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Past Events
For a complete list of life science seminars at Purdue, click here.
Date Event
Date: November 9, 2009 - 9
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 322
PULSe Faculty Seminar Series

Useful Signals from Motor Cortex
Presenter: Andrew B. Schwartz
Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Sponsor: Integrative Neuroscience
Host: Dr. Kevin Otto
Date: November 3, 2009 - 3
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: WSLR 116
PULSe Student Seminar

To Trap a Topoisomerase: Synthesis of Aromathecins as New Antiproliferative Agents
Presenter: Maris Cinelli
Affiliation: Purdue University
Sponsor:
Host: PULSe
Date: October 27, 2009 - 27
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: PFEN Dean's Auditorium
Biochemistry Beach Lectures

Polo Kinases Controlling the Chromosome and Centrosome Cycles
Presenter: Professor Erich A. Nigg
Affiliation: University of Basel (Switzerland)
Sponsor: Department of Biochemistry
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Date: October 26, 2009 - 26
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: PFEN Dean's Auditorium
Biochemistry Beach Lectures

Cell Cycle Control: Chromosome Segregation During Mitosis
Presenter: Professor Erich A. Nigg
Affiliation: University of Basel (Switzerland)
Sponsor: Department of Biochemistry
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Date: October 26, 2009
Location: Select Labs
PULSe Rotation 2 Begins


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Date: October 23, 2009
Location: Select Labs
PULSe Rotation 1 Ends


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Date: October 20, 2009 - 20
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: WSLR 116
PULSe Student Seminar

Cell lineage and signaling of pancreatic cancer
Presenter: Guanglu Shi
Affiliation: Purdue University
Sponsor:
Host: PULSe
Date: October 19, 2009 - 19
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: PFEN Dean's Auditorium
PULSe Faculty Seminar Series

Polo Kinase and Mitotic Controls- Molecular Basis for the Polo-Box Specificity and it Application
Presenter: Kyung S. Lee
Affiliation: National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health
Sponsor: Molecular Signaling & Cancer Biology
Host: Dr. Xiaoqi Liu
Date: October 6, 2009 - 6
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: WSLR 116
PULSe Student Seminar

Redox sensitivity of F-actin dynamics in neuronal growth cones
Presenter: Vidhya Munnamalai
Affiliation: Purdue University
Sponsor:
Host: PULSe
Date: September 22, 2009 - 22
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: PFEN 120
PULSe Student Seminar

Modulating P-glycoprotein at the Blood-Brain-Barrier to Enhance the Brain Penetration of CNS Therapies for Mental and Nervous System Disorders
Presenter: Dana Emmert
Affiliation: Purdue University
Sponsor:
Host: PULSe
Date: September 14, 2009 - 14
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: PFEN Dean's Auditorium
PULSe Faculty Seminar Series

Olfactory Receptors and Regulation of Tissue Repair in Skeletal Muscle.
Presenter: Dr. Grace Pavlath
Affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine
Sponsor: Molecular Signaling & Cancer Biology
Host: Dr. Shihuan Kuang
Date: September 2, 2009
Location: Select Labs
PULSe Rotation 1 Begins


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Date: September 1, 2009 - 1
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: PFEN 120
PULSe Student Seminar

Finding a transition path for the catalytic domain of Src
Presenter: He Huang
Affiliation: Purdue University
Sponsor:
Host: PULSe
Date: August 31, 2009 - 31
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: MATH 215
Geometric Analysys


Presenter: Peter Albers
Affiliation: Purdue University
Sponsor:
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Date: August 22, 2009 - 22
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: The Beck Agricultural Center
2009 PULSe Retreat


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Date: May 14, 2009 - 14
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: WSLR 116
Cell Growth and Differentiation Group Meeting

Functionally Distinct EGF Family Hormones Provide Clues to the Discovery of Novel ErbB Receptor Antagonists. Pizza Lunch
Presenter: David Riese
Affiliation: Purdue University
Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
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Date: May 1, 2009
Location: Select Labs
PULSe Rotation 4 Ends

Date: April 27, 2009 - 27
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: Beck Agricultural Center in West Lafayette
PULSe Spring Reception

We will have a poster session to feature the work done by our first-year PULSe studnets, along with an awards reception to recognize those students that have contributed to the program through service and research. Please RSVP to Julie Thompson at jdharper@purdue.edu by Friday, April 17th.
Presenter: Dr. Daniel Szymanski and Dr. Colleen Gabauer
Affiliation: Purdue University
Sponsor: The Graduate School
Host: Purdue Univeristy Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs
Date: April 13, 2009 - 13
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 202
PULSe Faculty Seminar Series

Molecular Phylogenetic Insights into the Host and Geographic Distributions of Avian Haemosporidian Parasites
Presenter: Robert E. Ricklefs
Affiliation: University of Missouri, St. Louis
Sponsor: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics
Host: Andrew DeWoody
Date: April 9, 2009 - 9
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: WSLR 116
Cell Growth and Differentiation Group Meeting

Pizza Lunch
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Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
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Date: April 7, 2009 - 7
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Deans Auditorium (PFEN)
Axlerod Distinguished Lecture

Reactive to Proactive Medicine : A Transformation Catalyzed by a Systems View of Disease, Emerging Measurement/Visualization Technologies and Integrative Computational and Mathematical Tools
Presenter: Lee Hood
Affiliation: President-Institute for Systems Biology
Sponsor:
Host: Biochemistry
Date: April 6, 2009 - 6
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Deans Auditoriam (PFEN)
Axlerod Distinguished Lecture

Paradigm Changes in Biology leading to Systems Biology and a Revolution in Medicine
Presenter: Lee Hood
Affiliation: President-Institute for Systems Biology
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Host: Biochemistry
Date: April 3, 2009 - 3
Location: Forestry Center
Neuroscience Retreat


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Date: April 1, 2009 - 1
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: MJIS
Cancer Research Clinical Partnership Presentation

Dinner
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Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
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Date: March 26, 2009 - 26
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: BCHM 101
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor on Philosophy

Investigating central nervous system targets for protein phosphatase 5 focus on glucocorticoid receptors
Presenter: Hemalatha Jayachandran
Affiliation:
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Date: March 23, 2009 - 23
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 202
PULSe Faculty Seminar Series

Investigating the Forces that Drive Membrane Protein Folding
Presenter: James U. Bowie
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles
Sponsor: Biomolecular Structure & Biophysics
Host: Chiwook Park
Date: March 12, 2009 - 12
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: WSLR 116
Cell Growth and Differentiation Group Meeting

Pizza Lunch
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Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
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Date: March 9, 2009
Location: Select Labs
PULSe Rotation 4 Begins

Date: March 6, 2009 - 6
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: MJIS 1001
Special Lectures in Neuroscience

Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Guidance and Synaptogensis
Presenter: Alex Kolodkin
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University
Sponsor: BIOL 69500, BIOL 69600, PSY 63300
Host: Peter Hollenbeck & Daniel Suter
Date: March 6, 2009
Location: Select Labs
PULSe Rotation 3 Ends

Date: February 28, 2009 - 28
Time: 8:30 AM
Location: University Conference Center, IUPUI
Amelia Project/Susan G. Koeman For the Cure Breast Cancer Investigators

For registration and information: Wendy Noe, Susan G. Koeman for the cure wendy_noe@komenindy.org
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Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
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Date: February 23, 2009 - 23
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 322
Purdue Cancer Center Seminar Series

T Cell Signaling: Insights Provided by NMR Spectroscopy
Presenter: Amy Andreotti
Affiliation: Iowa State University
Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
Host: Robert Geahlen
Date: February 16, 2009 - 16
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 214 AB
PULSe Faculty Seminar Series

Regulation of Chromosome Segregation by Phosphorylation of Motor Proteins at Kinetochores
Presenter: Kevin T. Vaughan
Affiliation: University of Notre Dame
Sponsor:
Host: PULSe Student Organization
Date: February 12, 2009 - 12
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: WSLR 116
Cell Growth and Differentiation Group Meeting

Pizza Lunch
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Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
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Date: February 10, 2009 - 10
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: BCHM 206
Breast Cancer Investigators Working Group Meeting

Lunch Served
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Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
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Date: February 9, 2009 - 9
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 202
Purdue Cancer Center Seminar Series

Self-Assembled Elastin Polypeptide Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
Presenter: Ashutosh Chilkoti
Affiliation: Duke University
Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
Host: David Thompson
Date: February 6, 2009 - 6
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: MJIS 1001
Special Lectures in Neuroscience

Assembling a neural circuit: wiring up the brain during development
Presenter: Susan McConnell
Affiliation: Stanford University
Sponsor: BIOL 69500, BIOL 69600, PSY 63300
Host: Daniel Suter and Peter Hollenbeck
Date: February 4, 2009 - 4
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: MJIS
Cancer Research Clinical Partnership Presentation

Dinner
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Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
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Date: February 4, 2009 - 4
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: MJIS 1001 (Reception from 3:30-3:50 in Watson's Crick)
Biological Sciences Seminar

Sensory Integration and Motor Control: Behavior, Optimality, and Neural Models
Presenter: Philip Sabes
Affiliation: University of California, San Francisco
Sponsor: Department of Biological Sciences
Host: Kevin Otto
Date: February 2, 2009 - 2
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 202
Purdue Cancer Center Seminar Series

Structural Basis for EGF/ErbB Receptor Signaling and ErbB-Targeted Cancer Therapies
Presenter: Daniel J. Leahy
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
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Date: January 26, 2009 - 26
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 202
PULSe Faculty Seminar Series

Deconstruction Heart Development
Presenter: Simon J. Conway
Affiliation: Indiana University, School of Medicine
Sponsor: Molecular Signaling and Cancer Biology
Host: Shihuan Kuang
Date: January 15, 2009 - 15
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: WSLR 116
Cell Growth and Differentiation Group Meeting

Highly Promiscuous Interkingdom Sex: The Role of Host Proteins in Agrobacterium-Mediated Tumorigenesis Pizza Lunch
Presenter: Stanton Gelvin
Affiliation: Purdue University
Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
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Date: January 13, 2009 - 13
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: BCHM 206
Breast Cancer Investigators Working Group Meeting

Lunch Served
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Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
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Date: January 12, 2009 - 12
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 202
Purdue Cancer Center Seminar Series

Beta-Catenin In Canonical Wnt Signaling: Structure, Regulation and Drug Design
Presenter: Wenqing Xu
Affiliation: University of Washington
Sponsor: Purdue University Cancer Research Center
Host: David Sanders
Date: January 12, 2009
Location: Select Labs
PULSe Rotation 3 Begins

Date: December 12, 2008
Location: Select Labs
PULSe Rotation 2 Ends

Date: December 8, 2008 - 8
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 202
PULSe Faculty Seminar Series

The Brassinosteroid Signaling Pathway-Fill the Gaps Using Proteomics and Genomics.
Presenter: Zhiyong Wang
Affiliation: Carnegie Institution of Washington and Department of Biological Sciences
Sponsor: Membrane Biology
Host: Angus Murphy
Date: December 4, 2008 - 4
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: STEW 318
Special Lectures in Neuroscience

Experience in the Perinatal Development of Action Systems.
Presenter: Scott Robinson
Affiliation: University of Iowa
Sponsor: Integrative Neuroscience
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Date: December 1, 2008 - 1
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 214 AB
Purdue Cancer Center Seminar Series

Towards On-Chip Cancer Diagnostics: Assembly and Integration of Nanowire Sensors.
Presenter: Christine Keating
Affiliation: Pennsylvania State University
Sponsor: Cancer Center
Host: Don Bergstrom and Alex Wei
Date: November 20, 2008 - 20
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Silent Thunder on US 52
PULSe Social Event

Go Karting
Presenter:
Sponsor: PULSe Student Organization
Host: PULSe Student Organization
Date: November 20, 2008 - 20
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: STEW 322
Special Lectures in Neuroscience

The Dynamics of Perception and Action: From Bouncing Babies to Legged Locomotion.
Presenter: William H. Warren
Affiliation: Brown University
Sponsor: Integrative Neuroscience
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Date: November 17, 2008 - 17
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 214 C&D
PULSe Faculty Seminar Series

Plant Responses to Chitin, A Pathogen Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP).
Presenter: Gary Stacey
Affiliation: University of Missouri
Sponsor: Microbes and Their Environment
Host: Bruce Applegate
Date: November 11, 2008 - 11
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: WSLR 116
Dr. Leung Laboratory Research

Genomic Analysis of Zebrafish Eye Development.
Presenter: Yuk Fai Leung
Affiliation: Purdue University
Sponsor: Department of Biochemistry
Host: Jim Forney
Date: November 10, 2008 - 10
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 214 AB
Purdue Cancer Center Seminar Series

Regulators of Ras and Rho GTPases in Development and Disease.
Presenter: Linda van Aelst
Affiliation: Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory
Sponsor: Cancer Center
Host: Xiaoqi Liu
Date: November 7, 2008 - 7
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: WTHR 201
Biochemistry Seminar

Studying Signaling in Cancer Using Chemical Biology and Proteomics.
Presenter: Laurie Parker
Affiliation: Purdue University
Sponsor: Department of Biochemistry
Host: Chittaranjan Das
Date: November 7, 2008 - 7
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Various locations beginning in Room 101, Biochemistry Building
PULSe Fall Open House

This event is for prospective students to come to campus and learn about the PULSe Program, meet faculty and students, and tour lab facilities. For information, please e-mail pulse@purdue.edu
Date: November 5, 2008 - 5
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: PFEN 241
Ethel S. Tessman Memorial Lecture

Viruses, microRNA's, and RNA interference.
Presenter: Bryan Cullen
Affiliation: Duke University
Host: Erik Barton
Date: November 3, 2008 - 3
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: WSLR 116
Alternate Careers in Science (ACS) Seminar

Perspective of Careers in Industry. http://www.cooksis.com/index_flash.html
Presenter: Alicia Altizer, Katie Harrigan, Michael Hiles
Affiliation: Cook Biotech Incorporated
Sponsor: PULSe Student Organization
Host:
Date: November 3, 2008 - 3
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 314
Purdue Cancer Center Seminar Series

Endocytosis of the EGF Receptor: Mechanisms and Role of Signaling.
Presenter: Alexander (Sasha) Sorkin
Affiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Sponsor: Cancer Center
Host: Claudio Aguilar
Date: October 27, 2008 - 27
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: WSLR 116
Purdue Cancer Center Seminar Series

How does the Immune System Discriminate Self from Non-Self: Defining the Molecular Rules of Recognition for Gamma T Cell Receptors.
Presenter: Erin Adams
Affiliation: University of Chicago
Sponsor: Cancer Center
Host: David Sanders
Date: October 27, 2008
Location: Select Labs
PULSe Rotation 2 Begins

Date: October 25, 2008
Location: TBD
Halloween Event

Time and Location TBA
Sponsor: PULSe Student Organization
Host: PULSe Student Organization
Date: October 24, 2008 - 24
Location: Select Labs
PULSe Rotation 1 Ends

Date: October 20, 2008 - 20
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 202
PULSe Faculty Seminar Series

Quantitative Systems Biology: Using a Model Adaptive Biochemical Pathway Within Arabidopsis Thaliana.
Presenter: Dan Kliebenstein
Affiliation: UC Davis
Sponsor: Plant Biology
Host: Clinton Chapple
Date: October 16, 2008 - 16
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: STEW 322
Special Lectures in Neuroscience

Task Dependent Feedback in Motor Coordination.
Presenter: T. Richard Nichols
Affiliation: Georgia Tech
Sponsor: Integrative Neuroscience
Host:
Date: October 13, 2008 - 13
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: WSLR 116
Alternative Careers in Science

Careers in Industry http://www.cookgroup.com/profile/med-mfg/med.html
Presenter: William D. Voorhees and colleagues of Med Institute, Inc.
Affiliation: Med Institute
Sponsor: PULSe student organization
Host:
Date: October 4, 2008
Location: TBD
Purdue Football Tailgating

Time and Location TBA
Sponsor: PULSe Student Organization
Host: PULSe Student Organization
Date: October 2, 2008 - 2
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: STEW 218D
Special Lectures in Neuroscience

Improving Mobility after Spinal Cord Injury and Other CNS Disorders.
Presenter: Richard Stein
Affiliation: University of Alberta, Canada
Sponsor: Integrative Neuroscience
Host:
Date: September 29, 2008 - 29
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: STEW 202
Purdue Cancer Center Seminar Series

OBOC Combinatorial Chemistry and Cancer Targeting
Presenter: Kit Lam
Affiliation: UC Davis Cancer Center
Sponsor: Cancer Center
Host: Phil Low
Date: September 16, 2008 - 16
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Dean's Auditorium PFEN
Beach Memorial Lectureship Division of Labor at a Eukaryotic Replication Fork

Presenter: Tom Kunkel
Affiliation: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Date: September 15, 2008 - 15
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Dean's Auditorium PFEN
Beach Memorial Lectureship DNA Replication Fidelity

Presenter: Tom Kunkel
Affiliation: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Date: September 14, 2008
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Happy Hollow Park
PULSe Olympics

Sponsor: PULSe Student Organization
Host: PULSe Student Organization

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