April 2005
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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April 2005 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Tuesday, April 5, 2005 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Neurological and Thyroid Abnormalities: Complicity or Coexistence" | Samuel Refetoff, M.D., Frederick H. Rawson Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics and Committees on Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Chicago | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, April 5, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Shining a light on dendritic integration and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus with glutamate photolysis." | Scott M. Thompson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, April 6, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transformation and the Regulation of the Tissue-Invasive Phenotype" | Stephen J. Weiss, M.D., Division Chief, Molecular Medicine and Genetics, The University of Michigan | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, April 7, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases | Immunotherapy Conference Room (E6036) | "Modulating adaptive immunity with dendritic cells and pathogen recognition receptors" | Dr. Bali Pulendran, Emory Vaccine Center | Tracy Dieli, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, April 7, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Computational Proteomics" | Mark Gerstein, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Friday, April 8, 2005 | 3:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "Innate Defenses in Early Murine Lyme Borreliosis" | Linda Kathryn Bockenstedt, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine | Barbara Cusati, (860) 679-2898 |
| Monday, April 11, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences | Friends Lecture Room (LM034) | "Tissue Engineering of Models of Human Phalanges and a Small Joint" | William J. Landis, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine | Christine Moulis, (860) 679-3218 |
| Tuesday, April 12, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Adenosine, Glutamate and pH: Interactions and Implications." | Susan A. Masino, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Program and the Psychology Department, Trinity College | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Friday, April 15, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Genetics and Developmental Biology Conference Room (E2036) | "Using Zebrafish as a Model for Muscular Dystrophy" | Jeffrey Guyon, Ph.D., Children's Hospital, Boston | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Tuesday, April 19, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Specification of Cortical Interneurons: It's who you are, not how you got there." | Steward A. Anderson, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience and Neuroscience Graduate Program, Weill Medical College at Cornell University | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, April 21, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center and the Department of Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Lipid Metabolism in Obesity" | Samuel Klein, M.D., Director, Center for Human Nutrition, Associate Program Director, General Clinical Research Center, Director, Washington Univ. Weight Management Center, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, William H. Danforth Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science, Washington University School of Medicine | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Thursday, April 21, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Ion Channel Genes and Epilepsy" | Jeffrey L. Noebels, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Monday, April 25, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences | Friends Lecture Room (LM034) | "Regulation of Osteoblast Gene Expression and Its Application to Regeneration" | Renny T. Franceschi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Periodontics/Prevention/Geriatrics, Associate Dean for Research, University of Michigan School of Dentistry | Christine Moulis, (860) 679-3218 |
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences | Lecture Room A (LM036) | "Bone Tissue Engineering: The Bench to Bedside Challenge" | Jeffrey O. Hollinger, DDS., Ph.D., Director, Bone Tissue Engineering Center, Carnegie Mellon University | Christine Moulis, (860) 679-3218 |
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Association Between Cardiovascular Health, T-cell Responses and Influenza in the Elderly" | Janet McElhaney, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "NF-kB, c-Fos and NFATs in the Regulation of Osteoclast Formation" | Brendan F. Boyce, M.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Rochester Medical Center | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, April 26, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Genetic studies of synapse formation in mice" | Joshua R. Sanes, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Director, Center for Brain Science, Harvard University | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, April 27, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Centrosome Genes Involved in Cytokinesis, Cell Cycle Progression and Genetic Stability" | Stephen Doxsey, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |