University of Alberta
BIOFEEDBACK, Week Ending: September 4, 2008,
Volume 15, Number 26

Seminars

Friday, September 5, 2008, 11:00 a.m., E2-002 ETL
Dr. Bonnie Bassler, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
"CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION AND VIRULENCE IN VIBRO CHOLERAE: A NEW QUORUM-SENSING PATHWAY AND A NEW AUTOINDUCER"
Special Seminar (Frontiers in Biology: Distinguished Lecture Series)

Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 12:00 p.m., B121, Biological Sciences Building
Dr. Mika Asai-Coakwel, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alberta
"THE ROLE OF GDF6 IN OCULAR AND SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT"
Biology 642

Friday, September 12, 2008, 3:30 p.m., M149, Biological Sciences Building
James Smiley, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta
"NEW TWISTS TO HOST SHUTOFF BY HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS"
Genetics 605

Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 9:00 a.m., CW313, Biological Sciences Building
Isabella Lau, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
"REGULATION OF F PLASMID CONJUGATION IN TIMES OF ENVELOPE STRESS"
PhD Thesis

Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 12:30 p.m., CW313, Biological Sciences Building
Alexandra Eaves, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
"PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN SEA URCHIN LARVAE: ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS REVEAL TRUE DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL"
PhD Thesis

Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 12:00 p.m., B121, Biological Sciences Building
Dr. Raine Sharpe, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
"THE USE OF FISH MODELS IN TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH: A CASE STUDY WITH PFOS"
Biology 642

Thursday, September 18, 2008, 1:00 p.m., CW313, Biological Sciences Building
Naomi Hotte, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
"PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OF FLAX (LINUM USITATISSIMUM L.) PHLOEM FIBRES AND STEM TISSUES"
MSc Thesis

Friday, September 19, 2008, 9:00 a.m., M 137, Biological Sciences Building
Laura Patterson-Fortin, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
"A LEXA-ORTHOLOGUE REGULATES EXPRESSION OF THE CRHR RNA HELICASE"
PhD Thesis

Friday, September 19, 2008, 12:00 p.m., M 145, Biological Sciences Building
Dr. Peter Hurd, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta
"BOOTSTRAPPING STATISTICS: A PRIMER & DISCUSSION FOR CURIOUS GRADUATE STUDENTS ON HOW TO TURN UNPUBLISHABLE DATA INTO A CITATION CLASSIC IN THREE EASY STEPS"
Biology 631

Friday, September 19, 2008, 4:00 p.m., M 137, Biological Sciences Building
Dr. Douglas Campbell, Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
"PHOTOSYSTEM II DYNAMICS, CELL SIZE AND NICHE PORTIONING IN CYANBACTERIA AND PHYTOPLANKTON"
Special Seminar