2017 – 2018 Schedule
October 3, 2017
Dr. Susan Taylor, (Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology for UC San Diego, Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Senior Fellow of the San Diego Supercomputer Center)
Webpages: http://susantaylorlab.ucsd.edu/ and http://susantaylorlab.ucsd.edu/susantaylor.htm
Seminar Title: “Protein Kinases: Dynamic Molecular Switches that Drive Disease”
November 14, 2017
Dr. Peter Schultz, (CEO and Vice Chair for Research Administration and Professor of Chemistry for The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla and Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Webpages: http://schultz.scripps.edu/main.php and http://schultz.scripps.edu/schultz.php
Seminar Title: “Playing with the Molecules of Life”
December 5, 2017
Dr. Victor Nizet, (Professor and Vice Chair for Basic Research in the Department of Pediatrics; Chief of the Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics; and Professor at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences for UC San Diego)
Webpages: http://nizetlab.ucsd.edu/people/victor.html and http://nizetlab.ucsd.edu/Research/
Seminar Title: "Collaborating With the Innate Immune System to Treat Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs"
January 23, 2018
Dr. John Clark, (President and CEO, Center for Plant Conservation; and Director of Plant Collections and Strategy for San Diego Zoo Global)
Webpages: http://www.hawaiireporter.com/dr-john-robert-clark-appointed-executive-director-of-the-center-for-plant-conservation, http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/staff/john-clark-phd and http://www.saveplants.org/
Seminar Title: “A Global Imperative to Save Plants”
February 6, 2018
Dr. Walter Cho, (Marine Biologist and Associate Professor of Biology at Point Loma Nazarene University)
Webpages:
https://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/tshank/members/wcho.htm
https://schmidtocean.org/cruise-log-post/local-residents-closer-look/
https://www.pointloma.edu/faculty-staff/walter-w-cho-phd
https://www.pointloma.edu/faculty-spotlights/walter-cho-phd
Seminar Title: “Characterizing the Biodiversity, Biogeography, and Structure of Deep-sea Communities”
March 13, 2018
Dr. Barbara Taylor, (Leader of the Marine Mammal Genetics Program for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries at Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla)
Webpages: https://swfsc.noaa.gov/staff.aspx?id=798 and https://swfsc.noaa.gov/news.aspx?ParentMenuId=147&id=22013
Seminar Title: “Vanishing Vaquitas: Lessons from a Humble Porpoise”
April 10, 2018
Dr. Karin Sandstrom, (Assistant Professor of Physics, in the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences at UC San Diego)
Webpages: http://cass.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty:Ksandstrom and http://karinsandstrom.github.io/
Seminar Title: “Our Dusty Universe”
May 1, 2018
Dr. Nicholas Spitzer, (Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology and Director of the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (KIBM) at UC, San Diego)
Webpages: http://biology.ucsd.edu/research/faculty/nspitzer, https://iem.ucsd.edu/people/profiles/nicholas-spitzer.html and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJzIDRnwPxM
Seminar Title: “Neurotransmitter Switching in the Ever-Changing Brain: Implications for Health and Disease.”