February 2005
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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February 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, February 1, 2005 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "New Insights into Phosphorus and Vitamin D Metabolism" | Michael T. Collins, M.D., Craniofacial and Skeletal Diseases Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, February 1, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Sensorimotor mechanisms in the neural control of speech and nonspeech movements." | Ludo Max, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Tuesday, February 8, 2005 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Regulation of Osteoclast Development and Function by Innate Immune Receptors" | Mary C. Nakamura, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, February 8, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Schwann Lake: Dynamic observations on the dance between Schwann cells and axons during myelination." | Stephen Lambert, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Programs in Neuroscience and Cell Dynamics, University of Massachusetts Medical Center | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, February 9, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Advances in Molecular Genetics of Glaucoma: From Gene Mapping to Protein Expression Profiling" | Mansoor Sarfarazi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Surgery, Molecular Ophthalmic Genetics Laboratory, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Tuesday, February 15, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Plasticity in the Auditory System: Developmental and Pathological." | D. Kent Morest, M.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday,
February 16, 2005
Registration required by February 11 - light dinner will be provided |
5:30 P.M. | The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Cell Biology of Antigen Presentation by Dendritic Cells" | Ira Mellman, Ph.D., Sterling Professor of Cell Biology and Immunobiology, Chair, Department of Cell Biology, Scientific Director, Yale Cancer Center, Yale University | Shelley Lombardo, (860) 679-7692 or 1-800-535-6232 |
| Friday, February 18, 2005 | 3:00 P.M. | Center for Microbial Pathogenesis | Microbial Pathogenesis Conference Room (E7036) | "DNA hyper-modification and regulation of antigenic variation in the African trypanosome" | Robert Sabatini, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, Global Infectious Disease Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole | Virginia Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | General Clinical Research Center | Faculty/Staff Dining Room | "How to Prepare for and Survive an FDA Audit" | Zihai Li, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases, Lisanne Cirullo, APRN, Research Subject Advocate, General Clinical Research Center | Lisa Godin, (860) 679-4145 |
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Systems analysis of RNA trafficking in Neural Cells." | John H. Carson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, February 24, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Expanded CUG repeat RNA, mis-regulation of alternative splicing and pathogenesis of myotonic dystrophy" | Thomas Cooper, M.D., S. Donald Greenberg Professor of Pathology, Director, Interdepartmental Program of Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |