University of Florida Genetics Institute
2009 FALL SEMINAR SERIES
2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
"Salmonella and tomatoes: a glimpse into the functional genomics of the interaction"
Max Teplitski, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida
"Analog settings and biosensor technology: tools for exploring the impact of extraterrestrial environments on biology"
Anna-Lisa Paul, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor,
Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida
"Use of the piggyBac transposon vector for functional genomics and biocontrol in insects "
Alfred M. Handler, Ph.D., Research Geneticist,
USDA Agricultural Research Service, Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology
"Genetic ancestry and disease"
Rick Kittles, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
"Molecular genetic insight on the population history, demographics and ecology of Florida's endemic vertebrates"
James Austin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida
"Genome-wide studies of intron evolution in the context of orthologous genes"
Volker Brendel, Ph.D., Bergdahl Professor of Bioinformatics,
Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology and Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
"Viewing plant evolution through a forest of tangled gene trees"
J. Gordon Burleigh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Biology, University of Florida
"Ubiquitin-dependent maturation of the neuromuscular junction"
Scott Wilson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
"Genotype:phenotype relationships in type 1 diabetes: lessons from CD25"
Mark A. Atkinson, Ph.D., Professor and Eminent Scholar,
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida
"Global analyses of alternative RNA processing"
Christopher B. Burge, Ph.D., Whitehead Career Development Associate Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering,
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology