April 2007
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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April 2007 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Tuesday, April 3, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Enhancing Independence in Older Adults by Targeting Relevant Inflammatory Pathways" | George Kuchel, M.D., Director, UConn Center on Aging, Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, April 3, 2007 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "New Directions in Phosphate and Vitamin D Biology" | Sherri-Ann M. Burnett-Bowie, M.D., MPH, Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, April 3, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The Dynamic Auditory Brainstem: Implications for Language and Music." | Nina Kraus, Ph.D., Hugh Knowles Professor, Communication Sciences, Neurobiology and Physiology; Otolaryngology, Northwestern University | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, April 11, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Functional Genomic Approaches to Study Genome Stability" | Daniel Durocher, Ph.D., Centre for Systems Biology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, April 12, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Immunogenomics of asthma" | Marsha Wills-Karp, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "New Observations of White Matter Brain Disease and Psychosis in 18p Monosomy Patients" | Carolyn M. Drazinic, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Neuron-glia interactions: Their mechanisms and their roles in development and disease" | Gabriel Corfas, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The role of HSPs in tissue repair" | Dr. Rajiv Y. Chandawarkar, Assistant Professor, Departments of Surgery and Immunology, Center for Immunotherapy, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, April 19, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "The Impact of Array CGH on Clinical Cytogenetics and Gene Discovery" | Dr. Lisa Shaffer, Professor, Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, CEO and Laboratory Director, Signature Genomic Laboratories, LLC | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. General Clinical Research Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Marijuana Dependence: For Real? Should we Treat? | Ronald M. Kadden, Ph.D., Chief, Psychology Division, Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center | Lynn Bores, (860) 679-1751 |
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Targeted Androgen Action: Testosterone - Bad to the Bone?" | Kristine Wiren, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Oregon Health and Science University, and VA Medical Center | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Protein Synthesis-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity: Insights from Studies of Immediate Early Genes" | Paul F. Worley, M.D., Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, April 26, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Monocytes, dendritic cells, and atherosclerosis" | Gwendalyn J. Randolph, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Gene & Cell Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |