November 2006
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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November 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, November 2, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Functions of GRP94 (gp96) in the immune system and beyond" | Yair Argon, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Chief, Division of Cell Physiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia & The University of Pennsylvania | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, November 7, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Building a Registry of Community Research Subject Volunteers - Informatics Tools and Workflow Methodology" | Paul A. Harris, Ph.D., Director, GCRC Informatics Core, Research Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, November 7, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Phenotyping Mutant Mice for Behavioral Dysfunction" | William C. Wetsel, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, November 8, 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) | "Success for Dolly's creation: Oocyte kinases and nuclear reprogramming in ovine embryos produced by SCNT" | Keith Campbell, Ph.D., Department of Animal Development, University of Nottingham, UK | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, November 9, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Understanding immune evasion by mycobacteria: the key to development of a better tuberculosis vaccine?" | Steven A. Porcelli, M.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Medicine (Rheumatology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, November 14, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Soy and Osteoporosis ( A Talk on Beans and Bones)" | Jane Elise Kerstetter, Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Allied Health, University of Connecticut | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, November 14, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Cell transplantation approaches to protect and repair the injured CNS." | Jeffrey D. Kocsis, Ph.D., Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, Neuroscience Research Center, VA Connecticut Health Care System | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, November 15, 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) | "Lineage Commitment to Trophectoderm" | R. Michael Roberts, Ph.D., Curators' Professor of Animal Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Member, National Academy of Science | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Wednesday, November 15, 2006 | 4:30 P.M. | The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Dendritic Cells and Immunity" | Yong-Jun Liu, M.D., Ph.D., M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Chair, Department of Immunology, Director, Center for Cancer Immunology Research | Susan Philo, (860) 679-1173 |
| Thursday, November 16, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Regulation of memory CD8 T cell differentiation" | Hao Shen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, November 21, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Alcohol Pharmacogenetics in Mexican-Americans" | Huai-Rong Luo, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics, The University of Kansas Medical Center | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, November 21, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in cells of the central nervous system: analysis of transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms" | James Hewett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Tuesday, November 28, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Chief Onyiuke Conference Room (FM002) | "Bone and Chronic Childhood Illness Lessons from Crohn's Disease" | Francisco Sylvester, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Connecticut Children's Medical Center | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Wednesday, November 29, 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) | "Understanding Developmental Signals Regulating Definitive Endoderm and Pancreas Specification from Human Embryonic Stem Cells" | Dr. Jon Odorico, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison Medical School | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, November 30, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Constitutive and induced chemokine signals controlling Teff recruitment across CNS vascular endothelium" | Stefan Brocke, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |