January 26, 2001
The Record

Exhibitions

"Caught By Politics: Art of the 1930s and 1940s." The Gallery of Art. Through March 18. Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-4523.

"Farewell to Bosnia." Gilles Peress, photographer. The Gallery of Art and the St. Louis Chapter of the United Nations Assoc. Through March 18. Steinberg Hall Aud. 935-4523.

Lectures

Friday, Jan. 26

9:15 a.m. Pediatric Grand Rounds. "Advocatus Diaboli: The Case Against Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis." Thomas W. Ferkol, assoc. prof. of pediatrics, allergy and pulmonary medicine. Clopton Aud., 4950 Children's Place. 454-6006.

Noon. Cell biology and physiology seminar. "Molecular Mechanisms in Endocytosis: A Link to Cell Signaling and Actin Dynamics." Peter S. McPherson, asst. prof., Montreal Neurological Inst., McGill U., Canada. Room 426 McDonnell Medical Science Bldg. 362-6950.

4 p.m. Hematology seminar. "Insights Into the Biology of Inositol Signaling." John D. York, Duke U. Medical Center. Room 8841 Clinical Sciences Research Bldg. 362-8801.

Monday, Jan. 29

Noon-1 p.m. Work, Families and Public Policy Brown Bag Seminar Series. "Cognition and Wealth: The Importance of Probabilistic Thinking." Robert Willis, prof. of economics and senior research scientist, Survey Research Center, U. of Mich. Room 300 Eliot Hall. 935-4918.

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Control of Neutrophil Differentiation and Activation by Granulocyte Colony-stimulation Factor (G-CSF)." Daniel C. Link, asst. prof. of medicine and of pathology. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-2763.

Tuesday, Jan. 30

Noon. Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Investigation of Vibrio cholerae Gene Expression During Infection." Andrew Camilli, asst. prof. of molecular biology and microbiology, Tufts U. School of Medicine, Boston. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 286-2891.

Wednesday, Jan. 31

11 a.m. Assembly Series. Chancellor's Fellowship Conference. "Challenges and New Opportunities: African Americans in the New Millennium." Julian Bond, chairman, National Assoc. for the Advancement of Colored People. Graham Chapel. 935-5285.

3 p.m. Law lecture. "Discrimination Against Gays in the Military and On-campus Military Recruitment at Universities That Prohibit Sexual Orientation Discrimination." Sylvia A. Law, the Elizabeth K. Dollard Prof. of Law, Medicine and Psychiatry and co-director, the Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Memorial Program, NYU. Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Anheuser-Busch Hall. 935-6414.

4:30 p.m. Biochemistry and molecular biophysics seminar. "Structural Studies of Etsl and Pax5: Combinatorial Regulation and Autoinhibition of DNA Binding." Cynthia Wolberger, prof. of biophysics and biophysical chemistry, Johns Hopkins U. School of Medicine, Baltimore. Erlanger Aud., McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-0261.

Thursday, Feb. 1

11 a.m. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Grand Rounds. "The Nature of Small Airway Inflammation in COPD." James C. Hogg, prof. of pathology, U. of British Columbia, Vancouver. East Pavilion Aud., Barnes-Jewish Hosp. Bldg. 362-6904.

Noon-1 p.m. Genetics seminar. "Functional Genomics and Evolution of Development: A View From the Early Nematode Embryo." Fabio Plano, molecular biology dept., Cornell U. Room 823 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-7072.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "Strategies for Synthesis and Structure Determination of Natural Products." Thomas R. Hoye, prof. of chemistry, U. of Minn. Room 311 McMillen Hall (coffee 3:40 p.m., refreshments following Room 561 Louderman Hall). 935-6530.

5 p.m. Art History and Archaeology Lecture Series. "New Jerusalem: Rembrandt, Christians and Jews." Larry Silver, Farquhar Prof. of History of Art, U. of Penn. Room 200 Steinberg Hall. 935-5270.

5 p.m. Vision Science Seminar Series. "Suppression of Tumor Cell Growth Following Intralesional Injection With TRAIL/Apo2L Recombinant Adenovirus." Thomas S. Griffith, faculty assoc. in urology, U. of Iowa. East Pavilion Aud., Barnes-Jewish Hosp. Bldg. 362-5722.

Friday, Feb. 2

Noon. Cell biology and physiology seminar. "Rab Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors: Insights Into Ras-activated Endocytosis." Bruce Horazdovsky, asst. prof. of biochemstry, U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Room 426 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-6950.

6 and 8:30 p.m. Travel Lecture Series. "Lost Worlds of the Middle East." Rick Ray. Sponsored by Washington University Assoc. Cost: $5. Graham Chapel. 935-5212.

Monday, Feb. 5

Noon. Lung biology conference. "Structure-function analysis of the Stat1 Transcription Factor: Making Epithelial Genes Twitch." Yong Zhang, research assoc. in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Room 801 Clinical Sciences Research Bldg. 362-8983.

Noon-1 p.m. Molecular biology and pharmacology seminar. "Lymphocytes, apoptosis, and caspase inhibitors - a Matter of Life and Death in Sepsis." Richard S. Hotchkiss, assoc. prof. of anesthesiology, of medicine, and of surgery. Room 3907 South Bldg. 362-7056.

Noon. Neuroscience seminar. "Neural Mechanisms of Mammalian Pheromone Recognition." Tim Holy, molecular and cellular biology dept., Harvard U. Room 928 McDonnell Medical Sciences Bldg. 362-7043.

4 p.m. Biology seminar. "The Evolution of Three Biochemical Cycles on Earth: Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen." Paul Falkowski, environmental biophysics and molecular ecology program, Inst. of Marine and Costal Sciences and geology dept., Rutgers U., N.J. Room 322 Rebstock Hall. 935-6862.

4 p.m. Condensed matter/materials and biological physics seminar. "Creating the Holodeck (in Miniature): Computer-generated Holograms With Corporeality." Gabriel Spalding, physics dept., Illinois Wesleyan U., Bloomington. Room 241 Compton Hall (coffee 3:45 p.m.). 935-6276.

4 p.m. Immunology Research Seminar Series. "Regulation of B Lymphocytes by Innate Immunity." Michael C. Carroll, Harvard Medical School, The Center for Blood Research. Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-2763.

Tuesday, Feb. 6

Noon. Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series. "Attenuation of Influenza Viruses by Altering the Viral Interferon Antagonist." Peter Palese, prof. and chair of microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, N.Y. Cori Aud., 4565 McKinley Ave. 747-2132.

12:05-12:55 p.m. Program in Physical Therapy research seminar. "Joint Kinematics Alter Sequential Reaching Deficits in People With Parkinson's Disease." Valerie Kelly, doctoral candidate in movement science. Classroom B114, 4444 Forest Park Blvd. 286-1404.

4 p.m. Bioorganic Chemistry Seminar Series. "Mass Spectrometry for Biological Interactions and Reactions." Michael L. Gross, prof. of chemistry. Room 3907 South Bldg. 362-3363.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "New Applications of the Ireland Claisen Rearrangement in Natural Product Synthesis." Matt McIntosh, chemistry dept., U. of Ark. Room 311 McMillen Lab (coffee 3:30 p.m.). 935-6530.

Wednesday, Feb. 7

11 a.m. Assembly Series. Arthur Holly Compton Memorial Lecture. Kip S. Thorne, astrophysicist, The Feynman Prof. of Theoretical Physics, Calif. Inst. of Technology, and co-founder, Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) Project. Graham Chapel. 935-5285.

5:15 p.m. Mothers and Babies Research Center Conference. "Mutations of the Zona Pellucida Genes: Insights Into Fertilization." Tracy L. Rankin, post-doctoral fellowship, cellular and developmental biology laboratory, National Inst. of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, Md. Room 36, third floor south, St. Louis Children's Hosp. 747-0739.

Sunday, Jan. 28

3 p.m. Faculty recital. "Henry Palkes and Friends." Henry Palkes, pianist, performs music of Schumann, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff and Zabrack. Mary Wilson and Deborah Lennon, sopranos, perform music of Mozart, Weill, Bolcum and Gershwin. Graham Chapel. 935-4841.

Thursday, Feb. 1

8:30 p.m. Holmes Jazz Series. The Black/DeMarinis Quartet concert. Paul DeMarinis on saxophone, Dave Black on guitar, Kevin Gianino on drums and Eric Markowitz on bass. Sponsored by WU College of Arts & Sciences, Dept. of Music in Arts & Sciences, Office of Student Activities and Campus Life. Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall. 935-4841.

On stage

Saturday, Jan. 27

8 p.m. OVATIONS! Series. "Shylock." Gareth Armstrong. Cost: $25. Co-sponsored by the Missouri Arts Council and the Regional Arts Commission. Edison Theatre. 935-6543.

Sports

Friday, Jan. 26

6 p.m. Women's basketball vs. U. of Rochester, N.Y. Athletic Complex. 935-5220.

6 p.m. WU Swimming and Diving Invitational. Millstone Pool. 935-5220.

8 p.m. Men's basketball vs. U. of Rochester, N.Y. Athletic Complex. 935-5220.

Saturday, Jan. 27

11 a.m. WU Swimming and Diving Invitational. Millstone Pool. 935-5220.

Sunday, Jan. 28

1 p.m. Men's basketball vs. Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland. Athletic Complex. 935-5220.

3 p.m. Women's basketball vs. Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland. Athletic Complex. 935-5220.

Worship

Friday, Jan. 26

11:15 a.m. Catholic Mass. Catholic Student Center, 6352 Forsyth Blvd. 935-9191.

1:10 p.m. Muslim Friday prayers. Includes sermon and prayer service. Lambert Lounge, Mallinckrodt Student Center. 935-3543.

Friday, Feb. 2

11:15 a.m. Catholic Mass. Catholic Student Center, 6352 Forsyth Blvd. 935-9191.

1:10 p.m. Muslim Friday prayers. Includes sermon and prayer service. Lambert Lounge, Mallinckrodt Student Center. 935-3543.

And moreÉ

Friday, Jan. 26

Noon. Continuing Medical Education course. "Minimally Invasive Surgery in the New Millennium." (Also Jan. 27, 8:30 a.m.) Cost: $300 physicians, $150 allied health professionals (includes breakfast and lunch). Eric P. Newman Education Center. 362-6891.

Tuesday, Jan. 30

11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. At Work Weight Watchers Series. Twelve-week session through April 17. Cost $126 (two free sessions if you get 20 members to join). Room 241 Simon Hall. 935-6369.

Friday, Feb. 2

8 a.m. Continuing Medical Education seminar. "Review of the 2000 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium." Cost: $95 (includes breakfast and lunch). Sponsored by The Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, St. Louis. To register, call 362-6891.

Monday, Feb. 5

6 p.m. University College panel discussion. "How the Internet is Changing Sports Journalism." Five panelists representing ESPN, The Sporting News, sportsjones.com, Sports Illustrated and CBS.Sportsline.com. Michael MacCambridge, moderator and adjunct instructor in University College. Room 162 McDonnell Hall. 935-4320.

 

"University Events" lists a portion of the activities taking place at Washington University over the next 10 days. For a full listing of medical rounds and conferences, see the School of Medicine's website at medschool.wustl.edu/events/. For an expanded Hilltop Campus calendar, go to cf6000.wustl.edu/calendar/events/v1.1.

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.

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