May 2007
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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May 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, May 1, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The Organization of Behavioral Repertoire in Motor Cortex" | Michael Graziano, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Princeton University | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, May 2, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Targeting EGFR Signaling in Head and Neck Cancer" | Jennifer Grandis, M.D., FACS, Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology and Pharmacology, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, May 3, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Molecular Mimicry of Gram-Positive Bacterial Pili" | Dr. Hung Ton-That, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, May 3, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Genome Diversity and Genetic Mapping Genes Associated with Drug Resistances in Plasmodium Falciparum" | Dr. Xin-Zhuan Su, Head, Malaria Genomics Unit, National Institute of Health | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Friday, May 4, 2007 | 1:00 P.M. | Department of Pharmacology | Pharmacology Conference Room, Building 26/2 | "Mechanisms of inflammatory neurodegeneration" | Orhan Aktas, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology, Charite - University Medicine Berlin and Max-Delbrueck, Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, May 15, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Synaptic potentiation of GABergic synapses in the reward pathway" | Julie Kauer, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, Brown Medical School, Brown University | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, May 17, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Recognition of Sorting Signals in the Neonatal Fc Receptor, FcRn" | Neil Simister, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Brandeis University | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, May 22, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | University of Connecticut Distinguished Investigator Seminar | Low Learning Center (CG076) | "Endocannabinoids Regulate Energy Homeostasis through Central and Peripheral Mechanisms" | George Kunos, M.D., Ph.D., Scientific Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health | Stephanie Holden, (860) 679-2513 |
| Wednesday, May 23, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Genetic Lessons from Colon Cancer" | Sandy Markowitz, M.D., Ph.D., Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Markowitz-Ingalls Professor of Cancer Genetics, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, May 24, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Adaptive immune responses in lymph nodes" | Ulrich H. von Andrian, M.D., Mallinckrodt Professor of Immunopathology, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Senior Investigator, The Center for Blood Research, Institute for Biomedical Research | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Wednesday, May 30, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "The Surprising Role of Housekeeping Gene, Beta 2 Microglobulin, in Cancer Growth and Bone Metastasis" | Leland Chung, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Molecular Urology and Therapeutics Program, Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, May 31, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Cellular Control of Deubiquitination in Yeast" | Alexander Amerik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |