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 (tentative)
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