January 2008
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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January 2008 Research Lectures and Seminars University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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| Date | Time | Department/ Center | Location | Title | Speaker | Contact Person |
| Tuesday, January 8, 2008 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "NG2 cells (Polydendrocytes): their in vivo fate and role in the brain" | Akiko Nishiyama, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008 |
12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Regulation of Osteosarcoma Metastasis, Growth and Survival" | Dennis Hughes, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatrics, The Children's Cancer Hospital at MD Anderson Cancer Center | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | 3:00 P.M. | Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism | Henry B.C. Low, M.D. Learning Center (CG076) | "Regenerative Medicine Based on Muscle Stem Cells" | Johnny Huard, Ph.D., Henry J. Mankin Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry & Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh; Director of Stem Cell Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh | Arlene Janick, (860) 679-2197 |
| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "A tale of two precursors: Induction and progenitor specification in developing olfactory pathway." | Anthony LaMantia, Ph.D., Professor of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, January 16, 2008 | 10:30 A.M. | Stem Cell Core | Henry B.C. Low, M.D. Learning Center (CG076) | "Epithelial differentiation of Bone Marrow Derived Cells" | Diane S. Krause, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, Associate Director, Yale Stem Cell Program | Tecia Kerr |
| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Making neurons from embryonic stem cells, in vitro and after transplantation to the mouse brain." | Laura Grabel, Ph.D., Fisk Professor of Natural Sciences, Professor of Biology, Wesleyan University | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Thursday, January 24, 2008 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The Vaccine Adjuvant Monophosphoryl Lipid A as a TRIF-biased Agonist of TLR4" | Thomas Mitchell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Barnstable-Brown Chair in Diabetes Research, University of Louisville School of Medicine | Ginny Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Monday, January 28, 2008 | 10:30 A.M. | Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology | Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology Conference Room (L2034) | "Mechanisms of Metal Efflux Across Two Membranes" | Dr. Megan McEvoy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona | Jeff Hoch |
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Metamorphosis of a mammalian auditory sound localization circuit" | Karl Kandler, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director for Auditory Research, Department of Otolaryngology & Neurobiology, Ear and Eye Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 | 10:30 A.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Henry B.C. Low, M.D. Learning Center (CG076) | "Building novel disease models using human ESC-derived neurons" | Yi Sun, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCLA Medical School | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | 'The How and Why of Herpes Simplex Virus' "Commandeering the Host Chaperone and Repair Machinery" | Sandra Weller, Ph.D., Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Chair, Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Ginny Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Systematic Analysis of Longevity Determinants in C. elegans" | Dr. Sylvia Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |