Tau Chapter was formed in 1959 and is composed of a diverse membership with students and faculty from University of California San Diego, University of San Diego, San Diego State University, California State University San Marcos, employees of the numerous biotech companies in the area, city and county governmental organizations as well as many retired members.
Tau Chapter offers a variety of events and activities for its membership during the academic year, including seminars and social events. In addition, Tau Chapter has an Outstanding Woman Science Teacher competition in the spring. Tau Chapter also joined the San Diego Science Alliance, a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to supporting science literacy and education and through this affiliation, became a founding partner in a group called Be WiSE (Better Education for Women in Science and Engineering). Won’t you join us either as a guest or member for our next meeting?
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Tau Chapter Schedule of Events 2010
Free Lecture Series -- Public Cordially Invited
January 27, 2010 Speaker: Rommie E. Amaro, Ph.D., former president of Tau Chapter 2008–2009 and is now with the Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Information & Computer Sciences at UC Irvine. Title: Flu, You and Your Play Station 3: How Computers Are Changing the Search for New Antivirals. Please click here for more information.
March 18, 2010 Speaker: Alison Coil, Ph.D., Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, works at the intersection between large-scale structures, cosmology and galaxy evolution.
Title “Lighting Up the Dark”How Galaxies Trace Dark Matter on Large Scales. Time and Location TBD.
Mount Laguna Observatory. We are planning an outing to visit the telescopes and facilities at the observatory on Mt. Laguna East of San Diego. Keep watching for more information.
Date and Time TBD
Keep checking back for updates on schedules and events.
Graduate Women in Science Presentation & Social Hour
Public Invited – Please Distribute
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Time: 6:00pm Social hour
7:00pm Lecture
Place: University San Diego
Hahn University Center 103
Flu, You and Your Play Station 3:
How Computers Are Changing the Search
for New Antivirals
Rommie Amaro, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine,
Dept of Pharmaceutical Science & Dept of Computer Science
Thanks to advances both in computer hardware and software, computer simulations are now making unprecedented contributions to drug discovery. The influenza (i.e. flu) virus, and in particular the avian and swine flu strains, have revealed new secrets about their molecular structure and function through the use of these state-of-the art techniques. In this talk, we will review the fascinating biology of flu and discuss how computers are now aiding in the search and discovery of new antiviral compounds, as well as furthering our general understanding of how these viruses work.
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From the North: Exit I-5 South at Sea World Dr./Tecolote Rd. Turn left toward Morena Blvd., right on Morena, left on Napa, and left on Linda Vista Rd.
From the South: Exit I-5 North at Morena Blvd. (sign says “Morena Blvd. use I-8 East”). Follow signs for Morena Blvd. and turn right on Linda Vista Rd.
From the East: Exit I-8 West at Morena Blvd. Turn right onto Linda Vista Rd.
Proceed to the second stoplight on Linda Vista Rd. (USD’s MAIN (East) entrance; turn left to enter campus. Parking (no fee; http://www.sandiego.edu/maps/) in the parking structure just past the Information kiosk. The University Center is across the street.
Please check the GWIS Tau Chapter web site for information on this and other events.
For all events, please REPLY to Sheila Kennedy.
2009 GWIS Tau Chapter Events
August 15, 2009 Laura Benz, Ph.D., Asst Professor, USD.
Surface Chemistry: A brief overview and some recent examples
September 24, 2009 Nathalie Reyns, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, USD
The Big Blue: Learning from our oceans
October 21, 2009 Rae Robertson Anderson, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, USD
One Molecule at a Time: Single molecule studies on assembly of HIV-1 Rev on RRE |
