BIOLOGY BULLETIN
March 17, 2008
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Spring 2008 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar
Series
Monday 4-5pm, in the Gold Auditorium, BioScience Center
Biol 696
Date: March 17, 2008
Speaker: Dr. Diane Pataki, UC Irvine
Seminar Title: "Plant biology where we live: the
role of plants in urban ecosystems"
GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR
There will not be a seminar held this week due to
Mark Sussman's
lecture that is being held on the same day and time.
Albert W. Johnson
University Research Lecture
Healing Broken Hearts:
The Promise, Pitfalls and
Potential of Stem Cells
Presented by
Mark Sussman, Ph.D.
2008 Albert W. Johnson
University Research Lecturer
Distinguished Professor of Biology
March 19, 2008
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
J. Dayton Smith Recital Hall
Reception to Follow
SDSU Molecular Biology Institute
Invitrogen-MBI Seminar Series
Dr. Enrico Stefani
Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology and
Physiology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
“Estrogen, Estrogen Receptors and Heart Protection”
DATE: Thursday, March 20, 2008
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Gold Auditorium, BioScience Center
HOST: Dr. Mark Sussman
SAN DIEGO
STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Chemistry
SEMINAR NOTICE
"Dissecting the function of the
molecular motor protein
myosin and protecting it from heat shock stress"
Professor Sandy Bernstein
Department of Biology
San Diego State University
Friday, March 21, 2008
4:00PM
GMCS 301
ANNOUNCEMENTS
THESIS PROPOSAL
Shahan Derkarabetian
"Systematics and Evolution of
the Sclerobuninae (Opiliones, Travunioidea)"
DATE: Tuesday, March
25
TIME:
3:30 pm
LOCATION:
LS 101
Committee Members:
Marshal Hedin (Chair), Biology
Tod Reeder, Biology
Jared Morrow, Geology
2008
Cell & Molecular Biology
Graduate Student Symposium
Presenting:
Dr. Melvin I. Simon, Ph.D.
Division of Biology
California Institute of Technology
Friday, April 11, 2008
3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
SDSU Faculty-Staff Club
For more info or to RSVP contact:
Mike Virata
mvirata@sciences.sdsu.edu
Dear Friends
and Colleagues,
You won't want to
miss the
13th Annual BioBanquet
Friday, May 16, 2008, from 5:00-9:00 p.m.
at San Diego State University, Scripps Cottage
The evening will begin with a cocktail reception followed by
dinner,
and a program to honor department awardees, retirees, and
guests.
Look for invitations to appear in your mail box soon.
For more information on this event, contact Patricia Swinford at (619)
594-5504 or swinford@sciences.sdsu.edu.
We hope to see you there.
Please note that Medora will now be doing the
BioBulletin. Please send your items to her directly at
bratlien@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
by Friday at 4:00
p.m.