October 2006
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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October 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, October 3, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Chief Onyiuke Conference Room (FM002) | "Assessment of Cognitive Function: Bridging the Gap from Preclinical Animal Studies to the Human Condition in Clinical Drug Development Programs" | Peter J. Snyder, Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, October 3, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Kalirin, a brain within the brain" | Martin Schiller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, October 4, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Mouse Models for the Identification of Human Cancer Susceptibility Genes" | Allan Balmain, Ph.D., FRSE, Professor, Cancer Research Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Wednesday, October 4, 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) | "Gene and Regulation in Developing Male Germ Cells" | Wai-Yee Chan, Ph.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Cell Biology | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, October 5, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Center on Aging | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Can we Postpone Functional Decline and Mortality? Results from Project Able - A Randomized Trial" | Laura N. Gitlin, Ph.D., Director, Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health, Thomas Jefferson University College of Health Professions | Peggy Brintle, (860) 679-3956 |
| Tuesday, October 10, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Tyrosine Phosphatase Shp2 in Stem Cell Fate Determination and Embryogenesis" | Wentian Yang, Ph.D., M.D., Cancer Biology Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Stem Cell Research Institute, Harvard University School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, October 12, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Making daughter T-cells different during immunity" | Steven L. Reiner, M.D., Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, October 17, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Behavioral and Molecular Genetics of Heroin Dependence" | Stephen J. Glatt, Ph.D., Center for Behavioral Genomics, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Wednesday, October 18, 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) | "Human Embryonic Stem Cells as a Model of Human Pancreas Development" | Dr. Meri Firpo, Department of Medicine and Endocrinology, University of Minnesota | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Wednesday, October 18, 2006 | 4:30 P.M. | The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A New Standard of Care in the Management of Ovarian Cancer" | Maurie Markman, M.D., U.T. MD Anderson Cancer Center, Vice President for Clinical Research | Susan Philo, (860) 679-1173 |
| Thursday, October 19, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Viral-induced changes in asthma: participation of the airway epithelium" | Carol Wu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Immunology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday,
October 24, 2006
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12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The Quest for the Genetic Cause of Keloid Scars" | Ernest J. Reichenberger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biostructure and Function and the Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, October 24, 2006 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Models and Mechanisms for Parathyroid Hormone Action in Bone Regeneration" | Laurie K. McCauley, D.D.S., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, October 24, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Startle and Prepulse Inhibition as a Behavioral Tool for Neuroscience" | Jeremy G. Turner, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Surgery/Otolaryngology, SIU School of Medicine, and Assistant Professor of Psychology, Illinois College | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, October 25, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Power of SNP Chips in Human Malignancy" | H. Phillip Koeffler, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Wednesday, October 25, 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) | "The physiology and therapeutic potential of male germline stem cells" | Stefan Schlatt, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, October 26, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Local CD8+ T cell activation and immunopathology in liver" | Ian Nicholas Crispe, MBBS, Ph.D., Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, and Medicine, Associate Director, David H. Smith for Vaccine Biology and Immunology | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday,
October 31, 2006
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12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Results and Lessons Learned from a Dementia Care Consultation Intervention for Family Caregivers" | Richard H. Fortinsky, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, October 31, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Neural Correlates of Tonal Loudness and Duration" | Constantine Trahiotis, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, and Shigeyuki Kuwada, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |