Friday, May 28
CENTER FOR HISTORY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE--University of California Multi-Campus Research Unit on World History Biannual Meeting: Bondage, Subjugation and the New Slavery in Comparative World Perspective. Continues through May 30. University Club. For more information e-mail bnl@ucdavis.edu.
CENTER FOR COMPARATIVE RESPIRATORY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE--David Stern: EGF family receptor tyrosine kinases in mammary development and breast cancer. 8 a.m., 2016 Haring Hall.
BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, STRUCTURE ASSISTED DRUG DISCOVERY PROGRAM--James McKerrow: Drug design targeting parasitic diseases of the developing world. 11 a.m., 1022 Life Sciences Addition.
PSYCHIATRY--Grand Rounds with Jack Levin: The influence of media on aggressive and violent behavior in adolescents. 11:30 a.m., G300 Patient Support Services Building, UCDMC.
BIOPHYSICS GRADUATE GROUP--Timothy Ratto: Topic to be announced. 12:10 p.m., 1128 Bainer Hall.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND OTHERS--Ann Brice, Margaret Kralovec, Joel Buettner: Teaching place--outdoor education in the bioregion. 12:10 p.m., 1150 Hart Hall.
PLANT BIOLOGY GRADUATE GROUP--Michael Lassner: Using directed molecular evolution to study plant biology and develop ag-biotech products. 12:10 p.m., 1022 Life Sciences Addition.
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR GRADUATE GROUP--Marty Morton: Reproduction in a high altitude sparrow--behavioral and physiological responses to an unpredictable environment. 1:10 p.m., 1022 Life Sciences Addition.
AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS--Jonathan Morduch: Re-evaluating microfinance in Bangladesh. 3:30 p.m., 2102 Social Sciences and Humanities Building.
INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS--Seth Sanders: Gender wage disparities among the highly educated. 3:30 p.m., 5214 Social Sciences and Humanities Building.
Tuesday, June 1
ROAD ECOLOGY CENTER, JOHN MUIR INSTITUTE OF THE ENVIRONMENT--Reed Noss: Considering roads in regional-scale conservation planning. 12:10 p.m., 3001 Plant and Environmental Sciences Building.
TEACHING RESOURCES CENTER--Instructional Design Studios: Instructional Design Workshop. 1:10 p.m., location to be announced.
CENTER FOR HISTORY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, AND OTHERS--B.D. Chattopadhyaya: Differences within and differences without--early perceptions of others in South Asia. 4 p.m., 2203 Social Sciences and Humanities Building.
MUSIC--William E. Valente Memorial Lecture with Svanibor Hubert Pettan: Crossing musical boundaries in new Europe. 4 p.m., 115 Music Building.
CENTER FOR POPULATION BIOLOGY, POPULATION BIOLOGY GRADUATE GROUP--Darrin Hulsey: Topic to be announced. 4:10 p.m., 1022 Life Sciences Addition.
CHEMISTRY--Benjamin Schwartz: Understanding plastic optoelectronic devices--morphological control of energy transfer and the electronic properties of conjugated polymers. 4:10 p.m., 179 Chemistry Building.
MOLECULAR, CELLULAR AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY GRADUATE GROUP--Ingrid Wertz: Identification and characterization of a c-jun ubiquitin ligase. 5 p.m., 251 Olson Hall.
Wednesday, June 2
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE--Stephen Shortell: Focusing on national and global health priorities. Noon, 180 Medical Sciences Building 1C.
TEACHING RESOURCES CENTER--MyUCDavis Lunch: Discuss features and improvements with other instructors and MyUCDavis developers. Noon, 161 Everson Hall (The Arbor).
AGRONOMY AND RANGE SCIENCE, ENTOMOLOGY--Denise Cummins: Cooperation among agents of unequal social status--constraints, expectations and outcomes. 12:10 p.m., 3001 Plant and Environmental Sciences Building.
TEACHING RESOURCES CENTER--TA Workshop: Applying different learning techniques. 3:10 p.m., Moss Room, Memorial Union.
BODEGA MARINE LABORATORY--David Epel: The developmental dialogue--how the environment affects development. 4 p.m., Bodega Marine Laboratory lecture hall.
SOIL SCIENCE GRADUATE GROUP--Craig Rasmussen: Pedogenesis, carbon storage and soil mineralogy in a California forest system. 4 p.m., 2005 Plant and Environmental Sciences Building.
ECONOMICS--Peter Klenou: State-dependent or time-dependent pricing--does it matter for recent U.S. inflation? 4:10 p.m., 1131 Social Sciences and Humanities Building.
ENTOMOLOGY--Fred Tripet: Indirect and direct methods for assessing reproductive isolation and measuring gene flow in complex populations of Anopheles gambiae. 4:10 p.m., 122 Briggs Hall.
FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY--Jinjoo Lee: Moisture migration through porous media characterized by Darcy's law; Maria Gonzalez: Air impingement systems in thawing operations. 4:10 p.m., 107 Cruess Hall.
JOHN MUIR INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, GEOGRAPHY GRADUATE GROUP--Tom Graff: Restoring Hetch Hetchy and California's water future. 4:10 p.m., 179 Chemistry Building.
SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY--Swee Teh: The novel approach of "omics" and how it shapes the future of aquatic technology. 5 p.m., 1006 Haring Hall.
Thursday, June 3
CANCER CENTER/BASIC SCIENCE--Kuo-Fen Lee: Topic to be announced. 9 a.m., Cancer Center auditorium, 4501 X St., UCDMC.
PHYSICS--Jean-Paul Kneib: Cluster lenses--a deep look in the universe. 12:10 p.m., 416 Physics/Geology Building.
PLANT PATHOLOGY--Mycology Seminar with Peter Kennedy: Examining ectomycorrhizal community structure and function--host specificity and interspecific competition. 12:10 p.m., 355A Hutchison Hall.
CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE, DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE--Gilles Laurent: Topic to be announced. 4 p.m., 1544 Newton Court, Research Park.
EXERCISE SCIENCE GRADUATE GROUP; DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES--Laura Barger: Daily exercise facilitates phase delays of circadian melatonin rhythm in very dim light. 4 p.m., 148 Briggs Hall.
JOINT SEMINARS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY--Karen Oegema: Dissecting mitotic mechanisms using the C. elegans embryo. 4:10 p.m., 1022 Life Sciences Addition.
BODEGA MARINE LABORATORY--Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary 15th Anniversary Lecture with Peter Pyle: Open ocean wanderers--from Hawaii to Cordell Bank. 7 p.m., Bodega Marine Laboratory lecture hall.
Friday, June 4
BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM--Thomas Jue: Heart to heart--connecting molecular biology and biophysics. 11 a.m., 1022 Life Sciences Addition.
WESTERN CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY--Daniel Sumner: Effects of farm programs on farm health and safety. Noon, TB 137.
BIOPHYSICS GRADUATE GROUP--Emma Terama: Investigating anesthetic effect of alcohols through structural changes in membranes, a molecular dynamics study. 12:10 p.m., 1128 Bainer Hall.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND OTHERS--Eileen Brady, Spencer Beebe: Ecotrust.org/Salmon Nation.com. 12:10 p.m., 1150 Hart Hall.
PLANT BIOLOGY GRADUATE GROUP--Brian Larkins: Unraveling the molecular basis of quality protein maize. 12:10 p.m., 1022 Life Sciences Addition.
AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS--David McKenzie: Network effects and the dynamics of migration and inequality--theory and evidence from Mexico. 3:30 p.m., 2102 Social Sciences and Humanities Building.
INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS--Dan Black: Understanding the returns to education when wages and prices vary by location. 3:30 p.m., 5214 Social Sciences and Humanities Building.
Saturday, June 5
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION--28th Annual Fingers to the Toes: Primary Care Orthopaedics. Stanford Sierra Camp, Fallen Leaf Lake, Calif. Continues through June 11. For more information or to register, visit http://cme.ucdavis.edu.
Monday, June 7
ANIMAL SCIENCE--Marisa Wong: Characterizing transcriptional expression profiles of genes associated with the murine high growth (HG) deletion by real time RT-PCR. 12:10 p.m., Weir Room, 2154 Meyer Hall.
PLANT PATHOLOGY--Thomas Burr: Developing strategies to manage grape crown gall through an improved understanding of bacterial/host interactions. 12:10 p.m., 230 Wellman Hall.
POMOLOGY--Ryann Muir: The synthesis of gallic acid, a novel role for shikimate dehydrogenase. 12:10 p.m., 2124 Wickson Hall.
CENTER FOR AQUATIC BIOLOGY AND AQUACULTURE--David Welch: Thermal limits on the ocean distribution of Pacific salmon--global warming and the future of north Pacific Salmon resources. 4:10 p.m., Temporary Classroom 3.
ECONOMICS--Catherine Wolfram: Has restructuring improved operating efficiency at U.S. electric generating plants? 4:10 p.m., 1131 Social Sciences and Humanities Building.
GENETICS GRADUATE GROUP--Paul Gepts: A phylogenetic approach to QTL identification and utilization--the case of the common bean. 4:10 p.m., 1022 Life Sciences Addition.
NEMATOLOGY--Ashleigh Smythe: Molecular phylogenies and the evolution of simple-lipped cephalobid nematodes. 4:10 p.m., 115 Wellman Hall.
NUTRITION GRADUATE GROUP--Francene Steinberg: Soy isoflavones and prevention of chronic disease. 4:10 p.m., 1309 Surge III.
Tuesday, June 8
CENTER FOR POPULATION BIOLOGY, POPULATION BIOLOGY GRADUATE GROUP--Michael Turelli: The consequences of genetic drift on polygenic characters under a general model of epistasis. 4:10 p.m., 1022 Life Sciences Addition.
PHYSICS--Andre Sopczak: Higgs physics--from LEP to a linear collider. 4:10 p.m., 416 Physics/Geology Building.
Wednesday, June 9
M.I.N.D. INSTITUTE--Christopher Gillberg: Where in the brain is autism? 4 p.m., M.I.N.D. Institute auditorium, 2825 50th St., UCDMC.
ECONOMICS--Chang-Tai Hsieh: Relative prices and relative prosperity. 4:10 p.m., 1131 Social Sciences and Humanities Building.
JOHN MUIR INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, GEOGRAPHY GRADUATE GROUP--Martha Davis: Integrated water resources planning from a Southern California water agency perspective. 4:10 p.m., 179 Chemistry Building.
M.I.N.D. INSTITUTE--Christopher Gillberg: The autism spectrum--recent advances. 6:30 p.m., M.I.N.D. Institute auditorium, 2825 50th St., UCDMC.
Thursday, June 10
CANCER CENTER/BASIC SCIENCE--Leslie Shaw: Involvement and specificity of insulin receptor substrate function in breast cancer progression. 9 a.m., Cancer Center auditorium, 4501 X St., UCDMC.
Friday, June 11
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION--27th Annual Ophthalmology Symposium: Anecdote vs. Science--An Evidence-Based Review of Current Ophthalmic Practice. Continues June 12. The Lodge at Sonoma, Sonoma, Calif. For more information or to register, visit http://cme.ucdavis.edu.
PSYCHIATRY--Grand Rounds with Renato Alarcon: Personality disorders and culture--clinical and therapeutic perspectives. 11:30 a.m., G300 Patient Support Services Building, UCDMC.