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Meeting Minutes 5/1/08 Meeting Minutes (pdf) (click) 5/4/07 Meeting Minutes (pdf) (click) 5/11/06 Meeting Minutes (pdf) (click) 5/5/05 Meeting Minutes (pdf) (click) 4/27/04 Meeting Minutes (pdf) (click) Annual Meeting WHEN: Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 6:30 pm WHERE: SUNY Old Westbury, National Science Building, Room S230 LECTURE: Towards an Integrative Model of Memory in Drosophila LECTURER: Dan Valente, Ph.D., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory INFORMATION: One of the major challenges faced in neuroscience today lies in developing functional relationships between the genotype of an organism and its behavioral phenotype. In complex behaviors such as memory, this relationship necessarily spans multiple scales in both space and time. A complete theoretical model for the formation of memory, then, requires a description of the system that takes into account activity at each scale or a sufficient abstraction thereof. Whereas much Drosophila memory research has primarily focused on developing detailed descriptions of either the genetic networks or the neural networks involved in the process, only recently have there been attempts to integrate knowledge at these levels into a single, overarching description of memory. This talk will discuss our experimental and theoretical efforts toward this aim, primarily focusing on the use of a virtual reality flight simulator which allows simultaneous access to the genetic, neural, and behavioral levels throughout the course of a visual learning assay. FOOD: Light lunch and beverages Please R.S.V.P. to Dr. John A. Allocca so that we may provide enough food for everyone (631) 757-3919. Sigma Xi Research Seminar Series Polytechnic/SUNY Old Westbury Chapter WHEN: Friday, March 28, 2007 at 12:00 pm WHERE: Natural Sciences Building, Lecture Rm S230 LECTURE: Radiation Safety Training LECTURER: Edward O'Connell, from SUNY Stony Brook’s Radiation Protection Services will be presenting this informative lecture INFORMATION: Every person who handles, or works around radioactive material must be trained in the proper handling techniques, storage and usage methods, as well as be aware of any and all safety issues. Mr. O’Connell is an Ass't Clinical Professor in the School of Health Technology and Mgmt, a NY State licensed Medical Health Physicist, has an MS in Radiological Science + MS In Industrial Management + Stony Brook School of Professional Development "Certificate in Occupational Heath and Safety”, Certified Health Care Safety Professional (CHSP), Certified Hazardous Controls Manager (CHCM), Stony Brook University Radiation Safety Officer WHEN: Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 1:00 pm WHERE: Natural Sciences Building, Lecture Rm S230 LECTURE: Creating a Data Resource for Biology: Lessons from the Protein Data Bank (P,G) LECTURER: Dr. Helen Berman INFORMATION: There are many considerations when building a community resource for enabling science. One is the necessity of a scaleable infrastructure that can handle vast amounts and different types of data. This infrastructure must also be able to adapt to new and changing technologies. Another concern is how to solicit and incorporate the needs and wants of a variety of user communities. How are policies created and enforced? A case history of a global resource for science–the Protein Data Bank (PDB)– will be presented. The PDB has been the archive for the three-dimensional coordinates for experimentally-determined biological structures. Today, it is a resource used by researchers and students studying the structures of biological macromolecules and their relationships to sequence, function, and disease. FOOD: Light Lunch, and Beverages a courtesy of Sigma Xi Polytech/SUNY Old Westbury Chapter