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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
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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

  
                    110th  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              
                    109th  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
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