BIOLOGY BULLETIN
April 14, 2008
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Spring 2008 Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology Seminar Series
Monday 4-5pm, in the Gold Auditorium, BioScience Center
Biol 696
Date: April 14, 2008
Speaker: Dr. Mike Caterino
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Seminar Title: "Faunistic and phylogeographic
diversity of southern California beetles"
GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR
"Investigating the Role of ITK in T-Cell Actin
Dynamics"
David Guimond
Tsoukas Lab
(
http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/pub/tsoukas/Tsoukas.html)
Date: Wednesday, April
16, 2008
Time: 3:15 p.m.
Place:
BioScience Center, Gold Auditorium
Most of you recall the safety training Bruce Wingerd presented
each Fall and Spring semester. Environmental Health and Safety has
taken over this safety training and has split the training into two
separate areas of regulatory interest. Cal OSHA Injury and Illness
Prevention Program and SD County HMD Hazardous Materials and Waste
Management. EH&S will be presenting the IIPP portion of the
training on the dates and times listed below in the
Gold Auditorium of
the BSC building.
All Biology employees are required to
attend the IIPP training. It is true that Work Study students
are employees and need to attend. It is also true that the graduate
students that are employees or interact in the biology labs need to
attend. For those undergraduate students that volunteer work in a
laboratory setting it is recommended. There will be a sign-in sheet at
the training that requires you to provide your red ID number. You
need go to only one of these presentations.
The IIPP training dates and times to choose from are:
April 16,
2008
12:00 PM to 3:00
PM
April 17,
2008
9:30 AM to 12:30
PM
April 21,
2008
9:00 AM to 12:00
PM
April 29,
2008
12:30 PM to 3:30
PM
Employees who work with hazardous materials and generate hazardous wastes
need to take an additional on-line course that covers the Hazardous
Materials and Waste Management. you will be able to access the
on-line training through Blackboard very soon. The course is
complete, but the administrative details surrounding tracking are being
ironed out. I will let you know the next step.
See you at the presentations.
Jim Zimmer
SDSU Molecular
Biology Institute
Invitrogen-MBI Seminar Series
Karen May-Newman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Graduate Advisor, Bioengineering Program
Department of Mechanical Engineering
“The biomechanics of the aortic valve in patients with Left
Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs)”
DATE: Thursday, April 17, 2008
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Gold Auditorium, BioScience Center
HOST: Dr. Mark Sussman
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Effective immediately the Biology storeroom
in NLS 08 will be staffed by Mark Pacheco.
He can be reached at extension x43092 and his email is
mpacheco@mail.sdsu.edu.
Mark will be delivering supplies on a daily basis, and will also be
assisting with routine maintenance tasks.
If you need any assistance with shipping or receiving, give him a
call. He's there to help.
Please join us in welcoming Mark to Biology!
THESIS DEFENSE
Wendy Kozlowski
"Pigment derived
phytoplankton composition along the western Antarctic
Peninsula"
DATE: Monday, April
21
TIME:
2:00 pm
LOCATION: North Life Sciences
101
Committee Members:
Douglas Deutschman (Chair), Biology
Charles Trees, Biology
Doug Stow, Geography
Maria Vernet, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
THESIS DEFENSE
Mary Jawlik
"The effects of land use on
Nutrient export from a lowland tropical wet forest in Costa
Rica"
DATE: Thursday, April
24
TIME:
10:00 am
LOCATION: Gold Auditorium, BioScience
Center
Committee Members:
Walt Oechel (Chair), Biology
David Lipson, Biology
Ed Beighley, Civil and Environmental Engineering
ATTENTION
BIOLOGY FACULTY, STAFF, and STUDENTS
YOU ARE INVITED TO THE
13th Annual
Department Banquet
on Friday, May 16, 2008, 5:00-9:00 p.m.
at San Diego State University, Scripps Cottage
beginning with a complimentary cocktail reception, dinner,
and a program to honor department awardees, retirees, and guests!
Meal choices include the following:
Grilled Salmon with Lemon Dill Sauce
Chicken Marsala served with Mushrooms and Pearl Onions
Vegetarian Option: Roasted Stuffed Eggplant with Fresh Tomato
Coulis
Due to the expense of printing invitations,
you may not receive an individual invitation in the mail.
If you did not get an invitation in the mail but are interested in
attending, please contact Patricia Swinford at (619) 594-5504 or
swinford@sciences.sdsu.edu, or drop by LS 104 for an invitation.
Please RSVP by May 9, 2008. To help the department meet the
costs of this event, we are requesting a tax-deductible contribution of
$25 per person.
We look forward to seeing 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.