February 2003
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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February 2003 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Tuesday, February 4, 2003 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Role of Wnt Signaling in Development of the Central Nervous System" | Shigemi Hayashi, Ph.D., Harvard University | Penny Skenderian, (860) 679-4343 |
| Wednesday, February 5, 2003 | 11:00 A.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Physiology Conference Room (L5095) | "Lymphocyte transformation by Theileria parasites" | Gordon Langsley, Ph.D., Director of Research, Laboratoire de Signalisation Immunoparasitaire Institut Pasteur, Paris, France | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Wednesday, February 5, 2003 | 11:00 A.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Friends Lecture Room (LM034) | "Bcl11a is essential for normal lymphoid development" | Pentao Liu, Ph.D., Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, NIH, National Cancer Institute | Isolde Bates, (860) 679-8350 |
| Wednesday, February 5, 2003 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "DNA Methylation in Cancer: Genes, Pathways, and Applications" | James G. Herman, M.D., Associate Professor of Oncology, Evelyn Grollman Glick Scholar, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Monday, February 10, 2003 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Faculty/Staff Dining Room | "Safety and Validty of a Cocaine Self-Administration Paradigm Based on Patient Controlled Analgesia Techniques" | Robert T. Malison, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit, Yale University | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Tuesday, February 18, 2003 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Reconstructing Smell: the Olfactory System as a Neurodevelopmental Model" | Gabriele Ronnett, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Penny Skenderian, (860) 679-4343 |
| Wednesday,
February 19, 2003
Registration is required by February 14, as space is limited. |
5:30 P.M. | UConn Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The Biology & Therapy of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia" | Robert P. Gale, M.D., Ph.D., Visiting Professor, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine London, England Counselor, International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Christine Kaminski, (860) 679-7692 or 1-800-535-6232 |
| Monday, February 24, 2003 | 10:00 A.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Link Room (CG076A) | "Studies on Electrostatic Modulation of Membrane Physiology" | Chang Xu
Ph.D. Thesis Defense |
Lori Capozzi, (860) 679-2658 |
| Monday, February 24, 2003 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Faculty/Staff Dining Room | "Biotin Isn't just for Carboxylases Anymore!" | Barry Wolf, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Research, Connecticut Children's Medical Center | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Wednesday,
February 26, 2003
CANCELLED |
12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "The Hsp90 Chaperone in Cancer - Regulator and Therapeutic Target" | Neal Rosen, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Medicine and Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, February 27, 2003 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Natural Killer Cells: from Basic Biology to Clinical Application" | Dr. Michael Caligiuri, Professor and Director, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Associate Director, Clinical Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |