SEMINARS IN ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY

WINTER 2007

TUESDAYS AT 12PM

physical sciences building, rm. 240

(Unless otherwise noted)

JANUARY 9, 2007

“The interface of cytosolic Francisella and the host innate immune system”

Denise monack, department of microbiology and immunology, stanford university

JANUARY 16, 2007

“customizing dna repair to dissect methylation damage toxicity”

MANEL CAMPS, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

JANUARY 18, 2007

“REGULATION OF THE ZRR1 RNA TRANSCRIPT IN RESPONSE TO ZINC”

AMANDA BIRD, DIVISION OF HEMATOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

JANUARY 23, 2007

“RECIPROCAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX SIGNALING AND MAINTENANCE OF GENOME STABILITY”

AYLIN RIZKI, LAWRENCE BERKLEY NATIONAL LAB, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKLEY

JANUARY 25, 2007

“Mercury cycling in the Gulf of Mexico: controls on sediment biogeochemistry, trophic transfer, and human exposure”

DAVID SENN, EXPOSURE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND RISK PROGRAM HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

JANUARY 30, 2007

“A CONSERVED CHECKPOINT MONITORS MEIOTIC CHROMOSOME SYNAPSIS IN C. ELEGANS”

NEEDHI BHALLA, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, University of California, Berkeley

FEBRUARY 1, 2007

"Adaptations of embryos to toxic chemicals and a rapidly changing world: Regulation, roles and protective limits of multidrug efflux transporters in early development"

AMRO HAMDOUN, HOPKINS MARINE STATION, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

"Nitric Oxide Signaling: Specificity And Control"

MICHAEL MARLETTA, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, BERKLEY

MARCH 6, 2007

"ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS AND VIBRIO CHOLERAE BIOFILMS"

KIVANC BILECEN, GRADUATE STUDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, UC SANTA CRUZ

25 minute seminar

"INORGANIC MERCERY (II) SPECIATION AND BIOAVAILABILITY, THE SAGA CONTINUES"

FRANK BLACK, GRAD STUDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, UC SANTA CRUZ

25 minute seminar

MARCH 13, 2007

"NEUROTOXICITY OF NEONATAL MANGANESE EXPOSURE"

CYNTHIA KERN, GRADUATE STUDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, UC SANTA CRUZ

25 minute seminar

"THE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS RESPONSE OF VIBRIO CHOLERAE"

NICK SHIKUMA, GRADUATE STUDENT, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, UC SANTA CRUZ

25 minute seminar

March 21, 2007 (wednesday)

"INVESTIGATING THE SPRING BLOOM IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY: LINKS BETWEEN WATER CHEMISTRY, METAL CYCLING, MERCURY SPECIATION, AND PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY COMPOSITION"

allison luengen, graduate student, environmental toxicology, UCSC

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/