May 2004
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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May 2004 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Monday, May 3, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Pharmacology and the Center for Vascular Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "How PECAM and CD99 regulate leukocyte emigration" | William A. Muller, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, Professor, Graduate Program in Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Tuesday, May 4, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology and the Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Friends Lecture Room (LM034) | "Engineered Gene Networks: A Reductionist Approach to Systems Biology" | James Collins, Ph.D., Boston University | Carolyn Doski, (860) 679-3565 |
| Tuesday, May 4, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Genetic Dissection of Sweet Taste." | Alexander A. Bachmanov, DVM, Ph.D., Associate Member, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, May 5, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Genomic Approaches to Hematopoiesis" | Sherman M. Weissman, M.D., Sterling Professor of Genetics and Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, May 6, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Chromatin Dynamics in Murine Embryonic Stem Cells and Preimplantation Embryos" | Ted Rasmussen, Ph.D., Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Friday, May 7, 2004 | 2:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Clinical Neuroscience Research at the IOL." | Godfrey D. Pearlson, M.D., Director, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Olig Gene Function in CNS Development and Disease" | David H. Rowitch, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, May 12, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Genetic Modifiers of Liver Cancer Risk" | Norman R. Drinkwater, Ph.D., Associate Director for Laboratory Programs, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, May 13, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Cell Biology/Reproductive Biology | Vascular Biology Conference Room (E5036) | "The relationship between ovarian cell proliferation and survival" | Susan Quirk, Ph.D., Cornell University | Lorri Goldsmith, (860) 679-3672 |
| Friday, May 14, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Community Medicine and Health Care | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The Alcohol-related Burden of Disease: Challenges for Policy and Programming in the Region of the Americas" | Maristela G. Monteiro, M.D., Ph.D., Regional Advisor on Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Pan American Health Organization | Theo Ungewitter, (860) 679-6495 |
| Friday, May 14, 2004 | 3:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Making and Breaking Important RNAs in the Parasitic Protozoan Trypanosomes" | Vivian M. Bellofatto, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Monday, May 17, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Neurovascular Proteolysis in Stroke." | Eng H. Lo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Tuesday, May 18, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Unique Features of NGH Receptor Signaling" | Moses V. Chao, Ph.D., Professor, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Advances in immunology of HPV, Langerhans cells and dendritic cells" | W. Martin Kast, Ph.D., Walter A. Richter Cancer Research Chair, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The Genes Essential for Early Zebrafish Development" | Nancy Hopkins, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Link Room (CG076A) | "Scaffolding and Adaptor Proteins in Polarized Cells." | Sharon L. Milgram, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Friday, May 21, 2004 | 11:00 P.M. | Department of Cell Biology | Genetics and Developmental Biology Conference Room (E2036) | "Cyclic nucleotide signaling and the control of oocyte maturation" | Marco Conti, M.D., Stanford University | Lorri Goldsmith, (860) 679-3672 |
| Monday, May 24, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Pharmacology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Interplay Between Glucocorticoid and cAMP Signaling Pathways on Induction of Apoptosis in Leukemic Cells" | Dr. Paul Epstein, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Judy Conrad, (860) 679-2120 |
| Tuesday,
May 25, 2004
Please RSVP by May 20 - lunch will be provided |
12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The Importance of Population Structure in Biomedical Research: Mapping the Genomic Distribution of Genetic Variability" | Mark D. Shriver, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and Genetics, Penn State University | Lisa Godin (860) 679-4145 |