Classifieds — Nov. 16, 2009

APARTMENTS/HOUSES FOR RENT

Bolton Hill, two 1BR, 1BA apts, clean, nice, attentively managed bldgs, walk to JHH shuttle and subway. gbaranoski@covad.net.

Butchers Hill, cozy, cottage-style 1BR + office in fully furn’d RH, Wifi, satellite sys, sec sys, mins to JHH/JHMI, 2 blks to shuttle, nr park. 410-988-3137 or hsinream31886@gmail.com.

Charles Village, charming, renov’d 5BR, 2BA house, master/walk-in, hdwd flrs, W/D, porch, deck, beautiful inside, nr shuttle. $2,400/mo + utils or $2,100/mo (short-term). 443-803-3572 or ramsaybarnes@gmail.com.

Charles Village, corner 2BR, 2BA condo w/balcony, 1,200 sq ft, CAC, 24-hr front desk, steps to JHU shuttle, all utils incl’d.                       marionmalcolm@comcast.net.

Charles Village (2807 Calvert St), lg 3BR, 2BA apt w/sunrm, W/D, hdwd flrs, eat-in kitchen, other units avail. 410-383-2876.

Charles Village, spacious rm avail at 31st and Calvert, month-to-month, no sec dep. 443-527-2682.

Charles Village EOG, commercial/residential lease, charming, lots of light, sec dep, credit check and commercial zoning waiver req’d. 443-756-6707.

Cross Keys Village, 1BR condo w/hdwd flrs, CAC/heat, free prkng, 24-hr security, swimming pool. $900/mo + utils (water incl’d). 646-284-2279 or tamrirev@yahoo.com.

Cross Keys, updated 1BR condo in secure, gated community, assigned prkng, swim, tennis, nr hospital and university. $1,000/mo + utils or $1,200/mo incl utils. 410-375-7748.

East Chase St, luxury 1BR, 1BA apt, 540 sq ft, 9′ ceiling, new dw, laundry on same flr, 24-hr security, walk to Peabody, monument, arts district, Penn Station and light rail. $800/mo + utils. 443-388-2802 or dfbls@yahoo.com.

Fells Point (Aliceanna and Broadway), 2BR, 2BA apt w/top-of-the-line appls, granite countertops, 2 blks to water, bike to Hopkins. $1,595/mo. 805-338-2277.

Hampden, cute, totally renov’d 1BR, 1BA apt, perf for couple/single, new Berber crpt, updated electric and plumbing, W/D, access to bsmt and sm backyd for storage, pets OK. $775/mo + utils. 410-227-8879 or abillian@sshb.com.

Hampden (41st St), 3BR apt w/new BA, new paint, living rm, dining rm, kitchen, pantry, dw, W/D, garage. $1,275/mo incl utils. 410-338-4455.

Hampden, 3BR, 2BA TH, dw, W/D, fenced yd, nr light rail. 410-378-2393.

Homewood area, spacious 3BR apt w/hdwd flrs, 10′ ceiling, new windows, in secure bldg. 443-253-2113 or pulimood@aol.com.

Homewood/Guilford, 1BR high-rise condo, doorman/security, pool, prkng utils incl’d. anthony8066@gmail.com.

Loch Raven Village (Towson), 3BR, 1.5BA brick TH, AC, W/D, fin’d bsmt, backyd w/deck, nr beltway/schools/shopping, no pets, avail Dec 1. $1,200/mo + utils. wwang1268@yahoo.com.

Mt Washington, 2BR, 2BA condo w/lg loft, 1,300 sq ft, hdwd flrs, balcony, fp, W/D, dw, elevator, garage. $1,500/mo. 301-525-4505 or ufruth@yahoo.com.

Mt Washington, 5BR, 3.5BA house, 3 yrs old, 2-car garage. $2,500/mo + utils. 443-939-6027 or qzzhao@gmail.com.

Mt Washington, 3BR, 3.5BA TH, AC, heat, W/D, hdwd and crpt flrs, deck, 2 prkng spaces, nice neighborhood, 10-20 mins to JHU/JHH, nr Summit Park ES. $1,750/mo + utils. 410-419-1731.

Owings Mills, furn’d 1BR condo w/vaulted ceilings, sunrm, $2,200/mo (negotiable) incl utils, FIOS, phone, Internet, W/D. 240-88-4388 or nadiaopalangel@gmail.com.

Patterson Park, 2BR, 1.5BA house, hdwd flrs, crpt upstairs, stainless steel appls, skylight, expos’d brick, 1.25 mi to JHMI. $1,100/mo. 443-286-4883.

Randallstown, 3BR house w/fin’d bsmt, huge deck, quiet area, 10 mins to Owings Mills metro. $1,440/mo. 410-655-5346.

Lg, sunny 1BR apt, 2nd flr, eat-in kitchen, plant rm, living rm. $625/mo + utils. 410-610-0084.

1BR apt in safe area nr Rotunda, avail late November. $685/mo incl heat, water, gas. 443-854-4239.

Take over lease (9 months remaining) for loft apt, 1,250 sq ft, updated kitchen w/stainless GE appls, 2 lg BRs, full BA and sm office/den on 2nd flr, spacious living area, kitchen and half-BA on 1st flr. $1,325/mo. 978-590-9148 or hat0565@gmail.com.

HOUSES FOR SALE

Canton (3135 Dillon St), 2BR, 2.5BA house w/open floor plan, roofdeck, great location. $339,000. ac3135@yahoo.com.

Mt Vernon, huge 3BR beaux arts apt, very elegant, light and quiet, opposite shuttle, overlooks square. $549,000. 202-236-2200.

Patterson Park, renov’d 3BR, 2BA house facing park, 1 mi to JHH. $289,000. 410-675-4817 or skj2428@yahoo.com.

Timonium (8 Tyburn Ct), updated, spacious 4BR, 3BA single-family house on cul-de-sac, move-in cond, walk to Dulaney High, 2 mi to I-83 and lt rail station. $375,500. Debbie, 410-241-4724.

Upper Fells Point, 3BR, 3.5BA RH, remodeled 6 yrs ago, stainless steel kitchen, hdwd flrs, AC, W/D, roofdeck, ideal for roommates, nr JHMI. $249,000. www.209regester.com.

Wyman Park, bright 2BR co-op overlooking park next to Homewood campus, easy walk to JHMI shuttle. $142,900. 443-615-5190.

249 S Castle St, excellent, completely renov’d RH w/gourmet kitchen, walk to JHMI/Fells Point/Canton, open house Sundays, noon-2pm. $279,000 ($5,000 closing help). 301-730-0159.

3BR, 2.5BA house, totally renov’d, w/screened porch, fenced yd, prkng, walk to Homewood/shops/grocer. $278,000. 919-607-5860 or 410-962-5417.

ROOMMATES WANTED

Prof’ls wanted for 1BR in 3BR, 2.5BA RH, 3 blks to JHH, pref nonsmoker. $500/mo incl utils, high-speed Internet. 703-944-8782.

Roommate needed. $750/mo incl utils, wireless Internet. 443-865-2050 or Lth1980@gmail.com.

Rm in lg, furn’d house in Catonsville, nr park/695/95, no lease, W/D, deck, backyd. $625/mo + utils (high-speed Internet incl’d). 410-409-0692 or Lizo99@hotmail.com.

Lg, partly furn’d bsmt BR w/priv BA avail in beautifully renov’d 3BR RH in Mayfield, across from Herring Run Park, nr Lake Montebello, 10 mins to JHMI, perf for visiting medical prof’ls. $600/mo incl utils and wireless.        mayfieldroom@gmail.com.

Furn’d 1BR/BA in 2BR condo, quiet, secure bldg, walk to JHMI shuttle/Homewood, short-term OK. $750/mo incl utils. 410-366-8360.

Share spacious 3BR, 2BA TH in Towson/Parkville w/F and dog, laundry, yd, prkng, 5 mi to Homewood. $700/mo incl utils, wireless. 410-790-4552.

Furn’d rm on JHMI campus, safe area, share common area w/F doctor. 301-324-2470 or happyhut4u@yahoo.com.

Share newly renov’d RH (Calvert St), laundry, dw, heat, AC. $350/mo + utils. Ezra, 443-207-3533 or Paul, 443-739-5070.

Share Hampden house w/30-yr-old F prof’l and dog, dogs welcome. $650/mo + utils. 201-888-3274 or nicolejward@gmail.com.

Master rm w/priv BA avail in 2BR apt in the Carlyle, avail from now to January. $700/mo. 410-375-0394.

Share new, refurbished TH w/other medical students, 4BRs, 2 full BAs, CAC, W/D, dw, w/w crpt, at 924 N Broadway, 1-min walk to JHMI. gretrieval@aol.com.

ITEMS FOR SALE

RCA 500W receiver, 6-spkr surround sound, 6-disc standalone CD player, from early 2000s, works great. wreisig@verizon.net.

Christian Dior Norwegian blue fox fur coat, medium size, full-length, great holiday gift. $1,200. 443-824-2198.

Pair of exterior French doors, new, white, 8 ft x 3 ft, made of Auralast wood, w/15 double E-glass panels and double locks. $750/both. 443-768-4751.

Towson spa eyebrow waxing certificate. Best offer. 410-337-9877 or i1__@hotmail.com.

3-step ladder, chair, computer, microwave, printer, beach chairs (2), stool, reciprocating saw, tripods, digital piano. 410-455-5858 or iricse.its@verizon.net.

Conn alto saxophone, mint condition. $650/best offer. 410-488-1886.

Ikea “Bjursta” dining table w/2 pullout leaves, seats 4-8, $100; Ikea white desk, $15; HP Deskjet D1341 printer and color cartridge, $20. willy.dely@gmail.com.

SERVICES/ITEMS OFFERED OR WANTED

Lost: Silver, well-worn, very precious wedding band, probably lost in Outpatient Center on 11/4 or 11/5. Arlene, 410-664-6859.

Found: 2700 blk St Paul/Charles Village, women’s brown “designer” duffle bag w/athletic shoes, white T-shirt and quilted paisley backpack. Chris, 443-570-0521.

Occasional babysitter wanted for 2 toddlers in our Oakenshawe/Charles Village home, short walk to Homewood campus, experience and refs req’d, flexible. 410-243-8724.

Volleyball players wanted to join a men’s volleyball club, w/coached practice sessions Saturdays in Cooley Center, Tuesday and Wednesday night league games; all levels welcome. 443-854-5193.

I need 2-way carpooling to Washington DC for FRM exam on Nov 21. 617-938-7887.

LCSW-C providing 1-on-1 psychotherapy, JHU-affiliated, experience w/treating depression, anxiety, sexual orientation and gender identity concerns, couples. 443-735-9283 or shane.grant.lcswc@gmail.com.

Power washing, no job too small, free estimate. Donnie, 443-683-7049.

Piano lessons w/experienced teacher, Peabody doctorate, all levels/ages welcome. 410-662-7951.

Guitar lessons w/experienced teacher, rock, jazz, classical, blues, folk, etc; learn songs, technique, theory, improv, reading, beginner through advanced; will travel. $40/hr. Joe, 410-215-0693.

Need a PT job? Sell Avon. beansavonmom@hotmail.com.

Newly resettled in Baltimore (from NYC), looking for any info on flamenco classes/events, must be accessible to public transportation. missmasala@gmail.com.

Looking for CS partner; I will take the exam in December. wdyh_co@hotmail.com.

Free ride from JHH to Fairlands Aquatic Center ($22/mo) for a lap swimming partner, 3 eves per wk. ys4cL@yahoo.com.

Want to learn to play piano? Experienced teacher, master’s student at Peabody, accepting new students. $30 for 30 mins or $40 for 55 mins. 425-890-1327.

Licensed landscaper available for leaf/snow removal, trash hauling, Taylor Landscaping LLC. 410-812-6090 or romilacapers@comcast.net.

Shopping for holidays? Consider Avon, safe and secure. www.youravon.com/romilataylor (secure Web site). 410-615-0806.

Horse boarding, 20 mins from JHU, beautiful trails from farm. $500/mo (stall board) or $250/mo (field board). 410-812-6716 or argye .hillis@gmail.com.

NYC bus trip, Sat, Dec 5, depart Towson 7:30am, Fallston 7:45am, Chesapeake House 8am, arrive NYC about 10:30 am, depart 7pm. $55. 410-206-2830 or nlheyls@yahoo.com.

R&D Maintenance, interior/exterior painting, grass cutting and home/deck power washing, licensed, insured, free estimates, affordable. 410-335-1284 or  randy6506vfw@yahoo.com.

Affordable landscaper/certified horticulturist avail to maintain existing gardens; free consultations. 410-683-7373 or grogan.family@hotmail.com.

Free: Solid oak kneehole desk, 56″W, 34″D, 30″H, in very good cond, buyer must pick up (I live in Roland Park). 410-294-6503.

Calendar — Nov. 9, 2009

COLLOQUIA

Tues., Nov. 10, 4 p.m. “Gandhi’s Spinning Wheel and the Making of India,” an Anthropology colloquium with Rebecca Brown, KSAS. 400 Macaulay.  HW

Tues., Nov. 10, 4:15 p.m. The Ephraim and Wilma Shaw Roseman Colloquium—“Exploring β-Sheet Structure and Interactions With Chemical Model Systems,” a Chemistry colloquium with James Nowick, University of California, Irvine. 233 Remsen.  HW

Wed., Nov. 11, 4 p.m. “Victims’ Rights: An Afro-Colombian Perspective on the Human Rights Crisis in Colombia,” a Program in Latin American Studies colloquium with Bela Henriquez, daughter of victim of paramilitary violence. 113 Greenhouse.  HW

Wed., Nov. 11, 4:30 p.m. “Against Survival: Queerness in a Time That’s Out of Joint,” a Women, Gender and Sexuality colloquium with Lee Edelman, Tufts University. Sponsored by English. 201C Dell House.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 12, 3 p.m. “The New Astrobiology,” a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Caleb Scharf, Columbia University. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 12, 3 p.m. “Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhone,” a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium with Sara Pritchard, Cornell University. Room 102, 3505 N. Charles St.  HW

Fri., Nov. 13, 2 p.m. “Missile Defense and the Cold War, Delta 180 and APL’s Role,” an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Lt. Gen. James Abrahamson, USAF (retired). Parsons Auditorium.  APL

CONFERENCES

Thurs., Nov. 12, 12:30 p.m. “Advances in Malaria Research: In the Lab and the Field,” a Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute interactive Web summit on the latest findings in the fight against malaria. To register, go to www .jhsph.edu/malariasummit2009. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall).  EB

DISCUSSIONS/ TALKS

Mon., Nov. 9, noon. “The SAIS Berlin Wall Project: Walls Still to Fall,” the final day of a weeklong SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations “open mic” discussion, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A model of the wall will be torn down. Co-sponsored by the SAIS German Club. Courtyard, Nitze Building.  SAIS

Mon., Nov. 9, noon. “Why Freedom Still Matters,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations discussion with Sen. John McCain. (See “In Brief,” in this issue.) Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building.  SAIS

Mon., Nov. 9, 12:30 p.m. “International Wildlife Conservation in the 21st Century,” a talk by Heather Eves, director and adviser of Bushmeat Crisis Task Force. Sponsored by the Global Energy and Environment Initiative. 500 Bernstein-Offit Building.  SAIS

Tues., Nov. 10, 12:30 p.m. “The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces Both Russia and the West,” a SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations discussion with Edward Lucas, The Economist, and Donald Jensen (moderator), SAIS. 500 Bernstein-Offit Building.  SAIS

Tues., Nov. 10, 4:30 p.m. “The Slide to Protectionism in the Great Depression: Who Succumbed and Why?” a SAIS International Economics Program discussion with Douglas Irwin, Dartmouth College. 500 Bernstein-Offit Building.  SAIS

Wed., Nov. 11, 12:15 p.m. “Redefining Impact: PLoS Medicine at Five Years,” a Center for Global Health talk by Larry Peiperl, senior research editor, PLoS Medicine. Co-sponsored by International Health. Part of the Global Health Leaders Forum series. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall).  EB

Wed., Nov. 11, 12:30 p.m. “Flawed Vision: Nigerian Development Policy in the Indonesian Mirror,” a SAIS African Studies Program discussion with David Henley, KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Leiden. 736 Bernstein-Offit Building.  SAIS

Wed., Nov. 11, 12:45 p.m. “Dynamics of Private Equity Funds in Latin America: Future Prospects and the Potential Downside,” a SAIS Latin American Studies Program discussion with Julio Lastres, Darby Overseas Investments Ltd. 517 Nitze Building.  SAIS

Mon., Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m. “Challenges and Prospects of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference,” a SAIS Global Energy and Environment Initiative discussion with Tim Wirth, president, United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund. 500 Bernstein-Offit Building.  SAIS

INFORMATION SESSIONS

Mon., Nov. 16, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Online information session for the MS in Bioscience Regulatory Affairs. Learn about admission requirements, curriculum design, course structure, degree requirements; participate in an online discussion or chat with faculty and the associate program chair. Sponsored by Advanced Biotechnology Studies. RSVP online (by Nov. 12) at http://advanced.jhu.edu/rsvp/ index.cfm?ContentID=1619.

LECTURES

Mon., Nov. 9, 4 p.m. The Kossiakoff Lecture—“Engineering Cell Death” by Jim Wells, University of California, San Francisco. Sponsored by Biophysics. 111 Mergenthaler.  HW

Tues., Nov. 10, 5 p.m. The Sixth Annual Alvin H. Bernstein Lecture—“The U.S.-U.K. Special Relationship: The End of the Affair?” by Eric Edelman. (See “In Brief,” p. 2.) Sponsored by the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building.  SAIS

Wed., Nov. 11, noon. The W.P. Carey Global Leader Lecture—“The Electricity Storm: How Energy Policy Affects Our Future” by Mayo Shattuck III, president and CEO, Constellation Energy. Sponsored by the Office of the Dean. Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building.  SAIS

Wed., Nov. 11, 8 p.m. The 16th Sidney W. Mintz Lecture—“On Noticing” by Virginia Dominguez, University of Illinois. Sponsored by Anthropology. Mason Hall Auditorium.  HW

Fri., Nov. 13, 4 p.m. The Kenneth O. Johnson Memorial Lecture—“Neural Codes, Perception, Memory and Decision Making” by Ranulfo Romo, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City. Co-sponsored by the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute and Biomedical Engineering. Mason Hall Auditorium.  HW

Mon., Nov. 16, 5:15 p.m. “Is There Such a Thing as Inner-European Postcolonial Studies?” a German and Romance Languages and Literatures lecture by Birgit Wagner, University of Vienna. 101A Dell House.  HW

MUSIC

Tues., Nov. 10, 7 p.m. “What Makes It Great?” a Washington Performing Arts Society presentation with Rob Kapilow and the Peabody Chamber Players performing Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, Strings and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043. Sponsored by Peabody Institute. $30 general admission, $25 for WPAS and Smithsonian members. To purchase tickets, go to www .wpas.org or phone 202-785-9727. Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History, 10th St. NE and Constitution Ave. NE.

Wed., Nov. 11, 8 p.m. World premiere of Michael Formanek’s Duologue for Double Bass and Piano, and works by Wayne Shorter, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk and James P. Johnson, performed by Michael Formanek, contrabass, and Tim Murphy, piano. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Griswold Hall.  Peabody

Sat., Nov. 14, 3 p.m. The Shriver Hall Concert Series@the BMA presents the Pavel Haas Quartet.  Part of the free “Discovery Series.” Baltimore Museum of Art Auditorium.

Sat., Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. Peabody Camerata performs works by Lonnie Hevia, Robert Hall Lewis and Lukas Foss. Griswold Hall.  Peabody

Sun., Nov. 15, 4 p.m. “4 Hands and 4 Feet,” an organ recital by John Walker and Donald Sutherland playing works by Bach, Alkan, Merkel, Wagner, Leighton, Strauss and Sousa. $15 general admission, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students with ID. Griswold Hall.  Peabody

OPEN HOUSES

Mon., Nov. 9, 10 a.m. to noon. Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals Open House for those who want to learn more about master’s degree programs and courses. Academic and Research Building, 9601 Medical Center Dr., Rockville, Md. Montgomery County Campus.

READINGS/BOOK TALKS

Wed., Nov. 11, 7 p.m. Baltimore-based author James Magruder will discuss and sign copies of his debut novel Sugarless. Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins.  HW

SEMINARS

Mon., Nov. 9, 12:15 p.m. “Strategies for Linking Policy to Evidence Generation: The UK Experience,” a Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar with Kalipso Chalkidou, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, UK. Co-sponsored by Health Policy and Managenent and the US Cochrane Center. W3008 SPH.  EB

Mon., Nov. 9, 12:15 p.m. “The Genes That Were Missed: An Expanding Universe of Small RNAs and Small Proteins,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Gisela Storz,  NICHHD/NIH. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.  HW

Mon., Nov. 9, 4 p.m. “The Cajal Body and snRNP Biogenesis,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Joseph Gall, JHU and Carnegie Institution of Washington. W2030 SPH.  EB

Mon., Nov. 9, 4 p.m. “Estimates From Below: Spectral Function, Remainder in Weyl’s Law and Resonances,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with Dmitry Jakobson, McGill University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 304 Krieger.  HW

Mon., Nov. 9, 4 p.m. David Bodian Seminar—“Maps, Streams and Circuits in Mouse Visual Cortex” with Andreas Burkhalter, Washington University in St. Louis. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger.  HW

Tues., Nov. 10, noon. “The Dynamic Landscape for Enzymatic Recognition of DNA Damage,” a Biological Chemistry seminar with James Stivers, SoM. 612 Physiology.  EB

Tues., Nov. 10, noon. “Development and Use of Alternative Methods at BASF,” an Environmental Health Sciences seminar with Bennard van Ravenzwaay, BASF. Co-sponsored by the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing. W7023 SPH.  EB

Tues., Nov. 10, 12:15 p.m. “Repairing Broken Ends by MMEJ: Lessons From Saccharomyces cerevisiae,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Kihoon Lee, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.  HW

Tues., Nov. 10, 3 p.m. “Use of Natural Zeolite Materials to Restore Groundwater at Nuclear Facilities,” a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Alan Rabideau, SUNY Buffalo. 234 Ames.  HW

Tues., Nov. 10, 4:30 p.m. “We Know It All: Lessons From a Quarter Century of Web Extraction Research,” a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Oren Etzioni, University of Washington. B17 CSEB.  HW

Wed., Nov. 11, noon. “From the Battlefront to the Homefront and Back Again: Psychological Challenges for Soldiers and Veterans Today,” a Mental Health seminar with Col. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, Office of the Army Surgeon General, U.S. Armed Forces. B14B Hampton House.  EB

Wed., Nov. 11, 1:30 p.m. “The Chromodomains of the Chd1 Remodeler Dictate Substrate Specificity Through an Autoinhibitory Mechanism,” a Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry seminar with Gregory Bowman, KSAS. 517 PCTB.  EB

Wed., Nov. 11, 3 p.m. “Bio-Inspired Structural Materials,” a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Robert Ritchie, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory/University of California, Berkeley. 110 Maryland.  HW

Wed., Nov. 11, 4 p.m. “What Drug Discovery Can Teach Us About Protein Biochemistry,” a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Dustin Maly, University of Washington. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB.  EB

Wed., Nov. 11, 4 p.m. “Bayesian Nonparametric Estimation of Monotone Functions,” a Biostatistics seminar with Katja Ickstadt, Technische Universitat Dortmund. W2030 SPH.  EB

Thurs., Nov. 12, noon. “Estrogen Receptor Signaling Promotes Dendritic Cell Differentiation During Inflammation,” a Molecular Microbiology and Immunology/Infectious Diseases seminar with Susan Kovats, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. E2014 SPH (Sommer Hall).  EB

Thurs., Nov. 12, noon. “The Lobbyist Panel,” a Health Policy and Management Fall Policy seminar with lobbyists Barbara Brocato, Frank Boston, Don Murphy, Robin Shaivitz and Pegeen Townsend. B14B Hampton House.  EB

Thurs., Nov. 12, noon. “ER Shape and Intracellular Lipid Trafficking,” a Cell Biology seminar with Will Prinz, NIDDK/NIH. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg.  EB

Thurs., Nov. 12, noon. Randolph Bromery Seminar—“The Start of Subduction and Plate Tectonics on Earth: Evidence From Isotopes and Trace Elements” with Steven Shirey, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Olin Hall Auditorium.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 12, 1 p.m. “Radial Progenitor Polarity and the Formation of Cerebral Cortex,” a Neuroscience research seminar with E.S. Anton, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB.  EB

Thurs., Nov. 12, 1 p.m. Special Bodian Seminar—“Optical Inhibition of Human Eye Growth and Myopia Progression” with John Phillips, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 12, 4 p.m. “Mechanism of miRNA Action,” a Biology seminar with Nahum Sonenberg, McGill University. 100 Mudd.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 12, 4 p.m. “Searching for Earth-like Exoplanets With an Optical Vortex Coronagraph,” an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Grover Swartzlander, Rochester Institute of Technology. 110 Maryland.  HW

Fri., Nov. 13, 11 a.m. “Improving Wireless Device Mobility and Lifetime,” an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Jeffrey Walling, University of Washington, Seattle. 320 CSEB.  HW

Fri., Nov. 13, 4 p.m. “Evolution of Signaling Systems With Multiple Senders and Receivers,” an Evolution, Cognition and Culture seminar with Brian Skyms, University of California, Irvine. 102A Dell House.  HW

Mon., Nov. 16, noon. “At the Brink of a Great Transformation? Karl Polanyi, Political-Economic Pendulums and the Crisis Today,” a Sociology seminar with Gareth Dale, Brunel University, London. 526 Mergenthaler.  HW

Mon., Nov. 16, 12:15 p.m. “Adventures in Mammalian Genetics: Genetic Mining of the Cancer Genome,” a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Stephen Elledge, Harvard Medical School. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive.  HW   [EVENT CANCELED]

Mon., Nov. 16, 4 p.m. “Superrigidity of Hyperbolic DM-Complexes,” an Analysis/PDE seminar with George Daskalopoulos, Brown University. Sponsored by Mathematics. 304 Krieger.  HW

Mon., Nov. 16, 4 p.m. “NIAID Intramural Research Program and Human Interferons: Structure and Function,” a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Kathryn Zoon, NIAID. W2030 SPH.  EB

Mon., Nov. 16, 4 p.m. David Bodian Seminar—“Implementing Models of the Primate Visual Cortex in Silicon” with Ralph Etienne-Cummings, WSE. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger.  HW

SPECIAL EVENTS

Tues., Nov. 10, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. JHU Core Store exhibit of the latest in promotions and products by life science suppliers. Turner Concourse.  EB

Thurs., Nov. 12, 7 p.m. Reading of Jeffrey Hatcher’s play A Picasso. Part of Portraits of the Artists, a series of readings by professional actors of plays about artists represented in the Evergreen Museum collection. Co-sponsored by the Evergreen Museum & Library and the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. $12 general admission, $10 Evergreen members and $5 for JHU students with valid ID. Pre-paid reservations are required; to reserve tickets, call 410-516-0341. Bakst Theatre, Evergreen.

Sat., Nov. 14, 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. “A Woman’s Journey,” annual one-day women’s health conference with Hopkins faculty physicians and faculty on 32 topics. For information and to register, go to www.hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney or call 410-955-8660. Registration is $95 for general public, $85.50 for Hopkins employees, $75 for students with ID. Hilton Baltimore Hotel.

SYMPOSIA

Fri., Nov. 13, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Molecules, Mice, Man and Mycobacteria: A Tribute to the Ongoing Contributions of Jacques Grosset, 80th birthday recognition of Professor Grosset, with multiple speakers. Sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research. Owens Auditorium, CRB.  EB

THEATER

Fri., Nov. 13, 8 p.m. Comedy improv by the Buttered Niblets. Arellano Theater, Levering.  HW

Fri., Nov. 13, and Sat., Nov. 14, 8 p.m., and Sun., Nov. 15, 2 p.m. Johns Hopkins University Theatre presents Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by prize-winning student playwright Eric Levitz. (See story, “JHU Theatre presents new work by prize-winning student playwright,” in this issue.) Merrick Barn.  HW

WORKSHOPS

Tues., Nov. 10, 9:30 to 11 a.m., and Wed., Nov. 11, 4:30 to 6 p.m. “RefWorks,” a Milton S. Eisenhower Library workshop open only to the Hopkins community. To register, go to http://bit .ly/RefWorksSchedule. Electronic Resource Center, M-Level, MSE Library.  HW

Thurs., Nov. 12, 1 p.m. “Introduction to Google Sketchup,” a Bits & Bytes workshop intended for faculty, lecturers and TAs; staff are also welcome to attend. Sponsored by the Center for Educational Resources. Garrett Room, MSE Library.  HW

Mon., Nov. 16, 9 a.m. “Grantcraft,” a daylong workshop designed to assist faculty and advanced postdocs prepare an NIH or other peer-reviewed grant application. Sponsored by the JHMI Professional Development Office. Cost for faculty is $650; cost for postdoctoral and clinical fellows is $325. Registration required; to register, e-mail jhmipdo@jhmi.edu. Mountcastle Auditorium.  EB

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