Academic Exchange

• IPM graduate student forum: small RNAs in two phases of locust

  Jan 06, 2010
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  Academic Report: Stable Isotopes &Avian Ecology

  Dec 30, 2009
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  Mini-symposium on Development Signaling in Model Organisms

  Decoding the Hedgehog Signal in Development C.elegans as a model system to study autophagy New Players of Apopotic Cell. Clearance in C.elegans Roles of Proteoglycans in Morphogen Signaling and Gradient Formation

  Nov 23, 2009
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  Academic Report: A possible new mechanism for methylation in blastocysts required for fetal development

  Dr. Jay Baltz is a Senior Scientist and Associate Director of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and Professor and Director of Basic Research of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Ottawa. He is a member of the Institute Advisory Board of the CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health and Director of the CIHR Reproduction, Early Development, and the Impact on Health (REDIH) Training Program. Dr. Baltz received his BA in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania and PhD in Biophysics from The Johns Hopkins University. His postdoctoral training was in Dr. John Biggers’s group at Harvard Medical School, where he investigated early embryo physiology.

  Nov 23, 2009
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  BingZhi Forum: Biochemical Dissection of Innate Immunity

  Biochemical Dissection of Innate Immunity By Dr. Zhijian 'James' Chen, 　　Time: 9:30 am,　23 Nov. 2009 (Mon.) 　　Place: Lecture Hall 1-B210, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Nov 20, 2009
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  Academic Report: Cross talk between hypoxia and growth factor signaling in early development

  Research in the Duan lab is directed towards understanding how peptide growth factors act to control vertebrate growth and development. Our current research focuses on the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling system, including the IGF ligands, IGF binding proteins, IGF receptors, and the downstream signal transduction mechanisms. The Duan lab uses both mammals and zebrafish as experimental models.

  Nov 11, 2009
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  Academic Report: Sex hormone-binding globulin: beyond plasma transport

  Dr. Geoffrey L. Hammond is recognized internationally as an expert in the area of steroid hormone action. He has published more than 300 scientific articles and reviews. He has served on numerous editorial boards and organizing committees of international meetings. He holds several patents and many of the reagents he has produced and methods he has developed are used world wide as diagnostic tools. In 1999, he served as VP Research and Development for Perkin Elmer Life Sciences, and has worked as consultant with numerous biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

  Nov 10, 2009
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  Academic Report: Oocyte maturation: a system to study asymmetric cell division, cancers and birth defects

  Nov 09, 2009
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  Academic Report: Hox cluster evolution and Hox cluster microRNAs

  Hox cluster genes control developmental fates along morphological axes in animal embryos. How have Hox clusters and the functions of Hox cluster genes evolved after WGD? We will explore the evolution of Hox clusters in teleost fish and will focus on the functions of a micro RNA that is conserved in Hox clusters among vertebrates. Surprisingly, this Hox-cluster microRNA functions in concert with Hox cluster protein coding genes to regulate branchial arch, appendage, and vertebral column development.

  Nov 03, 2009
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  Ecology Forum: Integrating behavioral decisions by forest-dwelling rodents to understand the seed dispersal process

  Nov 02, 2009