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| Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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| Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
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Bioinformatics Seminar Series:The evolution of eusociality
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Speaker: Corina Tarnita Stata Center 32-G575.
Eusociality, in which some individuals reduce their lifetime reproductive potential to raise the offspring of others, underlies the most advanced forms of social organization and the ecologically dominant role of social insects. For the past four decades, kin selection theory, based on the concept of inclusive fitness, has been the major theoretical attempt to explain the evolution of eusociality. In this talk I propose that standard natural selection theory in the context of precise models of population structure represents a simpler and superior approach, allows the evaluation of multiple competing hypotheses, and provides an exact framework for interpreting empirical observations.
http://www-math.mit.edu/compbiosem
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Patrice Macaluso
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2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
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Gamma-Secretase as a Target for Alzheimer Disease Therapy: Small Molecule Development
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Corinne E. Augelli-Szafran, Ph.D., Director, Laboratory for Experimental Alzheimer Drugs (LEAD), Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Instructor in Neurology Harvard Medical School. Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord Street, L-112, Boston, MA. Part of the Current Topics in Pharmacological Sciences Seminar Series sponsored by the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics. Free and open to the public. Refreshments served at 1:45 pm, R-Building 6th Floor.
www.bumc.bu.edu/busm-pm
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Kristina Bigdeli
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6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Plants in New England (PINE)
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Plants in New England
Note date change!
When: Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 6 pm
Where: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Room GP1002
Gateway Park
60 Prescott St.
Worcester 01605
http://www.gatewayparkworcester.com/directions.html
(free parking is available right next door)
Speakers:
Horim Lee (Sheen Lab, MGH)
"Stem cell triggered immunity in the shoot apical meristem"
Ming Li (Bezanilla Lab, UMass, Amherst)
"PI(3,5)P2 is critical for tip-growth in moss "
Om Parkash (UMass, Amherst)
Title TBA
Talks will begin a bit after 6 pm lasting about 35-40 minutes each with a 5 minute break in between. Pizza and beverages will be available beginning at 5:45 pm.
Thanks to WPI's Department of Biology & Biotechnology and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry for funding tonight’s meeting!
The next PINE will be Apr 6, 2011 (location TBA)
Please forward this email to any new students/post-docs/PIs who might be interested in attending.
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chip celenza
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| Thursday, February 17, 2011
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Noon - 1:00 PM
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Role of Small Peptides in Regulating Transcriptional Programs During Drosophila Development
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Tufts University Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Guest Speaker: Francois Payre, PhD, Research Director, Universite de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Location: Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences. Sackler Auditorium, 145 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111
There will be a wine and cheese reception immediately following the seminar in the Anatomy Department 5th floor library at 136 Harrison Avenue
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Sharon Titus
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Vascular Biology Seminar: Krystyn J. Van Vliet, PhD
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Krystyn J. Van Vliet, PhD
Paul M. Cook Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Chemomechanics of Cell-matrix Interactions: Pulling Together Molecular Mechanisms"
Folkman Auditorium, Enders Bldg.
Children's Hospital Boston, 320 Longwood Ave.
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David Lynn, 617-525-4351
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5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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WEST “Job Interviews: The Art & Strategy of Success" Workshop
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Interviewing is a vital skill for succeeding in the world of science and technology. If 10 or 100 people are interviewing for the position you want, what puts you over the top and out in front? This lively, interactive workshop will focus on improving your ability to ask for informational interviews and make them productive. It will take the mystery out of key aspects of job interviewing, and teach you concrete skills for reaching out to others. Join us to learn:
How to grow your network strategically
Make the most of your informational interviews
Set achievable interviewing goals
Learn strategies for successful job interviews
This workshop is open to the public, everyone is welcome to attend! Light dinner & refreshments are included.
http://www.westorg.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=122884
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Susan Silberman
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| Friday, February 18, 2011
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8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
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Trying to ask quantitative questions about microbial evolution
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Speaker: Michael Desai, FAS-OEB
Location: Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE), 24 Oxford St, 3rd Floor, Room 310
Notes: MSI Weekly Chalktalk! Please join us for coffee/tea/pastries at 8:30 AM, followed by the chalktalk at 8:45.
http://www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html
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Andrea Lenco
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1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
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Week of Sunday, February 13, 2011
