October 2000
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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October 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, October 2 | 11:00 - 12:00 Noon | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Viral vectors in vector mosquitoes: Molecular approaches to arthropod-borne diseases" | Stephen Higgs, Ph.D./Associate Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch | Lucille Videtto, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, October 3 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Relationship of glutamate dynamics to neurodegeneration and immunodeficiency during chronic retroviral infection." | Mike Espey, Ph.D./National Cancer Institute, NIH, Division of Clinical Sciences, Radiation Biology Branch | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, October 4 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Microbiology | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "RNA Polymerase: Structure, Function, and Regulation" | Dr. Konstantin Severinov, Rutgers University | Asis Das, (860) 679-3405 |
| Thursday, October 5 | 12 Noon - 1:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer Conference Room (E6036) | "Pre-clinical evaluation of "whole" cell vaccines genetically modified using a disabled herpes simplex vector, and identification of MHC class I restricted CTL epitopes of human tumor antigens by tandem mass spectrometry"" | Robert C. Rees | Susan Wasik (860) 679-4444 |
| Friday, October 6 | 12 Noon - 1:00 P.M. | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology & Center for Biomaterials | Vascular Biology Conference Room (E-5036) | "Nature of Wavelength Regulation in the Blue and UV Cone Pigments" | Robert Birge, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, Departments of Chemistry & Molecular and Cell Biology | Karen Zucker (860) 679-1452 |
| Monday, October 9 | 2:00 P.M. - 3:00 | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Friends Lecture Room, LM-034 | "Transcription and Splicing: Their Nuclear Organization and Functional Linkage" | Changqing Zeng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas School of Medicine | Bob Baird, (860) 679-8350 |
| Tuesday, October 10 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Activity-dependent regulation of neurons and networks in developing and adult animals" | Eve Marder, Ph.D./Brandeis University, Volen Center | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, October 11 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Molecular Medicine, Genetics & Dev. Biology Joint Seminar | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Regulation of pRB Pathway and In Vivo Protein Transduction into the Mouse" | Steven F. Dowdy, Ph.D., Assistant Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine | |
| Monday, October 16 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Cell signaling in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum: Application of cell biology and genomics" | Choukri Ben Mamoun, Ph.D. | Lucille Videtto, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, October 17 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Excitotoxicity and Inflammation: Implications for the Progression of Ischemic Neurodegeneration" | Sandra Hewett, Ph.D./UCHC, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Tuesday, October 17 | 6:00 P.M. - 7:30 | Research Seminar - wine, cheese, and appetizer reception | Faculty/Staff Conference Room | "Molecular Basis and Function of Signal Transduction" | Dianqing (Dan) Wu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Stephanie Smail (860) 679-2513 |
| Wednesday, October 18 | 12 Noon- 1:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | CMM Conference Room, E-1036 | "Study of Multistep Oncogenesis Using the Mouse as a Model" | Archibald Perkins, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Wednesday, October 18 | 12 Noon - 1:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center |
Faculty/Staff Dining Room | "Glutamatergic Treatment Strategies in Schizophrenia" | Donald C. Goff, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Thursday, October 19 | 12 Noon - 1:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer Conference Room (E6036) | "From Laboratory Concept to Patient Therapy: The Challenges and Triumphs of Translational Research"" | Elizabeth M. Jaffee, M.D., Associate Professor of Oncology & Immunology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Lucille Videtto (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, October 24 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Exocytosis from a Large Dense Core Vesicle Enzyme's Point of View" | Betty Eipper, Ph.D./ UCHC, Professor, Department of Neuroscience | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, October 25 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Microbiology | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Spatial and Temporal Control of Mammalian Chromosome Replication" | Dr. David Gilbert, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Sandra Weller, (860) 679-2310 |
| Thursday, October 26 | 12:00 Noon | Department of Pathology | Pathology Conference Room, L-1034 | "Repression of Experimental Breast Cancer Metastasis Through Anti-Oxidant-Dependent Molecular Mechanisms" | Kevin P. Claffey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology | Cathy Mitchell, (860) 679-2316 |
| Tuesday, October 31 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Regulation of prolonged changes in neuronal excitability" | Len Kaczmarek, Ph.D./Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |