May 2002
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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May 2002 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Wednesday, May 1, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Transgenic and KO Models of Cell Cycle Regulations" | Claudio J. Conti, D.V.M., Ph.D., Department of Carcinogenesis-Research Division, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Vicki Dupaul, (860) 679-1478 |
| Thursday,
May 2, 2002
POSTPONED |
12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Disease | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "To be announced" | Anita S. Chong, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Rush Presbyterian, St. Luke's Medical Center | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, May 2, 2002 | 12:30 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Wnt Signaling in Development and Disease" | Randall Moon, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington School of Medicine | Rene Bumbera, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, May 2, 2002 | 3:00 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology | Lecture Room A (LM036) | "Vascular Maturation During Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Induced Angiogenesis" | Denis English, Ph.D., Senior Investigator and Director, Experimental Cell Research Program, Methodist Research Institute | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Thursday, May 2, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Viruses, Vectors, and Virus Vectors" | Barry Beaty, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology, and Director of the Arthropod-Borne and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory at Colorado State University, Member of the National Academy of Sciences | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Thursday, May 2, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Center on Aging | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "New ideas about calcium and vitamin D: Lessons from vitamin D receptor knockout mice" | Marie Demay, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School | Vivian Bournival, (860) 679-4559 |
| Friday, May 3, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology Conference Room (L5095) | "Remodeling microtubule arrays in interphase and mitotic cells" | Patricia Wadsworth, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts | Karen Zucker, (860) 679-1452 |
| Monday, May 6, 2002 | 10:30 A.M. | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology & Carl Zeiss, Inc. Joint Seminar | Link Room (CG079B) | "High Content Screening" | D. Lansing Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Cellomics, Inc. | Karen Zucker, (860) 679-1452 |
| Tuesday, May 7, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Cardiovascular Research Seminar | Health Center Administration Conference Room (LM070) | "TRP Channels and Ca2+ Signaling" | Lixia Yue, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital | Lorraine Pandolfe, (860) 679-7541 |
| Tuesday, May 7, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Molecular mechanisms of neuronal degeneration in Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease" | Jorge Busciglio, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Wednesday, May 8, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Oxidative DNA Damages and Environmental Carcinogenesis" | Tom K. Hei, Ph.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology, Professor of Public Health, Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University | Vicki Dupaul, (860) 679-1478 |
| Wednesday, May 8, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology | Lecture Room A (LM036) | "Molecular Signaling in Embryo-Implantation" | S.K. Dey, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Monday, May 14, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Friends Lecture Room (LM034) | "Neuropeptides-superfluous or useful" | Thomas Hokfelt, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Tuesday, May 14, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "To be announced" | Tim Vartanian, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Institutes of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Thursday, May 16, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Disease | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Dissecting the Adjuvant Effects of Secretory IgM: IgM and Complement Synergize to Promote Antigen Localization and Trafficking of Immune Complexes to FDC" | Ronald Corley, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, May 16, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Microbiology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "On the specificity of interaction between the S. cerevisiae clamp loader, RFC, and primed DNA in DNA replication" | Dr. Manju Hingorani, Wesleyan University | Sandy Weller, (860) 679-2310 |
| Friday, May 17, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Community Medicine and Health Care | Faculty/Staff Dining Room | "2002 Legislative Session in Review" | Toni N. Harp, Connecticut State Senator and Chair of Public Health Committee | Theo Ungewitter, (860) 679-5495 |
| Tuesday, May 21, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The Myelin-Axolemma Organelle" | Steven Pfeiffer, Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Thursday, May 23, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Center on Aging | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Can Three Years of Exercise Improve Femoral Bone Density in Older Women?" | James Judge, M.D., V.P. Medical Affairs of Masonicare, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Vivian Bournival, (860) 679-4559 |
| Friday, May 24, 2002 | 8:00 A.M. | Center on Aging | Center on Aging Conference Room (ASB2) | "Canadian Longitudinal Study of Health and Aging: Its History and Recent Findings" | B. Lynn Beattie, M.D., FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of British Columbia | Vivian Bournival, (860) 679-4559 |
| Tuesday, May 28, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Coincidences between Auditory and Visual Processing" | Shihab Shamma, Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland | Marianne Hebenstreit, (860) 679-8001 |
| Thursday, May 30, 2002 | 12:00 P.M. | UConn Cancer Center | Link Room (CG076) | "Regulation of Angiogenesis by the Type B Scavenger Receptor, CD36"" | Roy L. Silverstein, M.D., Mark W. Pasmantier Professor of Hematology and Oncology in Medicine, Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Medical College | Christine Kaminski (860) 679-1173 |
| Thursday, May 30, 2002 | 4:00 P.M. | Center on Aging | Medical Dean's Conference Room (AG078) | "Quality of Life Issues and Assisted Living" | Nancy W. Sheehan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Associate Dean, School of Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs | Vivian Bournival, (860) 679-4559 |
| Friday, May 31, 2002 | 8:00 A.M. | Center on Aging | Molecular Medicine Conference Room (E1036) | "Improving Health Care Quality for Older Americans: A Data-driven Agenda" | Richard W. Besdine, M.D., FACP, AGSF, Professor of Medicine, Greer Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Director, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, and Director, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown Medical School | Vivian Bournival, (860) 679-4559 |