Scientific Calendar

Week of November 2, 2009

Wednesday, November 4

1:30 pm

Bioentrepreneurship Panel, Donaldson Santos, Scripps Research Office of Technology Development, will moderate. Panelists: Raymond Stevens, Scripps Research professor & co-founder of Receptos; Kristina Burow, partner with ARCH Venture Partners and co-founder & director of Sapphire Energy; Scott Forrest, director, Scripps Research Office of Technology Development. Sponsored by the Society of Fellows, the Office of Technology Development, and the Office of Career & Postdoctoral Services.

W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater, The Beckman Center

4:00 pm

What is the mechanism of cognitive impairment following long-term..., Marilyn A. Huestis, Ph.D., Chief, Chemistry and Drug Metabolism , National Institute on Drug Abuse - NIH, Baltimore, MD. Host: Barbara Mason. Neurosciences Affinity Group Series.

THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall, Skaggs Institute Building

Thursday, November 5

12 Noon

Transcriptional & epigenetic regulation of helper T cell differentiation, John O'Shea, M.D., Scientific Director, NIH/NIAMS, Immunology Affinity Group Series.

THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall, Skaggs Institute Building

2:00 pm

Total Syntheses of Platensimycin and Related Natural Products and Total Syntheses and Structural Revision of α- and β- Diversonolic Esters and Total Synthesis of Diversonol, Ang Li , Kellogg School of Science and Technology. Ph.D. Thesis Presentation.

W. M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater

Friday, November 6

2:00 pm

Virus Capsid Design, Ranjan Mannige, Kellogg School of Science and Technology. Ph.D. Thesis Presentation.

THE COMMITTEE Lecture Hall, Skaggs Institute Building

2:00 pm

Mechanistic Insights into the Pd Catalyzed 1,4-oxidation of Cyclic Dienes, Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ. Host: Phil S. Baran, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry.

W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater

Monday, November 9

12 Noon

Contributions of Innate Immunity to Virus Induced Epilepsy, Robert S. Fujinami Ph.D., Univ. of Utah. Host: Dr. Michael B.A. Oldstone, and the Pathogenesis Affinity Group

Immunology East Conference Room

4:00 PM

A New Link Between Innate Immunity and the Unfolded Protein Response, Prof. Ira Tabas, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Medicine, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York. Immunology Affinity Group Series.

Immunology East Conference Room

5:00 PM

Activation of the catalytic domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor, Prof. Dr. John Kuriyan, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley. Host: Peter K. Vogt Cancer Affinity Group Series.

W.M. Keck Foundation Amphitheater

Tuesday, November 10

9:00 AM

RNAi, David Eling, Ph.D., Thermo Fisher Scientific, Host: Jiing-Dwan Lee, Ph.D.

Immunology East Conference Room