB)

Microbiology

Polymer Science & Engineering (PSE)

Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB)

Veterinary & Animal Sciences (VAS)

Neuroscience and Behavior (NSB)

 

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