February 2006
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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February 2006 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Thursday, February 2, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Pharmacology and Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling | Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling Conference Room (L5095) | "Why you need an accurate clock to walk!" | Dr. Kamran Khodakhah, Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Karen Zucker, (860) 679-1452 |
| Tuesday, February 7, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Modification of the cerebral cortex by experience" | Mark F. Bear, Ph.D., Picower Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, MIT | Penny Skenderian, (860) 679-4343 |
| Wednesday, February 8, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Inflammatory Bowel Disease - A Genetics Success Story" | Katherine A. Siminovitch, M.D., Director, Molecular Therapeutics Program & McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine, University of Toronto | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, February 9, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Venomous Cone Snails: Toxins, Genes, Ion Channels and Drugs" | Dr. Baldomero M. Olivera, Distinguished Professor, University of Utah | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Public Health Informatics: Intersections of Methodology and Content and the Emergence of a Discipline" | John H. Holmes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics in Epidemiology at HUP Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Academic Research Building Conference Room (EG052) | "Biomechanical Signaling in Bone Cells" | Janet Rubin, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids, Emory University School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Survival and growth signaling pathways in neurons and neural tumor cells." | David Kaplan, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Head, Cancer Research Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Professor, Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of Toronto | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, February 15, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Engineered Antibodies for Cancer Therapy" | Louis Weiner, M.D., Vice President, Translational Research and Chairman, Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center | Shelly Lombardo, (860) 679-7685 |
| Tuesday, February 21, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Progenitor cells during human corticogenesis" | Nada Zecevic, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Tuesday, February 28, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Treatments or Interventions for Osteoporosis Tend to Alleviate Obesity" | Hong-Wen Deng, Ph.D., Franklin D. Dickson/Missouri Endowed Chair in Orthopedic Surgery School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, February 28, 2006 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Calcium Receptors: an Update in Clinical and Basic Studies" | Dolores Shoback, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Endocrine Section, University of California, San Francisco | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, February 28, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Neocortex - Waves and Oscillations" | Jian-Young Wu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |