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Upcoming Lecture

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Dr. Mavis Agbandje-McKenna will present the 29th Joan Wood Lecture on Wednesday, October 21, 2009, in Myers Hall 130, at 4:00 p.m. Her talk is entitled, “Structural studies of Adeno-associated viruses towards improved gene delivery applications.”

Professor Agbandje-McKenna is a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Florida. She also directs the Center for Structural Biology at the University of Florida’s College of Medicine. Dr. Abandje-McKenna studies the basic biology of viruses, with the goal to using knowledge of their 3D structure and host interactions to manipulate them for delivering treatments of diseases which afflict plants, animals, and humans.

About the Wood Lecture Series and Joan H. Wood, Ph.D., M.D.

The Joan Wood Lecture Series provides a forum for undergraduates to interact with women in science-related careers. Designed to encourage undergraduate women to pursue advanced degrees in science, the series showcases the many career opportunities available to science majors.

Before her death in 1990, Dr. Wood was a strong advocate of women in the sciences and remained active in educational programs within the IU Department of Biology. Memorial contributions made in her honor helped establish this lecture series.

Additional Information about Dr. Wood

Past Joan Wood Lecturers

March 25, 2009
Maria A. Schumacher, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Maria A. Schumacher, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. “Structural mechanisms of multidrug resistance and multidrug tolerance.”

March 26, 2008
Professor Tania A. Baker, Ph.D., Professor in The Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Remodeling Proteins and the Proteome by AAA+ Unfolding Machines"

October 3, 2007
Jamie L. Stalker, M.D., Medical Director of Argonne National Laboratory. “Flexibility and the Fickle Finger of Fate: A Peculiar Path from Musician to Medical Director.”

April 4, 2007
Nicole King, Ph.D., 2005 MacArthur Fellow and assistant professor of genetics and development at the University of California at Berkeley. "Finding My Way: Fossils, Choanoflagellates, and Motherhood.”

February 15, 2006
Donna Cragle, Ph.D., Director of Basic and Applied Research and Director of the Center for Epidemiologic Research for the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education. "Epidemiology: Wonderful Career Choice, or Secret Society?"

See all past Wood Lecturers

Contact Us

Wood Lecture Committee Members include:
- Viola Ellison, Assistant Professor
- Robert Togasaki, Assistant Professor
- Kathy Wyss, Development Officer for Biology

To suggest a speaker, send Kathy Wyss an e-mail or write to her at: Kathy Wyss, Department of Biology, Indiana University, 1001 East Third Street, Jordan Hall 120, Bloomington, IN 47405.