Schedule for Center Meetings and Seminars -- Fall 2008


Meetings are usually held on Wednesdays from 4:00-5:00 pm in the large commons area ("curved room") of 501 Wartik, unless otherwise noted.

DatePresentor(s)Topic
Wed Aug 27 Vidushi Patel A new model for the evolution of the globin gene clusters in amniotes
Wed Sep 3 Hiroki Goto
(Makova group)
Evolution of X-degenerate Y chromosome genes in greater apes: conservation of gene content in human and gorilla, but not chimpanzee
Wed Sep 10   [No CCGB meeting -- Ross at JAX]
Wed-Sun
Sep 10-14
  CSH/Wellcome Trust Genome Informatics, Hinxton
Wed Sep 17
9:00 am
301D LSB
Eric Samorodnitsky BG Research Breakfast:
Modeling gene regulation with chemical kinetics
Wed Sep 17 Andy Cobaugh Discussion of BX/CCGB computing systems
Wed Sep 24 Ross Hardison Global predictions and tests of erythroid regulatory regions
Wed Oct 1
12:10pm-1:10pm
317 Mueller
Erika Kvikstad IMEG seminar:
Ride the wavelet: scale-specific dynamics of genomic contexts flanking small insertions and deletions
Wed Oct 1 Cathy Riemer
Bob Harris
Rico Burhans
(Miller group)
Gmaj alignment viewer
Lastz alignment program
Ancestral reconstructions
Wed Oct 8 Nekrutenko group [Cancelled]
Fri Oct 10
9:00am-4:45pm
HUB Auditorium
Elizabeth Thompson,
Alan Walker, et al.
Statistics Dep't. workshop: Frontiers of Evolutionary Biology
Sat-Wed
Oct 11-15
  Hb Switching meeting, Asilomar
Wed Oct 15
9:00 am
301D LSB
Sunando Roy BG Research Breakfast:
Using biochemical/biophysical properties of protein to determine phylogentic trees
Wed Oct 15   [No CCGB meeting -- Ross at Hb Switching]
Wed-Fri
Oct 15-17
  10th International Meeting on Human Genome Variation, Toronto
Wed Oct 22 Pugh group  
Wed Oct 29 Yu Zhang  
Wed Nov 5 Laura Carrel Comparative analysis of X chromosome inactivation
Mon Nov 10   Human Variome Project Forum, Philadelphia
Tue Nov 11   Human Genome Variation Society, Philadelphia
Tue-Sat
Nov 11-15
  American Society of Human Genetics, Philadelphia
Wed Nov 12 Arthur Lesk  
Wed Nov 19
9:00 am
519 Wartik
Ti-Cheng Chang BG Research Breakfast:
Evolution of Y-linked fertility genes in human, rat, bovine, and other mammals
Wed Nov 19
4:00 pm
113 IST
Luis A. N. Amaral PSU Distinguished Lecture Series on Network Science and Research:
A web of short stories concerning SARS, fishing, and growing
Wed Nov 26   [No CCGB meeting -- Thanksgiving break]
Wed Dec 3 Manfred Denker Self-organized criticality in neuronal data
Mon-Tue
Dec 8-9
  ENCODE Analysis Working Group meeting, Rockville
Wed Dec 10 Pugh group  
Mon-Fri
Dec 15-19
  [Final exams]
Wed Dec 17
9:00 am
301D LSB
Nick Polato BG Research Breakfast:
Ecological genomics of a reef building coral in response to environmental stress
Wed Dec 17 Schuster group  
Wed Dec 17
5:00 pm
  CCGB Holiday Party
(potluck snacks)

Past semesters:
Summer 2008
Spring 2008
Fall 2007
Spring 2007
Fall 2006
Spring 2006
Fall 2005
Summer 2005
Spring 2005
Fall 2004
Summer 2004
Spring 2004
Fall 2003


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