January Calendar of Events

JANUARY 10
Radiology Rounds Interpretation Room, Small Animal Hospital, 8:15 a.m. Grafton campus.

Small Animal Medicine Rounds Break Room, Small Animal Hospital, 9 a.m. Grafton campus.

Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology "Genetic Dissection of Signaling Pathways in Breast Development and Cancer," Dr. Cathrin Brisken, assistant professor, Harvard Medical School. Chitra Biswas Conference Room (M&V 105), 4 p.m. Boston campus.

Musical Comedy "Curve 9," starring Tufts alum Josuah Wolkomire, A00. In this musical comedy that examines the black hole between science and religion, Wolkomire plays Noah, a laid-off factory worker with a drinking problem. His recently cryogenically defrosted wife, Shirley, and a genetic engineer android embark on a trip to save the human race. "Curve 9" is a blend of funky tunes, fantastic dance interludes and costumes that turn punk inside out. Nexus Theater Center, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville. Through January 26. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $20 for students; for tickets, call (617) 623-1209.

JANUARY 11
Small Animal Medicine Rounds Break Room, Small Animal Hospital, 9 a.m. Grafton campus.

Gross Pathology Rounds Necropsy Room, Small Animal Hospital, 4 p.m. Grafton campus.

JANUARY 14
HNRCA Seminar Series "HDL Subfractions and Coronary Heart Disease," Bela F. Asztalos, scientist, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging Lipid Metabolism Laboratory. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, mezzanine conference room, 711 Washington St., 4-5 p.m. Boston campus.

JANUARY 15
Academic Calendar New student orientation. Registration for new undergraduate students. Residence halls open at 9 a.m. for returning undergraduates.

JANUARY 16
Academic Calendar Classes begin; Experimental College registration.

JANUARY 17
Immunology "B Lymphocyte Regulation and Memory: Role of Innate Immunity," Dr. Michael Carroll, Harvard Medical School Center for Blood Research. DeBlois B Auditorium, Sackler Center, 4 p.m. Boston campus.

JANUARY 21
Martin Luther King Day University holiday.

JANUARY 24
Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology "The Beginnings of a Molecular Basis for the Formation of the Simple Stretch Reflex," Eric Frank, professor of neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh. Chitra Biswas Conference Room (M&V 105), 4 p.m. Boston campus.

Immunology "DNA Double-Strand Breaks, RNA Editing and Other Puzzles in the Diversification of Immunoglobulin Genes," Dr. David Schatz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine. DeBlois B Auditorium, Sackler Center, 4 p.m. Boston campus.

JANUARY 28
HNRCA Seminar Series "HDL, Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein Inhibition, Coronary Heart Disease," Margaret E. Brousseau, scientist, HNRCA Lipid Metabolism Laboratory and assistant professor, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, mezzanine conference room, 711 Washington St., 4-5 p.m. Boston campus.

JANUARY 30
Academic Calendar Last day for all undergraduate students to add courses.

JANUARY 31
Immunology "Nuclear War: A Novel Caspase-Independent Cell Death Pathway Induced by Granzyme A," Dr. Judy Lieberman, Harvard Medical School Center for Blood Research. DeBlois B Auditorium, Sackler Center, 4 p.m. Boston campus.

Editor's note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the February 1 issue of the Tufts Journal is Tuesday, January 22. Submissions may be e-mailed to barbara.lewis@tufts.edu or you may send Calendar announcements to Barbara Lewis, Office of Publications, 200 Boston Ave., Medford campus.

As the university celebrates its sesquicentennial during the 2001-2002 academic year, a number of events revolve around the 150th anniversary of Tufts. For more information about sesquicentennial events, visit the web site celebrate150.tufts.edu