Thursday, 09 Sep 2010
Chemical & Biological Engineering Seminar
"The Role of Topology and Electrostatics in Folding Catalytic RNA's" by Alain Laederach, University of Albany
Lecture: Brown Bag
"Ten Great Gardens to See Before You Die" presented by Ann Marie VanDerZanden, ISU Horticulture Department
Ramsey Lecture Series, College of Veterinary Medicine
"Bluetongue and Orbivirus Emergence In the U.S.," David Stallknecht, department of population health, University of Georgia. A research poster session and lunch begin at 11:15 a.m.
Oh No, It's Monday, and I've Run Out of Ideas: A Cartoonist's Crisis
"Oh No, It's Monday, and I've Run Out of Ideas: A Cartoonist's Crisis," Nicole Hollander. Creator of the internationally syndicated comic strip Sylvia, Hollander will address the challenges of staying creative from her own artistic career and life. She will also share strategies for coping with creative crises.
Conference: RNA in Motion
19th Annual Growth Factor and Signal Transduction Conference: RNA in Motion. Some of the world's leading experimental and computational scientists will convene at ISU. The symposium venue is designed to promote informal discussion, interaction and collaborations. It will provide an opportunity for students and new and established investigators to gain a working knowledge of the current state of the field and the researchers who are expanding it.
My Life in the Comics
"My Life in the Comics: Thirty Years of Graphic Misbehavior from Reagan to Obama," Nicole Hollander. She is the creator of Sylvia, an internationally syndicated comic strip that appears in over 80 newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Detroit News, Boston Globe and Seattle Times.