Happenings

Lectures/Seminars/Readings

“Faked, Forgotten, Found: Five Renaissance Paintings Investigated,” Lulu Lippincott and Ellen Baxter, Carnegie Museum of Art curator of fine arts and chief conservator, respectively, reveal the methods and findings on the conservation and scientific analysis of five fine art works, 11 a.m. July 14, Carnegie Museum of Art Theater, Oakland, www.cmoa.org

“BDNF is a Negative Modulator in Morphine Action,” Ja Wook Koo, postdoctoral fellow at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, noon July 16, 1695 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower, Department of Psychiatry, www.health.pitt.edu

“Signaling Pathways within Tumorigenic Stem Cells,” Mei Zhang, assistant professor of developmental biology, Pitt School of Medicine, noon July 25, Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall, Senior Vice Chancellor’s Research Seminar, www.svc-seminar.pitt.edu

PhD Dissertations

Kimberly Meigh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Communication Science and Disorders, “Rule- vs. Instance-Based Learning in Speech-Like Behavior: An Evaluation of Transfer and Motor Class Effects,” noon July 14, 4016 Forbes Tower

Andrey Finegersh, School of Medicine’s Molecular Pharmacology Program, “Epigenetic Effects of Ethanol,” 11 a.m. July 15, 1395 Biomedical Science Tower 

Bobak Karimi, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology and Planetary Science, “Resolving Active Through-Going Fault Geometry and Fault Strength Parameters Through Stress-Modelling: An Example from The North Anatolian Fault (NAF),” 1 p.m. July 15, 214 Space Research and Coordination Center

Evgeny Postnikov, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, “Valued Exports: Social Standards in EU and U.S. Trade Agreements,” 10 a.m. July 16, 3430 Posvar Hall

Lucy Rose, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology and Planetary Science, “Application of Triple Nitrate Isotope Analysis to Nitrogen Saturated Appalachian Forests,” noon July 16, 214 Space Research and Coordination Center

Catherine Fickley, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, “Psychosocial Factors and Type 1 Diabetes,” 1 p.m. July 16, Diabetes and Lipid Research Building, 3512 Fifth Ave.

Matthew Stokes, School of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical Informatics, “Novel Extensions of Label Propagation for Biomarker Discovery in Genomic Data,” 10:30 a.m. July 17, 5607 Baum Blvd., Room 407A 

Yongjua Laosiritaworn, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, “Computational Modeling to Address Burden of Influenza and Strategies of Control Measures in Thailand,” noon July 17, 109 Parran Hall

Sriram Vijayraghavan, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biological Sciences, “Coordination between DNA Replication and Genome Stability Requires Specific Mcm2-7 ATPase Active Sites,” 2 p.m. July 17, A219B Langley Hall

Lawrence Udeigwe, School of Information Sciences’ Information Science and Technology Program, “Dynamical Systems of the BCM Learning Rule: Emergent Properties and Application to Clustering,” 10 a.m. July 18, 828 Information Sciences Building

Wen-Chi Wu, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “Inference on Conditional Quantile Residual Life for Censored Survival Data,” 10 a.m. July 18, A215 Crabtree Hall

Elian Rosenfeld, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, “Exploratory Research on Health Care Providers’ Perspectives on Expedited Partner Therapy to Treat Patients with Chlamydia,” 1 p.m. July 22, 210 Parran Hall

Erica McGreevy, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biological Sciences, “Shroom3 and Planar Cell Polarity Signaling Couple Apical Constriction and Convergent Extension During Neural Tube Morphogenesis,” 2 p.m. July 23, A219B Langley Hall 

Semhar Ogbagaber, Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics, “Hypothesis Testing in Sequentially Randomized Trials Through Artificial Randomization and Permutation,” 9:30 a.m. July 24, A216 Crabtree Hall

Tom Corfman, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, “Electric-Powered Wheelchair Safety,” 3 p.m. July 24, 4017 Forbes Tower

Timothy Nino S. Travers, School of Medicine’s Department of Computational Biology, “Structural Modeling of Regulation in Alpha-Actinin/F-Actin Interactions,” 1 p.m. July 25, 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3