November 2004
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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November 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, November 2, 2004 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Prostaglandin Receptors and Hypertension" | Matthew D. Breyer, M.D., Catherine McLaughlin Hakim Professor of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical School | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, November 2, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Human auditory steady-state responses" | Terence W. Picton, Ph.D., Anne and Max Tanenbaum Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Toronto & Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, November 3, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "EGF Receptor Mutations in Human Lung Cancer" | Jeffrey Settleman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, MGH Cancer Center | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, November 4, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Paxillin Signaling to the Cytoskeleton. The Actopaxin Connection" | Christopher Turner, Ph.D., Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Thursday, November 4, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling | Cell Analysis and Modeling Conference Room (L5095) | "Quantitative Live Cell Imaging of Glucose-Stimulate Insulin Secretion" | David Piston, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University | Carolyn Doski, (860) 679-3565 |
| Wednesday, November 10, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Fruit Flies as a Model Organism for Human Cancer Research" | Allen E. Bale, M.D., Associate Professor of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| FRIDAY, November 12, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Modulating T Cell Immunity by Activating" | Alexis Kalergis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Universidad Catolica de Chile | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Friday, November 12, 2004 | 3:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Regulation of Phospholipid Synthesis in Yeast" | George M. Carman, Ph.D., Professor of Food Science, Rutgers University | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, November 16, 2004 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Regulation of Vascular Calcification by Aortic Msx2-Wnt Signaling: Convergence of Endocrine and Paracrine Control at the PTH1 Receptor" | Dwight A. Towler, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Department of Medicine, Associate Professor, Medicine and Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, November 16, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Neuroprocessing of a primary localization cue and other things." | Shigeyuki Kuwada, Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday,
November 17, 2004
Registration required by November 10 - space is limited |
5:30 P.M. | Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Survivin Checkpoints: | Dario C. Altieri, M.D., Eleanor Eustis Farrington Professor, and Chair of Cancer Biology, Director, University of Massachusetts Memorial Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School | Shelley Lombardo, (860) 679-7692 or 1-800-535-6232 |
| Thursday, November 18, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Expansion and Contraction of the NK Cell Compartment in Response to MCMV Infection" | Laurent Brossay, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, November 18, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling | Cell Analysis and Modeling Conference Room (L5095) | "Spatially Realistic Computational Microphysiology with MCell and DreAMM" | Joel Stiles, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon Universtiy | Carolyn Doski, (860) 679-3565 |
| Thursday, November 18, 2004 | 4:30 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center and the Center on Aging | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Sarcopenia and Frailty in Older Persons" | Anne M. Kenny, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Friday, November 19, 2004 | 1:00 P.M. | Department of Pathology | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "The Genome of the Obligate Wolbachia Endosymbiont from the Human Pathogenic Filarial Nematode Brugia malayi" | Barton Slatko, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Molecular Parasitology Division and Head, DNA Sequencing Group of New England Biolabs, Inc. | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, November 23, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Critical Role of Macrophage 12/15-Lipoxygenase for the Development of Foam Cells and Atherosclerotic Lesions in Mice" | Klaus Ley, M.D., Professor, Biomedical Engineering Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, Director, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia Health System | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Tuesday, November 23, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Connexins and Neurological Diseases" | Steven Scherer, M.D., Ph.D., William N. Kelley Professor of Neurology, The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Tuesday, November 30, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Through the looking glass: astrocytes, from neurogenesis to synaptic transmission." | Angelique Bordey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |