December 2001
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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December 2001 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 3, 2001 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Signal transduction cascades regulating, mating, filamentation, and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans" | Ping Wang, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Department of Genetics, Duke University Medical Center | Kimberly Young, (860) 679-8129 |
| Monday, December 3, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Pharmacology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Biochemical properties and dimerization of alpha-1-adrenergic receptors subytpes" | Dr. Kenneth Minneman, Professor of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine | Judith Conrad, (860) 679-2120 |
| Tuesday, December 4, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Regional patterning and cell specification in the mammalian telencephalon" | Gordon Fishell, Ph.D., Developmental Genetics Program, Skirball Institute, NYU Medical Center | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Thursday, December 6, 2001 | 10:00 A.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Immune System Evasion by Streptococcus agalactiae: One Microbe's Strategy for Survival" | Jennifer Smith, postdoctoral candidate, Marshall University | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Friday, December 7, 2001 | 1:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Medical Entomology Research at Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru" | George Schoeler, Ph.D., LCDR, USN, Naval Medical Research Center, Lima, Peru | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Monday, December 10, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Pharmacology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Tuning potassium channels to regulate arterial tone and blood pressure" | Dr. Mark Nelson, Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont | Judith Conrad, (860) 679-2120 |
| Tuesday, December 11, 2001 | 11:00 A.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Lecture Room A (LM036) | "COP9 Signalsome, a Modulator of Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway and Its Role in Cell Cycle Regulation, Embryo Development, and Beyond" | Ning Wei, Ph.D., Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University | Bob Baird, (860) 679-8350 |
| Tuesday, December 11, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Methuselah's Paradox: A Heptahelical Receptor Regulating Neurotransmitter Exocytosis and Life Span" | Konrad Zinsmaier, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, December 12, 2001 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Patient Safety in Research Practice: Lessons from Systems Theory" | Thomas J. Van Hoof, M.D., M.A., GCRC Medical Director of Patient Safety, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Thursday, December 13, 2001 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Fas-dependent Immune Regulation by gamma/delta T cells in Lyme Arthritis" | Ralph C. Budd, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Director of the Immunobiology Program, University of Vermont College of Medicine | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Thursday, December 13, 2001 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Molecular Medicine Conference Room (E1036) | "Gene Expression Profiling in Osteoblasts" | Dr. Stephen Harris, Professor, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri at Kansas City | Rene Bumbera, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, December 13, 2001 | 12:00
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RSVP no later than 2 days before seminar for free lunch |
Department of Community Medicine | Faculty Staff Dining Room | "HIPAA: What Does it Mean for the Health Care Community" | Paul E. Knag, J.D., Cummings & Lockwood Attorneys at Law | Theo Ungewitter (860) 679-5495 |
| Friday, December 14, 2001 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Biomedical Imaging and Technology | CBIT Conference Room (L5095) | "Computational Models of Mitochondrial DNA Heteroplasmy" | Dr. David Samuels, Department of Mathematics, University of Newcastle | Deborah Woodbury (860) 679-2653 |
| Tuesday, December 18, 2001 | 11:00 A.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Lecture Room A (LM036) | "Flies, Eyes and the Homeotic Control of Organogenesis in Drosophila" | Justin Kumar, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology, Emory University | Bob Baird, (860) 679-8350 |
| Tuesday, December 18, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Peripheral Coding in Mammalian Olfactory Systems" | Minghong Ma, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, December 19, 2001 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Molecular Medicine Conference Room (E1036) | "Telomere Dysfunction, DNA Damage and Carcinogenesis" | Kwok-Kin Wong, M.D., Ph.D., Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |