September 2004
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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September 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, September 7, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Unique Features of NGF Receptor Signaling" | Moses V. Chao, Ph.D., Professor, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, September 8, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "What have we learned about DNA therapeutics from the Genasense debacle?" | Cy Aaron Stein, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Urology, and Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, September 9, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Why do we fall sick often as we get older? What goes wrong with our immune system? Back to basics." | Suryaprakash Sambhara, DVM, Ph.D., Senior Service Fellow (Influenza Branch), Adjunct Associate Professor, Emory University, Centers for Disease Control | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, September 14, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "To be announced" | Nitin Sawhney, Ph.D., Mr. Cal Collins (CEO), Akaza Research, Cambridge, MA | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Tuesday, September 14, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Neurotrophins and epileptogenesis: in search of an ounce of prevention." | James O. McNamara, M.D., Carl R. Deane Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology, Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Duke University Medical Center | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday,
September 15, 2004
Registration required by September 10, 2004- light dinner will be provided |
5:30 P.M. | UConn Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Polyamine Metabolic Gene Expression as Prognostic and Predictive Factors in Intestinal Cancer Prevention" | Eugene W. Gerner, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy and Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Director, Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in GI Cancer, and Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Program, Arizona Cancer Center, The University of Arizona | Christine Kaminski, (860) 679-7692 or 1-800-535-6232 |
| Tuesday, September 21, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Gender Differences in Stroke" | Louise D. McCullough, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Connecticut Health Center | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, September 23, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Allogeneic and Autologous Adoptive Immunotherapy: a role for both?"" | Carl June, M.D., Professor, Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, September 23, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Regulation of Pattern and Size by RNA-Bound Proteins in Drosophila" | Robin Wharton, Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Tuesday,
September 28, 2004
Please RSVP by September 24 - lunch will be provided |
12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center and the Alcohol Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Physiogenomic Search for Adaptive Maladaptive Traits in Human Populations: Key to Personalized Health?" | Gualberto Ruano, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Genomas, LLC, New Haven, CT, and Director, Hartford Hospital Genetics Research Center, Hartford Hospital | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Linking the hippocampus prefrontal cortex and dopamine projections in a developmental animal model of schizophrenia" | Particio O'Donnell, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, September 30, 2004 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Odor and taste receptors in Drosophila" | John R. Carlson, Ph.D., Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Thursday, September 30, 2004 | 3:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Negotiating latency: Leishmania and Regulatory T Cells" | Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Molecular Immunology, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |