FALL 2005

September 15

Lauren Pasquarella Daley, M.S., Assistant Director for Graduate Services, UF Career Resource Center

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

Resume and CV-Building Workshop

September 22

Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Aging & Geriatric Research, UF College of Medicine

Mitochondrial Mutations, Apoptosis and Aging

October 13

Jay C. Brown, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Virginia
Sponsored by the Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology and Basic Microbiology & Infectious Disease Training Program
hosted by Donna Duckworth, Ph.D.

Role of the Portal in Assembly of Herpes simplex

October 20

James A. Blank, Ph.D., DABT, Pfizer, Inc., Global Research & Development
Career Development Seminar
Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

Drug Development & the Role of the Biomedical Scientist

October 27

Philip Awadalla, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Genetics, North Carolina State University
Sponsored by the Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology and Basic Microbiology & Infectious Disease Training Program
hosted by David Bloom, Ph.D.

The Malaria Genome HAPMAP Project:  Using Population Genetics to Address Function and Disease Resistance in Plasmodium

November 3

Gary W. Litman, Ph.D., Hines Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Distinguished University Professor, College of Medicine, University of South Florida
Sponsored by the Dept. of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine hosted by Maureen Goodenow, Ph.D.

Alternative Forms of Diversified Immune-Type Receptors

November 10

Derrick Rancourt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary
Sponsored by Center for Stem Cell Biology & Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
hosted by Al Lewin, Ph.D. & Ed Scott, Ph.D.

ES Cell Differentiation to Osteoblast and Chondrocyte Lineages

November 17

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)

Fundamental HR Skills not Taught in Graduate School

December 1

David R. Borchelt, Ph.D., Director, Santa Fe Health Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Dept. of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, UF College of Medicine

Protein Misfolding and Aggregation in Neurodegenerative Disease

December 8

Tomi K. Sawyer, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Drug Discovery, Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Boston
Career Development Seminar
Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

A Career in Drug Discovery: Quest for Knowledge, Passion for Life

SPRING 2006

January 12

Marco Pahor, M.D., Professor & Chair, Dept. of Aging & Geriatric Research; Director, Institute on Aging, UF College of Medicine

January 19

Emma Hitt, Ph.D., Medical Writer and Journalist, Marietta, GA
Career Development Seminar
Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

A Career as a Medical Writer

January 26

Andrew Kaplan, Ph.D., Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina  
Sponsored by the Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and the Center for Structural Biology
hosted by Ben M. Dunn, Ph.D.

The HIV Protease: Enzyme Activation and Virus Assembly

February 2

Mario Capecchi, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor & Co-Chairman, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, Univ. of Utah
Sponsored by the Dept. of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
hosted by Michael Poulos & MGM students

Gene Targeting into the 21^st Century:  Mouse Models of Human Disease from Cancer to Neuropsychiatric Disorders

February 9

Philip LoGrasso, Ph.D., Professor & Director, Discovery Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL
Sponsored by the Dept. of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
hosted by David N. Silverman, Ph.D.

Discovery of Potent JNK3 MAP Kinase Inhibitors:  Potential Drugs for Neurological Disorders

February 16

Nicholas S. Gantenberg, Ph.D., Proctor & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, OH

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

Research at a Fortune 500 Company

February 23

Room C1-7

No Seminar

March 9

Room C1-7

Brian K. Law, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, UF College of Medicine

Sponsored by the Dept. of Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Identification & Characterization of Novel Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors

March 16

No Seminar

March 23

Room C1-7

Paul Hoffman, MD., Professor, Neuroscience, UF College of Medicine

Neuroinflammation in Motor Neuron Disease: Models for Translational Research

March 30

April 6

Rebecca Heald, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology, Univ. California, Berkeley
Sponsored by the Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology

hosted by Brian Burke, Ph.D.

Spindle Assembly and Function in Xenopus Egg Extracts

April 13

Nasser Chegini, Ph.D., Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, UF College of Medicine 
(2005 Basic Science Faculty Research Award)

Inflammatory and Immune-Related Responses and Women's Reproductive Disorders

April 20

Chris Mullins, Ph.D., Director, Basic Cell Biology Programs, Division of Kidney, Urologic & Hematologic Diseases, NIDDK, NIH
Career Development Seminar
Sponsored by the COM Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

A Career Path Toward Scientific Administration at the National Institutes of Health

April 27

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