December 2000
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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December 2000 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Monday, December 4 | 12:00 Noon - 1:00 | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of burn wounds: The role of quorum sensing" | Kendra Rumbaugh, Ph.D. | Lucille Videtto, (860) 679-8129 |
| Monday, December 4 | 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 | Center for Molecular Medicine | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "The Celera Genomics Database: "What it is and How to use it." | Dr. Randy Ribaudo, Ph.D., Scientific Applications Specialist, Celera Genomics | Dr. Marc Hansen (860) 679-2261 |
| Tuesday, December 5 | 3:30 P.M. | Department of Pharmacology | Pathology Conference Room, L1034 | "Combinatorial Chemistry and Contemporary Pharmacology: Regulating dual specificity phosphatases." | John S. Lazo, Ph.D., Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Dr. John Schenkman, (860) 679-3694 |
| Tuesday, December 5 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development and Demyelinating Diseases" | Rashmi Bansal, Ph.D./ UCHC, Assistant Professor Neuroscience | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, December 6 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Molecular Medicine | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Role of DNA Mismatch Repair Genes in Cancer and Fertility" | Raju S. Kucherlapati, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Wednesday, December 6 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | ARB Conference Room (EG-013) | "Complex interplay between the VisE antigenic variation system ob Borrelia burgdorferi and the immune response" | Stephen J. Norris, Ph.D. | Lucille Videtto, (860) 679-8129 |
| Thursday, December 7 | 12:00 Noon | Department of Pathology | Pathology Conference Room, L-1034 | "Innate Immunity in Viral Encephalitis" | Carol Shoshkes Reiss, Ph.D., Professor, Biology Department, Affiliate Member, Center for Neural Science, Member, Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University | Catherine Mitchell, (860) 679-2316 |
| Thursday, December 7 | 3:00 p.m. | Center for Vascular Biology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Essential Role of Bone Marrow Derived Endothelial and Hematopoietic Precursor Cells in the Regulation and Post-Natal Angiogenesis and Vasculogenesis" | Shahin Rafii, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Laboratory of Vascular Hematology, Cornell University Medical College | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Monday, December 11 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Genetic manipulation of Rickettsia prowazekii: Obstacles and opportunities" | David O. Wood, Ph.D. | Lucille Videtto, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, December 12 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Calcium and Vitamin D Regulated Cellular Differentiation: A Study in Keratinocytes" | Daniel D. Bikle, M.D, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine and Dermatology, Co-Director, Special Diagnostic Unit, University of CA/Veterans Affairs Medical Center | Lynn Limeburner, (860) 679-2129 |
| Tuesday, December 12 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Defective thyroid hormone synthesis : normal and abnormal thyroglobulin trafficking in the secretory pathway" | Peter Arvan, Ph.D./Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Division of Endocrinology and Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, December 13 | 12 Noon - 1:00 | Center for Molecular Medicine | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "New twists for the BLM Helicase in Colon Tumorigenesis" | Joanna L. Groden, Ph.D., Assistant Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH | Anita Marren (860) 679-7640 |
| Wednesday, December 13 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Axis patterning in the early vertebrate embryo." | Dr. David Kimelman, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington | Rene Bumbera, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, December 14 | 12 Noon - 1:00 | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Disease | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Pathways of MHC class 1 antigen presentation" | Kenneth L. Rock, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology, UMass Medical School | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Monday, December 18 | 11:00 - 12:00 | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Activation of the insect immune response requires two distinct IKK-like activities for the activation of two specific immune responses" | Neal Silverman, Ph.D. | Lucille Videtto (860) 679-8129 |
| Monday, December 18 | 4:00 P.M | Musculoskeletal Research Seminar | Molecular Medicine Conference Room, E-1036 | " A possible role for II-6 in PTH-induced bone resorption in humans." | Karl Insogna, M.D, Director, Yale Bone Center, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine | Stephanie Smail (860) 679-2513 |
| Tuesday, December 19 | 3:00 PM | Division of Endocrinology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "New Insights into Actions of Parathyroid Hormone on the Skeleton: The Application of Animal Models to Answer Questions that Cannot be Answered by Human Studies" | Janet Hock, B.D.S., Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine | Lynn Limeburner (860) 679-2129 |
| Tuesday, December 19 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Chemical Biology of NO. Insights into Potential Therapeutics strategies."" | David Wink, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, NIH, Radiation Biology Branch, Division of Clinical Sciences | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, December 20 | 12:00 Noon | Department of Medicine | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Growth, Differentiation & Death in the Myocardium" | Richard Kitsis, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine & Cell Biology, Director, Program in Molecular Cardiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Evelyn Passan (860) 679-2715 |
| Thursday, December 21 | 12:00 Noon | Department of Pathology | Pathology Conference Room, L-1034 | "Co-stimulation blockade induced transplantation tolerance" | Dale Grenier, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts | Catherine Mitchell, (860) 679-2316 |