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Fall 2009

Date	Topics
September 3	Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation
September 10
September 17
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29	Charles Adams CHANGES IN AQUATIC PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND SPECIES DISTRIBUTION AT CADDO LAKE
November 5	Cancelled (Swati Mall)
November 12	Hari
November 19	LaTisha West "The Inhibition of fIXa by Mutant KPI & BPTI."
November 26	Thanksgiving holiday
December 3	Levi
December 10	Sunil Acharya
December 17	Exam week (no seminar)

Spring 2010

Date	Topics
January 21	Ravi Yandamuri
January 28
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25
March 4
March 11
March 18	Spring Break
March 25	Ruslan
April 1	Easter Break
April 8	Sikta
April 15	Muthu
April 22
April 29
May 6
May 13

Spring 2009

Date	Topics
January 22	-
January 29	-
February 5	Ruslan (adviser: Dr. Alexandra Van Kley) "Effect of fecal sample storage conditions on RT-PCR for quantitative analysis of Eimeria in poultry"
February 12	canceled
February 19	Maha Al Zayer (UTHCT, adviser: ) "Studies on MtrA-MtrB Two Component Regulatory Systems in Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
February 26	Jennifer Edwards (adviser: Dr. Alexandra Van Kley) Soil Bacterial Community Structure in East Texas Habitat Ecotypes
March 5	TAS conference: Dr. Van Kley and some students will be at the conference*
March 12	Marina Maksimova “Monitoring of coccidiostats on Eimeria development in broilers using real-time PCR assay”(adviser: Dr. Alexandra Van Kley)
March 19	Spring break
March 26	Elvira Kurmaeva “Profiling of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal communities by high-throughput sequencing.”(adviser: Dr. Alexandra Van Kley)
April 2	Moshiur " An Enzyme-linked Immunosorbnet Assay to Quantitate Desmosine and Isodesmosine" (adviser: Dr. Barry Starcher).
April 9	Easter
April 16	Robert Brown "Introduction: Lymphostromal Interactions During Thymic aging" (advisor: Dong-Ming Su)
April 23	Sikta Patnaik "Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and mycorrhizal ecology" (adviser: Dr. Alexandra Van Kley), Tisha West (advisor:Pierre Neueschwander)
April 30	Adrian Aguirre "Surveying for the Asymptomatic Presence of HPV in the Oral Cavity Using PCR" (adviser: Dr. Robert Stewart).
May 7	Jeremy Davis and Misbah Hasan (adviser: Zissis Chroneos)
May 14	canceled

* Students who do not have Dr. Van Kley as a committee member for their thesis could schedule their presentation on this day.

Fall 2008

Date	Topics
August 28	Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation
September 4
September 11
September 18
September 25
October 2
October 9
October 16
October 23	Satish
October 30
November 6
November 13	Chandrika - CANCELED
November 20	Geetha - CANCELED
November 27	Thanksgiving holiday
December 4	Natee-CANCELED
December 11	Exam week (no seminar)

Spring 2008

Date	Topics
January 17	Prabakaran Narayanasamy Expression of Human Factor VIII alfa-Fragment in Mammalian Expression System
January 24
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21	Marina Maksimova "Quantitative analysis of Eimeria sp in field samples" Elvira Kurmaeva "Phylogenetic analysis of Arbuscular Myccohizal Fungi found in different natural habitat types of East Texas using 18S rRNA gene".
February 28
March 6	*Dr. Van Kley and some students are going to be at the TAS conference
March 13	Spring break
March 20	canceled
March 27	Erin Maloney
April 3
April 10	Darya "Microbial population analysis of natural east Texas habitat types"
April 17
April 28, Monday, 14:30	Thesis Defense: Darya Fakhretdinova "Microbial population analysis of natural east Texas habitat types"
May 1	canceled
May 8	Exam week (no seminar)

Fall 2007

Date	Topics
August 30	Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation
September 6	Krishna Sarva "In vitro studies of Apoptosis by Passive Cigarette Smoke Extract & TRAIL in Lung Cancer Cells."
September 13	open
September 20	open
September 27	open
October 4	Taka Nyaundi "The Role of Mannan-binding Lectin and Its Structural Variants in Phagocytosis"
October 11	Deepa Nadarajah "Purification and Characterization of Mouse Pancreatic Elastase."
October 18
October 25	Mohana
November 1	Charles
November 8
November 15
November 22	Thanksgiving holiday
November 29	Preethi Ravidranathan "The Regulation of Surfactant Protein-B by Phorbol Ester PMA."
December 6	Candice Dean The Role of Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor in Human Plueral Malignant Mesothelioma
December 13	Exam week (no seminar)

Spring 2007

Date

Topics

January 18

Kranthi Kunkalla
"Mannan-binding Lectin: Expression and Functional Studies."

January 25

Alexandra Van Kley "Note from the instructor"

February 1

Mohanna Indramohan "Antibody based therapy for celiac disease"

February 8

NK Osuji

February 15

Jennifer Edwards

February 22

Vijay Thakur

March 1

110^th Annual Meeting, March 1-3, 2007

March 8

Bruce Machona

March 15

Spring break

March 22

Yulia Leontieva

March 29

1.Joshua Rutland
"The Interaction of the Activation Peptide of Blood Clotting Factor X with the Factor IXa Heparin Binding Site."
2.Angela Jones

April 5

Krishna Sarva
"In vitro Study of Apoptosis Using Passive CSE and TRAIL in Lung Cancer Cells."

April 12

Krishna Kishore Midde

April 19

Karla Villegas - Thesis defense at 3pm

April 26

Jorge Del Aguila

May 3

Jasmine Wong; Paul Whitehurst

May 10

Exam week (no seminar)

Fall 2006

Date	Topics
August 31	Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation
September 7	open
September 14	open
September 19 2pm	Kevin Stroup
September 21	open
September 28	open
October 5	Andrew Syvyk
October 12	Manjot Kiran
October 19	open
October 26	open
November 2	open
November 9	Crystal Walker
November 16	Darya Fakhretdinova Microbial Population Analysis of Natural East Texas Habitat Types
November 23	Thanksgiving holiday
November 30	open
December 7	Seshu Inkollu
December 14	Exam week (no seminar)

Spring 2006

Date	Topics
January 19	Rao Gottipati Effects of Passive Cigarette Smoke Exposure on UVB and Chemically Induced Skin Cancer
January 26	(open)
February 2	Armen Nalian Engineering of cellulases for industrial use
February 9	Kranthi Kunkalla
February 16
February 23	Seshu Inkollu Identification of Anti- cancer compounds from Rumix crispus
March 2	109^th Annual Meeting, March 2-4, 2006, Lamar University Beaumont,TX
March 9	Kevin Stroup DIVERSITY OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN EAST TEXAS HABITATS.
March 16	Spring Break
March 23	Jorge Del Aguila COMPARISON OF THE CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES OF THE WILD TYPE ENDOGLUCONASE FROM PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII AND ITS MUTANTS DEVELOPED BY COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH.
March 30	Kwame Bautsie Structural studies of Myosin Light Chain Kinases
April 6	Jasmine Wang MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF ENDOGLUCANASES FROM PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII.
April 13	Alexander Fedotov MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN OIL-CONTAMINATED SOILS OF EAST TEXAS.
April 20	Yulia Leontieva Phylogenetic Analysis and Identification of Southeastern USA Earthworms using 16S rDNA and COI Sequences.
April 27	canceled
May 4	canceled
May 11	Exam week (no seminar)

Fall 2005

Date	Topics
September 1	welcome
September 8	Dr.Beatrice A. Clack
September 15	Stacey Rutherford
September 22	canceled
September 29	canceled
October 6	(open)
October 13	Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation
October 20	(open)
October 27	Karla Villegas
November 3	Sunita Kothari, Seshu Inkollu
November 10	(open)
November 17	Kristi McKee
November 24	Thanksgiving
December 1	(open)
December 8	class evaluation

Spring 2005

Date	Topics
January 20	fist week of classes - no seminar
January 27	Introduction
February 3	(open)
February 10	Kevin Stroup Detection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in an East Texas forest
February 17	(open)
February 24	Jorge Del Aguila/Seshu Inkollu Isolation of Genomic DNA, Amplification and Sequence analysis of mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I (COI) gene fragment isolated from the Corbicula clams found in East Texas
March 3	TAS meeting
March 10	(open)
March 17	Spring break
March 24	(open)
March 31	Kronthi Kunkalla/Sunita Kothari
April 7	Bre Dorsett
April 14	Amrita Kandlur
April 21	Sierra McGarity
April 28	(open)
May 5	Ravi Ramireddy Verification of the Recombinant pBIN-19 vector containing 2* 35S Cauliflower Mosaic Virus promoter, Strictosidine Synthase gene and its stable transfection in Camptotheca acuminata

Fall 2004

Date	Topics
September 2	Welcome by Dr.Michael K. Pangburn (UTHC) Preparation for a career in Biotechnology
September 9	Dr.Beatrice A. Clack Things to pay attanshion when presenting
September 16	Dr.Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley. Suggestions for oral presentation
September 23	Alexander Fedotov The Use of Hydrocarbon-Oxidizing Microorganisms for Bioremediation of Oil-Polluted Soils
September 30	moved to October 1 at 11:00 - Thesis defense
October 1	Loretta Sparkman Nitric Oxide Regulation of Interleukin-8 Gene Expression in Lung Epithelial Cells
October 7	Dr.Michael Hume (USDA,College Station,TX) Using Beneficial Bacteria and Molecular Ecology to Combat Enteropathogens in Poultry
October 14	Dr.Beatrice A. Clack Key Skills and Knowledge Necessary for a Job in the Biotech Industry
October 21	George Damoff Earthworm populations in upland mixed Pine hardwood and bottom land forest soils of East Texas.
October 28	moved to October 29 at 10:30 - Thesis defense
October 29	Bobbie Tew Expression of BER Enzymes in HL-60 and HL-60 MDR Cells
November 4	Sierra McGarity In vitro analysis of Rumex crispus as a suppressive agent for colon adenocarcinoma.
November 10, 2pm (Wd!)	Dr. Jim Briggs (Associate professor , University of Houston) Dynamics and Inhibition of Botulinum Neurotoxins
November 11	moved to November 10
November 18	Jeremy Jordan
November 25	Thanksgiving holiday
December 2	Stacey Rutherford
December 9	Ravi Ramireddy