December 2005
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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December 2005 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Thursday, December 1, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | To be determined | Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D., Department of Immunology, Yale School of Medicine | Sue Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, December 1, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Regulation of lineage progress and self-renewal of muscle stem cells" | Thomas Rando, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Friday, December 2, 2005 | 1:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology | Molecular Medicine Conference Room (EM029) | "Parathyroid Hormone Signaling Through a Galpha12/Galpha13 - RhoA - Phospholipase D Pathway in Osteoblasts" | Paula Stern, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, Member, Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Monday, December 5, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Division of Human Genetics | Academic Research Building (E2036) | "NIPBL, Cohesin and Developmental Disorders: Insights from the Cornelia de Lange Syndrome" | Ian Krantz, M.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Tuesday, December 6, 2005 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Clinical Consequences of CASR Mutation: An Expanding Spectrum of Disease Expression" | David E. C. Cole, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Lab Medicine & Pathobiology, Medicine, & Genetics, University of Toronto, | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, December 6, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Modulation of Neuronal Excitability by Somatic Dopamine Receptor Activation in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex." | Srdjan Antic, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, December 7, 2005 | 2:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Video Conferencing from Storrs in the Henry B.C. Low, M.D., Learning Center (CG076A) | "Self-renewing Mechanisms of Stem Cells in the Germline" | Dr. Haifan Lin, Associate Professor and Co-Director, Duke Stem Cell Research Program, Duke University Medical School | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Thursday, December 8, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | To be determined | Steven Schoenberger, Ph.D., La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology | Sue Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Friday, December 9, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (E2036) | "EPCR-/-deficient mice as a possible model of antiphospholipid syndrome" | Fangyin Meng, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cornell University | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Friday, December 9, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Departments of Neuroscience and Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology | Neuroscience Conference Room (E4036) | "Disaster Preparedness: Lessons from Katrina" | Iris Lindberg, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Medical Center | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Understanding Parathyroid Hormone Action" | Nicola C. Partridge, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Neural Stem Cells: Prospective Treatment of Epilepsy" | Janice R. Naegele, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, Neuroscience and Behavior, Wesleyan University | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, December 14, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Genomic Instability in Colorectal Tumor Progression, from Aberrant Crypt Foci to Carcinomas" | Garth R. Anderson, Ph.D., Professor, Cellular and Molecular Biology, SUNY/Buffalo-RPCI Division, Roswell Park Cancer Institute | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Wednesday, December 14, 2005 | 2:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Video Conferencing from Storrs in the Henry B.C. Low, M.D., Learning Center (CG076A) | "The role of glucagons-like peptide 1 in the treatment of diabetes" | Dr. Gang Xu, Center for Diabetes Advances (Betalogics), Johnson & Johnson, New Jersey | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Thursday, December 15, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | To be determined | Linda Cauley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut | Sue Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, December 15, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Somatic Cell Cloning and Therapeutic Applications - State of the Technology and My Dreams" | Xiangzhong (Jerry) Yang, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center for Regenerative Biology, University of Connecticut | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |