Upcoming Seminars

Today

“Determining the Mechanism of Transmission of Xyellla fastidiosa by Sharpshooters”

Elaine Backus

122 Briggs, noon to 1 p.m.

Sponsored by the entomology department

“Cling Peach Mechanization – Chapter 2: Thinning, and the Rest of the Story”

Kitren Glozer

3001 Plant and Environmental Sciences, 12:10 to 1 p.m.

Sponsored by the plant sciences department

“Seeing In The Dark”

Timothy Ferris

ARC Ballroom, 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Sponsored by the College of Letters and Science Dean’s Office

Thursday, Apr. 10

“The Wine Industry”

Robert Smiley

International House, 11:30 to 1 p.m.

Sponsored by the UC Davis Emeriti Association, UC Davis Retirees’Association

“Butterfly Eyespots, Evo-Devo and Exploring Morphospace”

Paul Brakefield

2 Wellman, 4:30 to 5 p.m.

Sponsored by the College of Biological Sciences, et al.

“Structural Studies of the Insulin Receptor and Muscle-Specific Kinase (MuSK)”

Stevan Hubbard

1022 Life Sciences, 4:10 to 5 p.m.

Sponsored by the College of Biological Sciences, et al.

Friday, Apr. 11

“The Role of Population Ecology in Improving Our Management of Reintroduced Populations”

Doug Armstrong

1204 Haring, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Sponsored by the department of wildlife, fish and conservation biology

“A Unique Model for Ag Biotech Companies”

Roger Salameh

1022 Life Sciences, 11 a.m. to noon

Sponsored by the Biotechnology Program

“The Challenge of Using mTOR Inhibitors in Therapy”

Paramita Ghosh

1005 Genome and Biomedical Sciences, 12:10 to 1 p.m.

Sponsored by the department of medical microbiology and immunology of the School of Medicine

Monday, Apr. 14

“Biophysical Studies of Virus Particles and Their Maturation: Insights into Elegantly Programmed Nano-machines”

Jack Johnson

115 Hutchison, 12:10 to 1 p.m.

Sponsored by the plant pathology department

“Nutrition Hormone Interactions in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome”

Siddika Kasim-Karakas

1309 Surge III, 4:10 to 5 p.m.

Sponsored by the nutrition department

“Islands as Model Systems for Human Ecodynamics”

Patrick Kirch

184 Young, 4:10 to 6 p.m.

Sponsored by the anthropology department

Tuesday, Apr. 15

“Empires and Diasporas”

Maya Jasanoff

2203 Social Sciences and Humanities, noon to 1:30 p.m.

Sponsored by the Center for History, Society and Culture

“Dynamics of Adhesion-Receptor Interactions – Lessons From H. Pylori”

Thomas Boren

California National Primate Research Center Seminar Hall, noon to 1 p.m.

Sponsored by the Center for Comparative Medicine

More seminars can be found at calendar.ucdavis.edu. If you want to have a seminar published here, email us at science@californiaaggie.com. XXX