SEMINARS IN ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

FALL 2006

TUESDAYS AT 12PM

physical sciences building, rm. 240

(Unless otherwise noted)

                                                                                   

OCTOBER 10, 2006                                                                                                                    

ÒQUANTIFYING GLOBAL SOURCES OF ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY FROM YEAR-LONG OBSERVATION AT MOUNT BACHELOR OBSERVATORY, OREGONÓ

PETER S. WEISS, RESEARCHER, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, UC SANTA CRUZ

 

 

OCTOBER 17, 2006                                                                                                                    

"molecular basis and consequences of phenotypic variation in vibrio cholerae"

 FITNAT YILDIZ, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, UC SANTA CRUZ

 

 

OCTOBER 24, 2006                                                                                                                    

"FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS PATHOGENESIS Ð FROM BACTERIAL GENOMIC SCREENS TO INNATE IMMUNITYÓ

DENISE MONACK, SR. RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

 

 

october 31, 2006                                                                                                                    

Òdissecting regulatory networks and signaling pathways in CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS"

michael laub, assistant professor, biology, massachusetts intitute of technology

 

 

november 7, 2006                                                                                                                  

Òmolecular mechanisms of helicobacter pylori pathogenesisÓ

karen guillemin, assistant professor, biology, university of oregon

 

 

NOVEMBER 14, 2006                                                                                                                

ÒLIFE ON THE EDGE: INSIGHTS INTO HOW CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI NAVIGATES THE COMPLEX VIRULENCE-TRANSMISSION CYCLEÓ

 ERIN GAYNOR, assistant professor, microbiology and immunology, University of british columbia

 

 

november 21, 2006 -  CANCELLED                                                                                                             

"Archaeal nitrate respiration"

imke schroeder, microbiolgy, immunology and molecular genetics, uc los angeles

 

 

november 28, 2006                                                                                                                

Ògenetic control of respiratory enzyme production in bacteria: when to make them and how to decideÓ

robert p. gunsalus, professor, microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics, uc los angeles

 

 

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 Environmental Toxicology website at http://www.etox.ucsc.edu/