BIOLOGY BULLETIN
April 28, 2008
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Spring 2008 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Seminar Series
The 13th Annual
Roger E. Carpenter Lecture in Comparative Biology
Monday 4-5pm, in the Gold Auditorium, BioScience Center
Biol 696
Date: April 28, 2008
Speaker: Dr. Adam Summers
University of California, Irvine
Seminar Title: "From shark skeletons to body armor-the
importance of blue sky research"
All are invited to a reception following the lecture at the Faculty-Staff Club
featuring fine wines, interesting beers, and substantial hors d' oevres
THESIS PROPOSAL
Bryan Bartlett
"Mutations in Sphingolipid
Metabolism Lead to Neurodegeneration in Drosophila
melanogaster"
DATE: Wednesday, April
30
TIME:
12:00 pm
LOCATION: BioScience Center, Gold
Auditorium
Committee Members:
Greg Harris (Chair), Biology
Terry Frey, Biology
Jennifer Thomas, Psychology
GRADUATE
STUDENT SEMINAR
"Hematopoietic Stem Cell Expansion by E Protein
Inhibition"
Elinore Mercer
Murre Lab (UCSD)
http://www-biology.ucsd.edu/labs/murre/
Date: Wednesday,
April 30, 2008
Time: 3:15 p.m.
Place:
BioScience Center, Gold Auditorium
IPP Training this April
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 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
There is no seminar scheduled for this
week.
SPECIAL SEMINAR
Christian A. Drevon, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Nutrition Institute
University of Oslo, Norway
“Fatty acids are important in the brain as well as the
general metabolism”
DATE: Friday, May 2, 2008
TIME: 11:00 am
LOCATION: BioScience Center, Gold Auditorium
Host: Roger Davis rdavis@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ATTENTION
BIOLOGY FACULTY, STAFF, and STUDENTS
Less than 3 weeks until the Biobanquet.
You won't want to miss out on all the fun
so if you plan on attending the banquet,
please get your forms to Patti in LS 104 now.
(This year will be a sit-down dinner
so we need an exact catering count.)
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 send your BioBulletin items to Medora Bratlien at
bratlien@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
by Friday at 4:00
p.m.