March 2000
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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March 2000 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Wednesday, March 1 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Biochemistry | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Biofilm formation - towards a superficial existence" | Professor Roberto Kolter/ Harvard Medical School, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics | Glenn King (860) 679-8364 |
| Thursday, March 2 | 12 Noon - 1:00 | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer | Center for Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Activation of T cells and NK cells by NKG2D" | Thomas Spies. Ph.D. | Lucille Videtto (860) 679-4444 |
| Monday, March 6 | 12 Noon - 1:00 | Department of Genetics & Developmental Biology | Friends Lecture Room (LM034) | 1st Annual "Emphasis on Genomics" | Dr. Brian Chait/Rockefeller University, Camille & Henry Dreyfus Professor Laboratory for Mass Spectrometry & Gaseous Ion Chemistry, National Resource for the Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Biological Macromolecules | Robert Baird (860) 679-8350 |
| Thursday, March 9 | 12 Noon - 1:00 | Department of Pathology | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "CD8+ T cells against malaria liver stages: analysis of early events in the TCR transgenic mice" | Fidel Zavala, M.D., PH.D./ New York University, School of Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Parasitology | Cathy Mitchell (860) 679-2316 |
| 3:00 P.M - 4:00 | Center for Vascular Biology | ARB Conference Room (Ground Floor) | "Modulation of cell migration and proliferation by beta 1 and beta 3 integrins" | Dr. Lucia Languino | Deborah Woodbury (860) 679-2653 | |
| Monday, March 13 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Pharmacology | Link Room (CG076A) | "Are PSD-95 family proteins good drug targets" | Dr. Lit-Fui/ Pfizer, Inc., Senior Research Scientist | Dr. Paul Epstein (860) 679-2810 |
| Wednesday, March 15 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Biochemistry | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Lessons in microbial ecology from the genetics of Acinetobacter" | Professor Nicholas Ornston/ Yale University, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | Glenn King (860) 679-8364 |
| Thursday, March 16 | 12 Noon - 1:00 | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer | Center for Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Costimulation of T cells beyond CD28" | Lieping Chen, M.D., Ph.D. | Lucille Videtto (860) 679-4444 |
| Monday, March 20 | 12 Noon - 1:00 | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology | CBIT Conference Room (L5095) | "Modeling excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac muscle cells | M. Saleet Jafri, Ph.D./University of Texas, Assistant Professor | Karen Zucker (860) 679-1452 |
| 12 Noon - 1:00 | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Mycobacterium marinum as a Model for Understanding Mycobacterial Pathogenesis" | Lucia P. Barker, Ph.d., IRTA fellow/ National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana | Kimberly Young (860) 679-8129 | |
| Wednesday, March 22 | 12 Noon - 1:00 | Center for Molecular Medicine | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Genetic Instability Mechanisms Revealed by Pre-cancer Syndromes | David T. Weaver, Ph.D./ Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor | Anita Marren (860) 679-7640 |
| 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Apoptosis and inflammation in enteric infections" | Dr. Arturo Zychlinsky/ Skirball institute, New York University Medical Center, Department of Microbiology, Associate Professor | Kimberly Young (860) 679-8129 | |
| Thursday, March 23 | 12 Noon - 1:00 | Department of Pathology | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Immune Cell Adaptors in T-cell Signaling" | Christopher Rudd, Ph.D., D.Sc./Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Associate Professor | Cathy Mitchell (860) 679-2316 |
| CANCELED Wednesday, March 29 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Biochemistry | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Mycoplasma pneumoniae cytadherence: some assembly required" | Duncan Krause/ University of Georgia, Department of Microbiology | Glenn King (860) 679-8364 |
| Thursday, March 30 | 12 Noon - 1:00 | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "The hemin storage (Hms) phenotype of Yersinia pestis: regulation of expression and role transmission and pathogenesis of bubonic plague" | Robert D. Perry, Ph.D./ University of Kentucky, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology | Kimberly Young (860) 679-8129 |
| 12 Noon - 1:00 | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer | Center for Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Regulation of CD4 memory" | Susan Swain, Ph.D. | Lucille Videtto (860) 679-4444 |