May 2001
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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May 2001 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Tuesday, May 1, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Division of Immunology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "The Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor and Lymphotoxin in Systemic and Organ-Specific Autoimmunity" | Rachel Ettinger, Ph.D., Basel Institute of Immunology, Switzerland | Sue Roman (860) 679-1496 |
| Tuesday, May 1, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Trafficking of mRNA in neural cells" | Elisa Barbarese, Ph.D./UCHC, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, May 2, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Molecular Medicine | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Genetic Abnormalities Early in Breast Tumorigenesis" | Carol Rosenberg, M.D, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Medical Center | Vicki Dupaul, (860) 679-1478 |
| Wednesday, May 2, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Finding PARtners for GTPases in Cell Polarity Establishment" | Ian Macara, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, University of Virginia | Karen Zucker, (860) 679-1452 |
| Thursday, May 3, 2001 | 11:45 - 1:00 | Department of Community Medicine | Link Room | "Emerging Issues in Human Subjects Regulation: A Federal Regulator's Perspective" | Jeffrey Cohen, Ph.D., Associate Director for Education, Division of Human Subjects Protection, Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | Theo Ungewitter (860) 679-5495 |
| Monday, May 7, 2001 | 3:00 P.M. - 4:00 | Musculoskeletal Signature Program Presentation | Medical Dean's Conference Room, AG-078 | "Hospital and Surgeon Caseload, and the Outcome of Total Hip Replacement in the Medicare Population" | Jeffrey N. Katz, M.D., MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital | Anne Horbatuck, (860) 679-2376 |
| Tuesday, May 8, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Division of Immunology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Genetic Analysis of MHC Class I Assembly with Peptide" | Glen Grandea, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | Sue Roman, (860) 679-1496 |
| Tuesday, May 8, 2001 | 3:00 P.M. | Endocrine Scholars Lecture | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Familial Pituitary Tumors: Genetic and Clinical Aspects" | Lawrence A. Frohman, M.D., Edmund F. Foley Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago | Lynn Limeburner, (860) 679-2129 |
| Tuesday, May 8, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Receptor-Associated Scaffolding Proteins in Polarized Cells" | Sharon Milgram, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, May 9, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Molecular Medicine | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Breaking Cell Cycle Arrest in Ocytes." | Joan Ruderman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School | |
| Wednesday, May 9, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | General Clinical Research Center | Faculty/Staff Conference Room | "Molecular Genetic Analysis of Human Plasma Dopamine b-Hydroxylase in Affective and Substance Use Disorders: New Implications for an Old Biomarker." | Joseph Cubells, M.D, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Thursday, May 10, 2001 | 11:30-12:30 | Division of Immunology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Regulation of IL-12 Production and Th1 Responses by G-Protein-Coupled Receptors." | Brian L. Kelsall, M.D., National Institutes of Health, Immune Cell Interaction Unit, Mucosal Immunity Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation | Sue Roman (860) 679-1496 |
| Thursday, May 10, 2001 | 1:15 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Molecular Medicine Conference Room (E1036) | "Regulation of Cell Proliferation: DNA Replication and the Myc Oncogene" | Anindya Dutta, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, May 10, 2001 | 3:00 P.M. | Musculoskeletal Signature Program Presentation | Medical Dean's Conference Room (AG078) | "New Therapeutic Options for Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis" | Larry Moreland, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham | Anne Horbatuck, (860) 679-2376 |
| Tuesday, May 15, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Division of Immunology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "T Cell Costimulation and Bacterial Lipopolysaccahride Synergize to Promote Long-Term T Cell Survival in Vivo" | Anthony T. Vella, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University | Sue Roman, (860) 679-1496 |
| Tuesday, May 15, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Synaptic nests, synaptic plasticity, and synaptogenesis in vivo, in vitro, and in situ" | D. Kent Morest, Ph.D./UCHC, Professor, Department of Neuroscience | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2001 | 1:00 P.M. | Department of Microbiology | Microbiology Conference Room (L2034) | "Deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying the generation of cell polarity" | Dr. John Chant, Harvard University | Dr. Mary Jane Osborn, (860) 679-2318 |
| Thursday, May 17, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Structural Studies of TNF signaling: TRAFs and caspases" | Dr. Hao Wu, Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Friday, May 18, 2001 | 3:30 P.M. | Musculoskeletal Signature Program Presentation | Medical Dean's Conference Room (AG078) | "Development of Regional Gene Therapy to Enhance Bone Repair" | Jay r. Lieberman, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA Medical Center | Anne Horbatuck, (860) 679-2376 |
| Tuesday, May 22, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "Molecular Dissection of the Node of Ranvier" | Matthew Rasband, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY Stony Brook | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, May 23, 2001 | 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 |
| Wednesday, May 23, 2001 | 3:30 P.M. | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology & Neuroscience Joint Seminar | Faculty/Staff Dining Room | "Representation of Odor Information in the Olfactory System: from Biology to an Artificial Nose" | John Kauer, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine | Karen Zucker, (860) 679-1452 |
| Thursday, May 24, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Neuroscience Conference Room (E4036) | "Independent regulation of exocytosis and secretion in pituitary lactotrophs" | William Betz, Ph.D., Department of Physiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Friday, May 25, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Reovirus 1/L as a model to investigate optimal induction of protective mucosal immunity" | Sherry Crowe, Postdoctoral Candidate, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina | Kim Young, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, May 29, 2001 | 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 | Department of Neuroscience | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "To be announced" | James Hewett, Ph.D./UCHC, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience | Marianne Hebenstreit (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, May 30, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Center for Molecular Medicine | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "Mechanisms of Cancer Progression" | J. Carl Barrett, Ph.D., Director, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute | Vicki Dupaul, (860) 679-1478 |
| Wednesday, May 30, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Division of Immunology | ARB Conference Room (EG013) | "The B Cell response to Respiratory Virus Infection: Analysis of an Acute and a Persistent Virus Model" | Mark Sangster, Department of Pathology, Center for Blood Research, Harvard Medical School | Sue Roman, (860) 679-1496 |
| Thursday, May 31, 2001 | 12:00 Noon | Division of Immunology | ARB Conference Room (EG052) | "In Vivo Analysis of T Cell Migration" | Ulrich H. von Adrian, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Department of Pathology, Center for Blood Research | Sue Roman (860) 679-1496 |