The 48th Fritz London Memorial Lecture

On Tuesday, April 7, 2009, William H. Miller of the University of California, Berkeley, gave a public lecture on 'quantum effects in the dynamics of complex molecular systems.'

Click here to read about the speaker.

Women's Networking Event

The Duke Chapter of Sigma Xi co-sponsored this event at ScienceOnline'09, held on Friday, January 16, 2009, at 7-9 pm, in the Sigma Xi Center at Research Triangle Park.

Here is a flyer with more information.

Graduate Student Symposium

The Chapter sponsored the Graduate Student Symposium poster session held on Friday, November 14, 2008, in the Levine Science Research Center on Duke's West Campus. Chapter members judged the posters as part of serving the research community. Thanks to all who participated!

Our winners (from left to right):
David DiLillo - "B Cells Are Required for T Cell Activation during Tumor Immunity"
Joshua Lacsina - "Effects of protein synthesis inhibitors with different mechanisms of action
on the production of rapidly degraded polypeptides"
Marshall Thompson - "RNA Network Coordination Model for Postranscriptional Gene
Expression"
Hisani Horne - "Biological Consequences of Aberrant MAL Expression in Breast Cells"
Congratulations!

Kewaunee Event

The Kewaunee Event is an annual day-long spring occurrence focused on biological engineering. In 2008, the Duke Chapter of Sigma Xi sponsored four awards for outstanding student posters.

Kewaunee Poster Session

Our winners: Robert Kirkton, Debby Chang, Caroline Rhim, and Minkyu Kim. Congratulations!

Special Lecture

Speaker: Jerry P. Gollub of Haverford College and the University of Pennsylvania.
Title: Novel Ways of Studying Fluid Flows
Location: Auditorium, French Family Science Center
Time: Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 8:00 P.M.

Abstract
Poster

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