College of Medicine Research Seminar ScheduleFall 2002 - Spring 2003 |
Thursdays at 4:00 PM in Room C1-15 |
College of Medicine Research Seminar ScheduleFall 2002 - Spring 2003 |
Thursdays at 4:00 PM in Room C1-15 |
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FALL 2002 |
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| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
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August 29 |
Seong Jin Kim, Ph.D., Lab. of Cell Regulation & Carcinogenesis, NIH (hosted by Dr. Paul Oh) |
Mechanism of Inactivation of TGF-beta Signaling During Carcinogenesis: Inactivation of Smads |
| September 5 | Michal Jazwinski, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Louisiana State Univ. (hosted by Dr. John Aris) | Mitochondria and Aging: Why Children Are Born Young |
| September 12 | Barry Rosen, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Wayne State Univ. School of Medicine (hosted by Dr. Brian Cain) | Structure of Arsenic Detoxification Enzymes |
| September 19 | Bryce Paschal, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, Univ. Virginia (hosted by Dr. Carl Feldherr) | Pathways of RNA and Protein Export from the Nucleus |
| September 26 | Kevin K.W. Wang, Ph.D., Psychiatry & Neuroscience, McKnight Brian Inst., Univ. Florida (hosted by Dr. Ron Hayes) | Protease Overactivation in CNS Injury: Insight into Disease Mechanisms and Biomarker Opportunities |
| October 3 | Stephen Baylin, M.D., Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Johns Hopkins Univ. (hosted by Dr. Lei Xiao) | Aberrant Gene Silencing in Cancer: The Chromatin Connection |
| October 10 | Joseph R. Vasselli, Ph.D., Obesity Research Center, Columbia Univ. (hosted by Dr. Philip Scarpace) | The Role of Leptin in the Regulation of Body Weight: A Reappraisal |
| October 24 | Shalesh Kaushal, M.D., Ph.D., Ophthalmology, Univ. Florida (hosted by Dr. Al Lewin) | Molecular and Cellular Consequences of Misfolded Rhodopsin Mutants Associated with Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa (ADRP) |
| October 31 | Peter A. Rubenstein, Ph.D., Biochemistry, Univ. Iowa (hosted by Dr. Michael Bubb) | Yeast Actin: A Functionally Informative Actin Isoform |
| November 7 | Brenda L. Bass, Ph.D., Biochemistry, Univ. Utah, HHMI (hosted by Dr. Maury Swanson) | Cellular Functions of Double-Stranded RNA: RNA Editing & RNA Interference |
| November 14 | Graham Warren, Ph.D., Cell Biology, Yale Univ. School of Medicine (hosted by Dr. Brian Burke) | Biogenesis of the Golgi Apparatus |
| November 21 | Dorothee Kern, Ph.D., Biochemistry, Brandeis Univ. (hosted by Dr. Art Edison) | Enzymes in Action in the NMR Tube: Protein Dynamics During Catalysis and Signaling |
| December 5 | Paul Friesen, Ph.D., Biochemistry, Inst. Molecular Virology, Univ. Wisconsin (hosted by Dr. Richard Moyer) | Regulation of Apoptosis: New Lessons from the Baculoviruses |
| SPRING 2003 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | SEMINAR TITLE |
| January 9 | Hermann Steller, Ph.D., HHMI, Rockefeller Univ. (hosted by Dr. Lei Zhou) | Death by Design: Mechanism & Regulation of Apoptosis |
| January 16 | Monica Driscoll, Ph.D., Rutgers Univ. (hosted by Dr. Art Edison) | How to Feel: Molecular Mechanisms of Touch Sensation in C. elegans |
| January 23 | Charles Thornton, M.D., Univ. Rochester (hosted by Dr. Maurice Swanson) | RNA-Mediated Diseases |
| January 30 | Peggy Hsieh, Ph.D., NIH (hosted by Dr. Linda Bloom) | Safeguarding the Genome: Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Mismatch Repair |
| February 6 | D. Wade Clapp, M.D., Indiana Univ. (hosted by Dr. Joyce Koenig) | Implications of Ras-Rac-Pak Signaling Pathway in the Pathogenesis of Neurofibroma Formation in Individuals with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 |
| February 13 | Derek van der Kooy, Ph.D., Univ. Toronto (hosted by Dr. Nao Terada) | How to Make a Mammalian Brain |
| February 27 | Billy W. Day, Ph.D., Univ. Pittsburgh (hosted by Dr. Bryon Petersen) | Cancer Drug Discovery Through Combinatorial Chemistry, High Throughput Screening & High Content Cell Profiling |
| March 6 | Robert E. Johnston, Ph.D., Univ. North Carolina (hosted by Dr. Sue Moyer) | Alphavirus Replicon Vaccines for Immunodeficiency Viruses |
| March 13 | Bernard Moss, M.D., Ph.D., NIH (hosted by Dr. Rich Condit) | Assembly and Intracellular Movement of Vaccinia Virus |
| March 20 | Elliott D. Kieff, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Univ. (hosted by Dr. Sankar Swaminathan) | Efficient Immortality & Lymphoma - Epstein-Barr Virus & Human Lymphocytes |
| March 27 | Victor R. Ambros, Ph.D., Dartmouth Univ. (hosted by Dr. Bert Flanegan) | Small RNAs and Developmental Timing in Animals |
| April 3 | John F. Engelhardt, Ph.D., Univ. Iowa (hosted by Dr. Terry Flotte) | Redox-Modulating Gene Therapies for Environmentally Induced Liver Injuries |
| Friday, April 11 8:30-11:00 am HPNP Auditorium |
COM Research Day - Medical Guild Research Competition | |
| Christopher Williams, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | A Tale of Two States: The ATP-dependent Conformational Change in the Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase III Clamp Loader | |
| Stormy Chamberlain, Genetics | Dissecting the Phenotype of Prader-Willi Syndrome Mice | |
| Jin He, Immunology & Microbiology | Discovery and Functional Study of Novel Tumor Specific Genes for Cancer Gene Therapy | |
| Steve Guthrie, Molecular Cell Biology | Role of ENOS and INOS in Hemangbioblast Activity and Blood Vessel Formation | |
| Erin Keen Rhinehart, Neuroscience | Leptin Receptor Replacement in the Brain using Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors | |
| Jared T. Wilsey, Physiology & Pharmacology | Doxycycline-Inducible Leptin Gene Therapy: Reversible Transgene Expression and Physiological Responses | |
| 11:00-12:00 HPNP Auditorium |
Medical Student Research Presentations | |
| 12:00-1:00 12:00-2:30 |
Lunch & Medical Guild
Awards Research Posters |
HPNP Reception Area |
| 2:30-3:30 HPNP Auditorium |
Terence
R. Flotte, M.D., COM
Faculty Clinical Science 2002
Awardee |
Development
of Gene Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis and Alpha-1 antitrypsin Deficiency |
| 3:30-4:30 HPNP Auditorium |
Health Science Center Research Week Keynote Speaker: Peter M. Small, M.D., Associate Professor, Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center; Program Officer, HIV/AIDS & TB, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
Tuberculosis: The Intersection of Basic Science and Public Health |
| April 24 | Kevin P. Campbell, Ph.D., HHMI, Univ. Iowa (hosted by Dr. Barry Byrne) | New Insights into the Pathogenesis & Treatment of Muscular Dystrophy |
| TBA | Mark Pittenger, Ph.D., Osiris (hosted by Dr. Ed Scott) | TBA |
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