SEMINARS IN ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

SPRING 2008

TUESDAYS AT 12PM

physical sciences building, rm. 240

(Unless otherwise noted)

APRIL 1, 2008 HOST: SALTIKOV

“MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MAGNETITE BIOMINERALIZATION AND ORGANELLE

FORMATION IN MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA”

ARASH KOMEILI, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY

university of CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

APRIL 8, 2008 HOST: Flegal

“TBA”

George Aiken

U.S. Geological Survey

Boulder, Colorado

April 15, 2008 HOST: Yildiz

“HEDGING THEIR BETS: DIVERSITY AND ADAPTABILITY GENERATED IN BIOFILM COMMUNITIES”

Pradeep singh, Associate Professor of Microbiology

Department of Microbiology

university of Washington

April 22, 2008 HOST: Flegal

"INVESTIGATING MULTIXENOBIOTIC RESISTANCE TRANSPORTERS IN DEVELOPING

ZEBRAFISH (DANIO RERIO)"

Mary Langsner, Graduate Student

Department of Environmental Toxicology

University of California Santa Cruz

25-MINUTE Seminar

april 29, 2008 HOST: ottemann

“Helicobacter pylori host-pathogen interactions”

AnnaH Rolig, Graduate Student

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ

25-MINUTE SEMINAR

“TBA”

JENNY DRAPER, GRADUATE STUDENT

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ

25-MINUTE SEMINAR

MAY 6, 2008 HOST: YILDIZ

“Responses of Vibrio cholerae to salinity: modulation of biofilm

formation and transcriptional regulation”

NICK SHIKUMA, graduate student

Department of ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

university of california santa cruz

SECOND YEAR SEMINAR

MAY 13, 2008

NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED

MAY 15, 2008 (THURSDAY) HOST: FLEGAL

"COMPLEXATION OF INORGANIC HG(II) IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS AND FACTORS CONTROLLING THE PHOTO-DEGRADATION OF MMHG IN SURFACE WATERS"

FRANK BLACK, graduate student

Department of ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

university of california santa cruz

DISSERTATION

MAY 20, 2008 HOST: YILDIZ

"CHARACTERIZATION OF C-DI-GMP SIGNALING SYSTEMS IN VIBRIO CHOLERAE"

SINEM BEYHAN, GRADUATE STUDENT

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ

DISSERTATION

MAY 27, 2008 HOST: OTTEMANN

“HOW PROMISCUOUS IS HP0170: THE TALE OF ONE H. PYLORI PHOSPHATASE AND

ITS FOUR POTENTIAL SUBSTRATES”

PAM LERTSETHTAKARN, GRADUATE STUDENT

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ

25-MINUTE SEMINAR

JUNE 3, 2008 HOST: SMITH

"FEATHER PB ISOTOPES REFLECT EXPOSURE HISTORY AND ALAD INHIBITION SHOWS

SUB-CLINICAL TOXICITY IN CALIFORNIA CONDORS"

KATIE PARMENTIER, GRADUATE STUDENT

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ

25-MINUTE SEMINAR

“TBA” HOST: SALTIKOV

JEANIE RAMOS, GRADUATE STUDENT

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ

25-MINUTE SEMINAR

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/