News and Seminars

BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM

SPRING 2010

Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
2900 Bedford Ave.,
Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889
Fridays at 12:30 PM in 113 NE

 

Feb.  5th:  Dr. Jennifer F. Moffat, SUNY Upstate Medical University
                 Title: Of mice and men: A tale of two viruses.
                 
Host: Drs. Caleen Ramsook and Melissa Garcia
 
Feb. 19th:  Mr. Michael Gotesman, Biology Department, Brooklyn College
                  Title: Myo1, A Class XIV Myosin in Tetrahymena thermophila.
                  
Host: Dr. Ray Gavin

Feb. 26th:   Dr. Stephane Boissinot, Queens College
                  Title: The evolution and impact of non-LTR
                           retrotransposons in vertebrate genomes.
                  
Host: Mr. Haider Cheema (Thermo-Fisher)

Mar. 5th:    Dr. Bin Tian, UMDNJ, Newark Campus (NJMS)
                  Title: Gene Regulation by Alternative Polyadenylation.
                  
Host: Dr. Shaneen Singh

Mar. 12th: Dr Eleanor Sterling, American Museum of Natural History
                 Title: TBA
                
Host: Dr. Rafael Ovalle

Mar. 19th: Dr. Massimo Pigliucci, Lehman College
                 Title: Evolution: the Extended Synthesis.
                 
Host: Dr. Xianfa Xie
 
Mar. 26th:  Dr. Chris Braun, Hunter College
(tent
ative)
                  Title: TBA
                  
Host: Dr. Paul Forlano

Apr. 9th:    Dr. Frank Burbrink, College of Staten Island
                 Title: Ediacara: the origin and early history of animals what the fossils say.
                
Host: Dr. Jennifer Basil

Apr. 16th: Dr. Derrick Brazill, Hunter College
                Title: Mold and Men: Using Dictyostelium discoideum to
                         Model Mammalian Cell Motility.
                
Host: Dr. Peter Lipke

Apr. 23rd:  Dr. Emmanuel Chang, York College
                 Title: A proteomic study of the cyclin-dependent kinase protein network
                
Host: Mr. Haider Cheema (Thermo-Fisher) *Joint with Chemistry
*
             
Apr. 30th:  Dr. John Chamberlain, Geology Dept, Brooklyn College
                 Title: TBA
                
Host: Dr. Jennifer Basil
          
 May 7th:   *Joint with Chemistry*
                  Title: TBA
                  
Host: Mr. Haider Cheema (Thermo-Fisher
)
                  *Room and time TBA*
 
May 14th:    Science Day

May 28th:    Brooklyn College Science Retreat

June 4th:     Grantsmanship workshop, SUBO