September 2006
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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September 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, September 5, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Defining the plasticity transcriptome: activity-dependent changes in neural function and the development of anticonvulsant therapies" | Alison Barth, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, September 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) | "Neural Subtype Specification from Embryonic Stem Cells" | Dr. Su-Chun Zhang | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Tuesday, September 12, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Inhibiting inhibition: an "exciting" role for endocannabinoids" | Eric S. Levine, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, September 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) | "Human embryonic stem cells as a research model: self-renewal and hematopoietic differentiation" | Linzhao Cheng, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Stem Cell Program, The Institute for Cell Engineering, John Hopkins University School of Medicine | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, September 14, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Early activation events control memory T cell development" | Leo Lefrancois, Ph.D., Professor of Immunology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Monday, September 18, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EM029) | "Suppression of Stop Codon Recognition as a Strategy to Regulate Gene Expression in Hemophilia" | Biree Andemariam, M.D., Chief Fellow, Hematology and Medical Oncology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University | Marilyn Lemire, (860) 679-2255 |
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Microvascular Disease and White Matter; Risk Factors and Brain Changes that are Linked to Impaired Cognition and Mobility" | Leslie Wolfson, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Hartford Hospital | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, September 19, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Dissecting the multiple mechanisms of regulation of synaptic NMDA receptors" | Katherine W. Roche, Ph.D., Investigator, Receptor Biology Unit, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institues of Health | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, September 20, 2006 | 11:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "RNA Surveillance and RNAi" | Dr. Miles Wilkinson, Professor, Department of Immunology, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Wednesday, September 20, 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) | "Genetic and Epigenetic Changes in Human ES Cells" | Dr. Maya Mitalipova, Director, Human Stem Cell Facility, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Wednesday, September 20, 2006 | 4:30 P.M. | The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Modulating Regulatory T Cells in the Therapy of Hematologic Malignancies" | Hyam I. Levitsky, M.D., Professor of Oncology, Medicine, and Urology, Division of Immunology and Hematopoiesis, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins | Shelly Lombardo, (860) 679-7685 |
| Thursday, September 21, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Regulatory T cells and Toll-like receptors in cancer immunotherapy" | Rongfu Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Cell & Gene Therapy, Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, September 21, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "SHP2 Signaling, Stem Cell Fate Determination and Embryogenesis" | Dr. Wentian Yang, Division of Hematology and Oncology, BIDMC, Harvard University School of Medicine | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Tuesday, September 26, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Center on Aging, and the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Does Aging Make Fat Go Mad?" | James L. Kirkland, M.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Director of Basic Research Geriatrics Section and Section of Biomolecular Medicine, Boston University | Peggy Brintle, (860) 679-3956 |
| Tuesday, September 26, 2006 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Metabolism in the Ischemic Brain" | Louise McCullough, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Director of Stroke Research and Education, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and The Stroke Center of Hartford Hospital | Kathy Borthwick (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, September 27, 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 Unlimited Potential of Spermatogonial Stem Cells" | Martin Dym, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Georgetown University School of Medicine | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, September 28, 2006 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Location and commitment: Loose adventures in immunology, hematopoiesis and bone" | Leonardo Aguila, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |