September 2003
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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September 2003 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Thursday, September 4, 2003 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Impact of TCR Affinity and T Cell Avidity on Tumor Recognition for the Immunotherapy of Cancer" | Michael Nishimura, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of Surgical Oncology Laboratories, Section of General Surgery, University of Chicago | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, September 9, 2003 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Retrograde Signaling by Endocannabinoids" | Wade Regehr, Ph.D., Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School | Penny Skenderian, (860) 679-4343 |
| Wednesday,
September 10, 2003 Registration is required by September 3, as space is limited (Light Dinner will be provided) |
6:00 P.M. | UConn Cancer Center | Keller Auditorium (CG099) | "Imatinib as a Paradigm of Targeted Cancer Therapies" | Brian J. Druker, M.D., Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, JELD-WEN Chairman of Leukemia Research, Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute | Christine Kaminski, (860) 679-7692 or 1-800-535-6232 |
| Friday, September 12, 2003 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Ribonucleases H: Roles in Parasite Nucleic Acid Metabolism and Exploitable Drug Targets in HIV and HBV" | Andrew Campbell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medical Science, Brown University | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Monday, September 15, 2003 | 12:00 P.M. | Medical Scientist Training Program | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Bench to Bedside Studies of Tuberods Sclerosis: An Autosomal Dominant Tumor Disorder" | Sandra Dabora, M.D., Ph.D., UConn School of Medicine Alumni, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital | Robin Walsh, (860) 679-3971 |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2003 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "New roles for the myelin basic protein gene in neurons, glia and T-cells" | Anthony T. Campagnoni, Ph.D., Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Penny Skenderian, (860) 679-4343 |
| Thursday, September 18, 2003 | 1:00 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Role of BRF1 in regulating ARE-dependent mRNA stability" | Christoph Moroni, M.D., Professor for Medical Microbiology, Institut for Medical Microbiology, University of Basel, Switzerland | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Tuesday,
September 23, 2003
CANCELLED |
12:00 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The rise and fall of HIF-1: genetic studies of the physiology of hypoxia" | Randall S. Johnson, Ph.D., Molecular Biology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Tuesday, September 23, 2003 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "What it Takes to Secrete a Bioactive Peptide" | Betty Eipper, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Penny Skenderian, (860) 679-4343 |
| Wednesday, September 24, 2003 | 12:00 P.M. | General
Clinical Research Center
Co-sponsored by the Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry |
Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Mapping Complex Disease Genes Through Haplotypes" | Hongyu Zhao, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Wednesday, September 24, 2003 | 4:30 P.M. | Department of Community Medicine and Health Care | Keller Auditorium (CG099) | HBO Film "Wit" Viewing and Discussion" | Zita Lazzarini, JD, MPH, University of Connecticut Health Center Ethics Committee | Matthew Cook, (860) 679-5401 |
| Thursday, September 25, 2003 | 4:00 P.M. | Center on Aging | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Poly (ATP-ribose) polymer serves as a death signal by triggering apoptosis inducing factor release" | Hongmin Wang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Helen-Mary Schwartz, (860) 679-3958 |
| Monday, September 29, 2003 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Mechanism of activation of Sphingosine Kinase" | Mathew A. Vadas, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Head, Division of Human Immunology, Hanson Centre for Cancer Research, Adelaide, Australia | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Tuesday, September 30, 2003 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Adaptive Plasticity of the Auditory System of the Barn Owl" | Duck O. Kim, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Penny Skenderian, (860) 679-4343 |