SEMINARS IN ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
SPRING 2007
TUESDAYS AT 12PM
physical sciences building, rm. 240
(Unless otherwise noted)
APRIL 3, 2007
"DETERMINING THE FUNCTION OF PUTATIVE
PHOSPHATASE IN HELICOBACTER PYLORI"
PAM LERTSETHTAKARN, GRADUATE
STUDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, UC SANTA CRUZ
25 MINUTES
"CERULOPLASMIN MEDIATES MANGANESE
TOXICITY"
TOM JURSA, GRAD STUDENT,
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, UC SANTA CRUZ
25 MINUTES
APRIL 10, 2007
"THE ROLE OF MULTIHEME CYTOCHROMES IN
MICROBIAL IRON (III) REDUCTION AND ARSENIC MOBILIZATION"
CAROLINA REYES, GRADUATE STUDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY,
UC SANTA CRUZ
SECOND YEAR SEMINAR
APRIL 17, 2007
"Molecular Ecology of arsenite
oxidizing prokaryotes in geothermal environmentsÓ
KAMRUN ZARGAR, GRAD STUDENT,
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, UC SANTA CRUZ
SECOND YEAR SEMINAR
APRIL 24, 2007
"CELL POLARITY, CELL SHAPE AND THE
CYTOSKELETON: A BACTERIAL PERSPECTIVEÓ
CHRISTINE JACOBS-WAGNER, MAXINE F.
SINGER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MCD BIOLOGY, YALE UNIVERSITY
APRIL 30, 2007 (MONDAY)
"INVESTIGATING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE
MULTIXENOBIOTIC RESISTANCE MECHANISM IN DEVELOPING ZEBRAFISH (DANIO RERIO)Ó
MARY LANGSNER, GRADUATE STUDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY,
UC SANTA CRUZ
25 MINUTES
MAY 1, 2007
"NO problem? Nitric oxide and manganese
neurotoxicity."Ó
RON TJALKENS, DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH SCIENCES, TOXICOLOGY SECTION, COLORADO
STATE UNIVERSITY
MAY 8, 2007
"C-DI-GMP
SIGNALING SYSTEMS IN VIBRIO CHOLERAEÓ
SINEM
BEYHAN, GRADUATE STUDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, UC SANTA CRUZ
25 MINUTES
MAY 15, 2007
No seminar scheduled due to
cancellation
MAY 18, 2007 (FRIDAY)
"Nitrate respiration at 100¼ C: Archaic
Energy AcquisitionÓ
IMKE SCHROEDER, Department of
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS
ANGELES
MAY 22, 2007
"NEUROCOGNITIVE DEFICITS ASSOCIATED
WITH DIETARY MANGANESE EXPOSUREÓ
FRANCIS CRINELLA, PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS, CHILD
DEVELOPMENT CENTER, UC IRVINE
MAY 25, 2007 (FRIDAY, 12:30 Ð 1:30)
"Hypoxic Response, HIF-1, And
Environmental Sensing: The Surprising Role Of The SkinÓ
RandalL JOHNSON, Molecular Biology
Section, Division of Biological Sciences
University of California, San
Diego
MAY 29, 2007 - CANCELLED
"MONITORING AND MODULATING TUBERCULOUS
GRANULOMA FORMATION IN REAL-TIME IN THE TRANSPARENT ZEBRAFISHÓ
LALITA RAMAKRISHNAN, MICROBIOLOGY,
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
June 5, 2007
"RESUSPENSION OF URBAN SOIL: AIRBORNE LEAD FROM PAST DECADESÓ
CLIFF DAVIDSON, PROFESSOR, CIVIL
& ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING & PUBLIC POLICY,
CARNEGIE MELON UNIVERSITY
JUNE 7, 2007 (THURSDAY, 12:30 Ð 1:30)
"ANALYSIS
OF ANCILLARY HOMOLOGY DOMAINS WITHIN THE HELICOBACTER PYLORI CHEMOTAXIS PATHWAYÓ
ANDREW LOWENTHAL, GRADUATE
STUDENT, MCD Biology, UC SANTA CRUZ
DISSERTATION DEFENSE
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/