DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2000

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Date: October 17th 2000

Title: TBA

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

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