October 2004
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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October 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, October 5, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Novel Mouse Models of PGHS (COX) and 5-Lipoxygenase Function" | Colin Funk, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON-Canada, Adjunct Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Tuesday, October 5, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Multiple functions of Kalirin related to neurite outgrowth" | Martin R. Schiller, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, October 7, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Preparing for the Next Influenza Pandemic" | Jacqueline Katz, Ph.D., Chief, Immunology and Viral Pathogenesis Unit, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, October 7, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center and the Department of Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "The Barrier Function of the Gut: Lessons from Grapefruit Juice?" | Paul Watkins, M.D., Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pharmacotherapy and Director, General Clinical Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Friday, October 8, 2004 | 3:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Actin-Mediated Macromolecular Transport Pathways in Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes" | Theodore F. Taraschi, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Director, Molecular Cell Biology, Graduate Program at Thomas Jefferson University | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, October 12, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Presynaptic Differtiation: What Makes a Strong Synapse?" | Milton P. Charlton, Ph.D., Professor, Physiology Department, University of Toronto, Canada | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, October 13, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Molecular Medicine Conference Room (EM029) | "Regulation of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF-1) by the molecular chaperone Hsp90: Suppression of tumorigenic signaling by Hsp90 inhibitors" | Jennifer S. Isaacs, Ph.D., Urologic Oncology Branch, NCI, NIH | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Tuesday, October 19, 2004 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrine, Department of Medicine | Academic Research Building Conference Room (EG052) | "Clues to Skeletal Development by Immune Cell Genes" | Mark Horowitz, Ph.D., Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University School of Medicine | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Wednesday,
October 20, 2004
Registration required by October 13, 2004- light dinner will be provided |
5:30 P.M. | Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Recent advances in targeted therapy" | Michael E. Williams, M.D., Byrd S. Leavell Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pathology, Director, Hematologic Malignancy Program, University of Virginia School of Medicine | Christine Kaminski, (860) 679-7692 or 1-800-535-6232 |
| Thursday, October 21, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Genetics and Developmental Biology Conference Room (E2036) | "Cell Cycle Signaling to Chromatin: How Cells Regulate DNA Replication" | Mirit Aladjem, Ph.D., Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, NCI, NIH | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Thursday, October 21, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Control antibody responses by B7 costimulatory molecules?" | Bill Sha, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Immunology, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, October 21, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "How plastic is spatial hearing?" | Professor Andrew J. King, Wellcome Senior Research Fellow, University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford University, UK | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Tuesday, October 26, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "A Novel Noninvasive Glucose Monitor" | Carl Malchoff, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Tuesday, October 26, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "How tumors make bad blood vessels and stroma" | Harold F. Dvorak, M.D., Chief, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Mallinckrodt Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Thursday, October 28, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Attack of the Killer T's" | Chris Bleackley, Ph.D., Professor, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |