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Date: August 29th 2000 (Tuesday)
Distinguished
Biological Sciences
Seminar Series
Cosponsored by
Institute for Asian Studies &
International Forensic Research Institute
Title: Molecular
Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders, and Use of DNA in Forensic Application
in Malaysia
Prof. Koh Chong-Lek Ph.D. (London), DIC
(Imperial Coll.), FASc, FMSA
Institute of Biological Sciences (Genetics)
Universiti Malaya,
50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Visiting Fulbright Scholar
Department of Biological Sciences
Florida International University
E-mail: kohcl@gene.um.edu.my
Website: http://gene.um.edu.my/kcl.html
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Date: September 8th
2000 (Friday)
Title:
Coordinate Control of Alginate Synthesis and Motility in Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
Dan Wozniak, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
5138 Gray Building
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
(336) 716-2016 (office)
(336) 716-9928 (FAX)
E-mail: dwozniak@wfubmc.edu
Website:http://www.bgsm.edu/microbio/Faculty_pages/wozniak.htm
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Date: September 12th 2000
(Tuesday)
Title: Therapeutic
Effects of Ginseng on Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Infection
in Animal Models
Zhijun Song, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathophysiology
Department of Pathophysiology
College of Pre-Clinical Medicine
Guangxi Medical University
Binhu Road no. 6 Naning City,
Guangxi Province
People's Republic of China
Research Fellow
Department of Biological Sciences, FIU, Miami, FL
E-mail: szj56@hotmail.com
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Date: September 19th 2000
(Tuesday)
Title: The
Pharmacology of Phlebotomy:
Molecular Tools of the Blood-feeding Trade
Donald E. Champagne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Entomology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
(706) 542-2342 office
(706) 542-2279 FAX
E-mail: dchampagne@bugs.ent.uga.edu
Website: http://entomology.ent.uga.edu/html/champagne.html
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Date: September 26th 2000 (Tuesday)
Tropical
Biology Distinguished Seminar Speaker: Dr. Michael Ryan
Title: Sexual Selection
and Communication in Tungara Frogs
Michael Ryan Clark, Ph.D.
Hubbs Regents Professor in Zoology
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
E-mail: mryan@mail.utexas.edu
Website: http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/IB/faculty/ryan.htm
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Date: October 3rd 2000 (Tuesday)
Tango
Technology Distinguished Seminar Speaker:
Dr. Peter Greenberg
Title: Quorum
Sensing and Community Behavior in
Gram-negative Bacteria
Peter Greenberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
University of Iowa
3-370 Bowen Science Building
Department of Microbiology
University of Iowa
Telephone: (319) 335-7775
E-mail: everett-greenberg@uiowa.edu
Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~microbe/faculty/greenberg.html
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Date: October
10th 2000 (Tuesday)
Title:
Repair of Neuronal Connections: Lessons from Lesions in Leeches
Ken Muller, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
University of Miami
Miami, FL
E-mail: kmuller@newssun.med.miami.edu
Website: http://chroma.med.miami.edu/physiol/faculty/kjm.html
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Date: October 17th 2000
Title: TBA
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Date: October 24th 2000 (Tuesday)
MBRS
Distinguished Seminar Speaker:
Dr. Joram Piatigorsky
Title: Gene
Sharing in Eyes of Vertebrates and Invertebrates: Mysteries of Highly
Expressed Proteins in Lens and Cornea
Joram Piatigorsky, Ph.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, National
Eye Institute, NIH,
Bethesda, MD
6 Center Drive/MSC 2730
Building 6/Room 201
Bethesda, MD 20892-2730
Tel: 301-496-9467
Fax:301-402-0781
E-mail: joramp@intra.nei.nih.gov
Website: http://www.nei.nih.gov/intramural/mol-gen.htm
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Date: October 31st 2000 (Tuesday)
Title: Sound Localization
by Fish
Zhongmin (John) Lu
Department of Biology
University of Miami
1301 Memorial Drive, Room 4
Coral Gables, FL 33146-0421
Tel: (305) 284-6813
Fax: (305) 284-3039
E-mail: zlu@fig.cox.miami.edu
Website: http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~zlu/LuLabWeb.htm
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Date: November 7th 2000 (Tuesday)
Biological Sciences
Distinguished Seminar Series
Cosponsored by
The Women's Center and
The Womenıs Studies Program
Title: Transcription
Activation
in Prokaryotes and Phage Mu
Martha Howe, Ph.D.
Van Vleet Professor of Microbiology
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Tennessee-Memphis
Memphis, TN 38163
Tel. No: 901 448 8215
E-mail: mhowe@utmem1.utmem.edu
Website: http://www.utmem.edu/microbiology/martha.htm
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Date: November 14th 2000 (Tuesday)
Title: Chronic Pseudomonas
aeruginosa Lung Infection in Cystic Fibrosis - and Architype Biofilm
Infection
Niels Hĝiby, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Clinical Microbiology
University Hospital
Rigshospitalet 9301 Juliane Maries Vej 22 DK-2100,
Copenhagen N
Denmark.
Tel. No: (+ 45) 3545 7778
FAX: (+45) 3545 6412
E-mail: hoiby@inet.uni2.dk
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Date: November 21st 2000 (Tuesday)
Title: Damselfish
Neurofibromatosis:
Features and Etiology
Michael C. Schmale, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Cswy.
Miami, FL 33149
phone: 305-361-4140
fax: 305-361-4600
E-mail: mschmale@rsmas.miami.edu
Website: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/people/mschmale.html
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Date: November 28th 2000 (Tuesday)
MBRS Distinguished
Seminar Speaker:
Dr. Vicki Chandler
Title: Paramutation:
an Allele Interaction that Causes a Heritable Change in Transcription
Vicki Chandler, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
E-mail: chandler@ag.arizona.edu
Website:
http://ag.arizona.edu/pls/faculty/chandler.html
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Date: December 5th 2000 (Tuesday)
Title: An Overview
of the Evolution and Diversification of the Palm Subtribe Ptychospermatinae
Scott Zona, Ph.D.
Palm Biologist
Fairchild Tropical Garden
11935 Old Cutler Road
Coral Gables (Miami) FL 33156 USA
Tel. 305-665-2844 ext 3419
FAX. 305-665-8032
E-mail: zonas@fiu.edu
Website: www.fiu.edu/~biology/hmpgs/zona.html
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Date: December 12th 2000 (Tuesday)
Comparative
Immunology
Distinguished Seminar Speaker:
Dr. Garriet Smith
Title: Pathogens
of Reef Organisms
Garriet Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Biology Department
University of South Carolina
Aiken, S.C. 29801
(803) 641-3427
E-mail: smithres@aiken.sc.edu
Website: http://www.usca.sc.edu/biogeo/faculty/smith/smith.html
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