November 2007
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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November 2007 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Monday, November 5, 2007 | 7:45 A.M. | The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Medicine Conference Room (L2092) | "Targeting Nitric Oxide Bioavailability for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease" | Borys Hrinczenko, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Director, Hematology Clinic, MetroHealth Medical Center | Marilyn Lemire, (860) 679-4455 |
| Tuesday, November 6, 2007 | 1:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Tissue Engineering | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Humanized Mouse Models of the Human Immune System" | Todd Pearson, Ph.D., Diabetes Division, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine | Dr. Donald Kreutzer, (860) 679-2818 |
| Tuesday, November 6, 2007 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Understanding the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System in Women" | Ellen W. Seely, M.D., Director of Clinical Research, Endocrinology, Hypertension and Diabetes Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Wednesday, November 7, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Evolution in Neoplastic Progression of Barrett's Esophagus" | Carlo Maley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, November 8, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Is Lacrimal Keratoconjunctivitis (Dry Eye) a CD4+ T Cell-Mediated Disease?" | Jerry Y. Niederkorn, Ph.D., The George A. and Nancy P. Shutt Professor, Director of Ophthalmic Research, U.T. Southwestern Medical Center | Donna Douyard, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Transcriptional Regulation of Osteoblast Differentiation" | Jennifer Westendorf, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Senior Associate Consultant, Mayo Clinic, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2129 |
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "An Example of the Type of Precise and Detailed Information that can be Gleaned from Human Auditory Psychophysics: Characterizing 'Internal Noise' that Limits Binaural Detection." | Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, November 15, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Transport and Metabolism of Essential Host Nutrients by Malaria Parasites: New Directions for Drug Discovery and Vaccine Development" | Dr. Choukri Ben Mamoun, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Donna Douyard, (860) 679-4444 |
| Wednesday, November 21, 2007 | 10:30 A.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Video conference - Henry B.C. Low, Learning Center (CG076) | "A novel blastocyst-derived stem cell line offers molecular insight in regulation of pluripotency" | Dr. Niels Geijsen, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Regenerative Medicine | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) |
“Comcast at the Synapse.”
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John H. Carson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, November 29, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Manipulating Cellular Transport Processes: Dynamic interactions between intracellular Toxoplasma and its host cell" | Dr. Isabelle Coppens, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |