January 2002
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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January 2002 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Monday, January 7, 2002 | 11:00 A.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Biogenesis and Functions of Secretory Lysosomes (Rhoptries) in Human Parasite Toxoplasma" | Huan Ngo, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine | Kimberly Young, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, January 8, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "To be announced" | Trey McPherson, Ph.D., Instructor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, January 9, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Neuroscience Conference Room (E4036) | "What the Nose Tells the Brain: Imaging Receptor Neuron Input to the Olfactory Bulb" | Matthew Wachowiak, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, January 9, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Faculty/Staff Dining Room | "Critical Care Research: Applied Physiology Amidst Heartache" | Constantine A. Manthous, M.D., Director, Medical Intensive Care, Associate Director, Pulmonary Training Program, Bridgeport Hospital | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Thursday, January 10, 2002 | 4:30 P.M. | Department of Community Medicine and Health Care | Link Room (CG076) | "Wit: HBO Film and Ethics Discussion" | Members of the UCHC Ethics Committee will lead the discussion following the film | Theo Ungewitter, (860) 679-5495 |
| Friday, January 11, 2002 | 10:00 A.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Friends Lecture Room (LM034) | "Forward and Reverse Genetic Dissection of the Synapse in Drospholia" | Kendel S. Broadie, Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of Utah | Bob Baird, (860) 679-8350 |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Curing cancer with tumor vaccines after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation" | Dr. Ephraim Fuchs, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2002 | 3:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "IL-1 Activates Stat3/NF-kappaB Cross-talk via a Unique TRAF6 and p65-Dependent Mechanism" | Philip Auron, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Deprogramming cell death in cortical neurons: sequence-selective DNA binding drugs as novel inhibitors of neuronal apoptosis" | Rajiv Ratan, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology Labs, Harvard Institutes of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, January 16, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Aneuploidy in Cancer Cells: Mechanisms, Consequences, and Diagnostic Applications" | Thomas Ried, M.D., Chief, Section of Cancer Genomics, Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute | Vicki Dupaul, (860) 679-1478 |
| Wednesday, January 16, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Neuroscience Conference Room (E4036) | "A Role for EphB in Synapse Development: Regulating NMDA Receptor Localization and Function" | Matthew B. Dalva, Ph.D., Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroscience, Children's Hospital, Boston | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Thursday, January 17, 2002 | 10:00 A.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Friends Lecture Room (LM034) | "TRP Channels and Calcium Signaling" | Lixia Yue, Ph.D., Harvard University/Children's Hospital | Bob Baird, (860) 679-8350 |
| Thursday, January 17, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Pathology | Pathology Conference Room (L1034) | "Mechanisms of colon cancer progression" | Daniel W. Rosenberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Cathy Mitchell, (860) 679-2316 |
| Tuesday, January 22, 2002 | 10:00 A.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Friends Lecture Room (LM034) | "Activation of the Human Growth Hormone Multigene Cluster: Locus Control Region Action and Chromatin Modification" | Felice Elefant, Ph.D., Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Bob Baird, (860) 679-8350 |
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January 22, 2002
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2:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Implications for Clinical Research" | Mark Barnes, J.D., LL.M., Partner, Ropes & Gray, Member, National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Tuesday, January 22, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Neuroscience Conference Room (E4036) | "Genetic Functional dissection of the role of dopamine D2 receptor isoforms in learning and neuropsychiatric disorders" | Yanyan Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Thursday, January 24, 2002 | 11:00 A.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Communication Between Toxoplasma gondii and Its Host Cell" | Ira Balder, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University | Kimberly Young, (860) 679-8129 |
| Thursday, January 24, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Mechanisms and Consequences of Apoptotic Cell Removal" | Peter M. Henson, DVM, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, January 24, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Microbiology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Splicing Enhancers: Mechanisms and Role in Genetic Diseases" | Dr. Adrian Krainer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Jenifer Gilman, (860) 679-3754 |
| Thursday, January 24, 2002 | 5:00 P.M. | Department of Community Medicine and Health Care | Academic Research Building - Small Conference Room (EG052) | "Application of Screening Algorithms and Computer Systems to Efficiently Signal Combinations of Drugs and Events in FDA's Spontaneous Reports" | Ana Szarfman, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Officer, OMR, Office of Biostatistics, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration | Wendy Walsh, (860) 679-5672 |
| Monday, January 28, 2002 | 2:00 P.M. | Department of Pathology | Pathology Conference Room (L1034) | "Gene regulation in T cell lineage commitment" | Dan R. Littman, M.D., Ph.D., Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Medical Center | Cathy Mitchell, (860) 679-2316 |
| Monday, January 28, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Pharmacology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Transcription of the MDR1 Gene: Activation, Repression and Pharmacological Intervention" | Dr. Kathleen Scotto, Professor, Fox Chase Cancer Center | Judith Conrad, (860) 679-2120 |
| Tuesday, January 29, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Studies of photoreceptor membrane transport and cell death using transgenic X. laevis" | Orson Moritz, Ph.D., Instructor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860)679-8001 |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2002 | 10:00 A.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Lecture Room A (LM036) | "Conditional Genome Alteration" | Caiying Guo, M.D., Ph.D., Transgenic and ES Cell Facility, John Robarts Research Institute | Bob Baird, (860) 679-8350 |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Antisense Inhibition of Antiapoptotic Genes in Prostate Cancer: The examples of bcl-2, bcl-xL and PKC-alpha" | Cy Aaron Stein, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Clinical Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons | Vicki Dupaul, (860) 679-1478 |
| Thursday, January 31, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Pathology | Pathology Conference Room (L1034) | "Novel Function for MHC Class I Proteins in Transplantation and Autoimmunity" | Derry C. Roopenian, Ph.D., Senior Staff Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory | Cathy Mitchell, (860) 679-2316 |