FALL 2006

September 7

Susan L. Semple-Rowland, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, UF College of Medicine  (required for registered students)

Writing Structured Abstracts

September 14

Charles Roberts, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Oregon Health Science Center
Sponsored by the Dept. of Physiology & Functional Genomics
Hosted by Mohan K. Raizada, Ph.D. and Maria Grant, M.D.

Cross-Talk Between IGF-1 Receptors and Other Growth Factor Receptors

September 21

Marston Manthorpe, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Vical, San Diego, CA

Career Development Seminar
Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

A Split Career:  Academics & Neuroscience To Industry & Infectious Disease Vaccines

September 28

Eckhard Jankowsky, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Sponsored by the Condit Lab and the UF Research Foundation Professorship Program
Hosted by Richard C. Condit, Ph.D.

DEAD-Box Proteins:  Unwinding RNA By Unexpected Means

October 5

Martinez Hewlett, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Dept. Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Arizona
Sponsored by the Basic Microbiology & Infectious Disease training grant and the Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Hosted by David C. Bloom, Ph.D.

The Evolution Controversy: Who is Fighting with Whom about What?

October 12

Howard Petrie, Ph.D., Scripps Florida, The Scripps Research Institute
Sponsored by the Dept. of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine
Hosted by Maureen Goodenow, Ph.D.

Identifying Stromal Signals that Regulate Lymphopoiesis in the Post-natal Thymus

October 19

Jodi Gentry, Associate Director for Training and Organizational Development, UF Division of Human Resources
Career Development Seminar
Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

A Look at Fundamental HR Skills Often Overlooked in Graduate Programs:  Management & Team-Building

October 26

David Busija, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Sponsored by the Dept. of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Hosted by Nihal Tumer, Ph.D.

Detrimental Effects of Insulin Resistance on the Heart and Vasculature:  What You Don't Know May Hurt You!

November 2

Harris D. Bernstein, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Disease, NIH
Sponsored by the Dept. of Oral Biology
Hosted by L. Jeannine Brady, Ph.D.

Protein Secretion in Bacteria via the Autotransporter Pathway

November 9

Joseph C. Glorioso III, Ph.D., Chairman & William S. McEllroy Professor of Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsored by the Basic Microbiology & Infectious Disease training grant and the Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Hosted by David C. Bloom, Ph.D.

HSV Vectors and Gene Therapy of Chronic Pain

November 16

Glenn P. Ladwig, M.S., J.D., Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Saliwanchik

Career Development Seminar
Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

Biotechnology and Intellectual Property

November 30

Thomas E. DeCoursey, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University Medical Center
Sponsored by the Dept. of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Hosted by David N. Silverman, Ph.D.

The Intimate But Controversial Relationship Between Proton Channels and the Phagocyte NADPH Oxidase

December 7

Sarah C.R. Elgin, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Washington University 
Sponsored by the Center for Mammalian Genetics
Hosted by Thomas P. Yang, Ph.D.

Targeting Heterochromatin Formation in Drosophila

SPRING 2007

January 11

Susan B. Zolla-Pazner, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, NYU School of Medicine
Sponsored by the Dept. of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine
Hosted by Maureen Goodenow, Ph.D.

Rational Design of HIV Vaccines

January 18

David P. Brooks, Ph.D., Vice President Biology US, Cardiovascular & Urogenital Diseases, Glaxo Smith Kline, Philadelphia, PA

Career Development Seminar
Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

Interviewing for the Pharmaceutical Industry:  What Does It Involve and How To Succeed?

January 25

Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester
Sponsored by the Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
hosted by Maurice Swanson, Ph.D.

Nonsense-mediated and Staufen1-Mediated mRNA Decay in Mammals:  Related Pathways with Distinct Purposes

February 1

Andrew Camilli, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Tufts University

Sponsored by the Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
hosted by Paul Gulig, Ph.D.

Investigation of Vibrio cholerae Gene Regulation and Behavior During Infection

February 8

Kenneth H. Roux, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida State University
Sponsored by the Dept. of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine
Hosted by Maureen Goodenow, Ph.D.

Exploring the Surface of AIDS Viruses by Electron Microscopy

February 15

Eiichi Fukushima, Ph.D., ABQMR, Inc. and New Mexico Resonance, Albuquerque, NM

Career Development Seminar
Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

ABQMR, Inc. and New Mexico Resonance:  A Tale of Small Independent Labs with New-Age Research Environments

February 22

Gordon Hager, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Hormone Action & Oncogenesis Section, National Cancer Institute

Sponsored by the Center for Mammalian Genetics
Hosted by Suming Huang, Ph.D.

Real-Time Dynamics of Transcription Factor/Genome Interactions

March 1
2:00 PM
Cancer/Genetics
Auditorium
(CGR 101)

Sponsored by the Dept. of Urology
Hosted by Johannes W. Vieweg, MD, FACS

Engendering Protective Immunity in Cancer Patients: 
A Multi-pronged Approach

March 8

Stephen Tapscott, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Sponsored by the Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
hosted by Maurice Swanson, Ph.D.

MyoD and the Regulation of Muscle Gene Expression

March 15

Mary K. Montgomery, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

Career Development Seminar
Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

Balancing Teaching and Research in a Liberal Arts Setting: A Noble Goal

March 22

Michael G. Rossmann, Ph.D., Hanley Professor of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University
Sponsored by the Center for Structural Biology
hosted by Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D.

Structural Studies of Viruses

March 29

April 5

Richard Houghten, Ph.D., President, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, CA
Sponsored by the Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
hosted by Ben Dunn, Ph.D.

The Use of  High Density (mixture-based) Libraries For The Accelerated Identification of Hits and Leads.

April 12

April 19

Gail P. Perusek, M.S., Project Manager for Exercise Countermeasures, Human Research Office, Exploration Systems Division, NASA Glenn Research Center

Career Development Seminar
Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

Space Exercise Brought Down to Earth

April 26

Cancelled - No Seminar

Ann Dean, Ph.D., Molecular Genetics Section Chief, Laboratory of Cellular & Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Disease, NIH
Sponsored by the Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hosted by Jorg Bungert, Ph.D.

Chromatin Structure & Epigenetic Modification in the Human beta-Globin Locus