University of Florida Genetics Institute
2005 SPRING SEMINAR SERIES
2 to 3 p.m.
Refreshments will be served at 1:45 p.m.
"DNA-functionalized nanotubes - ion-channel mimics and membranes for bioseparations"
Charles R. Martin, Ph.D., Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow Professor of Chemistry,
Departments of Chemistry and Anesthesiology, and Director, Center for Research at the Bio/Nano Interface, University of Florida
"Designing a minimal synthetic bacterial genome"
Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., Scientific Director,
Synthetic Biology and Biological Energy Groups, J. Craig Venter Institute
(Nobel Prize Biography), (PubMed search)
February 1 [Note special time and location - Noon, LG-101A (Brain Institute Auditorium)]:
"Toxicoproteomic profiling of serum proteins in animals and humans after acetaminophen exposure"
B. Alex Merrick, Ph.D., Head,
Proteomics Group, National Center for Toxicogenomics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Co-sponsored with the Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology
Conference on Systems Analysis, Data Mining and Optimization in Biomedicine
Co-sponsored with the College of Engineering, McKnight Brain Institute, Center for Applied Optimization, and Cumulative Inquiry, Inc.
"Genetic assessments of parentage, mating systems, and reproductive behaviors of fishes in nature"
John C. Avise, Ph.D., Research Professor,
Department of Genetics, University of Georgia
(National Academy Listing), (PubMed search)
"RNA interference and the epigenome"
Robert Martienssen, Ph.D., Professor,
Plant Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Florida Bioinformatics Workshop 2005 (FBW2005)
Co-sponsored with the Colleges of Engineering, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Medicine, IFAS - Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, and Office of Research and Graduate Programs
"Linking genotype and phenotype in pine trees"
John M. Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
School of Forest Resources and Conservation & Program in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida
"Parvovirus B19 vectors for human gene therapy"
Kirsten Weigel-Kelley, M.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cellular and Molecular Therapy, University of Florida
(PubMed
search)
March 24
[Note special day, time and location - 4:00 pm, LG-101A (Brain Institute
Auditorium)]:
"Eukaryotic DNA replication: origins and checkpoints"
Thomas J. Kelly, M.D., Ph.D., Director,
Sloan-Kettering Institute
(National Academy Listing), (PubMed search)
Co-sponsored with the Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences
"Regulation of the p53 tumor suppressor pathway by cellular and viral oncogenes"
Daiqing Liao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida
"A method for identification of co-regulated transcripts affecting phenotype: a statistical approach to pathway analysis"
Lauren M. McIntyre, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Department of Agronomy & Computational Genomics Group, Purdue University
April 26 [Note special time and location - 2:00 pm, LG-101A (Brain Institute Auditorium)]:
"Deciphering rules governing enhancer functional evolution"
Martin Kreitman, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
Co-sponsored with the Department of Zoology
"The evolution of social behavior: individual and species differences in candidate gene expression"
Steven M. Phelps, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Zoology, University of Florida