Karen L. Wooley, Ph.D.
Her nanoparticle research has many applications
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Exhibitions
The Book of Roofs, #0001: Tracajá. Josely Carvalho. Photolitho-and-mixed-media prints. Through Oct. 27. Des Lee Gallery, 1627 Washington Ave. 621-8537. Targets. Christian Jankowski, video artist. Through Dec. 8. Gallery of Art. 935-4523. H.W. Janson and the Legacy of Modern Art at Washington University in St. Louis. Exhibition from the University collection. Through Dec. 8. Gallery of Art. 925-4523. Lectures Friday, Oct. 4 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Obstetrics & Gynecology CME Symposium. Randall R. Odem, assoc. prof. of obstetrics & gynecology, course chair. Cost: $275 for physicians, $195 for Allied health professionals. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-6891. 9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Annual Philip R. Dodge Lecture. "Adaptive Mechanisms of Developing Brain." Laura R. Ment, prof. of pediatrics and neurology, Yale U. Barnes-Jewish Hosp. Bldg., Steinberg Amphitheatre. 454-6042. Noon. Politics Ethics and Society workshop. Eliot Hall, Rm. 300. 935-5716. 3 p.m. Russian presentation. "Career Opportunities Supporting Civil Society in the Former Soviet Union: The Experience of a WU Alum." Michelle Kinman, the Caspian and Natural Resources Program Officer for Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia (ISAR), Washington, D.C. Eads Hall, Rm. 103. 935-5177. Saturday, Oct. 5 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. CME Course. "New Techniques in Urinary Incontinence and Female Urology." Registration required. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-6891. 10 a.m. Physics Saturday Science Seminar Series. "From Atoms to Quarks." Claude Bernard, prof. of physics. Crow Hall, Rm. 201. 935-6276. Monday, Oct. 7 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. STD Laboratory Methods course. Sponsored by the St. Louis STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. (Continues Oct. 8 & 9.) Cost: $75. Registration required. 747-1522. Noon. Molecular Biology & Pharmacology seminar. "Regulation of Endochondral Skeletal Development by Indian Hedgehog." Fanxin Long, asst. prof. of internal medicine. South Bldg., Phillip Needleman Library. 362-0183. Noon. Neurology & Neurological Surgery Research Seminar Series. "Regulation of Potassium Homeostasis and Sodium-potassium ATPase in Apoptosis." Shan Ping Yu, asst. prof. of neurology. Maternity Bldg., Lvl. 1, Schwartz Aud. 362-7316. Noon. Work, Families & Public Policy Seminar Series. "Race, Kinship Care, and Adoption: Does Legal Status Matter?" Margaret Brinig, Edward A. Howry Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Iowa. Eliot Hall, Rm. 300. 935-4918. 4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Tax Transgenic Mice: A Model for Investigating Pathogenesis and Treatment of Cancer." Lee Ratner, prof. of molecular microbiology and medicine. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-2763. 4 p.m. Physics seminar. "Giant Moments of 3d-Impurities in Alkali Hosts." Gerd Bergmann, prof. of physics, U. of Southern Calif., Los Angeles. (Coffee, 3:45 p.m.) Compton Hall, Rm. 241. 935-6276. 7 p.m. Architecture Monday Night Lecture Series. "Almost Nothing: The Brick Villas of Mies van der Rohe." Leslie van Duzer, visiting assoc. prof. of architecture. Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-6200. 7:30 p.m. St. Louis Hillel lecture. "Can a Table Stand on Three Legs? Jewish Identity in the 21st Century." Avraham Infeld, counsel for Jewish Affairs for Hillel, the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. Hillel Center, 6300 Forsyth Blvd. 935-9042. Tuesday, Oct. 8 Noon. Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Polysaccharide Capsule Synthesis in the Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus Neoformans." Tamara Doering, asst. prof. of molecular microbiology. Cori Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 362-3692. Noon. Program in Physical Therapy Research Seminar Series. Jan Brunstrom, asst. prof. of neurology. 4444 Forest Park, Rm. B108/B109. 286-1404. 4 p.m. Cancer Genetics Program Seminar Series. "Centrosome Regulation at the Nucleus." Jason Weber, asst. prof. of pediatrics. Sponsored by the Siteman Cancer Center. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 426. 454-8566. 4 p.m. Anesthesiology Research Unit Seminar Series. "Structure Function Studies of Skeletal Muscle EC Coupling." Paul Allen, prof. of anesthesiology, Harvard U. Clinical Sciences Research Bldg., Rm. 5550. 362-8560. 4 p.m. African & Afro-American Studies lecture. "Crafting Appearance: The Second Hand Clothing Trade and Clothing Competence in Zambia." Karen Tranberg Hansen, prof. of sociocultural anthropology, Northwestern U. Co-sponsored by the Women's Studies program. McMillan Hall, Rm. 149. 935-5252. Wednesday, Oct. 9 11 a.m. Assembly Series. Latin American Awareness Week Lecture. Esmeralda Santiago, author. Graham Chapel. 935-4620. 4 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Making Molecules at MicroKelvin." William C. Stwalley, prof. and head of physics, U. of Conn. (Coffee, 3:45, Compton Hall, Rm. 245.) Crow Hall, Rm. 204. 935-6276. Thursday, Oct. 10 11 a.m. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Grand Rounds. "Multidetector Row CT of the Thorax." Sanjeev Bhalla, instructor in radiology. Barnes-Jewish Hosp. Bldg., East Pavilion Aud. 362-6904. Noon. Genetics Seminar Series. "Functional Genomics Analysis of Signaling Pathways that Control Actin Assembly and Polarized Morphogenesis in Yeast." Charlie Boone, Banting and Best Dept. of Medical Research, U. of Toronto. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139. 4 p.m. Assembly Series. Stein Lecture on Ethics. "Why Values Still Matter." Leslie Gelb, pres., Council on Foreign Relations. Graham Chapel. 935-5285. 6 p.m. Historia Medica Lecture Series on the History of Medicine. Estelle Brodman Lecture. "Artificial hearts: Technology and Organ Replacement in Twentieth Century Medicine." Shelley P. McKellar, visiting asst. prof., history of medicine, McMaster U., Ontario, Canada. Bernard Becker Medical School Library, Lvl. 7, Kenton King Center. 362-4236. Friday, Oct. 11 9:15-10:30 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "Alpha-1-antitrypsin Deficiency: From the Beach to a Clinical Trial and Back." Jeffrey H. Teckman, asst. prof. of pediatrics. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006. Noon. Cell Biology & Physiology Seminar. "Glutamate Receptor Ion Channel Function: Studies with Patch Clamp and X-ray Diffraction." Mark L. Mayer, sr. investigator, Lab. of Cellular and Molecular Neurophysiology, National Inst. of Health, Bethesda, Md. 362-6630. 4 p.m. Anatomy & Neurobiology seminar. "Neural Basis of Human Visual Motion Perception." David Heeger, assoc. prof. of psychology, Stanford U. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 928. 362-7043. 5 p.m. Economic History Association Annual Meeting lecture. "Cliometrics, the New Institutional Economics, and the Future of Economic History." Douglass C. North, Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts & Sciences, and John V.C. Nye, assoc. prof. of economics and history. Registration required. Hyatt Regency Hotel, St. Louis. 935-4961. Saturday, Oct. 12 10 a.m. Physics Saturday Science Seminar Series. "From Black Holes to the Greenhouse Effect: Blackbody Radiation." Michael Ogilvie, prof. of physics. Crow Hall, Rm. 201. 935-6276. Sunday, Oct. 13 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Jewish, Islamic, & Near Eastern Studies symposium. "Hebrew Texts & Translation." Women's Building Formal Lounge. 935-4451. Monday, Oct. 14 Noon. Neurology and Neurological Surgery Research Seminar Series. "Presenilins and Protein Trafficking: Cell Biology of Alzheimer's Disease Beta-amyloid Production." Gopal Thinakaran, asst. prof. of neurobiology, pharmacology and physiology, U. of Chicago. Maternity Bldg., Lvl. 1, Schwarz Aud. 362-7316. 4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "The Structural Basis of Thymic Selection." Ellis Reinherz, Dana Farber Cancer Inst., Harvard Medical School. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-2763. 4 p.m. Physics seminar. "Dynamic Mechanisms for Heart Rhythm Disorder." Eberhard Bodenschatz, prof. of physics, Cornell U. (Coffee, 3:45 p.m.) Compton Hall, Rm. 241. 935-6276. 5:30 p.m. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology lecture. Annual Wendell G. Scott Memorial Lecture. "Inherent Dangers in Radiologic Screening." Robert J. Stanley, prof. and chair of radiology, U. of Ala., Birmingham. 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd, Scarpellino Aud. 362-2866. Tuesday, Oct. 15 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Center for Human Values interdisciplinary symposium. "Caught in the Middle: Children in Clinical Trials." Registration required. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 286-2969. 4 p.m. Physics seminar. "MRI Characterization of Cardiovascular System: From Function to Structure." Xin Yu, asst. prof. of biomedical engineering. (Coffee, 3:45; Reception follows lecture.) Crow Hall, Rm. 204. 362-6276. Wednesday, Oct. 16 11 a.m. Assembly Series. "Practical Paganism: Talking About Beauty in America." Dave Hickey, author and art critic. Graham Chapel. 935-5285. 4 p.m. Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics seminar. "The Expanded Denatured State: An Ensemble of Conformations Trapped in a Locally-Encoded Topological Space." David Shortle, prof. of biological chemistry, Johns Hopkins U. Cori Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 362-0261. Thursday, Oct. 17 Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Grand Rounds. "Spiral CT for Pulmonary Thromboembolism Diagnosis." Pam Woodard, asst. prof. of radiology. Barnes-Jewish Hosp. Bldg., East Pavilion Aud. 362-6904. Noon. Genetics Seminar Series. "Primate Evolution." Tab Rasmussen, prof. of anthropology. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 823. 362-2139. 3 p.m. Siteman Cancer Center Basic Science Seminar Series. "Epithelial Morphegenesis and Wound Healing: Lessons from Embryos." Paul Martin, prof. of anatomy and developmental biology, U. College, London. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 454-8566. 4 p.m. Anatomy & Neurobiology seminar. Mildred Trotter Lecture. "Deconstructing Smell." Linda Buck, dept. of basic science, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Moore Aud., 660 S. Euclid Ave. 362-7043. 4 p.m. Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Seminar Series. "Hypoxia in the Ocular Lens: Doing the Can-Can." Richard McNulty, research assoc. in ophthalmology & visual sciences. McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg., Rm. 928. 362-1006. On Stage Saturday, Oct. 5 8 p.m. OVATIONS! Happiness. Laurie Anderson, performance artist. (Also Oct. 6, 8 p.m.) Cost: $27, $22 for WUSTL faculty & staff, $13 for WUSTL students. Edison Theatre. 935-6543. Friday, Oct. 11 8 p.m. OVATIONS! Limón Dance Company. (Also Oct. 12, 8 p.m., Oct. 13, 2 p.m.) Cost: $27, $22 for WUSTL faculty & staff, $13 for WUSTL students. Edison Theatre. 935-6543. Music Sunday, Oct. 6 3 p.m. Faculty recital. Music of Women Composers. Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-4841. Thursday, Oct. 10 8 p.m. Jazz at Holmes. Rick Haydon, guitarist. Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall. 935-4841. Sports Saturday, Oct. 12 1 p.m. Football vs. Trinity U. Francis Field. 935-4705. And more. . . Monday, Oct. 7 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Blood Drive. Sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, Congress of the South 40, and Human Resources. Mallinckrodt Student Center, Gargoyle. (Also Oct. 8.) 658-5889. Tuesday, Oct. 8 7 p.m. University College discussion. "Popular Music: Past, Present and Future." January Hall, Rm. 110. 935-6727. Friday, Oct. 11 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Paradigms of International Justice conference. Sponsored by the Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies. (Reception, 5:15 p.m., Anheuser-Busch Hall, Lvl. 4, Janite Lee Reading Room.) Registration Required. Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center, Rm. 200. 935-7988. 7 p.m. Gallery of Art discussion. "Promoting Modern European Art in Mid-Century America: The Case of H.W. Janson." (Reception follows.) Gallery of Art. 935-4523. The Record calendar lists a portion of the activities taking place at Washington University October 4 - 17. For a full listing of medical rounds and conferences, see the School of Medicine's Web site. Also, for more events, please see the expanded Hilltop Campus calendar Web site. Events sponsored by the University -- its departments, schools, centers, organizations and recognized student organizations -- are published in the calendar. All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Calendar submissions should state time, date, place, sponsor(s), title of event or lecture, name(s) of speaker(s), speaker(s) affiliations and admission cost. Mail items to Calendar at Campus Box 1070 or fax to 935-4259 or e-mail at record_calendar@aismail.wustl.edu. Submission forms are available by calling 935-4926 and information can be found here. The deadline for all entries is noon Tuesday one week prior to publication. Late or incomplete entries will not be printed. The Record is published every Friday during the school year, except holidays, and monthly during the summer. |
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