December 2006
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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December 2006 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Tuesday, December 5, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Clinical and Translational Research Applications Using Three-Dimensional Motion Analysis Techniques" | Sylvia Ounpuu, M.Sc., Director/Kinesiologist, Center for Motion Analysis, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, December 5, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Multiple roles for connexins in myelination" | David L. Paul, Ph.D., Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, December 6, 2006 | 2:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology and the UConn Center for Regenerative Biology | Video conference - Henry B.C. Low, Learning Center (CG076) | "Embryonic Stem Cells and Cardiomyocytes: Tools and Therapies" | Dr. Timothy Kamp, Department of Medicine and Physiology, University of Wisconsin | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, December 7, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Generation of pathogenic and regulatory T cells in a model of retinal autoimmunity: dependence on innate immune responses" | Rachel R. Caspi, Ph.D., National Eye Institute, Deputy Chief, Immunology Laboratory, Chief, Section of Immunoregulation, Immunology Lab, Adjunct Professor at UPenn, Department of Pathology | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. General Clinical Research Center | Academic
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"Pharmacogenetics of Tamoxifen and Antidepressant Therapy in Breast Cancer" | Todd Skaar, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Indiana University Medical Center | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Development of inhibitory interneurons: relevance for hyperactivity disorder" | Flora M. Vaccarino, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Child Study Center, Section of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 | 2:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology and the UConn Center for Regenerative Biology | Video conference - Henry B.C. Low, Learning Center (CG076) | "Neuronal lineages derived from human embryonic stem cells" | Steve Stice, Ph.D., Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar of Animal Reproductive Physiology Directory of UGA Regenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |