November 2001
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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November 2001 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Thursday, November 1, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Coordinating Innate Responses in Defense against Viral Infections: Deciphering Cytokine Induction and Signaling for Function" | Christine A. Biron, Ph.D., Professorof Medical Sciences, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University | Tracy Dieli (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, November 1, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Department of Microbiology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Protein Catalyzed: Protein Unfolding" | Dr. Tania Baker, Department of Biology & HHMI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Jenifer Gilman, (860) 679-2318 |
| Monday, November 5, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG-052) | "Adenosine receptors as therapeutic targets." | Italo Biaggioni, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University | Stephanie Smail, (860) 679-2513 |
| Monday, November 5, 2001 | 2:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Molecular Medicine Conference Room (E1036) | "Treatment of Malignant Brain Tumors with Induction of Apoptosis" | Seiji Kondo, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurosurgery, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Tuesday, November 6, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Oligodendrocyte differentiation in the mutant and transgenic animals" | Wendy Macklin, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience, Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, November 7, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Transgenic and KO Models of Cell Cycle Regulations" | Claudio J. Conti, D.V.M., Ph.D., Department of Carcinogenesis-Research Division, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Vicki Dupaul, (860) 679-1478 |
| Thursday, November 8, 2001 | 8:00-4:30 | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Academic Research Building (EG013) | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis Symposium | Various Speakers | Kimberly Young, (860) 679-8129 |
| Thursday, November 8, 2001 | 12:00 - 1:30 | Department
of Community Medicine and Health Care
RSVP required no later than 2 days before seminar |
Faculty Staff Dining Room | "Adherence Strategies for HIV and the Underserved: Is Directly Observed Therapy an Option?" | Frederick Altice, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine | Theo Ungewitter, (860) 679-5495 |
| Monday, November 12, 2001 | 1:00 P.M. | Department of Physiology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Towards a Physics of Cell Motility and Morphology" | Dr. Charles Wolgemuth, University of California, Berkeley | Deborah Woodbury, (860) 679-2653 |
| Wednesday, November 14, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | General Clinical Research Center | Faculty Staff Dining Room | "Searching for Biological Information on the WWW" | Heidi J.C. Ellis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Hartford | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Friday, November 16, 2001 | 10:00 A.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Glucose sensing in a simple eucaryotic cell" | Valerie Brachet, Ph.D., Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Friday, November 16, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Genetic Analysis of Innate Immunity" | Alexander Poltorak, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Immunology Department, The Scripps Research Institute | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Monday, November 19, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | General Clinical Research Center | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "The Neuropsychopharmacology of Alcoholism: Implications for Etiology and Treatment" | Henry Kranzler, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Associate Program Director, Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Clinical Research Center | Stephanie Smail, (860) 679-2513 |
| Monday, November 19, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Pharmacology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "NSAIDs inhibit a Vb3 integrin-mediated and Cdc42/Rac-dependent endothelial-cell spreading, migration and angiogenesis" | Kirk Dzenko, Graduate Student, Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut | Judith Conrad, (860) 679-2120 |
| Tuesday, November 20, 2001 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Mechanisms of neuronal migration in the early development of the cerebral cortex" | Alan Pearlman, M.D., Department of Cell Biology and Neurology, Washington University Medical School | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2001 | 2:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Molecular Medicine Conference Room (E1036) | "Molecular Mechanisms of Oncogene Induced Apoptosis" | Andrew C. Phillips, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Biogenesis of the golgi apparatus" | Graham Warren, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, November 28, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Molecular Medicine | Link Room (CG076A) | "Stomach and Colonic Cancers: Of Gastrin, Mice and Men" | Timothy C. Wang, M.D., Chief of Gastroenterology, University of Massachusetts Medical School | Vicki Dupaul, (860) 679-1478 |
| Thursday, November 29, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Modulation
of T Cell Activation in the Anti-Tumor Immune Response"
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Arthur A. Hurwitz, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY Medical University | Tracy Dieli (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, November 29, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "A New Approach to Measuring Neuropeptide Secretion Reveals Rapid, Activity-Dependent Changes in Release" | Matthew Whim, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, University College London | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |