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Virginia Tech Life Science Seminars

About VTLSS

The Virginia Tech Life Science Seminars (VTLSS) are an interdepartmental seminar series funded by Fralin Life Science Institute, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and VBI. The seminars are held every Friday at 12:20 PM at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) Conference Center, during spring and fall semesters.

Seminar Schedule

Date Name of Speaker Title Contact Information Host
02/22/2013 - 12:20pm Dr. Doris Wagner VTLSS: Dr. Doris Wagner, "Chromatin regulation of Arabidopsis growth and development" ebeers@vt.edu Dr. Eric Beers
03/01/2013 - 12:20pm Dr. Qing Nie VTLSS: Dr. Qing Nie, "Stochastic Dynamics in Signal Transduction and Developmental Patterning” Dr. Jianhua Xing jianhua@vt.edu
03/08/2013 - 12:20pm Dr. Raskia Harshey VTLSS: Dr. Rasika Harshey, "The flagellar motor: multiple central roles in Salmonella swarming" bscharf@vt.edu Dr. Birgit Scharf
03/15/2013 - 12:20pm Dr. Ikhide Imumorin VTLSS: Dr. Ikhide Imumorin, "When Fathers and Mothers are Unequal: Studying Imprinted Genes in Domestic Cattle" esmith@vt.edu Dr. Ed Smith
03/22/2013 - 12:20pm Dr. Jose Ranz VTLSS: Dr. Jose Ranz, "Uncovering the Mode of Structural Evolution of the Drosophila Genome" igor@vt.edu Dr. Igor Sharakhov
03/29/2013 - 12:20pm Dr. Colin Parrish VTLSS: Dr. Colin Parrish, "Host jumping viruses that cause epidemics: Understanding the host range shifts of parvoviruses and influenza viruses in dogs" xjmeng@vt.edu Dr. X.J. Meng
04/05/2013 - 12:20pm Dr. Gerald Clore VTLSS: Dr. Gerald Clore, "Emotional Impact: How Affect Regulates Thought" jdunsmor@vt.edu Dr. Julie Dunsmore
04/12/2013 - 12:20pm Dr. Deborah Bell-Pedersen VTLSS: Dr. Deborah Bell-Pedersen, "Circadian Clock Regulation of MAPK Pathway Activation" capellut@vt.edu Dr. Daniel Capelluto
04/19/2013 - 12:20pm Dr. Ralf Langen VTLSS: Dr. Ralf Langen, "How proteins control membrane curvature" xiaofeng@vt.edu Dr. Xiaofeng Wang
04/26/2013 - 12:20pm Dr. Martin Polz VTLSS: Dr. Martin Polz, "Ecology and Evolution of Bacterial Populations in the Wild" vinatzer@vt.edu Dr. Boris Vinatzer
05/03/2013 - 12:20pm Dr. Michael Klemba VTLSS: Dr. Michael Klemba, "Natural variation in the substrate binding pocket of M1-family aminopeptidases modulates specificity and promotes functional specialization" klemba@vt.edu Dr. Michael Klemba
05/10/2013 - 12:20pm Dr. Doug Lyles VTLSS: Dr. Doug Lyles, "Inhibition of host gene expression by vesicular stomatitis virus: New vaccine vectors and oncolytic viruses" kumarans@vt.edu Dr. Elankumaran Subbiah