November 2005
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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November 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, November 1, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Stem Cells and Spinal Injury Repair." | Wise Young, Ph.D., M.D., Founding Director, W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, Chair, Departments of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, November 2, 2005 | 2:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology and the Center for Regenerative Biology | Video Conferencing from Storrs in the Henry B.C. Low, M.D., Learning Center (CG076A) | "Epidermal Renewal & Differentiation: Ligands & Receptors & Regulators, Oh My!" | Dr. Brian Aneskievich, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Thursday, November 3, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer and Aging: Studies of the PTEN and PI 3-kinase Regulated Signaling Pathway" | Hong Sun, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Thursday, November 3, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | To be determined | Christopher Norbury, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Penn State College of Medicine | Sue Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, November 8, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Developing TRUST in an Underserved Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO)" | Kevin D. Carr, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University, Chief Medical Information Officer, Waterbury Hospital Health Center | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, November 8, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Splitting the brain; cerebral midline development" | Jean Hebert, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, November 9, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "The RASSF1A Tumor Suppressor" | Gerd P. Pfeifer, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Chair, Division of Biology, Beckman Research Institute | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (E6036) | To be determined | Michael Dustin, Ph.D., Department of Immunology Program in Molecular Pathogenesis, New York University School of Medicine | Sue Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Role of cell cycle regulators in neural patterning in Drosophila" | Tadmiri Venkatesh, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, City College of New York | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Translating Genetic Findings From Cell Culture to Treatment Outcome in Substance Abuse" | Kent E. Hutchison, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 | 2:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Henry B.C. Low, M.D. Learning Center (CG076) | "Osteoblast Development and the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Niche" | Dr. H. Leonardo Aguila, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases, University of Connecticut Health Center | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Targeting Myeloma in the Bone Marrow Microenvironment" | Kenneth C. Anderson, M.D., Kraft Family Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Division of Hematologic Neoplasia, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Shelly Lombardo, (860) 679-7685 |
| Thursday, November 17, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | To be determined | Adam Adler, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Sue Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, November 17, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling | Cell Analysis and Modeling Conference Room (L5090) | "Prokaryotic Movements from Angstroms to Microns: How Bacteria Move Themselves and Stuff Within Them Around" | Joshua Shaevitz, Ph.D., Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley | Frances Sanchez, (860) 679-3565 |
| Tuesday, November 22, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Synapses and networks in an epileptogenic nucleus examined with electrophysiology and voltage-sensitive dyes" | Shobhana Sivaramakrishnan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Penny Skenderian, (860) 679-4343 |
| Tuesday, November 29, 2005 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Considering Options for Treating Children with Hyperthyroidism" | Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., Director, Yale Child Health Research Center, Professor of Pediatrics, Yale University | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, November 29, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Cell Behaviors and Genetic Lineages of the Mesencephalon and Rhombomere 1" | James Li, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Penny Skenderian, (860) 679-4343 |
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations in Gastrointestinal Cancer" | Manuel Perucho, Ph.D., Program Director, Professor, Cancer Genetics & Epigenetics, The Burnham Institute | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |