UAF Weekly Science Calendar, November 18-22

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: (907)474-5818
11/15/02

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18

2:30 p.m. - 202 Natural Sciences
M.S. Thesis Defense, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Proinflammatory Cytokines Induce a Rac1-mediated, Superoxide-dependent
Reorganization of Actin Filaments in Neuronal Cells
Shelli Stewart, M.S. candidate
For more information call ext. 5510

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20

3:30 p.m. - Geophysical Institute Auditorium (214 Elvey)
Seminar Co-Hosted by the Institute of Marine Science and
the International Arctic Research Center
Carbon Flywheel and the Role of Bacteria
Don K. Button, Institute of Marine Science, UAF
For more information call ext. 5585 or 7289

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21

10 a.m. - Geophysical Institute Auditorium (214 Elvey)
Alaska SAR Facility Seminar Series
Results of the Alaska DEM Project
Rick Guritz, ASF
For more information call ext. 7621 or e-mail rgens@asf.alaska.edu.

1 p.m. - Runcorn Conf. Room (300 Natural Sciences)
Center for Nanosensor Technology Seminar Series
Heat Transfer Models for Designing Cooling Systems for Electronic Chips
Deben Das, Mechanical Engineering, UAF
For more information call ext. 2616 or see http://www.uaf.edu/cnt.

3:45 p.m. - 183 Arctic Health Research Building (AHRB)
School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management Graduate/Faculty Seminar
Ode to a Caribou Herd: Negotiating the Fortymile Caribou Herd Recovery Plan
Susan Todd, Resources Management, UAF
For more information call ext. 5553 or e-mail ffdlv1@uaf.edu.

7 p.m. - University of Alaska Museum
Free Public Lecture, Supported by Friends of Museum Education
Dinosaurs and Sea Dragons in the Arctic
Roland Gangloff, Earth Sciences Curator, UA Museum
For more information call ext. 6941 or e-mail k.fisher@uaf.edu.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22

Noon - 351C IARC (National Weather Svc Conf Room)
Sponsored by the National Weather Service and the Geophysical Institute
Informal Synoptic Weather Briefing and Discussion (Also ATM693)
A weekly presentation by NWSFO-Fairbanks and UAF/GI Personnel.
Come and learn more about Fairbanks’ weather and get a weekend forecast.

Noon - 252 Duckering
Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar Series
Live Load Distribution of Alaskan Bulb-Tee Bridges
John Ma, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UAF
For more information call ext. 7241

3:30 p.m. - Geophysical Institute Auditorium (214 Elvey)
Life Sciences Seminar Series, Sponsored by the Institute of Arctic Biology
and the Department of Biology & Wildlife
Assembly and Molecular Dynamics of Hippocampal Synapses
Ann Marie Craig, University of Washington School of Medicine
For more information call ext. 7640

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences
Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar
Title and Speaker TBA
For more information call ext. 7565

3:45 p.m. - Globe Room, Geophysical Institute
Department of Physics Journal Club
Weekly informal presentation.
For more information, see http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/journal_club.htm
or call ext. 7339

6 -9 p.m. - Schaible Auditorium, Bunnell Bldg.
Public Presentation
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Learn about issues related to POPs from a group of experts in the field,
including an atmospheric scientist, biologist, epidemiologist, and polital scientist.
For more information call ext. 5125