SEMINARS IN ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
FALL 2008
TUESDAYS AT 12PM
PHYSICAL SCIENCES BUILDING, RM. 240
(UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)

OCTOBER 7, 2008 HOST: YILDIZ
“CELL FATE DETERMINATION IN BACTERIAL BIOFILMS”
ROBERTO KOLTER, PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY & GENETICS
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

OCTOBER 21, 2008 HOST: YILDIZ
NICK FONG, GRADUATE STUDENT

OCTOBER 28, 2008 HOST: OTTEMANN
“WATER SCARCITY AND UNCERTAINTY IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS IN NAIROBI”
BEN CROW, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT SOCIOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ

NOVEMBER 4, 2008 HOST: CAMPS
“INTEGRATED APPROACH TO STUDYING ACTIVATING MUTATIONS IN BREAST CANCER ONCOGENES”
RACHEL KARCHIN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMICAL ENG.
INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL MEDECINE, JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

NOVEMBER 18, 2008 HOST: SMITH
“(PRELIMINARY) MECHANISM AND FUNCTINAL CONSEQUENCES OF BIOGENESIS OF YHR GOLGI APPARATUS”
ADAM LINSTEDT, PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

NOVEMBER 25, 2008 HOST: YILDIZ
“BACTERIAL SIALIDASES AND SIALOSIDE BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES”
XI CHEN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMESTRY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS

DECEMBER 9, 2008
KAREN OTTEMANN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
MICROBIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
UCSC

SEMINAR COORDINATOR: CLAUDIA MCCLURE
These seminars may change without advance notice.
To arrange and/or to confirm accommodations contact: Claudia McClure
(831)459-4719 or mcclure@etox.ucsc.edu
Visit the Department of Microbiology &Environmental Toxicology website at http://www.etox.ucsc.edu/