March 12, 2012

Calendar — March 12, 2012

COLLOQUIA

Mon., March 12, 4 p.m. “The Physics and Metaphysics of Talismans (Imagines Astronomicae) in Marsilio Ficino’s De vita libri tres,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with H. Darrel Rutkin, Stanford University. Co-sponsored by the Singleton Center. 388 Gilman.  HW

Tues., March 13, 4:15 p.m. “Excited State Dynamics at a Carbon-Carbon Double Bond: Molecular Interrogations via ab initio Stimulation and Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectro-scopy,” a Chemistry colloquium with Michael Schuurman, NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences. 233 Remsen.  HW

Wed., March 14, 3:30 p.m. “Variations in the Sun and Climate,” an STScI colloquium with Brian Siana, University of California, Riverside. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg.  HW

Thurs., March 15, 3 p.m.
“ ‘Urgent Anthropology’: E. Richard Sorenson and the National Anthropological Film Center, 1965–80,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Adrianna Link, KSAS. 300 Gilman.  HW

Fri., March 16, 2 p.m. “What Should We Do About Iran?” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council. Parsons Auditorium.  APL

Tues., March 20, 4:15 p.m. “Computational Insights Into Functioning of Proteases and Design of Their Synthetic Analogs,” a Chemistry colloquium with Rajeev Prabhakar, University of Miami. 233 Remsen.  HW

Wed., March 21, 3:30 p.m. “Constraints on the Ionizing Escape Fraction From Deep HST and Keck Observations: Toward Understanding How Early Galaxies Reionized the Universe,” an STScI colloquium with Mike Barlow, University College London. Bahcall Auditorium, Muller Bldg.  HW

Fri., March 23, 2 p.m. “Learning to Eat Soup With a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons From Iraq and Afghanistan,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with John Nagl, Center for a New American Security. Parsons Auditorium.  APL

DISCUSSION/
TALKS

Mon., March 12, noon. “Domestic Politics and Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations: A Perspective of Taiwan,” a SAIS China Studies Program discussion with Kwei-Bo Huang, Chengchi University, Taiwan. For information, email zji@jhu.edu. 812 Rome Bldg.  SAIS

Mon., March 12, 12:30 p.m. “Tracking Development: African Power and Politics,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion with David Henley, University of Leiden, the Netherlands; and David Booth, Overseas Development Institute. For information, call 202-663-5676 or email itolber1@jhu.edu. 500 Bernstein-Offit Bldg.  SAIS

Mon., March 12, 5 p.m. “The PLA Navy: Expanding Capabilities, Evolving Roles,” a SAIS China Studies Program panel discussion with Daniel Hartnett, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; Peter Swartz, Center of Naval Analyses; and Christopher Yung, National Defense University. For information, call 202-663-5816 or email zji@jhu.edu. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg.  SAIS

Tues., March 13, 12:30 p.m. “The Changing Landscape of U.S. Trade,” a SAIS American Foreign Policy Program discussion with Francisco Sanchez, U.S. undersecretary of commerce for international trade. Co-sponsored by the International Trade Club. For information, call 803-622-1127 or email
meredithdukes@gmail.com. RSVP to http://bit.ly/yAcJ1U. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg.  SAIS

Tues., March 13, 5 p.m. “Russia and Europe After the Presidential Elections,” a SAIS European Studies Program discussion with Fiona Hill, Brookings Institution. Co-sponsored by the Washington Foundation for European Studies, the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations and the American Consortium on EU Studies. For information, call 202-663-5796 or email ntobin@jhu.edu. 806 Rome Bldg.  SAIS

Thurs., March 15, noon. “The Culture War Over Food and Farming: Who Is Winning?” a SAIS Development and Alumni Relations discussion with Robert Paarlberg, Wellesley College, and author of Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know. A “Year of Agriculture” event. For information or to RSVP, call 202-663-5641 or email saisag@jhu.edu. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Bldg.  SAIS

Fri., March 16, 2 p.m. “The Political Economy of American Hegemony,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations discussion with Thomas Oatley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Jana Grittersova (moderator), University of California, Riverside and SAIS. For more information and to RSVP, go to www.eventbrite.com/event/
3057108895/mcivte. 500 Bernstein-Offit Bldg.  SAIS

GRAND ROUNDS

Wed., March 21, noon. “The State Health Improvement Process: How Local Coalitions Are Achieving Health Care Reform’s Triple Aims,” Public Health Practice grand rounds with Madeleine Shea, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; and Barbara Brookmyer, health officer, Frederick County, Md. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. (A live webcast will be available at www.jhsph.edu/maphtc.) E2014 SPH.  EB

INFORMATION
SESSIONS

Online information sessions for Center for Biotechnology Education graduate programs.

Tues., March 13, 7 p.m. Master of Science in Regulatory Science. RSVP to www
.biotechnology.jhu.edu.

Mon., March 19, 7 p.m. Master of Science in Biotechnology. RSVP to www
.biotechnology.jhu.edu.

Tues., March 20, 7 p.m. A joint  MS/MBA Master’s in Biotechnology Enterprise
and Entrepreneurship. Go to http://biotechnology.jhu.edu/
graduate-education/m-in-bee/index.htm to register.

LECTURES

The 2012 Kempf Lectures, by Tobias Colding, MIT. Sponsored by Mathematics.  HW

Mon., March 12, 4:30 p.m. “Mean Curvature Flow.” 308 Krieger.

Tues., March 13, 4:30 p.m. “Ricci Curvature.” 302 Krieger.

Tues., March 13, noon. The Samuel Novey Lecture in Psychological Medicine—“Understanding and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder” by John Gunderson, Harvard University School of Medicine. Sponsored by Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Hurd Hall.  EB

Thurs., March 15, 7:30 a.m. The William F. Rienhoff Jr. Lecture—“Targeted Therapy of Cancer: A Paradigm for Translational Research” by Jeffrey Drebin, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Sponsored by Surgery. Tilghman Auditorium.  EB

Thurs., March 15, 3:30 p.m. The Dean’s Research Integrity Lecture—“Research Integrity, the Importance of Collaborative Research” by M. Christine Zink, SoM. Sponsored by Research Integrity, Office of Policy Coordination. Hurd Hall.  EB

Thurs., March 15, 3:30 p.m. The Corrsin Memorial Lecture in Fluid Mechanics—“Statistical Geometry of Velocity Gradients in Fluid Turbulence: Observations and Models” by Charles Meneveau, WSE. Sponsored by Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Mason Hall.  HW

Thurs., March 15, 5 p.m. “No Nonsense: Viewing Inscriptions in the Ancient Greek Symposium,” a Classics lecture by Alexandra Pappas, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. 108 Gilman.  HW

Mon., March 19, noon. School of Nursing Dean’s Lecture—“Mixed Methods Research: State of the Art and Future Directions” by John Creswell, University of Nebraska, and Joe Gallo, SPH. (See In Brief, p. 2.) 305 Pinkard Bldg.  EB

Mon., March 26, 4 p.m. The Dean’s Lecture III—“360 Evaluations: Are We Just Going Around and Around?” by Pamela Lipsett, SoM. Hurd Hall.  EB

MUSIC

Wed., March 14, through Sat., March 17, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Opera Theatre and the Peabody Concert Orchestra present Robert Ward’s The Crucible. (See story, p. 10.) $25 general admission, $15 senior citizens and $10 for students with ID. Friedberg Hall.  Peabody

Sun., March 18, 5:30 p.m. The Shriver Hall Concert Series presents pianist Richard Goode. $38 general admission, $19 for non-JHU students; free for JHU students. Shriver Auditorium.  HW

READINGS/
BOOK TALKS

Wed., March 14, 7 p.m. Author/historian Jehanne Wake will discuss and sign copies of her book, Sisters of Fortune. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins.  HW

Mon., March 26, 12:30 p.m. Colin Waugh will discuss his new book, Charles Taylor and Liberia: Ambition and Atrocity in Africa’s Lone Star State. Sponsored by the SAIS African Studies Program. For information, call 202-663-5676 or email itolber1@jhu.edu. 736 Bernstein-Offit Bldg.  SAIS

SEMINARS

Mon., March 12, 9 a.m. “Universal Grammar Protects Initial Syllables,” a Cognitive Science faculty search seminar with Michael Becker, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. (A Q&A session will take place at 5 p.m. in 111 Krieger.) 111 Krieger.  HW

Mon., March 12, 10 a.m. “Alcohol Outlets and Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Exposure in Children and Young Adults,” a Mental Health thesis defense seminar with Adam Milam. 188 Hampton House.  EB

Mon., March 12, noon. “Recent Specialization of the Mammalian X Chromosome,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Jacob Mueller, Whitehead Institute. W1020 SPH.  EB

Mon., March 12, 12:15 p.m. “Latinos in Maryland: Multiple Prevention Challenges,” a Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions seminar with Olivia Carter-Pokras, University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health. Sponsored by Health Policy and Management. B14B Hampton House.  EB

Mon., March 12, 12:15 p.m. “Bundles and Buds: New Views of mRNP Structure and Nucleocytoplasmic Export,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Melissa Moore, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.  HW

Mon., March 12, 12:15 p.m. “Medicaid: Safety Net Under Stress,” a Health Policy and Management faculty candidate seminar with Sheila Burke of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC. B14B Hampton House.  EB

Mon., March 12, 12:15 p.m. “Global Justice and Food,” a Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar with Madison Powers, Georgetown University. W3008 SPH.  EB

Mon., March 12, 1:30 p.m. “Neural Engineering Investigation of Deep Brain Stimulation,” a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Cameron McIntyre, Cleveland Clinic. 110 Clark.  HW. (Videoconferenced to 709 Traylor.  EB)

Mon., March 12, 3 p.m. “The Role of FLT3-ITD Mutations in Leukemogenesis and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Resistance,” a Cellular and Molecular Medicine Graduate Program thesis defense seminar with Haihua Chu. Owens Auditorium, CRB.  EB

Mon., March 12, 4 p.m. Special David Bodian Seminar—“Computational Symmetry” with Yanxi Liu, Penn State University. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger.  HW

Tues., March 13, 10:45 a.m. “Cybersecurity: How Did We Get Here and How Do We Get Out of Here?” a Computer Science seminar with Carl Landwehr, University of Maryland. B17 Hackerman.  HW

Tues., March 13, noon. “Revolution and the New York Yiddish Intellectuals: The In Zikh Symposium of 1934,” a Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies seminar with Tony Michels, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Smokler Center for Jewish Life (Hillel).  HW

Tues., March 13, noon. “Measuring and Using Speech Production Information,” a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Shri Narayanan, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California. B17 Hackerman.  HW

Tues., March 13, noon. “Understanding and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder,” a Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences seminar with John Gunderson, Harvard University School of Medicine. Hurd Hall.  EB

Tues., March 13, 1 p.m. “Smoking, Secondhand Smoke Exposure, Indoor Air Pollution and Risk for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: A Case-Control Study in Vellore, India,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Sara Mirza. W2033 SPH.  EB

Tues., March 13, 3 p.m. The M. Gordon Wolman Seminar—“Policy Analysis With an Economic Agent-Based Model of Land and Housing Markets on the Urban Fringe” with Margaret Walls, Resources for the Future. Sponsored by Geography and Environmental Engineering. 234 Ames.  HW

Tues., March 13, 4:15 p.m. “Accuracy, Coherence and Evidence,” a Philosophy seminar with Branden Fitelson, Rutgers University. 288 Gilman.  HW

Wed., March 14, 10 a.m. “The Story of the Orthopedic Trauma Caregiver,” a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Anna Bradford. 339 Hampton House.  EB

Wed., March 14, 12:15 p.m. The Mental Health Noon Seminar—“Developing Treatments for Individuals on the Threshold of Adulthood” with Maryann Davis, University of Massachusetts Medical School. B14B Hampton House.  EB

Wed., March 14, 1 p.m. “Economic Evaluation of a Cancer Screening Patient Navigation Trial Among African-Americans in Baltimore City,” a Health, Behavior and Society thesis defense seminar with Nkemdiri Iruka. 901 Hampton House.  EB

Wed., March 14, 1:30 p.m. “Protein Folding on the Ribosome: Pulling on Single Nascent Chains With Optical Tweezers,” a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Christian Kaiser, University of California, Berkeley. 701 WBSB.  EB

Wed., March 14, 4 p.m. “Mechanistic Insights of Arginine Methylation at the Histone Trail,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Yujun George Zheng, Georgia State University. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB.  EB

Wed., March 14, 4 p.m. “Prognostic vs. Predictive Performances: Biomarker Associated Design Issues in Pharmacogenomics Confirmatory Trials,” a Biostatistics seminar with Sue-Jane Wang, USFDA. W2030 SPH.  EB

Thurs., March 15, 9 a.m. “To Return or Not Return: An Analysis of Donation Behavior Among Blood Donors in Five Blood Centers in China,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Nan Guo. W2030 SPH.  EB

Thurs., March 15, 10 a.m. “The Importance of Health-Related Quality of Life in Persons With Dementia,” a Health Policy and Management thesis defense seminar with Lindsay Schwartz. 461 Hampton House.  EB

Thurs., March 15, 10:45 a.m. “Toward Scalable User-Agnostic Attack Defense,” a Computer Science seminar with Zhichun “ZC” Li, NEC Research Labs. B17 Hackerman.  HW

Thurs., March 15, noon. “Trial by Fire and Starvation: How P. falciparum Survives in Its Host,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Daniel Goldberg, Washington University School of Medicine. W1020 SPH.  EB

Thurs., March 15, noon. The Bromery Seminar—“The Use of Satellite Remote Sensing in Food Security Analysis: Integrating Earth Observations Into Economic Models” with Molly Brown, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Sponsored by Earth and Planetary Sciences. Olin Auditorium.  HW

Thurs., March 15, noon. “Gen-ome-wide Profiling of Translation Initiation and Protein Synthesis,” a Cell Biology seminar with Nicholas Ingolia, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg.  EB

Thurs., March 15, 1 p.m. “Dissecting the Circuits That Link Sensation to Action in the Drosophila Visual System,” a Neuroscience research seminar with Tom Clandinin, Stanford University. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB.  EB

Thurs., March 15, 1:30 p.m. “Measure Matching Using Metamorphosis,” an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Casey Richardson, WSE. 304 Whitehead.  HW

Thurs., March 15, 2 p.m. “Retrotransposons Are Major Structural Variants: Implications for Human Genetics and Disease,” a Human Genetics Graduate Program thesis defense seminar with Cheng Ran “Lisa” Huang. Sponsored by the Institute of Genetic Medicine. G-007 Ross.  EB

Thurs., March 15, 2 p.m. “Mast Cell-Mediated Modulation of the Electrical Excitability of Autonomic and Sensory Nerves in the Airways,” an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Letitia Weigand. W7023 SPH.  EB

Thurs., March 15, 3 p.m. “Resilience Across Length Scales in the Attachment of Tendon to Bone,” a Mechanical Engineering seminar with Guy Genin, Washington University at St. Louis. 210 Hodson.  HW

Fri., March 16, 11 a.m. “Wave Turbulence: A Story Far From Over,” a CEAFM seminar with Alan Newell, University of Arizona. 50 Gilman.  HW

Fri., March 16, noon. “Why Poor People Move (and Where They Go): Residental Mobility, Selection and Stratification,” a Sociology brown bag seminar with Stefanie Deluca and Peter Rosenblatt, both of KSAS. 526 Mergenthaler.  HW

Fri., March 16, 1 p.m. “Plio-Pleistocene Footprints and the Evolution of Human Bipedalism,” a Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution seminar with Brian Richmond, George Washington University. Suite 2-300, 1830 Bldg.  EB

Fri., March 16, 1:30 p.m. “The Effect of Oophorectomy, a Cancer Prevention Strategy, on Adiposity, Bone Health and Mortality,” an Epidemiology thesis defense seminar with Anne Marie McCarthy. W2030 SPH.  EB

Fri., March 16, 2 p.m. “Characterization of Murine Carotid Body Function in vivo: Strain Differences and Pharmacological Manipulations,” an Environmental Health Sciences thesis defense seminar with Luis Pichard. W7023 SPH.  EB

Mon., March 19, 12:15 p.m. “Signaling Pathways That Mediate Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and Hypertrophy,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with David Glass, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.  HW

Mon., March 19, 12:15 p.m. “Health Care Reform: Translational Research Priorities for the Next Decade,” a Health Policy and Management faculty candidate seminar with Kavita Patel, Brookings Institution. B14B Hampton House.  EB

Thurs., March 22, noon. “New Insights in Plasmodium vivax Biology,” a special malaria seminar with Laurent Renia, Singapore Immunology Network/Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). Sponsored by Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. W2030 SPH.  EB

Thurs., March 22, 1 p.m. “Pharmacogenetic and Optogenetic Deconstruction of Hypothalamic Circuits for Hunger,” a Neuroscience research seminar with Scott Sternson, Janelia Farm Research Campus, HHMI. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB.  EB

Mon., March 26, 11:30 a.m. “Taxing the Poor: Doing Damage to the Truly Disadvantaged,” a Sociology brown bag seminar with Dean Katherine Newman and Rourke O’Brien, Princeton University. 526 Mergenthaler.  HW

Mon., March 26, 12:15 p.m. “Ctenophores: New Insights From an Ancient Lineage,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with William Browne, University of Miami. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.  HW

Mon., March 26, 1:30 p.m. “Toward Bioengineered Control of Cell Fate Post-Transplantation,” a Biomedical Engineering seminar with Jeffrey Karp, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. 709 Traylor.  EB. (Videoconferenced to 110 Clark.  HW)

SPECIAL EVENTS

Wed., March 14, 10 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. JHMI Career Information Fair, a chance to learn about the variety of careers in science, with exhibitors in the morning and panel discussions beginning at 11:30 a.m. Participants should dress professionally and bring several copies of their resumes. Turner Concourse.  EB

Thurs., March 15, 8 p.m. The 2012 Foreign Affairs Symposium—The Paradox of Progress: Chasing Advancement Amidst Global Crisis—presents author and political commentator David Frum. Shriver Hall.  HW

Thurs., March 22, noon to 1:30 p.m. The Black Faculty and Staff Association’s annual Men’s Forum and Luncheon, featuring a talk, “Effective Leadership for the African-American Male: Workplace and Community” by the Rev. Grady Yeargin Jr. Tickets are $15 ($5 for current BFSA members and JHU students). To register (by March 16), go to http://bfsa.jhu.edu, click on “Events” and then “Men’s Forum.” Clipper Room, Shriver Hall.  HW

SYMPOSIA

Tues., March 13, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Genetic Resources Core Facility Symposium featuring exhibits from the GRCF and 19 leading life science companies, as well as seminars on various topics and a keynote address, “Increased Accuracy and Utility of Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis for Biomedical Interpretations” by Elliott Margulies of Illumina Inc. For more information, view the GRCF Symposium Guide at http://grcf.jhmi.edu. Sponsored by the Institute of Genetic Medicine and the Genetic Resources Core Facility. Turner Concourse.  EB

Wed., March 21, 10 a.m. to noon. Joint mini-symposium with multiple speakers. Sponsored by the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence and the Physical Sciences–Oncology Center. B17 Hackerman.  HW

Wed., March 21, 1:15 to 4 p.m. The Future of Child Health, a Population, Family and Reproductive Health symposium on the occasion of the installation of Xiaobin Wang as the Zanvyl Krieger Professor of Children’s Health. W1214 SPH.  EB