UNL Biotech/Life Science Seminars - Fall 2008
UNL Biotech/Life Science Seminars - Fall 2008
WEDNESDAYS - Reception - 3:30 p.m., Seminar - 4:00 p.m.
Beadle Ctr Auditorium
9/10/2008 Commercial Production of Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids by Microalgae:
........... Lessons for Biofuels Production
...........Dr. Bill Barclay, Martek Biosciences Corporation
...........Hosted by: Dr. Ken Nickerson, School of Biological Sciences
9/17/2008 Arabidopsis Variegation Mutants and the Regulation of Chloroplast Biogenesis
...........Dr. Steve Rodermel, Iowa State University
...........Hosted by: Dr. Sally Mackenzie, Center for Plant Science Innovation
9/24/2008 Using phage lytic enzymes to control pathogenic gram-positive bacteria
...........Dr. Vincent Fischetti, Rockefeller University
...........Hosted by: Dr. Jim Van Etten, Department of Plant Pathology
10/1/2008 Regulation of oil biosynthesis in algae
...........Dr. Chris Benning, Michigan State University
...........Hosted by: Dr. Don Weeks, Department of Biochemistry
10/8/2008 Gene discovery and enzyme engineering for hemicellulosic biomass degradation
...........Dr. Dominic Wong, USDA-ARS
...........Hosted by: Dr. Gautam Sarath, Department of Biochemistry
10/15/2008 Detecting adaptive evolution in protein-coding DNA sequences
...........Dr. Ziheng Yang, University College London
...........Hosted by: Dr. Etsuko Moriyama
10/22/2008 No Seminar: Fall Break
10/29/2008 Algal-Derived Oil Feedstock R&D at NREL: Beyond the Aquatic Species Program
...........Dr. Al Darzins, National Renewable Energy Lab and Colorado Ctr for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2)
...........Hosted by: Dr. Don Weeks, Department of Biochemistry
11/5/2008> Structure, Dynamics, and Function of Hemoglobin as Revealed by High-Field NMR
...........Dr. Chien Ho, Carnegie Mellon University
...........Hosted by: Dr. Jay Storz, School of Biological Sciences
11/12/2008 Microbial influences in intestinal inflammation
...........Dr. Balfour Sartor, University of North Carolina
...........Hosted by: Dr. Jens Walter, Department of Food Science & Technology
11/19/2008 Probiotic microbes, the gut and beyond
...........Dr. Gregor Reid, University of Western Ontario
...........Hosted by: Dr. Bob Hutkins, Department of Food Science & Technology
11/26/2008 No Seminar: Thanksgiving week
12/3/2008 UTRs: the ends are the means
...........Dr. Joel Graber, The Jackson Laboratory
...........Hosted by: Dr. Audrey Atkin, School of Biological Sciences
12/10/2008 Viral Suppression of RNA Silencing: Toward Mechanism
...........Dr. Vicki Vance, University of South Carolina
...........Hosted by: Dr. Zoya Avramova, School of Biological Sciences