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Program in Biology

Weekly Calendar of Events and Colloquia
April 15, 2002-April 19, 2002

April 15, Monday, 12:00 noon, BioMed Center, Room 291, Eddy Auditorium.

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Monday Seminar Series Presents, "Westmann Islands, Iceland: An Explosion of Birds and Volcanoes 'Puffins Here, Puffins There, Puffins Puffins Everywhere'," Páll Marvin Jónsson, Director, Vestmannaeyjar Research Center, University of Iceland.

April 16, Tuesday, 12:00 noon, BioMed Center, Room 291, Eddy Auditorium.

The Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry Presents, "Structural Genomics: What We Can Do Now, What We Will be Able To Do In The Future," Dr. Li-Wei Hung, Brookhaven National Laboratory

April 17, Wednesday, 4:00 p.m., BioMed Center, Room 291, Eddy Auditorium.

The Department of Community Health Seminar Series Presents, "Rates and Correlates of Cost-Related Medication Skipping Among Medicare Beneficiaries," Ira B. Wilson, MD, MSc, Associate Professor in the Division of Clinical Care Research and the Department of Medicine at the New England Medical Center in Boston, MA.

April 18, Thursday, 4:00 p.m., BioMed Center, Room 291, Eddy Auditorium.

The Pathobiology Seminar Series Presents, "CD8 T Cell Responses to Listeria Monocytogenes Infection," Eric G. Pamer, M.D., Chief, Infectious Disease Service, Head, Laboratory of Antimicrob. Immunity, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

April 18, Thursday, 4:00 p.m., Metcalf Research 129.

The Neuroscience Graduate Program Seminar Series Presents, "Regulation of Gene Expression: The Nervous System; How to Quiet Your Nerves," Gail Mandel, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, SUNY at Stoneybrook.

April 18, Thursday, 6:00 p.m., BioMed Center, Room 202.

"Raising Capital for Biotechnology Today, How Cell Based Delivery, Inc. Attracted $9.2 Million in New Venture Capital". Hosted by Richard Puccio, Partner, Pricewaterhouse Cooper LLP, Panelists, Robert Valentini, M.D., Ph.D., CEO, Cell Based Delivery, Inc., Augustine Lawler, Partner, Health Care Ventures, Ravi Kiron, Global Head of Strategic Analysis & Knowledge Mgmt., Pfizer, Inc., Sheila H. DeWitt, Ph.D., Vice President of Drug Discovery, ArQule, Richard Horan, Executive Director, Slater Center for BioMedical Technology.

April 19, Friday, 12:00 noon, BioMed Center, Room 202.

The Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology Seminar Series Presents, "Physical Approaches to Cell Positioning and Connecting" David J. Odde, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota.

April 19, Friday, 10:30 a.m., BioMed Center, Room B13.

The Pathobiology Graduate Program Presents a Thesis Defense Seminar, "Regulation of Innate and Adaptive IFN-g Responses by IL-18, IL-12 and IFN-a/b," Gary Pien.