BIOLOGY BULLETIN
March 3, 2008
UPCOMING EVENTS
 
THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE STUDENT COUNCIL
AND DEAN STAN MALOY

CORDIALLY INVITE FACULTY AND STAFF TO
THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCES
1ST ANNUAL MEET AND GREET

ON MARCH 3, 2008

FROM 2PM TO 4PM

AT CSL 2ND FLOOR PATIO
(from the 5th floor of the Chemical Sciences Lab building
take the elevator to the 2nd floor and turn towards GMCS)

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED

Spring 2008 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series

Monday 4-5pm, in the Gold Auditorium, BioScience Center

Biol 797
 
Date:  March 3, 2008

Speaker:  Dr. Chelsea Specht, UC Berkeley

Seminar Title: "Toward understanding the basis of pollination syndromes in bananas and gingers
 (Zingiberales):  a phylogenetic approach"


 GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR
 
 Conformation study of Inducible Tyrosine Kinase
using Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer

Roman Levytskyy
Tsoukas Lab
( http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/pub/tsoukas/Tsoukas.html )

 Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Time: 3:15 p.m.

Place: BioScience Center, Gold Auditorium
   
SDSU Molecular Biology Institute
Invitrogen-MBI Seminar Series

Dr. Larry Forney
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Idaho


“ Koch's postulates and the human microbiome”
 
DATE:  Thursday, March 6, 2008
 
TIME:  3:30 p.m.
 
LOCATION:  Gold Auditorium, BioScience Center

HOST:  Dr. Kelly Doran


SPECIAL SEMINAR

Professor Ian R. Booth

Chair in Microbiology
School of Medicine
Institute of Medical Sciences
University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK


“Bacterial channels – a physiological and molecular perspective”

DATE:   Monday, March 10, 2008

TIME:  11:00 am

LOCATION: Gold Auditorium of the BioScience Center


Host: Anca Segall asegall@sunstroke.sdsu. edu

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congratulations to Forest Rohwer and Rob Edwards on their publications in Nature and PLoS One!  Another Nature publication from this group will appear sometime in April.  As you know, Rob has a joint appointment in our department with a primary appointment in Computer Science, and has been working with Forest's group studying the genomics of marine microbes.

Mou, X, Sun, S. Edwards, R.A., Hodson, R.E., and Moran, M.A. "Bacterial carbon processing by generalist species in the coastal ocean." Nature 451, 708 (Feb 7, 2008).

Christelle Desnues1, Beltran Rodriguez-Brito1,2, Steve Rayhawk1,2, Scott Kelley1,3, Tuong Tran1, Matthew Haynes1, Hong Liu1, Mike Furlan1, Linda Wegley1, Betty Chau1, Yijun Ruan4, Dana Hall1, Florent E. Angly1 Robert A. Edwards1,2,3,5, Linlin Li1, Rebecca Vega Thurber1, R. Pamela Reid6, Janet Siefert7, Valeria Souza8, David L. Valentine9, Brandon K. Swan9, Mya Breitbart10 & Forest Rohwer1,3 "Biodiversity and biogeography of phages in modern stromatolites and thrombolites," Nature (Published online March 2, 2008).

Dinsdale, EA, O Pantos, S Smriga, RA Edwards, F Angly, L Wegley, M Hatay, D Hall, E Brown, M Haynes, L Krause, E Sala, SA Sandin, RV Thurber, BL Willis, F Azam, N Knowlton, F Rohwer (2008) Microbial ecology of four coral atolls in the Northern Line Islands. PLoS One. 3(2) e1584. 1-17.     
Sandin, SA, JE Smith, EE DeMartini, EA Dinsdale, SD Donner, AM Friedlander, T Konotchick, M Malay, JE Maragos, D Obura, O Pantos, G Paulay, M Richie, F Rohwer, RE Schroeder, S Walsh, JBC Jackson, N Knowlton, E Sala. (2008) Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the northern Line Islands. PLoS ONE. 3(2) e1584. 1-11.

BIOLOGY FIELD TECHNICIANS NEEDED, part time to full time, from March 22nd – July 6th for Brown-headed Cowbird trapping and control program for the protection of endangered and threatened bird species in north San Diego County.  Responsibilities include helping set up 40 bird traps and servicing traps on a daily basis to provide seed and water, release non-target bird species, and fix traps as necessary.  Applicants must be reliable and comfortable working in a field setting, have there own vehicle (preferably an SUV or truck) and insurance. A basic knowledge of song bird identification is preferable but will train.  The project averages 8 hours/day and consists of driving to various locations (some off road) to check and maintain bird traps.  Position pays $16/hr. Applicants should have at least two days per week available.  Please call, or submit a letter of interest via e-mail describing any background and your specific dates of availability to Jennifer Sexton, TW Biological Services, E-mail: jlsexton@twbio.com
 

 
Allergic Reactions to Gloves
Causes and the Solution
Donald F Groce, Best Manufacturing Company
 
  Causes:
·        Extraneous Causes
·        Exposure to Chemicals
·        Natural Rubber Proteins
·         Rubber Accelerators
·         Rubber Processing Chemicals
 
   The Solution:

 
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