Events
3:30 PM, October 23, 2009
Room 100 Brackett Hall
Dr. Lesly Temesvari
Professor of Biology
Department of Biological Sciences
Clemson University
“Amoebic Dysentery: Insights into Virulence.”
Dr. Temesvari will present a seminar on her work on the molecular mechanisms that are critical to virulence in Entamoeba histolytica, the protozoan parasite that causes amoebic dysentery and infects 50 million people annually. Dr. Temesvari is the 2009 recipient of the Outstanding Researcher of the Year Award from the Clemson University chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society.
3:30 PM, October 23, rm. 100 Brackett Hall
Refreshments served prior to the talk, 3:00-3:302009 Sigma Xi Annual Banquet
April 14, 2009 at 6:30 PM
The Madren Center, Clemson University
Meeting Rooms I/II
“The Molecular Dance of Symbiosis”
Talk by the 2007 Outstanding Young Investigator:
Julia Frugoli, Ph.D., Associate Professor
The Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University
Abstract
Legumes, such as peas, beans and alfalfa, are used in crop rotations because they can grow in the absence of available soil nitrogen, one of the three nutrients most limiting to plant growth. This is possible because legumes set up a symbiosis with rhizobial bacteria that live in the soil. The plant allows the bacteria to live inside the plant root and provides the bacteria with carbon from photosynthesis, in exchange for nitrogen that the bacteria “fix” from the atmosphere. An interaction this complex requires a lot of molecular signaling on both sides of the symbiosis for the partners to identify each other in nature, change the normal development of the plant and bacteria to the accommodate the symbiosis, transfer the carbon and nitrogen, and regulate the extent of the symbiosis. My lab uses the legume Medicago truncatula to investigate how legumes regulate the extent of the symbiosis, and how plants in general signal environmental information from shoots to roots and visa versa in order to respond to their surroundings.
Science as Art Awards:
See the winning entries from the Science as Art competition and meet the winners.
Tickets:
Price $25 ($10 for students)
We have worked hard to maintain the same price as previous years but need your attendance.
Dinner Menu:
Drinks: Coffee, Iced Tea, Water
Salads: Mixed Green Salad & Marinated Tomato, Cucumber, and Onion Salad
Meat Entrée: Chicken rolled in Japanese bread crumbs with Dijonaise cream sauce
Vegetarian Entrée: Pasta Primavera
Two Accompaniments: Oven Roasted Potatoes and Fresh Seasonal Vegetable Medley
Dessert: Apple Cobbler
Please get your tickets soon from one of the following Sigma Xi officers and members:
Timothy Burg, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
307 Fluor Daniel
Email: tburg@clemson.edu
Phone: 656-1368
Amy Moran, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
132 Long Hall
Email: moran@clemson.edu
Phone: 656-1488 (please call me if you need delivery of tickets)
Melissa B. Riley, Professor, Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences
120 Long Hall
Email: mbriley@clemson.edu
Lisa C. Benson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering and Science Education
M12 Holtzendorff Hall
Email: lbenson@clemson.edu
Harry Kurtz, Assistant Professor, Genetics and Biochemistry
165 Jordan Hall
email:hkurtz@clemson.edu
If you can’t attend, buy a regular ticket and donate it to a student! Sigma Xi Needs your support for this event.
November 20-23, 2008: Sigma Xi leaders and highly motivated college students gather to share ideas, information and camaraderie at the Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference. On November 21st and 22nd, students from North America and abroad will join distinguished researchers for a celebration of research accomplishments. Undergraduate and graduate students will present research, participate in mentoring and networking activities, panel discussions, and other events. Monetary awards will be presented for outstanding research. Members and non-members of Sigma Xi may participate in the conference. Click here for more information. |
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