March 2008
Research Lectures and Seminars
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
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March 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, March 4, 2008 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Mechanisms in synaptic vesicle recycling" | Pietro De Camilli, M.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, March 5, 2008 | 12:00 P.M. | Center for Molecular Medicine | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "A Food-Based Approach to Cancer Prevention of Aerodigestive Tract Cancers" | Gary Stoner, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health | Anita Marren, (860) 679-7640 |
| Thursday, March 6, 2008 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Dendritic Cells and the Regulation of Lymph Node Vascular Growth" | Theresa T. Lu, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Member, Autoimmunity and Inflammation Program, Hospital for Special Surgery, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University | Ginny Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Retrograde endocannabinoid signaling and synaptic plasticity" | David M. Lovinger, Ph.D., Chief, Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse, National Institutes of Health | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | 10:30 A.M. | Stem Cell Institute | Henry B.C. Low, M.D. Learning Center (CG076) | "Shp2 and Molecular Signaling in Stem Cells and Metabolic Disorders" | Dr. Gen-Sheng Feng, Burnham Institute for Medical Research | Mary Nordgren, (860) 679-2000 |
| Thursday, March 13, 2008 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Quinoline Drug Resistance in the Malarial Parasite P. falciparum: Pharmacology, Physiology and Fitness" | Paul D. Roepe, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, and Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Monday, March 17, 2008 | 11:00 A.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Henry B. C. Low, M.D. Learning Center (CG076) | "Uncovering the Splicing Code and Alternative Splicing in Stem Cells" | Dr. Gene Yeo, Junior Fellow, Salk University | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Tuesday, March 18, 2008 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Stress, CRF and the brain nonrepinephrine system" | Rita J. Valentino, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Division of Stress Neurobiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Lisa Parenteau, (860) 679-2117 |
| Thursday, March 20, 2008 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "The Class 1 Antigen Presentation Pathway and its Susceptibility to Viral Proteins" | Marlene Bouvier, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology | Ginny Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Tuesday, March 25, 2008 | 4:00 P.M. | Department of Neuroscience | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Presynaptic CaMKII regulates neurotransmitter release through the BK channel" | Zhao-wen Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine | Kathy Borthwick, (860) 679-8787 |
| Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | 2:00 p.m. | Center for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "B Cells in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis: Antibody Producers and MOG Regulators" | Nancy Ruddle, Ph.D., John Rodman Paul Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine | Deb Allaire, (860) 679-1034 |
| Thursday, March 27, 2008 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Immunology | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "How can an asthma disease management program enhance our understanding of childhood asthma?" | Michelle M. Cloutier, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Director, Asthma Center, Connecticut Children's Medical Center | Ginny Hahn, (860) 679-8129 |
| Thursday, March 27, 2008 | 12:00 P.M. | Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology | Academic Research Building (EG013) | "Epigenetically Coordinated Virulence Gene Expression and Antigenic Variation by Malaria Parasites" | Dr. Kirk W. Deitsch, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University | Annmarie McGrath, (860) 679-7947 |
| Thursday, March 27, 2008 | 4:00 P.M. | Center on Aging | Academic Research Building (EG052) | "Aging and Chronic Diseases: The Role of Inflamm-Aging" | Raymond L. Yung, M.D., Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Associate Director of Research, GRECC, VA Ann Arbor Health Center | Peggy Brintle, (860) 679-3956 |