March 2001
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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March 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, March 1, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Division of Immunology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "CD40 Signaling and the Control of Immunology" | Randolph J. Noelle, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School | Sue Roman (860) 679-1496 |
| Tuesday, March 6, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Mechanisms Regulating Calcium-Dependent Transmitter Release." | Amy Harkins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Physiology, University of Chicago | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday,
March 7, 2001
CANCELLED |
12:00 Noon | Center for Molecular Medicine | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Genes that Restrict Cell Growth and Cell Proliferation." | Iswar K. Hariharan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine (Genetics), Harvard Medical School, Associate in Genetics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Member, MGH Cancer Center | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Wednesday, March 7, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology | CBIT Conference Room (L5095) | "Numerical optimisation for the analysis and design of metabolic pathways with Gepasi." | Pedro Mendes, Ph.D., Virginia Bioinformatics Institute | |
| Wednesday, March 7, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Genetics, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Cell cycle control and differentiation in Caulobacter: Protein dynamics and genomics." | Dr. Christine Jacobs, Yale University | Dr. Steve Harris (860) 679-2774 |
| Thursday, March 8, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "T Cell Development: from VDJ Recombination to Memory Cells." | Jianzhu Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Tracy Dieli (860) 679-4444 |
| Friday,
March 9, 2001
CANCELLED |
12:00 P.M. - 1:30 | Department of Community Medicine | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | " The Global Drug Gap: Policy Implications." | Michael Reich, Ph.D., Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy, and Chair, Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health | Theo Ungewitter (860) 679-5495 |
| Tuesday, March 13, 2001 | 3:00 P.M. | Endocrine Scholars Lecture | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Using Conditional Gene-Delection and Transgenic Approaches to Study the Role of the Insulin-like Growth Factors in Disease States." | Derek LeRoith, M.D., Chief, Clinical Endocrinology Branch, National Institutes of Health | Lynn Limeburner (860) 679-2129 |
| Tuesday, March 13, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Plastic changes in neural activity induced in the cochlear nucleus by loud sound" | James Kaltenbach, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Laboratories of Auditory Neurobiology | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, March 14, 2001 | 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 | Center for Vascular Biology | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Role of Sphingolipids in Blood Vessel Development." | Richard L. Proia, Ph.D., Chief, Genetics of Development and Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health | Tim Hla, (860) 679-3746 |
| Thursday, March 15, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Immunology Seminar Series | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Rickettsia and Plasmodium: pathogens with an attitude!" | Abdu Azad, Ph.D. | Lucille Videtto, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, March 20, 2001 | 11:00 A.M. -12:00 | Division of Immunology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "The pathogenesis and immunology of murine gammaherpes virus latency." | Edward J. Usherwood, Ph.D., Department of Immunology, The Trudeau Institute | Sue Roman (860) 679-1496 |
| Tuesday, March 20, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Biomedical Imaging and Technology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Imaging of three-dimensional electrical activity in the myocardial wall during tachycardia and fibrillation." | Arkady Pertsov, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, SUNY Upstate Medical University | Karen Zucker, (860) 679-1452 |
| Tuesday, March 20, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelin Biogenesis." | Steven Pfeiffer, Ph.D./UCHC, Professor, Department of Neuroscience | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Thursday, March 22, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Division of Immunology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Cell Mediate Immunity to Respiratory Virus Infection." | David L. Woodland, Ph.D., The Trudeau Institute | Sue Roman, (860) 679-1496 |
| Tuesday, March 27, 2001 | 12:00
P.M. - 1:00
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Division of Immunology | Friends Lecture Room (LM034) | "Antigen Processing Pathways Used in Induction of an Anti-Viral Response - What Really Happens In Vivo?" | Christopher C. Norbury, B.Sc., Ph.D., Cellular Biology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health | Sue Roman (860) 679-1496 |
| Tuesday, March 27, 2001 | 3:00 P.M. | Endocrine Scholars Lecture | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Abnormal vitamin D metabolism in X-linked hypophosphatemia: A phosphatonin-linked post-transcriptional defect." | Marc K. Drezner, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Head, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Editor-in-Chief, Journal Bone and Mineral Metabolism | Lynn Limeburner, (860) 679-2129 |
| Tuesday, March 27, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "TRH Receptor: Studies Integrating Computer Simulation and Molecular Biology" | Marvin Gershengorn, M.D./Cornell University Medical College, Professor and Chair, Division of Molecular Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, March 28, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Regulation of yeast morphogenesis by extracellular signals" | Dr. James Konopka, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, SUNY at New York | Steve Harris (860) 679-2774 |
| Thursday, March 29, 2001 | 11:30 -12:30 | Neuroscience & Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Imaging the structure and function of dendritic spines." | Rafael Yuste, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University | Karen Zucker, (860) 679-1452 |
| Thursday, March 29, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Department of Pathology | Pathology Conference Room (L1034) | "Dendritic Cells as Vector and Targets for Therapy" | Jacques Banchereau, Ph.D., Director, Baylor Institute for Immunology Research | Catherine Mitchell, (860) 679-2316 |
| Thursday, March 29, 2001 | 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 | Department of Physiology | Vascular Biology Conference Room (E5036) | "Cytokine mediated luteal regression: uncoupling of cell survival pathways and activating proapoptotic signaling cascades." | Dr. Bo R. Rueda, Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School | Deb Woodbury, (860) 679-2653 |