IIGB Committees
Seminar Committees
The Institute sponsors seminars, symposiums and workshops on key topics featuring leading experts, which provide a forum for scientists and students to discuss novel ideas and techniques. In order to attract the best attendance, secure optimal venues, and promote maximal educational and research benefits, IIGB, CEPCEB and IGERT seminars are all scheduled on a rotating basis on Fridays. Below is information concerning the membership and roles of committees that coordinate seminar activities within the Institute.
2007-08 IIGB Seminar Committee
Faculty Members:
- Frances Sladek: (Chair) Dept. of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
- Larry Li: Dept. of Botany & Plant Sciences
- Jiayu Liao: Dept. of Bioengineering
Role:
The Institute for Integrative Genome Biology (IIGB) seminars are devoted to systems biology and high-throughput genomics across all organisms. This seminar series features prominent speakers in the field and is often announced as an IIGB Distinguished Lecture, as appropriate.
2007-08 CEPCEB Seminar Committee
Faculty Members:
- Venu Reddy: (Chair) Dept. of Botany & Plant Sciences
- Xuemei Chen: Dept. of Botany & Plant Sciences
- Tao Jiang: Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
Role:
Established in 2002, the Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB) seminar series (BPSC252: Special Topics in Botany) allows prominent speakers as well as internal faculty and postdocs the opportunity to present and discuss noteworthy research discoveries in the fields of plant cell and molecular biology and genomics.
2007-08 CEPCEB Noel T. Keen Special Lecture & Award Committee
Annual CEPCEB Award Ceremony and Noel Keen Special Lecture Schedule
Committee Members:
- Faculty Members:
- Harley Smith: (Chair) Dept. of Botany & Plant Sciences
- Xinping Cui: Dept. of Statistics
- Yinsheng Wang: Dept. of Chemistry
- Other Academics:
- David Carter: CEPCEB Microscopy Core
- Marci Surpin: Dept. of Botany & Plant Sciences
- Graduate Student:
- James Kim: Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Graduate Student/IGERT Program
Role:
Established In 2002, the Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB) scholarship award fund sponsors an annual Special Lecture and Awards Ceremony where an invited leading scientist presents his or her work and where postdocs, graduate students and undergraduate students receive public recognition of their accomplishments. The Noel T. Keen Lecture has become a top-notch lecture series. Previous lecturers have included: Fred Ausubel (Harvard), Jeffrey Dangl (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Chris Somerville (Stanford), Joanne Chory (Salk Institute) and Bernhard Palsson (University of California, San Diego).
2007-08 CDVR Seminar Committee
Faculty Members:
- Peter Atkinson: (Chair) Dept of Entomology
- Karine Le Roch: Dept. of Cell Biology & Neuroscience
- Show Wei Ding: Dept. of Plant Pathology & Microbiology
Role:
Started in 2005, the Center for Disease Vector Research (CDVR) continues to bring leading as well as young researchers together to discuss seminal discoveries related to molecular biology and the genomics of disease vectors. The CDVR seminar series presents and discusses topics related to the study and control of arthropod-vector borne diseases, and in the case of diseases such as malaria, the vertebrate host aspect of parasite development.