September 2005
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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September 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, September 1, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Stem Cells, Germ Cells, and Regeneration in Planarians" | Phillip Newmark, Ph.D., Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Thursday, September 1, 2005 | 2:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology and the UConn Center for Regenerative Biology | Video Conferencing from Storrs in the Henry B.C. Low, M.D., Learning Center (CG076A) | "BMP, FGF and Human ES Cell Self-renewal" | Ren-He Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Scientist, WiCell Research Institute, Madison, Wisconsin | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Tuesday, September 6, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Heroes and Hooligans: Multiple Roles of Sodium Channels in the Injured Nervous System" | "Stephen G. Waxman, M.D., Ph.D., Bridget Marie Flaherty Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology and Pharmacology, Chairman, Department of Neurology, Director, Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, September 7, 2005 | 2:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology and the UConn Center for Regenerative Biology | Academic Research Building (EG-052) | "The use of cloning & stem cells in medicine." | Robert Lanza, M.D., Vice President of Medical and Scientific Development, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 or Phyllis Horvith, (860) 486-6023 |
| Tuesday, September 13, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Functional Organization of the Inferior Colliculus" | Douglas L. Oliver, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Molecular Classification of Osteosarcoma - Towards Predictive Individualized Care" | Ching C. Lau, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Wednesday, September 14, 2005 | 2:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology and the UConn Center for Regenerative Biology | Video Conferencing from Storrs in the Henry B.C. Low, M.D., Learning Center (CG076A) | "Epithelial differentiation of adult bone marrow cell" | Diane Krause, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine | Phyllis Horvith, (860) 486-6023 or Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "The Dance of the Peptide Binder, the MHC and the HSP" | Pramod Srivastava, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Sue Wasik, (860) 679-4444 or Anita Fowler, (860) 679-2619 |
| Thursday, September 15, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "MicroRNA in regulating the expression of inflammatory genes" | Jiahuai Han, Ph.D., Department of Immunology Section, The Scripps Research Institute | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Origin of the Firing Pattern of Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons." | Charles J. Wilson, Ph.D., Roland K. and Jane W. Blumberg Professor, Department of Biology, University of Texas San Antonio | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, September 21, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "HIFs, Hypoxia, and Tumor Progression" | Celeste Simon, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center | Shelly Lombardo, (860) 679-7685 |
| Thursday, September 22, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Maternal Factors can Determine Susceptibility or Resistance to Development of Allergic Airway Disease in Offspring" | Lynn Puddington, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Sue Wasik, (860) 679-4444 or Anita Fowler, (860) 679-2619 |
| Monday, September 26, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Friends Lecture Room (LM034) | "Using Microarrays and FISH to Rapidly Explore Chromosomal Abnormalities in Psychotic Patients" | Carolyn M. Drazinic, M.D., Ph.D., Yale Child Study Center, Yale University | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Tuesday, September 27, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Onyiuke Dining Room | "Non-coding RNA: A New Mechanism for Understanding Genetic Risk?" | Henry M. Furneaux, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, Investigator, Center for Vascular Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, September 27, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Vascular Biology and the Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Lysophospholipid Signaling in Health and Disease" | Jerold J. M. Chun, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, The Helen L. Dorris Child & Adolescent, Neuropsychiatric Disorder Institute, The Scripps Research Institute | Annarita Erwin, (860) 679-3746 |
| Tuesday, September 27, 2005 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Adulthood adaptive plasticity of the barn-owl auditory localization system." | Duck Kim, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, September 28, 2005 | 2:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology and the UConn Center for Regenerative Biology | Henry B.C. Low, M.D., Learning Center (CG076A) | "Nuclear Transfer in Mice" | Peter Mombaerts, M.D., Ph.D., Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Neurogenetics, The Rockefeller University | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Thursday, September 29, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "CD8+ T cell responses to be a perplexing persistent, parasitic pathogen Trypanosoma cruzi" | Rick Tarleton, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Georgia | Sue Wasik, (860) 679-4444 or Anita Fowler, (860) 679-2619 |
| Thursday, September 29, 2005 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 6 (elF6) and Regulation of Ribosome Biogenesis" | Umadas Maitra, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Gail D'Amico, (860) 679-3410 |
| Friday, September 30, 2005 | 1:00 P.M. | Department of Cell Biology | Vascular Biology Conference Room (E5036) | "Regulation of D1 Dopamine Receptor Signaling by Phosphorylation" | Michele Rankin, Ph.D., National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health | Lorri Goldsmith, (860) 679-3672 |