March 2006
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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March 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, March 2, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling | Cell Analysis and Modeling Conference Room (L5095) | "Synaptic Stability and Pathology in Vivo" | Wen-Biao Gan, New York University School of Medicine | Karen Zucker, (860) 679-1452 |
| Tuesday, March 7, 2006 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Using an Animal Model to Explore the Pathogenesis of Hypercalciuria in Bone and Stone Disease" | Murray J. Favus, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, Interim Director, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Director, Bone Program, University of Chicago | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, March 7, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Dissecting the multiple mechanisms of regulation of synaptic NMDA receptors" | Robert J. Wenthold, Ph.D., Scientific Director, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, March 8, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Oncogenomics and Predictive Pharmacogenomics" | John David Carpten, Ph.D., Senior Investigator & Director, Genetic Basis of Human Disease Research Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, March 9, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Regulation of Retroviral Gene Expression" | Dr. Kathleen Boris-Lawrie, Professor, Ohio State University | Ann Marie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology | Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology Conference Room (L2034) | "Structural Biology of Protein Folding and Misfolding" | Dr. Krishna Mallela | Jennifer Gilman, (860) 679-3754 |
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Study of Problematic Behaviors in Children and Adolescents Using the COGA Database" | Grace Chan, Ph.D., Lecturer and Director, Statistical Consulting Center, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Iowa | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, March 14, 2006 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Molecular Biology of Exercise in Muscle and Bone: The Search for an 'Exercise Pill'" | Charles H. Turner, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, IUPUI, Indianapolis | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Wednesday, March 15, 2006 | 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) | "Defining Developmental Potency by Expression Profiling of Stem Cells" | Dr. Minoru Ko | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Wednesday, March 15, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Identifying Targets and Inhibiting Pathways Activated in Brain Cells" | Gregory J. Riggins, M.D., Ph.D., Irving J. Sherman MD Research, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology, John Hopkins University School of Medicine | Shelly Lombardo, (860) 679-7685 |
| Wednesday, March 15, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling | Cell Analysis and Modeling Conference Room (L5095) | "Rule-Based Modeling of Signaling by Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor" | Michael Blinov, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Los Alamos, New Mexico | Karen Zucker, (860) 679-1452 |
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "How to Complete the Incomplete: A Statistical Antidote for Incomplete Data Sets" | Ofer Harel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Ankyrins: Molecular keys to the cellular code for directing membrane proteins to sites of physiological function" | Vann Bennett, M.D., Ph.D., James B. Duke Professor of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute/MIT | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, March 23, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology | Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology Conference Room (L2034) | "Molecular Mechanism of Microtubule Assembly by Plus-End Tracking" | Dr. Ikuko Hayashi | Jennifer Gilman, (860) 679-3754 |
| Thursday, March 23, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "How Clathrin Coated Vesicles: Form Molecular Snapshots & Movies" | Dr. Tom Kirchhausen, Harvard Medical School | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "A New Platform for Translational Genomics: A Call to Clinical Investigators" | Marc
Lalande, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research Planning and Coordination,
Professor and Chairman, Department of Genetics & Developmental Biology
Brenton R. Graveley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Genetics & Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine |
Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 | 1:00 P.M. | Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology | Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology Conference Room (L2034) | "Directing and Misdirecting the Self-assembly of Hepatitis B Virus" | Dr. Adam Zlotnick | Jennifer Gilman, (860) 679-3754 |
| Tuesday, March 28, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Integrative Nuclear FGFR1 Signaling (INFS) - a novel universal pathway that controls neural stem cell development" | Michal K. Stachowiak, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director, Molecular and Structural Neurobiology &Gene Therapy Program" | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, March 30, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling | Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling (L5095) | "How Do Molecules Walk?" | Dr. Sean Sun, Johns Hopkins University, Mechanical Engineering and Whitaker Institute | Karen Zucker, (860) 679-1452 |