April 2004
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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April 2004 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Tuesday, April 6, 2004 | 3:30 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Pathological gambling: Clinical presentation, comorbidities and treatments" | Nancy Petry, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, April 8, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Memory CD8 T Cell Differentiation" | Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Friday, April 9, 2004 | 3:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Plasmodium sporozoites motility and invasion of host cells" | Ali A. Sultan, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, April 13, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "K+ Channels and the Ketogenic Diet Treatment for Epilepsy" | Gary Yellen, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, April 15, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Generating designer affinity reagents by phage-display" | Brian Kay, Ph.D., Argonne National Laboratory | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Thursday, April 15, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Division of Immunology | Immunology Conference Room (L3092) | "Role of CD28 versus TNFR family members in T cell costimulation" | Tania Watts, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto | Jennifer Wegh, (860) 679-3935 |
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center/Genetics and Developmental Biology Department | "Faculty/Staff Dining Room" | "Enzyme Therapy for Lysosomal Storage Disorders" | Gregory Pastores, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology and Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Neutrophil polarity and direction-sensing" | Henry R. Bourne, M.D., Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology, Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Community Medicine and Health Care | Link Room (CG076A) | "The Tobacco Documents: Implications for Public Health Policy" | Norbert Hirshhorn, M.D., Lecturer, Yale University School of Medicine | Theo Ungewitter, (860) 679-6495 |
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Influences of Synaptic Organization and Membrane Properties on Auditory Processing in the Inferior Colliculus." | Douglas Oliver, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday,
April 21, 2004
Registration is required by April 16, 2004. A light dinner will be provided. |
5:30 P.M. | UConn Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring Using Near Infrared Light with Ultrasound Localization" | Quing Zhu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs | Christine Kaminski, (860) 679-7692 or 1-800-535-6232 |
| Thursday, April 22, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | " A fresh look at tumor immunity" | Mark J. Smyth, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cancer Immunology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, East Melbourne Victoria, Australia | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, April 27, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Community Medicine and Health Care | Link Room (CG076A) | "Narrative Medicine: Humanities Practice and Clinical Effectiveness" | Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, Director, of the Program in Narrative Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University | Theo Ungewitter, (860) 679-6495 |
| Tuesday, April 27, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Regulation of Spontaneous Neurotransmitter Release by Presynaptic Ryanodine Receptors." | Zhao-Wen Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, April 28, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Bile Acids and Colon Cancer: Mechanisms of Tumor Promotion and Chemoprevention" | Jesse D. Martinez, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Friday, April 30, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Is DNA Demethylation a Significant Factor in Osteoarthritis?" | Helmtrud I. Roach, Ph.D., University Orthopaedics, Bone & Joint Research Group, University of Southampton, U.K. | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Friday, April 30, 2004 | 12:30 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Role of Lipid Diversity in Synaptic Membranes? A Research Challenge for the Future" | John A. Glomset, M.D., Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |