March 2004
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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March 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, March 2, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Prostaglandin Synthesizing Enzymes in Neuron Inflammation and Alzheimer's Disease" | M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D, Ph.D., Co-Director, MD/PhD Program, Associate Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy, University of Rochester | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, March 4, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Genetic Modifiers of Mouse Lung Carcinogenesis" | Ming You, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Washington University School of Medicine, Head, Chemoprevention Program, The Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Tuesday, March 9, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "To be announced" | Dr. Gregory Pastores | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Tuesday, March 9, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology Conference Room (L5095) | "Receptor-mediated pattern formation in epithelial layers" | Dr. Stanislav Shvartsman, Princeton University | Carolyn Doski, (860) 679-3565 |
| Tuesday, March 9, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Patterns of Neurogenesis and Migration in the Developing Cerebral Cortex" | Arnold R. Kriegstein, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, March 11, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Origins of Mouse Lymphocytes" | Gerald Spangrude, Ph.D., Professor, University of Utah, Division of Hematology | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, March 11, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Understanding Wnt Signaling in Development and Disease" | Xi He, Ph.D., Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School | Gail D'AMico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Friday, March 12, 2004 | 3:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Protein trafficking in African trypanosomes" | Mary Gwo-Shu Lee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, March 16, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Molecular mechanisms of docking and priming in exocytosis" | Janet E. Richmond, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday,
March 17, 2004
Registration is required by March 12, 2004 |
5:30 P.M. | UConn Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Role of TGF-b Signaling in Epithelial and Stromal Cells on Tumor Development and Progression" | Harold L. Moses, M.D., Director, Vanderbilt-Ingram Comprehensive Cancer Center, B.F. Bryd, Jr. Professor of Oncology, Professor of Cancer Biology, Medicine, and Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Christine Kaminski, (860) 679-7692 or 1-800-535-6232 |
| Tuesday, March 23, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Where is the Spike Generator of the Cochlear Nerve? Expression of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels in the Inner Ear of the Mouse" | Waheeda Amin Hossain, M.D., Instructor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Epigenetics and Endocrinology" | Andrew R. Hoffman, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Stanford University | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology | Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology Conference Room, L-2034 | "Pilus assembly in Gram-positive bacteria" | Hung Ton-That, Ph.D., Research Associate (Assistant Professor), University of Chicago | Stephanie Smail, (860) 679-2513 |
| Thursday, March 25, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Immune Cell Receptor Signaling in Lymphoid and Non-lymphoid Cells" | John Monroe, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, March 25, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "P Element Transposition in Drosophila: Mechanism, DNA Repair and Alternative pre-mRNA Splicing" | Donald Rio, Ph.D., Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Tuesday, March 30, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Faculty/Staff Dining Room | "The Use of Advanced Telecommunications Technology in Health Behavior Change and Disease Management" | Robert Friedman, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Boston University School of Medicine | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Tuesday, March 30, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Opsonic receptors in neutrophil recruitment and cytotoxicity" | Tanya N. Mayadas, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology, Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Tuesday, March 30, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Corticotropin-releasing factor disrupts sensori-motor gating as assessed with prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response in rats." | Lisa Conti, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday,
March 31, 2004
Lights refreshments will be served - RSVP |
5:30 P.M. | UConn Cancer Center | Department of Medicine Conference, L-2094 | "Treatment Update: Metastatic Colon Cancer" | David P. Ryan, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Medical Director, Experimental Therapeutic Group, Tucker Gosnell Center for Gastrointestinal Cancer | Carol Glynn, (860) 679-4410 |