SUMMER SCIENCE SEMINARS |
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WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY |
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Summer '15 Seminar Series |
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All seminars held at noon in 58 Exley* |
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Date |
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Host |
| 4 June | Mark Williams Department of Physics Northeastern University |
“Single molecule DNA-protein interactions: From polymer elasticity to retroviral replication” | Ishita Mukerji |
| 11 June | Corey O’Hern School of Engineering & Applied Science Yale University |
“Self Assembly in the Macro-world” |
Francis Starr |
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16 June TUES |
Kevin Corbett Laboratory of Structural Biology Univ. of California, San Diego |
“Creative destruction: Disassembly of AD2 & HORMAD complexes regulates checkpoint signaling in mitosis and meiosis" | Amy MacQueen |
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22 JUN MON |
Christopher Weaver '76 Founder of Bethesda Softworks/Educator at MIT |
“Amplius Ludo: Beyond the Horizon”. (i.e. “After Games”) | Francis Starr |
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25 June |
Audrey Lamb Dept of Molecular Biosciences University of Kansas |
“Breaking a pathogen’s iron will: inhibiting siderophore production as an antimicrobial strategy” | Erika Taylor |
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2 July
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Andrew Wells Atmospheric, Oceanic & Planetary Physics University of Oxford |
"When Ice Meets Ocean" | Ellen Thomas |
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9 July |
Kyle Smith Psychological and Brain Sciences Dartmouth College |
"Brain Mechanisms of Habits" | Mike Robinson |
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16 July |
Michelle Personick Department of Chemistry Wesleyan University |
“When “Nano” is Large: The Science of Metal Nanomaterials" | Brian Northrop |
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23 July
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Andrew Gillis Department of Zoology University of Cambridge |
“Gill arch serial homology and the origin of the jawed vertebrate bodyplan" | Ann Burke |
| 28 July Tues |
Kelly Thayer '04 Department of Chemistry Vassar College |
"Molecular Insights on Cancer Treatment from Computational Studies of p53" | David Beveridge |
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30 July *150 Exley |
Greg Voth Department of Physics Wesleyan University |
“Experiencing Turbulence: How snowflakes, plankton, planetessimals, and airliners move in a turbulent fluid flow” |
Francis Starr |
