MCMB Colloquium Spring 2012
BIOL 871
Colloquium in Microbiology, Cell and Molecular Biology
Spring 2012
Thursdays • 4:10-5:00 PM • SCI 210
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
| Jan 26 |
Jennifer Graves |
Sex chromosomes and the evolution of epigenetic silencing | Michael Goldman |
| Feb 2 | Bruce Conklin UC San Francisco |
Patient-specific Stem Cells, Pharmacology and Cardiovascular Genetics | Sally Pasion |
| Feb 9 | Eva Nogales UC Berkeley |
Visualizing the molecular machinery essential for cell division | José de la Torre |
| Feb 16 | Shannon Bennett California Academy of Sciences |
The Evolutionary and Epidemic Dynamics of Dengue Virus | José de la Torre |
| Feb 23 |
Vicki Auerbuch Stone |
Pore formation mediated by the Yersinia type III secretion system is not sufficient to trigger innate immune signaling. | Joseph Chen |
| Mar 1 | Jamila Newton UC San Francisco |
Why do we get fatter as we get older? Unveiling age-related changes in the hypothalamic feeding circuit | Sally Pasion |
| Mar 8 | Karen Zito UC Davis |
Activity-dependent mechanisms of neuronal plasticity | Megumi Fuse |
| Mar 15 | Tigwa Davis UC San Francisco |
Loss of ß-catenin leads to defects in refinement of ipsilaterally projecting RGCs in the dLGN | Sally Pasion |
| Mar 22 | SPRING RECESS | NO SEMINAR | |
| Mar 29 | Eva Harris UC Berkeley |
Building Partnerships and Unraveling Complexity: Defining the Dynamics of Viral and Immunological Determinants of Dengue Disease Severity in Nicaragua | Sally Pasion |
| Apr 5 | Dorothy Jones-Davis UC San Francisco |
Quantitative Trait Loci for Interhemispheric Commissure Development and Social Behaviors in the BTBR T+ tf/J mouse model of autism | Sally Pasion |
| Apr 12 | Louis Reichardt UC San Francisco |
Important roles for neurotrophic factors in the brain. Studies on BDNF and its receptor TrkB | Sally Pasion |
| Apr 19 | Fitnat Yildiz UC Santa Cruz |
Vibrio cholerae biofilms: matrix production and regulation | Blake Riggs |
| Apr 26 | Lorena Navarro UC Davis |
The Yersinia type III effector YpkA targets host cellular signaling | Robert Ramirez |
| May 3 | Bill Sullivan UC Santa Cruz |
Wolbachia, Riverblindness and Big Sur | Blake Riggs |
| May 10 | Anita Sil UC San Francisco |
Regulation of cell shape and virulence by temperature | Joseph Chen |
