James Wilson will be presenting a seminar for the Department of Biology called “Fluorescent Analogs and Fluorogenic Reactions: Shedding Light on Biological Systems” on Monday, September 28 from 12:20 to 1:20 p.m. in Cox 166. Dr. Wilson is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Miami. The focus of his research lies in conjugated polymers, novel fluorophores, fluorescence-based detection schemes, and organic materials. Dr. Wilson is developing a toolkit of fluorescent analogs of neuroactive compounds that can function as reporters of synaptic transmission and related processes. For more information about this event, please contact [email protected].

Note: This listing was inadvertently added to our calendars for OCTOBER 28. Though the item has been corrected, please note that this event occured in September and is not occurring on October 28.

The Miller School of Medicine Developmental Center for AIDS Research (DCFAR), Laboratory Core, presents guest speakers Rafick-Pierre Sekaly, director, and Lydie Trautmann, senior staff scientist, of the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute Florida, Port Saint Lucie. Sekaly will present “System Biology Approaches to HIV Eradication” and Trautmann will present on “System Biology: Global Profiling of Acute and Chronic HIV-Specific CD8 T Cell  Responses.” The seminar will be held on Monday, September 28 from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building, room 3109.

The Center for Latin American Studies presents Hidden Scars, a film that tells the story of a Maya Indian who was kidnapped from his neighborhood in Guatemala City, falsely accused as a guerrilla spy, tortured for days, then left for dead on a roadside. Shattered and alone, he makes his way north to Los Angeles, where he seeks political asylum and relief from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. This documentary adds a human face to the current discussion of the effectiveness or futility of torture used as a political tool. A discussion of the film will follow with director Grace Barnes; John Lantigua of the Palm Beach Post; and Jose Flores, a student in International Studies. The film screens on Monday, September 28 at 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com.

The Center for Latin American Studies presents Hidden Scars, a films that tells the story of a Maya Indian, kidnapped from his neighborhood in Guatemala City, falsely accused as a guerrilla spy, tortured for days, then left for dead on a roadside. Shattered and alone, he makes his way north to Los Angeles, where he seeks political asylum and relief from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The documentary, which screens on Monday, September 28 at 7 p.m. at the Cosford Cinema, is intended to add a human face as context to the current discussion of the effectiveness or futility of torture used as a political tool. A discussion of the film with director Grace Barnes will follow.

Chunming Dong, associate professor of medicine, will present “Endothelial Progenitor Cells and the Pathogenesis of Scleroderma Vascular Disease” on Monday, September 28 at 12 p.m. in the MTSL conference room. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or visit this Web site.