September 2007
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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September 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, September 4, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Kalirin knockout mice: there is life without dendritic spines?" | Richard E. Mains, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Control of Glial Cell Fate in Development and Disease" | Robert H. Miller, Ph.D., Center for Translational Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
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Thursday, September 13, 2007 |
12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Immunobiology of the tick-host interface" | Stephen K. Wikel, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut School of Medicien | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Physiologic roles of edited serotonin-2C receptor isoforms" | Ronald B. Emeson, Ph.D., Joel G. Hardman Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The Multifaceted Tick Saliva Immunosuppressor, Salp15" | Juan Anguita, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Susan Wasik, (860) 679-4444 |
| Thursday, September 20, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Deciphering Biology and Disease by Genome-Wide Genetic Screens in Mice and Flies" | Dr. Tian Xu, Vice Chairman of Genetics, Associate Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Friday, September 21, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Research Seminar | Genetics and Developmental Biology Conference Room (E2036) | "Novel Biosynthetic Pathway for Secosteroids and the Skin" | Andrzej Slominski, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director of Dermapathology Fellowship, University of Tennessee Cancer Institute | Stephanie Holden, (860) 679-2513 |
| Thursday, September 25, 2007 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Rhodopsin transport defects and cell death in Retinitis Pigmentosa" | Orson L. Moritz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, September 27, 2007 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Application of Ayurvedic Rasayana as Rejuvenating Therapy" | Amala Guha, Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Donna Douyard, (860) 679-4444 |