Tag: Seminars of Interest Around Davis

Seminar at #UCDavis 10/17: Mark Schwartz 4 pm CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND FIRE MANAGEMENT

Seminar:

MARK SCHWARTZ

Candidate for the

John B. Orr Endowed Chair in Environmental Plant Sciences

will present a seminar

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND FIRE MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA: TRANSLATING SCIENCE INTO MANAGEMENT

Thursday, October 17, 2013

4:10 p.m.

1322 Storer Hall

SUMMARY: Federal land management agencies are currently developing climate change adaptation strategies. Within the Sierra Nevada, 20th century land management practices, climate change and fire interact, creating an environment where modeling of climate change impacts on biological features may play a strong role in this adaptation planning. Research ecologists continue to develop more sophisticated species distribution, vegetation and fire models projecting future change. But is more sophisticated modeling what these managers want or need? Integrating ecological projection models into resource management decisions continues to be a challenge. I report on a multi-year, multi-institution collaborative effort with Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks to develop regional resource management priorities that integrate future vegetation and fire projections into resource planning. My proposed Orr Chair activities focus on developing venues for student training resource management decision making and activities that integrate students into resource management decision processes.

Seminar 10/8 “Plant population responses to climate and fire in South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region”

October 8: 1022 LSA: Andrew Latimer
Associate Professor, Plant Sciences, UC Davis
Updated Title: “Plant population responses to climate and fire in South Africa’s Cape Floristic Region”
Host: Jay Stachowicz

Seminar at #UCDavis, 9/26 4 PM, Mary Maxon: “Scientists, Sciences & Science Policy: From the Bench to the White House”

“Scientists, Sciences & Science Policy: From the Bench to the White House“

Mary Maxon, Ph.D.

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

The Genome & Biomedical Science Facility (GBSF) – Auditorium, Room 1005

 

Mary Maxon is:

  • Current Head of Strategic Planning and Development for the Biosciences Area at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Former Assistant Director for Biological Research, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington DC
  • Former Deputy Executive Director, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Washington DC
  • Former Marine Microbiology Initiative Lead, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
  • Completely brilliant and awesome

MaxonSeminarFlyer_9-26-13_2.pdf

At UC Berkeley 9-23 9:30 AM: Rob Dunn “Finding Discoveries in Biology from Our Homes and Bodies”

Dunn_MVZ

Register for the 2013 CHAMMP Symposium at UC Davis w/ keynote by Jeffrey Gordon

Registration for the 2013 CHAMMP Symposium, "Mucosal Health, Tending the New Terrior" to be held on Monday, September 30, 2013 on the UC Davis campus is now open!

We invite you to attend this exciting one-day symposium on the gut mucosal health and development at the interface of microbiota and immune system. The symposium will feature presentations on the recent advances and novel strategies for healing and protecting intestine in chronic inflammatory infections and disease by leveraging the "world within" microbiota and glycobiology. Dynamic interactions between pathogens and microbiota and regulation of immune system will be discussed. Noted microbiome scientist, Dr. Jeffery Gordon (Washington University) will provide the keynote lecture for the symposium. The day of speaker presentations and discussions will be followed by a panel discussion to identify the future strategies for advancing mucosal health at the interface of microbiota and immune system.

Registration to the symposium is required but free. Space is limited so register for this event before September 13, 2013. Lunch and light refreshments at the reception will be provided.

Please visit registration website for additional information and to register: http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/chammp <http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/chammp>

Monday, September 30, 2013
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Walter A. Buehler Alumni & Visitor Center, University of California Davis

Symposium Focus:
“Advancing microbiome and mucosal protection in chronic inflammatory disease and development”

Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D.
School of Medicine, Washington University at St. Louis

Guest Speakers:
Yasmin Belkaid, Ph.D.
Mucosal Immunology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Frederic D. Bushman, Ph.D.
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Andreas Bäumler, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of California – Davis

Satya Dandekar, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of California -Davis

Carlito Lebrilla, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry, University of California – Davis

David Mills, Ph.D.
Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California – Davis

Discussion Panel Co-Moderators:
J. Bruce German, Ph.D., Department of Food Science & Technology, University of California – Davis
Jonathan Eisen, Ph.D., Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of California – Davis

RECEPTION TO FOLLOW

For more information, contact Karryn Doyle at kddoyle

Women in Leadership film series and panel discussion

Just heard about this film series (and ending panel discussion) to take place in the GBSF auditorium this fall – sign up via EventBrite links in this PDF link:

Women in Leadership flyer RSVP

The Women in Leadership Seminar Series will showcase 3 films highlighting gender imbalances around the world—Girl Rising and Half the Sky examined issues like education access for girls and sexual trafficking. To frame the current dialogue about women’s rights in the US, the documentary Makers: Women Who Make America chronicled the past 70 years of women’s pursuit of equality and justice. Inspired to illuminate these issues in the UC Davis community, graduate students Nicole Chaffee and Jeni Lee, with support from Dr. Judith Kjelstrom, designed the Seminar Series to educate, advocate, and inspire our peers to strive toward leadership roles and encourage women in the workplace. The Women in Leadership Seminar Series and Panel could not have been successful without the support of: the UC Davis Biotechnology Program, the Chancellor’s Office, the UC Davis ADVANCE Program, the UC Davis Women’s Resource and Research Center, the UC Davis Office of Campus Community Relations, and the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the Association for Women in Science.

On December 2nd, the series culminates in a Panel Session of extraordinary female leaders from academia, industry, and government, who will discuss the challenges and rewards of being a successful female leader. Our six exceptional panelists are: Linda Katehi, Chancellor, UC Davis; Maureen Stanton, Vice Provost Academic Affairs, UC Davis; Meg Arnold, CEO, Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance (SARTA); Constance McKee, CEO, Manzanita Pharmaceuticals; Lois Wolk, Senator, California State Senate; and Michele Wong, CEO, Synergex and CleanWorld.

The overall objective of the Series is to educate, advocate, and inspire women by setting the stage for in-depth discussions regarding issues of equity. Both women and men are encouraged to join in this dialogue about women’s rights, as facilitating meaningful discourse will not only encourage men to embrace their female counterparts as fellow leaders, but importantly, will empower young, bright females to pursue leadership roles. Increasing the number of women in leadership positions will ensure the presence of a female voice and will set positive examples for future generations.

Register for the 2013 CHAMMP Symposium at #UCDavis – keynote speaker Jeffrey Gordon

Registration for the 2013 CHAMMP Symposium, "Mucosal Health, Tending the New Terrior" to be held on Monday, September 30, 2013 on the UC Davis campus is now open!

We invite you to attend this exciting one-day symposium on the gut mucosal health and development at the interface of microbiota and immune system. The symposium will feature presentations on the recent advances and novel strategies for healing and protecting the intestine in chronic inflammatory infections and disease by leveraging "world within" microbiota and milk glycans. Dynamic interactions between pathogens and microbiota and regulation of the immune system will be discussed. This will be followed by a panel discussion to identify future strategies for advancing mucosal health at the interface of microbiota and immune system.

Registration to the symposium is required but free. Space is limited so register for this event before September 13, 2013. Lunch and light refreshments at the reception will be provided.

Please visit registration website for additional information and to register: http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/chammp

Monday, September 30, 2013

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Walter A. Buehler Alumni & Visitor Center, University of California Davis

Symposium Focus:

“Advancing microbiome and mucosal protection in chronic inflammatory disease and development”

Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D.

School of Medicine, Washington University at St. Louis

Guest Speakers:

Yasmin Belkaid, Ph.D.

Mucosal Immunology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Frederic D. Bushman, Ph.D.

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Andreas Bäumler, Ph.D.

Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of California – Davis

Satya Dandekar, Ph.D.

Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of California -Davis

Carlito Lebrilla, Ph.D.

Department of Chemistry, University of California – Davis

David Mills, Ph.D.

Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California – Davis

Discussion Panel Co-Moderators:

J. Bruce German, Ph.D., Department of Food Science & Technology, University of California – Davis

Jonathan Eisen, Ph.D., Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of California – Davis

RECEPTION TO FOLLOW

For more information, contact Karryn Doyle at kddoyle

2013 Announcement post.pdf

Ewan Birney visiting Davis, speaking at the Genome Center next Wednesday (14th August)

Forwarding this announcement i just received

Ewan Birney, the Associate Directory of the European Bioinformatics Institute, is visiting UC Davis next Wednesday and will be giving a talk at 2:00 in the GBSF Auditorium: ‘Using outbred genetics to understand basic biological processes’.
He will also talk about the need for a data infrastructure in the life sciences and how the European Bioinformatics Institute contributes to it.

Ewan is the creator/co-creator of many popular bioinformatics tools (e.g. GeneWise, CRAM, Velvet, Pecan), and has had an enthusiastic involvement in many other genomics/bioinformatics projects (e.g. Pfam, BioPerl, Ensembl), not to mention taking a leading role in the human ENCODE project.

6/12 at #UCDavis: Stephen Scherer on “Detection of Clinically Relevant Genetic Variants in Autism Spectrum”

UC Davis MIND Institute’s 2012-2013 Distinguished Lecturer Series

SPEAKER: Stephen Scherer, PhD, DSc
TOPIC: Detection of Clinically Relevant Genetic Variants in Autism Spectrum Disorder
DATE: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
TIME: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
LOCATION: MIND Institute Auditorium (2825 50th Street, Sacramento)

Background Information ( see attached and below)

Bio Info: Stephen Scherer, PhD, DSc, FRSC, holds the GlaxoSmithKline-Canadian Institutes of Health Research Endowed Chair in Genome Sciences at The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Dr. Scherer is director of the University of Toronto’s McLaughlin Centre and The Centre for Applied Genomics. He has made numerous contributions to medical genetics including mapping, sequencing and disease gene studies of human chromosome 7. In 2004, his team co-discovered global gene copy number variation (CNV) and has since shown that CNV is the most abundant type of genetic variation of human DNA. His group then identified CNV that contribute to the etiology of autism and many other disorders. The Database of Genomic Variants that he founded facilitates hundreds of thousands of clinical diagnoses each year. His work is documented in over 300 publications and patents and cited more than 20,000 times, ranking him as one of the top cited scientists over the past decade worldwide. Dr. Scherer has won numerous honors such as the 2004 Steacie Prize, an International Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scholarship, and the Premiers Summit Award for Medical Research. He is a distinguished Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Royal Society of Canada.

Presentation: (Detection of Clinically Relevant Genetic Variants in Autism Spectrum Disorder )
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) demonstrates high heritability, familial clustering and ~4:1 male to female bias, yet the causes are only partially understood, due to extensive clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) promises added value to identify novel ASD risk genes, as well as new mutations in known loci, but an assessment of its full utility in an ASD group has not been performed. In a pilot study, we used WGS to examine 32 families with ASD to detect de novo or rare inherited genetic variants predicted to be deleterious (loss-of-function and damaging missense mutations). Among ASD probands, we identified deleterious de novo mutations in 6 of 32 (19%) and X-linked or autosomal inherited alterations in 10 of 32 (31%) families (some had combinations of mutations). The proportion of families identified with such mutations was larger than has been previously reported, a yield that is in part due to the more comprehensive coverage afforded by WGS. Deleterious mutations were found in four novel, 9 known, and 8 candidate ASD risk genes. Examples include CAPRIN1 and AFF2 (both linked to the FMR1 gene that is involved in fragile X syndrome), VIP (involved in social-cognitive deficits), and other genes such as SCN2A and KCNQ2 (also linked to epilepsy), NRXN1, and CHD7, which causes ASD-associated CHARGE syndrome. Taken together, these results suggest that WGS and thorough informatic analyses may improve the detection of genetic variants likely associated with ASD or its associated clinical symptoms

Scherer_ Bioabstract_05282013.pdf

At #UCDavis Eric Schadt 6/4 – Leveraging the digital universe of data to construct predictive models of disease

—

Eric Schadt flyer.pdf