“Regulation and Function of the Pem Homeobox Gene,” R & D Workshop, Baylor College of Medicine (1 March) 2001 “An RNA Surveillance Mechanism that Detects and Corrects Bad Molecular Virology Department, Baylor College of Medicine (27 February) 2002 “RNA Surveillance and the Nucleus,” University of Texas, Austin (20 November) 2002 “RNA Surveillance, RNA Splicing, and the Nucleus” and “A Downregulatory Response to Nonsense Codons” (two talks), Department of Genetics, Case-Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (11-12 November) 2002 “T-Cell Receptor RNA Surveillance,” Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (29 April) 2002 “Function and Regulation of the Pem Homeobox Gene in the Reproductive Tract,” University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (3 April) 2003 “RNA Surveillance, the Nucleus, and Translation,” Department of Biology, University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana (1 October) 2003 “RNA Surveillance and the Nuclear Translation Paradox,” Molecular & Cell Biology Program, University of California, Berkeley, CA (1 May) 2003 “RNA Surveillance and the Nuclear Translation Paradox,” Department of Biochemistry, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR (22 2004 “Nonsense Codons, Splicing, and the Nucleus,” Biochemistry Department, U. Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (18 November) 2004 “A New Homeobox Gene Complex Expressed in the Male and Female Reproductive Tract,” School of Molecular Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (21 October) 2004 “RNA Surveillance and the Nucleus,” Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (13 April) 2004 “Life During and After Transcription,” Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI (24 March) 2005 “Germ-Cell Development, Transcriptional Regulation, and Tissue-Specific RNAi,” University of Toronto / Sunnybrook Institute (1 December) 2005 “Germ-Cell Survival Mediated by Nurse-Cell Transcription Factors,” Northwestern University, Evanston campus (30 November)
2005 “Germ-Cell Survival Mediated by Nurse-Cell Transcription Factors,” Northwestern University Medical School (5 October) 2005 “Tissue-Specific RNAi Reveals Mechanisms Required for the Survival and Maturation of Germ Cells” and “RNA Splicing, Translation, and RNA Surveillance,” Ohio State University (10-11 October; 2 talks) 2005 “Germ-Cell Survival by Nurse-Cell Transcription Factors,” Penn State University (4 October) 2005 “The Role of Homeobox and Zinc-Finger Transcription Factors in Reproduction,” B105 Institute, University of Arizona (14 June) “RNA Surveillance, Translation, and the Nucleus,” Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center (26 April) 2006 “Germ Cells, Nurse Cells, and RNAi,” Center for Research on Reproduction and Women’s Health, University of Pennsylvania (22 February) 2006 “RNA Surveillance and RNAi,” Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut (20 September) 2007 “The Rhox Genes: Transcriptional Control and Gametogenesis,” Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical School (10 December) 2007 “Hormones, Homeoboxes, and Transcriptional Control,” Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine (13 December) 2008 “Hormones, Homeoboxes, and Transcriptional Control,” Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA (11 February) 2008 “Hormones, Homeoboxes, and Transcriptional Control,” Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University (10 March) 2008 “Regulation of RNA Surveillance,” Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico (6 May) 2008 “Hormones, Homeoboxes, and Transcriptional Control, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (14 November) 2008 “Regulation of RNA Surveillance,” Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto, Portugal (2 December) 2010 “Regulation of RNA Surveillance,” UCLA, Harbor Campus, Los Angeles (28 September)
2013 – present Alan Acab, BMS-UCSD 2013 – present Jacqueline Benthuysen, BMS-UCSD 2013 – present Vanessa Mondol, Division of Biology, UCSD 2013 – present Marco Arribas-Layton, Division of Biology, UCSD 2013 – present Jacqueline Ward, BMS-UCSD 2013 – present Claire Koechlein, BMS-UCSD 2013 – present Julia Nussbacher, BMS-UCSD 2014 – present Kelly Feldman, Division of Biology, UCSD (Masters student) 2014 – present Kalodiah Toma, Division of Biology, UCSD (Masters student) 2014 – present Jenna Richter, BMS-UCSD