Today
Transforming Transportation and Energy: Politics and Technology
Dan Sperling, director, Institute of Transportation Studies, and professor of civil engineering and environmental science and policy – UC Davis
360 Shields Library 12:10 to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Affairs
Sequential Speciation: Why Are There So Many SMALL Animals?
Andrew Forbes, postdoctoral scholar – UC Davis department of entomology
122 Briggs 12:10 to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by entomology
Signaling in Electric Fish: Behavior, Neurobiology, Molecular Evolution
Harold Zakon, Dr. – University of Texas at Austin
1022 Life Sciences 1:10 to 2 p.m.
Sponsored by Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior College of Biological Sciences
Thursday
Oncogenomics Approaches for Investigating Mechanisms of Cancer Pathogenesis and Therapy Resistance
Dr. Cliff Tepper & Dr. Jeff Gregg, assistant research biochemist, dept. of biochem & mol. med. & assoc. professor, dept. of pathology – UC Davis
UCD Medical Center auditorium 9 to 10 a.m.
Sponsored by UC Davis Cancer Center
Mechanisms Underlying Accurate Meiotic Chromosome Segregation in C. elegans
Monica Colaiacovo, assistant professor – Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
1022 Life Sciences 4:10 to 5 p.m.
Sponsored by the College of Biological Sciences and various graduate groups
Friday
What Is the Mouse Trying to Tell Us? The Post-genomic World and One Medicine
Robert D. Cardiff, M.D., Ph.D., director, Center for Genomic Pathology
1022 Life Sciences 11 a.m. to noon
Sponsored by the Biotechnology Program
Stem Cell Therapies – Options for Avoiding Immune Rejection
Jan Nolta
1005 Genome Biomedical Sciences Facility 2:10 to 3 p.m.
Sponsored by medical microbiology and immunology
Arboretum Talk: California Native Plants for the Garden
David Fross, founder of Native Sons Wholesale Nursery in Arroyo Grande and co-author of California Native Plants for the Garden
Wyatt Theater, Old Davis Road 7 to 8 p.m.
Sponsored by Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum
Sunday
Film Screening: Atom Smashers
Directors Clayton Brown and Monica Ross – directors of the documentary
194 Chemistry 7 to 10:30 p.m.
Sponsored by HEFTI, dept. of physics
Monday
Cognition and Dogs – Why Does It Matter?
List Lit, graduate student – M.I.N.D. Institute and departments of neurology & psychiatry, UCD
Weir Room, 2151 Meyer noon to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by animal science
Identification of Factors Mediating Cold Therapy of Xylella fastidiosa-infected Grapevines
Melody Meyer – department of plant pathology, UC Davis
115 Hutchison 12:10 to 1 p.m.
Sponsored by plant pathology
Tuesday, April 28
Spray Nozzel and Fluid Property Sensors for Process Control: Theory, Experiments and Development
Ken Giles, UC Davis
2045 Bainer 1:10 to 2 p.m.,
Sponsored by biological agricultural engineering
More seminars can be found at calendar.ucdavis.edu. If you’d like to publish a seminar here, send an e-mail to campus@theaggie.org. XXX
