March 2002
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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March 2002 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Tuesday, March 5, 2002 | 10:00 A.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Lecture Room A (LM036) | "Geography of the Beta-Globin Locus" | Michael Bulger, Ph.D., Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Bob Baird, (860) 679-8350 |
| Tuesday, March 5, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Nogo and molecular determinants of axonal regeneration" | Steven Strittmatter, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, March 6, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Faculty/Staff Dining Room | "Electroshock Therapy and Menkes Disease: What Can Basic Science Offer to Our Understanding" | Richard Mains, Ph.D.., Professor and Chairman, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Thursday, March 7, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Disease | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "T cells, tumors and tryptophan" | David Munn, M.D, Associate Professor, Program in Molecular Immunology, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, March 7, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Microbiology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in mammals: Evidence for a pioneer round of mRNA translation" | Dr. Lynne Maquat, University of Rochester | Jenifer Gilman, (860) 679-3754 |
| Tuesday, March 12, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Disease | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Heterogeneity in the clonal T cell response: mechanisms and implications for T cell fate" | Dr. Casey Weaver, Professor, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Alabama, | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, March 12, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Binaural cochlear amplifiers and their feedback control by the brain stem" | Duck Kim, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Thursday, March 14, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "CD8 T-cell Responses to Bacterial Infection" | Eric Pamer, M.D., Chief, Infectious Diseases and Head, Laboratory of Antimicrobial Immunity, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Monday, March 18, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Second Annual Elmer L. Becker Memorial Lectureship, Department of Pathology | Link Room (CG076) | "IL-4 upregulates both cysLT generation and the cysLT receptors on hu MC" | K. Frank Austen, M.D., Director, Inflammation & Allergic Diseases Research Section, Theodore Bevier Bayles Professor of Medicine and AstraZeneca, Professor of Respiratory and Inflammatory Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School | Catherine Mitchell, (860) 679-2316 |
| Tuesday, March 19, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Community Medicine and Health Care | Link Room (CG076) | "Changing HIV Risk Behavior and Medical Adherence: A Social-Psychological Approach" | Jeffrey Fisher, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Director, Center for HIV Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut | Theo Ungewitter, (860) 679-5495 |
| Tuesday, March 19, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Sequential Interactions of Growth Factors and their Receptors Define Critical Periods in the Development of Sensory Neurons" | D. Kent Morest, M.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, March 20, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Pancreatic Cancer: A Paradigm for Mitogenic Imbalance" | Murray Korc, M.D., Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Professor of Medicine, Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, University of California | Vicki Dupaul, (860) 679-1478 |
| Thursday, March 21, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Disease | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Are heat shock proteins ancestral agents of immune surveillance?" | Jacques Robert, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, March 21, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Interactions of Specific Genomic Sequences with Nuclear Compartments and with Xist RNA" | Jeanne Lawrence, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center | Rene Bumbera, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, March 21, 2002 | 3:00 P.M. | UConn Cancer Center | Link Room (CG076) | "The Complex Relationship Between Tumor Cells & The Immune System" | Drew Pardoll, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Molecular Biology, and Genetics, Co-Director, Division of Immunology & Hematopoiesis, Johns Hopkins University | Christine Kaminski, (860) 679-1173 |
| Thursday, March 21, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Center on Aging | Faculty/Staff Dining Room | "Does he or Doesn't he? Prostate Disease Decisions in Older Men" | Catherine DuBeau, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geriatrician, Harvard Medical School | Vivian Bournival, (860) 679-4559 |
| Tuesday, March 26, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Plasticity in brain auditory pathways after hearing loss" | Steven Potashner, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, March 27, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Cytokines and Cancer" | Thomas A. Waldmann, M.D., Chief, Metabolism Branch, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute | Vicki Dupaul, (860) 679-1478 |
| Thursday, March 28, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Center on Aging Grand Rounds | Faculty/Staff Dining Room | "Neurohumoral Factors in Exercise Training in Older Subjects" | William J. Kraemer, M.D., Director, Grants and Research, Neag School of Medicine, University of Connecticut | Vivian Bournival, (860) 679-4559 |