COM Research Seminar Schecule

SPRING 2000
DATE	SPEAKERS	SEMINAR TITLE
Jan. 13, 2000	Donald F. Hunt, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Hosted by Dr. Nancy Denslow	"Proteomics: Automated Identification of Peptides and Proteins at the Attomole Level in Complex Mixtures by Mass Spectrometry"
Friday Jan. 21, 2000 3:00 PM Room C1-17	David L. Eaton, Ph.D., Center for Ecogenetics & Environmental Health, Associate Dean for Research, School of Public Health & Community Medicine, University of Washington, Co-Hosted by Dr. Kathleen Shiverick and Dr. Margaret James	"The Molecular Basis for Species Differences in Carcinogenicity of the Dietary Carcinogen, Aflatoxin B1"
Jan. 27, 2000	Mary A. Bedell, Ph.D., Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Hosted by Dr. Cami Brannan	"Steel Mice: Tales of a Pleiotropic Growth Factor"
Feb. 3, 2000	Richard M. Ransohoff, M.D., Department of Neuroscience, The Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Hosted by Dr. Jeffrey Harrison	"Chemokines and Immune-mediated Diseases of the Nervous System"
Feb. 10, 2000	John N. Weinstein, M.D., Ph.D., The Biophysical Pharmacology Group, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Hosted by Dr. Richard Lottenberg	"Gene Expression Profiling for Cancer Drug Discovery"
Feb. 17, 2000	Christine Li, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Boston University, Hosted by Dr. Art Edison	"Using C. Elegans as a Model to Study Neuropeptide Gene Function and Alzheimer's Disease"
Feb. 24, 2000	Joel H. Shaper, Ph.D., Oncology Center and Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Hosted by Dr. Chris West	"b1, 4-Galactosyltransferase-l and Lactose Biosynthesis: Recruitment of a Housekeeping Gene from the Nonmammaliam Vertebrate Gene Pool for a Mammary Gland Specific Function"
Mar. 2, 2000	Jeffrey R. Binder, M.D., Director, Stroke and Neurobehavioral Programs, Co-Director, Froedtert Stroke Center, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Hosted by Dr. Christiana Leonard	"Speech and Nonspeech Sound Processing in the Human Temporal Lobe"
Mar. 9, 2000	Richard D. Palmiter, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Univeristy of Washington, Hosted by Dr. Pushpa Kalra	"What Happens In Your Brain When You Are Hungry"
Mar. 16, 2000	Daniel W. Nebert, M.D., Center for Environmental Genetics, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Hosted by Dr. Kathleen Shiverick	"Environmental Susceptibility Genes Responsible for Human Toxicity and Cancer"
Mar. 23, 2000	Janice Clements, Ph.D., Division of Comparative Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Hosted by Dr. Maureen Goodenow	"Unraveling the Mysteries of AIDS Dementia: Molecular Pathogenesis in the SIV Model"
3:00 PM Apr. 6, 2000	Harry T. Orr, Ph.D., Institute of Human Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Hosted by Dr. Maurice Swanson	"Pathogenesis of a Polyglutamine Neurodegenerative Disease: SCA1"
Apr. 13, 2000	Philip W. Shaul, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Hosted by Dr. Charles Wood	"Novel Role of Estrogen Receptors in Vascular Endothelium"
Apr. 20, 2000	William C. Sessa, Ph.D., Molecular Cardiobiology Program, Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, Hosted by Dr. Jeffrey Harrison	"Interfacing Signal Transduction With Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase"
Apr. 27, 2000	Michael J. Mahan, Ph.D. Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology University of California, Santa Barbara Hosted by Dr. Paul Gulig	"DNA Adenine Methylation: an Achiles Heel for Bacterial Pathogens"
May 4, 2000	Eric M. Shooter, Ph.D. Neurosciences Program Stanford University School of Medicine Hosted by Dr. Doug Anderson	"Perseverence and Luck In Scientific Research"
May 11, 2000	Leigh C. Murphy, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Manitoba, Canada, Hosted by Dr. Martha Campbell-Thompson	TBA
FALL 1999
DATE	SPEAKERS	SEMINAR TITLE
Sept. 23, 1999	Mark E. Girvin, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Hosted by Dr. Art Edison	"How Proton Translocation Drives Rotation Within the ATP Synthase"
Sept. 30, 1999	Donald L. D. Caspar, Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Hosted by Dr. Michael Bubb	"Quasi-equivalence and Protein Adaptability In Macromolecular Assemblies"
Oct. 7, 1999	Stephen P. Schoenberger, Ph.D., Division of Immune Regulation, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Hosted by Dr. Michael Clare-Salzler	"Mechanisms of T Cell Priming In Vivo"
Oct. 21, 1999	David L. Levens, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Gene Regulation Section, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Hosted by Dr. Al Lewin	"Regulating Genes with Single-strands and Supercoils"
Oct. 28, 1999	Alexander A. Boldyrev, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, M.V. Lomonosov, Moscow State University, Hosted by: Matt Huentelman	"The Neuropeptide Carnosine: This Past Century's Biomedical Findings and A Look Into the Future"
Nov. 4, 1999	Michael P. Terns, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Hosted by Dr. John Aris	"Intranuclear Trafficking of Small Nucleolar RNAs"
Wednesday Nov.10, 1999	Flossie Wong-Staal, Ph.D., Director, Center for AIDS Research, University of California, San Diego, Hosted by Dr. Lung-Ji Chang	"Cellular Factors Involved in Post-transcriptional Regulation of HIV"
Dec. 2, 1999	Saïd M. Sebti, Ph.D., Director, Drug Discovery Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, University of South Florida, Hosted by Dr. Charlie Allen	"Inhibition of Protein Farnesylation: A Novel Approach to Cancer Chemotherapy"

College of Medicine Research Seminar Schedule

Fall 1999 - Spring 2000