9/17

⁺Steven Handel
Dept. of Ecology & Natural Resources
Rutgers University

In vitro plant ecology: limits to the restoration of natural communities

Sultan

9/24

*David Stern
Yale University
School of Medicine

The FHA Protein Kinase RAD53 in DNA Checkpoint Controls

MBB Graduate Students

10/1

⁺John Crawford
Dept. of Psychology
Univ. of Pennsylvania

Hearing and auditory processing in electric fish

Bodznick

10/8

*Lucie Bruijn
Bristol-Myers

Transgeneic Approaches to Understanding the Mechanisms of Motor Neuron Degeneration in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Infante

10/15

⁺Robert Denver
Dept. of Biology
University of Michigan

Stress, hormones, and development plasticity

Kirn

10/22

*H. James Hofrichter
Nat'l Institutes of Health

Folding Dynamics of a a helix and a b hairpin

Mukerji

10/29
4:00 PM

⁺Ali Hemmati-Brivanlou
Rockefeller University

The Molecular Basis of Vertebrate Neural Induction

Devoto/Grabel

11/12
4:00 PM

⁺Gerald Thomsen
SUNY Stony Brook

Anterior and Heart Development in Xenopus Embryos

Devoto/Grabel

11/5

*Tim Formosa
University of Utah Medical School

The Eukaryotic DNA Replication Complex: Architecture and Interactions with Chromatin

McAlear

11/19

*Bonnie L. Bassler
Princeton University

Cross-species communication in bacteria: Quorum sensing in vibrio, E. coli. and salmonella

Holmes

11/25

THANKSGIVING -- NO SEMINAR

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12/3

Biology (open)

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12/10

*William Upholt
UCONN Health Center
School of Dental Medicine

Function and Regulation of Expression of the Msx2 Homeobox-containing Gene in the Developing Limb

Lukens