October 2007
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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October 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, October 2, 2007 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Hematopoietic-Osteoblastic Interactions" | Laura M. Calvi, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Endocrine Division, University of Rochester School of Medicine | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, October 2, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | University of Connecticut Distinguished Investigator Seminar Series | Henry B.C. Low M.D., Learning Center, CG076 | "Nuclear Dynamics and Gene Silencing" | David L. Spector, Ph.D., Director of Research, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Stephanie Holden, (860) 679-2513 |
| Wednesday, October 3, 2007 | 4:30 P.M. | Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (E6036) | "Costimulatory Blockade in Tumor Immunotherapy: Properties of Anti-CTLA-4 and Anti-PD-1 Antibodies in Mice, Monkeys and Man" | Alan Korman, Ph.D., Vice President, Discovery Research Medarex, Milpitas, CA | Shelly Lombardo, (860) 679-7685 |
| Thursday, October 4, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Asthma & the Environment: Anthropogenic & Arthropod-Mediated Regulation of Atopic Lung Disease" | Matthew Poynter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care, University of Vermont | Donna Douyard, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, October 9, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Stability and Plasticity in Developing Neural Circuits" | Gina G. Turrigiano, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biology, Brandeis University | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, October 11, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The Class I Antigen Presentation Pathway and its Susceptibility to Viral Proteins" | Marlene Bouvier, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs | Donna Douyard, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, October 16, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Role of Caspase Cell Death Pathways in Neurologic Diseases" | Robert M. Friedlander, M.D., Assistant Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, October 17, 2007 | 4:30 P.M. | Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Depression in Cancer - Screening and Treatment Issues" | Steven D. Passik, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Associate Attending Psychologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Shelly Lomardo, (860) 679-7685 |
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Transcriptional analysis of major cell surface antigen expression in the lethal parasite Trypanosoma brucei" | Arthur Gunzl, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Donna Douyard, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Epigenetic Gene Regulation in Neural Development and Stem Cell Differentiation" | Dr. Guoping Fan, Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The near and far of human spatial hearing" | Pavel Zahorik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, October 25, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "HIV Disease Pathogenesis: Microbes, Immune Activation and a Leaky Gut" | Daniel Douek, M.D., Ph.D., NIAID/NIH/DHHS, Chief, Human Immunology Section, Vaccine Research Center | Donna Douyard, (860) 679-4444 |
| Monday, October 29, 2007 | 11:00 A.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Room L(LM036) | "Coordinated Regulation of Alternative Splicing in the Immune System" | Dr. Kristen Lynch, Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "PD-la/ATX: a matricellular protein regulating oligodendrocyte differentiation" | Babette Fuss, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |