Perspectives on Science-Announcing the 2017-2018 Speaker Series

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” 

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”

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"

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”