John Dowling, PhD
Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard University
 

“What can a Zebrafish see with only an OFF-pathway and other Fish Stories”

Jan. 28, 2013 (Monday)
4:00 PM
116 TH Morgan Building

Host: Brian Rymond, rymond@uky.edu

Refreshments will be served at 3:45pm

"Bidirectional Communication between the Brain and Adipose Tissue"

Timothy Bartness, PhD
Professor
Department of Biology
Georgia State Univeristy

Wednesday, January 9
8:00 am - 9:00 am

University Health Services Bldg. (UHS)
Room 130

Coffee and Refreshments will be available

Hiroshi Nakato, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

4:00pm
116 THM
University of Kentucky, Dept. of Biology

*refreshments served at 3:45pm

Sponsored by Biology Ribble Endowment
Factulty Host: Doug Harrison

 

Celeste Berg, Ph.D.
Professor of Genome Sciences
University of Washington, Department of Genome Sciences

4:00pm
116 TH Morgan Bldg.
University of Kentucky, Department of Biology

*refreshments served at 3:45pm

Sponsored by the Department of Biology Ribble Endowment
Faculty Host: Doug Harrison

 

Alexey Arkov, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Murray State University, Biology Department

4:00 pm
116 TH Morgan Building, University of Kentucky Department of Biology

Sponsored by Department of Biology Ribble Endowment
Faculty Host: Doug Harrison
 

John P. Wyatt Lecture on Environmental Health and Disease

Global Climate Change and the Emergence of Infectious Diseases

University of Kentucky
Office of the Vice President for Research
Wednesday December 12, 2012, 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
William T. Young Library Auditorium

This Symposium on “Global Climate Change and the Emergence of Infectious Diseases” will present and discuss selected topics including Emerging Pathogens: the Ecology and Evolution in the Invasion of New Species, Invasive Mosquitoes and Human Health, and Biogeography and Infectious Disease Ecology and Climate Change.  The Symposium addresses students and faculty participants, with a program of activities consisting of distinguished lectures and a panel discussion of open access for the general public.

PROGRAM

LECTURES

"Climate change, ecology, and disease emergence: A public health perspective"
Dr. Ben Beard
Associate Director for Climate Change
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Chief, Bacterial Diseases Branch
Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/media/subtopic/sme/beard.html

"More than climate:  Ecological change and its potential effects on vector-borne disease"

Dr. Steven Juliano
Distinguished Professor of Ecology
School of Biological Sciences
Illinois State University
http://bio.illinoisstate.edu/sajulian/

"Arbovirus emergence - anthropogenic effects and viral-instrinsic factors"
Dr. Christopher Mores
School of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Pathobiological Sciences
Louisiana State University
http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/pbs/mores.htm

PANEL DISCUSSION PARTICIPANTS

Dr. John Cox (UK Forestry) · Dr. Grayson Brown (UK Entomology) · Dr. Stephen Dobson (UK Entomology) Dr. Christopher Mores (Louisiana State U.) · Dr. Steven Juliano (Illinois State U.) · Dr. Brian Stevenson (UK Microbiology) · Moderator: Dr. Dave Westneat (UK Biology)

Reception at the Helen King Alumni House 5-7pm

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Organization Committee:

Phillip H. Crowley, Dave Westneat and Gisela García Ramos
Contact (GGR): ggarc0@uky.edu; Phone: 257-5306
Department of Biology, University of Kentucky