October 2001
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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October 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, October 1, 2001 | 2:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Molecular Medicine Conference Room (E1036) | "Gene Expression Profiles of Pancreatic Cancer" | "Byungwoo Ryu, Ph.D., Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medicine | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Tuesday, October 2, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Monaural and Binaural Processing of the Envelopes of High-frequency Stimuli: Evidence for a Common "Rate-Limitation"" | Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, October 3, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Molecular Medicine | Molecular Medicine Conference Room, (E-1036) | "Disease Mechanisms in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex" | Elizabeth Petri Henske, M.D., Fox Chase Cancer Center | Vicki Dupual, (860) 679-1478 |
| Wednesday, October 3, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | GCRC Seminar | Faculty/Staff Dining Room | "Ticks: Far More Clever Than We Realized" | Stephen K. Wikel, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Lisa Godin (860) 679-4145 |
| Thursday, October 4, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "To be announced" | Nirbhay Kumar, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University of Public Health | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, October 4, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Center on Aging | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Cellular Pathogenesis of Age-Related Bone Loss" | Gustavo Duque, M.D., Instructor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University | Helen-Mary Schwartz, (860) 679-3958 |
| Tuesday, October 9, 2001 | 2:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Molecular Medicine Conference Room (E1036) | "Modeling Aging and Cancer in the Telomerase Knockout Mouse" | Sandy Chang, M.D., Ph.D., Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Tuesday, October 9, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Novel Mechanisms and Molecules Involved in Pain Transmission" | James E. Krause, Ph.D., Vice President and Director, Neurogen Corporation, Branford, CT | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Thursday, October 11, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Drug Resistance Mechanisms in Protozoan Parasites: A Window into Parasite Evolution" | Dyann Wirth, Ph.D., Professor of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Harvard School of Public Health | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Thursday, October 11, 2001 | 12:00-1:30
P.M.
RSVP required no later than 2 days before |
Department of Community Medicine and Health Care | Faculty Staff Dining Room | "HCV-HIV Co-Infection" | Michael Thomas Wong, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Theo Ungewitter, (860) 679-5495 |
| Tuesday, October 16, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Synaptic mechanisms of retinal bipolar neurons" | Gary Matthews, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology, SUNY, Stony Brook | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Thursday, October 18, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "T lymphocytes, Tumors and Tolerance: Lessons from SV40 T Antigen Transgenic Mice" | Todd Schell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine | Tracy Dieli (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, October 18, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Department of Microbiology | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Molecular Strategies of Phage Lysis" | Dr. Ry Young, Department of Biochemistry, Texas A&M University | Jenifer Gilman, (860) 679-2318 |
| Thursday, October 18, 2001 | 3:30 P.M. | Center of Aging | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Agrin's Role in Cholinergic Synapse Formation" | Michael J. Ferns, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University | Helen-Mary Schwartz, (860) 679-3958 |
| Tuesday,
October 23, 2001
POSTPONED |
12:00
Noon
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Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Physiology Conference Room (L5032) | "Heterogeneity in the clonal T cell response: mechanisms and implications for T cell fate" | Casey
Weaver, M.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and Microbiology,
University of Alabama
POSTPONED |
Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, October 23, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Calcium Dependent LTD in Purkinje Spines: The Virtual Cell Resolves a Paradox" | Leslie Loew, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, October 24, 2001 | 2:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Medicare Payment for Services Related to Clinical Trials: The September 2001 NCD" | Mark Barnes, JD, LL.D., Partner Ropes and Gray, Member, National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee, New York | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Thursday, October 25, 2001 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology | CBIT Conference Room (L5095) | "Self-organization of a propulsive actin network as an evolutionary process" | Ivan Maly, Borisy Lab Group, Northwestern Medical School | Karen Zucker, (860) 679-1452 |
| Thursday, October 25, 2001 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Pathology | Pathology Conference Room (L1034) | "Resistance to Toxoplasma gondii: contributions of B cells, CD4 cells and antibodies" | Lawrence L. Johnson, Ph.D., Trudeau Institute | Cathy Mitchell, (860) 679-2316 |
| Friday,
October 26, 2001
CANCELLED |
12:00 Noon | General Clinical Research Center | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Guiding the Plastic Brain" | Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Director, Laboratory for Magnetic Brain Stimulation, Associate Director, Harvard-Thorndike General Clinical Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital | Stephanie Smail (860) 679-2513 |
| Tuesday, October 30, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Vascular Biology | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "HIF-1, Hematopoiesis, and Angiogenesis" | M. Celeste Simon, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Tuesday, October 30, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "RNA Trafficking in Oligodendrocytes and in the 'Virtual Cell'" | John Carson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |