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Biology

Biology Seminars

The Biology Department sponsors a weekly seminar series.  All seminars will be held every Friday from 3:00-4:00 p.m. in the Classroom and Faculty Offices (CFO) Building in room 203, unless otherwise noted.  Seminars that have guest speakers or are dissertation defenses will have refreshments at 2:45 p.m. Biology graduate students are required to attend and to all others, we extend the invitation to attend as many seminars as you can. 

Date

Speaker



Title

1/20

Anwarul Ferdous Cardiology,
UT Southwestern 		Gene Expression: at the node
of life and death

1/27

  		David S. Gross
  		Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
LSUHSC at Shreveport 		Histone Code:  Fact or Fiction?
 

2/3

Beverly Rothermel Cardiology,
UT Southwestern 		 Regulator of calcineurin 1 (RCAN1), balancing cardiac function, remodeling and metabolism
in circadian time.

2/10

Pudur Jagadeeswaran Biology, UNT  
Genetics of Hemostasis and Thrombosis

2/17

  		Christi A. Walter
  		Cellular and Structural Biology
UTHSC San Antonio 		 
 Decreased Base Excision Repair
Contributes to the Paternal Age Effect
in a Mouse Model

2/24

  		Andrew Yurochko
  		Microbiology and Immunology
LSUHSC at Shreveport 		 Engagement of a Unique Combination of Integrins and EGFR Signaling Allows HCMV to Hijack Monocytes, Promoting Persistence and Disease.
 

3/1

Ann Stuart
Women in Science 		   

3/9

Sounick Haldar Biology, TWU  
Importance of R161 in Arp3 for interaction between WAVE and Arp2/3 complex and for neurite outgrowth.

3/16

No Seminar    

3/23

Spring Break
 

3/30

  		Alkananda Basu,
  		Molecular Biology and Immunology
UNTHSC 		 Akt/mTOR signaling in breast cancer
 
 4/6  Good Friday
  No Seminar
  

4/13

LaTondra Lawrence Biology TWU
HeLa cells overexpressing HMGN1 demonstrate enhanced UV-survival, increased DNA-repair rate and disregulated histone acetylation kinetics
 

4/20

Federation UNT  

4/27

  		Neel Krishna
  		Microbiology and Molecular Cell
Eastern Virginia Medical School 		 Human astrovirus coat protein interaction with the complement system: mechanistic studies and clinical potential
 

5/4

Graduation Party    

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