Posted on 20 October 2010
Paul Groff, director of the John C. Gifford Arboretum at the University of Miami, will present “Testing Hypotheses in Some ‘Descriptive’ and Historical Plant Sciences, with Examples from Mountain-Meadow Gentians” on Monday, October 25 at 12:20 p.m. in the Cox Science Center, Room 166. Groff studies the evolution of growth and form of whole plants and whole-plant morphology. For more information about this event, e-mail Professor Akira Chiba at [email protected].
Posted on 15 October 2010
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center will host a seminar by Mourad Tighiouart, associate research professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Emory University, on Monday, October 25 from 10 to 11 a.m. at Sylvester in Conference Room 1301. Tighiouart will present “Bayesian Statistical Methods for the Design of Early Phase Cancer Trials and Analysis of Longitudinal Cancer Data.” For more information, please contact Amanda Grabloski at 305-243-4889 or [email protected].
Posted on 15 October 2010
Taylor Schreiber, M.D./Ph.D. student, will present, “Calcium Control of T Regulatory Cells by TNFRSF25” on Monday, October 25 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room 3109. For more information or to add your name to the Department of Microbiology and Immunology’s distribution list, please contact Brian Ruther at [email protected].
Posted on 15 October 2010
The Launch Pad at Toppel will host the “Basics of Business Law” on Monday, October 25 from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. at the Toppel Career Center library. The workshop is free to attend and is open to UM faculty and staff, students, alumni, and members of the community. Lunch will be served. RSVP to [email protected].
Posted on 08 October 2010
The Inter-American Course in Clinical Ophthalmology, designed for practicing ophthalmologists in Latin America and the Caribbean, covers practical approaches to select clinical problems. In addition to the course material presented with simultaneous English-Spanish translation, more than 60 commercial exhibitors will participate in an accompanying trade show. The course takes place from October 24-27 at the InterContinental Hotel, Miami. For more information, call the Department of Continuing Medical Education, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, at 305-326-6110, fax 305-326-6518, e-mail [email protected], or click here.