The Michael J Brody Lecture

The Michael J. Brody Memorial Lectureship

This annual lecture honors the memory and contributions of Michael J. Brody, a distinguished member of the Department of Pharmacology, The University of Iowa.

Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, Michael attended the Bronx High School of Science and Columbia University (B.S., Pharmacy) before moving to the University of Michigan, where he earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology in 1961. That same year he joined the Department of Pharmacology at Iowa and established himself as a highly effective and respected educator and mentor, a leading figure in Collegiate and University governance, and an internationally honored scientist for his contributions to understanding the mechanisms of hypertension. Michael received many awards during his distinguished career, including the Okamoto Award (1987) and the CIBA Award for Hypertension Research (1990).

The awards Michael likely valued most, however, were those he received for Outstanding Instruction from medical and other students. He mentored more than 20 doctoral students, more than 40 post-doctoral fellows and influenced countless others who passed through the graduate program. It is thus fitting that graduate students, about whom he cared so much, select and invite each year a distinguished scientist to present the Michael J. Brody lecture.

Past and Present Lecturers

Seminar Title

2008
Allan Basbaum, Ph.D.
University of California - San Francisco
Department of Anatomy and Member, Department of Physiology and W.M. Keck Founcation Center for Integrative Neuroscience
at San Francisco, CA

2007
Randy Schekman, Ph.D.
University of California - Berkeley
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
at Berkeley, CA
Transport Vesicle Biogenesis: Mechanism and Disease Connections

2006
Joan Brugge, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Department of Cell Biology
at Boston, MA
Morphogenesis and Oncogenesis in 3D Epithelial Cultures

2005
Susan S. Taylor, Ph.D.
University of California - San Diego
Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Pharmacology
at San Diego, CA
Dynamics of Signaling by PKA

2004 Tim Hunt, Ph.D.
London Research Institute
Cell Cycle Control Laboratory, Clare Hall Laboratories at London, UK The Control of the Cell Cycle

2003 Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas-Houston Medical School
Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology at Houston, TX Role of Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMP in Cell Signaling and vasodilation

2002 Erwin Neher, Ph.D.
Department of Membrane Biophysics
Max-Planck-Institut fur Biophysikalische Chemie Exploring the Functional Role of Synaptic Proteins with Rapid Techniques

2001

Bertil Hille, Ph.D.
Physiology and Biophysics
University of Washington

How do G-protein Coupled Receptors Rule the Mind?

2000

J. Michael Bishop, M.D.
Microbiology and Immunology
University of California at San Francisco

Modeling the Molecular Pathogenesis of Cancer

1999

Tony Hunter, Ph.D.
Molecular Biology and Virology
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Cell Signaling by Phosphorylation

1998

Oliver Smithies, D. Phil.
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of North Carolina

A Mouse View of Hypertension

1997

Kenneth W. Culver, M.D.
Gene Therapy Research
Codon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

From Gene Transfer to Gene Repair: Lessons from Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency

1996

Edwin G. Krebs, Ph.D.
Pharmacology and Biochemistry
University of Washington

Intracellular Networks Involved in Growth Factor Signaling

1995

Lee E. Limbird, Ph.D.
Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Receptor Strategies for Achieving Selectivity in Signal Transduction: Alpha₂-Adrenergic Receptors Select Among Discrete Effectors and Cellular Microdomains

1994

Alfred Gilman, Ph.D.
Pharmacology
University of Texas at Dallas
Southwestern Medical Center

G Proteins and the Regulation of Adenyl Cyclase

1993

Robert Furchgott, Ph.D.
Pharmacology
SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn

Interactions of Superoxide and Hydrogen Peroxide with EDRF and NO in the Regulation of Vascular Tone

Past and Present Lecturers		Seminar Title
2008	Allan Basbaum, Ph.D. University of California - San Francisco Department of Anatomy and Member, Department of Physiology and W.M. Keck Founcation Center for Integrative Neuroscience at San Francisco, CA
2007	Randy Schekman, Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at Berkeley, CA	Transport Vesicle Biogenesis: Mechanism and Disease Connections
2006	Joan Brugge, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School Department of Cell Biology at Boston, MA	Morphogenesis and Oncogenesis in 3D Epithelial Cultures
2005	Susan S. Taylor, Ph.D. University of California - San Diego Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Pharmacology at San Diego, CA	Dynamics of Signaling by PKA
2004	Tim Hunt, Ph.D. London Research Institute Cell Cycle Control Laboratory, Clare Hall Laboratories at London, UK	The Control of the Cell Cycle
2003	Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D. University of Texas-Houston Medical School Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology at Houston, TX	Role of Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMP in Cell Signaling and vasodilation
2002	Erwin Neher, Ph.D. Department of Membrane Biophysics Max-Planck-Institut fur Biophysikalische Chemie	Exploring the Functional Role of Synaptic Proteins with Rapid Techniques
2001	Bertil Hille, Ph.D. Physiology and Biophysics University of Washington	How do G-protein Coupled Receptors Rule the Mind?
2000	J. Michael Bishop, M.D. Microbiology and Immunology University of California at San Francisco	Modeling the Molecular Pathogenesis of Cancer
1999	Tony Hunter, Ph.D. Molecular Biology and Virology The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	Cell Signaling by Phosphorylation
1998	Oliver Smithies, D. Phil. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of North Carolina	A Mouse View of Hypertension
1997	Kenneth W. Culver, M.D. Gene Therapy Research Codon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	From Gene Transfer to Gene Repair: Lessons from Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency
1996	Edwin G. Krebs, Ph.D. Pharmacology and Biochemistry University of Washington	Intracellular Networks Involved in Growth Factor Signaling
1995	Lee E. Limbird, Ph.D. Pharmacology Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Receptor Strategies for Achieving Selectivity in Signal Transduction: Alpha₂-Adrenergic Receptors Select Among Discrete Effectors and Cellular Microdomains
1994	Alfred Gilman, Ph.D. Pharmacology University of Texas at Dallas Southwestern Medical Center	G Proteins and the Regulation of Adenyl Cyclase
1993	Robert Furchgott, Ph.D. Pharmacology SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn	Interactions of Superoxide and Hydrogen Peroxide with EDRF and NO in the Regulation of Vascular Tone