Today
“Reproductive Allocation and Life History Evolution in Variable Environments”
Carol Boggs
122 Briggs, noon to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by the entomology department
“Elucidating the Origins, Spread and Evolution of Agricultural Weeds and Invasive Plants Using Molecular Tools”
Marie Jasieniuk
3001 Plant and Environmental Sciences, 12:10 to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by the plant sciences department
“Chevron’s Actions on Climate Change”
Gemma Heddle
3001Plant Environment Sciences, 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the John Muir Institute of the Environment
“Genetic Dissection of Common Disease: From Rare Mutations to Common Pathways”
Richard Lifton
1005 Genome and Biomedical Sciences, 4:10 to 5 p.m.
Sponsored by the College of Biological Sciences Dean’s Office
Thursday, Apr. 17
“Genes for Heart, Kidney and Bone Disease: New Insights From Human Genetic Studies”
Richard Lifton
1005 Genome and Biomedical Sciences, 12:10 to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by the College of Biological Sciences Dean’s Office
“Long QT Syndrome, a Cardiac Channelopathy”
Mike Sanguinetti
1022 Life Sciences, 12:10 to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by the neurobiology, physiology and behavior section
“The Complexity of Zero Knowledge”
Salil Vadhan
1065 Kemper, 3:10 to 4 p.m.
Sponsored by the computer science department
“Small RNA-Directed Silencing Pathways in Plants”
James Carrington
1022 Life Sciences, 4:10 to 5 p.m.
Sponsored by the College of Biological Sciences and others
Friday, Apr. 18
“Metabolic Pathway Engineering for the Microbial Production of 1,3-Propanediol”
Gregg Whited
1022 Life Sciences, 11 a.m. to noon
Sponsored by the biotechnology program
“Chemo Resistance in Cancer: Can it be Reversed?”
Myles Cabot
6202 Genome and Biomedical Sciences, noon to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by the Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Group
“The Roles of YUCCA Genes in Auxin Biosynthesis and Plant Developement”
Yunde Zhao
1022 Life Sciences, 12:10 to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by the Plant Biology Graduate Group
“Applications of Phage Display Technology to the Immunodetection of Small Molecular Analytes”
Gualberto Gonzalez-Sapienza
1005 Genome Biomedical Sciences, 12:10 to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by the School of Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Monday, Apr. 21
“Surface of Xylella fastidiosa Cells”
Paul Feldstein
115 Hutchison, 12:10 to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by the plant pathology department
“Molecular Imaging and Profiling of Tissues Sections Using Mass Spectrometry – Applications in Biological and Clinical Research”
Richard Caprioli
1022 Life Sciences, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Campus Mass Spectrometry Facility
“Sheep Rushes: A Video Installation – Contemporary Nature-Cultures in the American West”
Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Multipurpose Room, Technocultural Studies Building (Art Annex), 4 to 6 p.m.
Sponsored by the anthropology department
Tuesday, Apr. 22
“Molecular Manipulation of the Host Immune Response to Bacterial Infection”
Glenn Young
California National Primate Research Center, noon to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by the Center for Comparative Medicine
“Kluge: The Haphazard Human Mind”
Gary Marcus
126 Voorhies, 4:10 to 6 p.m.
Sponsored by the University Writing Program
More seminars can be found at calendar.ucdavis.edu. If you want to have a seminar published here, e–mail us at science@californiaaggie.com.
