January 10, 2009
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Faculty Retreat: Energy Alternatives for Iowa and the World
Scheman Center, Iowa State University. Sponsored by The Bioethics Program in conjunction with the Office of Biotechnology.

January 23, 2009
11:10 am - 12:00 pm
Ames Area Proteomics Discussion Group Fall Seminar: Dr. Emily Smith
Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, "Transfer Assays for the Study of Cell for Characterization of Biological Membrane Organization and Protein fluorescence", Location: 1102 MBB, Contact: Louisa B. Tabatabai (Louisa.Tabatabai@ars.usda.gov or lbt@iastate.edu) Rescheduled from December 19, 2008. Room to be announced.

February 18, 2009: Francisco J. Ayala, University of California Irvine
A Conversation with Francisco Ayala. Moderated by Bioethics Program Director Clark Wolf. 12 noon, Sun Room, Memorial Union and Lecture, "Darwin's Gift to Science and Religion," 8 p.m., Sun Room, Memorial Union

February 20, 2009
11:10 am - 12:00 pm
Ames Area Proteomics Discussion Group Seminar: Mandy K. Zimmerli, BBMB, 1424 MBB
Title: iTRAQ: Application for the identification of vaccine candidates for swine and avian respiratory diseases

March 14, 2009 - March 15, 2009
First RECOMB Satellite Conference on Bioinformatics Education
University of California at San Diego

March 15, 2009 - March 17, 2009
2009 AMIA Summit on Translational Bioinformatics, San Francisco, CA
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) in Partnership with The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and the statistical genetics community will hold this summit at the Grand Hyatt, San Francisco.

March 27, 2009
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Ames Area Proteomics Discussion Group Seminar: Young-Jin Lee, Chemistry, 1424 MBB
Title: "Mass Spectrometry-based Protein Post-translational Modification Analysis". Abstract: Mass spectrometry is becoming a tool of choice for protein PTM analysis. However, many biologists are not familiar with this technology. In this seminar, we will discuss how mass spectrometry can be used to study protein modifications along with its advantages and limitations. This seminar is not a research talk but intended to introduce modern technologies and deliver some basic knowledge underlying the technology. Discussion will be mostly focused on phosphorylation modification.

March 31, 2009 - April 02, 2009
2009 World Congress on Computer Science and Engineering
Los Angeles/Anaheim, USA

April 02, 2009
11:45 am - 4:00 pm
CIAG Faculty Spring Symposium
The Center for Integrated Animal Genomics (CIAG) will host a Faculty Spring Symposium in the Ensminger Room, Kildee Hall. A presentation by keynote speaker Andrew Whitehead will be open to all members of CIAG labs and the ISU community. Whitehead of Louisiana State University, will present, "Evolution of Transcriptome Variation: Studying Genotype-by-Environment Interactions." Max Rothschild, center director, will address the luncheon for CIAG faculty and there will be a poster session.

April 15, 2009
8:00 pm
30th Annual Charles E. Bessey Lecture: Professor Susan Harrison, UC Davis
"A North American biodiversity hotspot declines in response to 55 years of climate change", 1414 Molecular Biology Building

April 21, 2009 - April 22, 2009
ISU's Biosafety Institute for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products
"Food and Fuel Crops: Issues, Policies and Regulation," is the focus of the annual symposium, Gateway Hotel and Conference Center. Registration is free for ISU faculty; contact Jody Larson, jilarson@iastate.edu.

April 21, 2009
11:00 am - 11:50 am
STEM Seminar: Maureen Scharberg, San Jose University
Seminar Title: "Working Toward Improving STEM Student Success", 2030 Morrill. Contact Craig Ogilvie, cogilvie@iastate.edu, with questions.

April 27, 2009 - April 28, 2009
Loomis Lecture and Interdepartmental Plant Biology Mini-Symposium
The keynote address is by Edward (Ted) Farmer, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 27 (7 p.m., MU Sun Room). For more information, contact Gustavo MacIntosh, 4-2627, gustavo@iastate.edu, or Kan Wang, 4-4429, kanwang@iastate.edu. Location: Sun Room, Memorial Union.

April 29, 2009
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Ag Research Symposium
The graduate program in sustainable ag's research symposium and poster presentation will be held April 29 (3-6 p.m., MU Sun Room and South Ballroom). Leopold Center fellow Fred Kirschenmann will present the keynote talk on sustainability in the 21st century. The event is free and open to the public. No registration is required, but attendees are asked to confirm their participation with Charles Sauer, csauer@iastate.edu.

April 30, 2009
8:00 pm
Annual Gilman Lecture: Hisashi Yamamoto, University of Chicago
Dr. Yamamoto will discuss "asymmetric synthesis based on acid catalysis." 1352 Gilman.

May 13, 2009 - May 16, 2009
5th International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA)
Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida