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September 2008

Sept 9, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Mary Horne, Ph.D.
Dept of Pharmacology, The University of Iowa
Faculty Seminar

Sept 11, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Robert Dallapiazza
Graduate Student Workshop

Sept 16, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Yuriy Usachev, Ph.D.
Dept of Pharmacology, The University of Iowa
Faculty Seminar

Sept 18, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Craig Kuder
Graduate Student Workshop

Sept 23, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Michal Hetman, Ph.D.
University of Louisville
Visiting Seminar Speaker

(Co-Sponsored by Neuroscience)

Sept 23, 9:00 AM, (Location TBA)
David Bereiter, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
Pain Research Speaker

(Co-Sponsored by Molecular Physiology and Biophysics)

Sept 25, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Man Su Kim
Graduate Student Workshop


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October 2008


Oct 2 , 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Shanna Nifoussi
Graduate Student Workshop

Oct 9, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Richard Kriwacki, Ph.D.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Visiting Seminar Speaker
(Co-Sponsored by Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology)

Oct 16 , 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Jun Xu
Graduate Student Workshop

Oct 21, 1:00 PM, 1110A MERF
Allan Basbaum, Ph.D.
University of California - San Francisco
Michael J. Brody Memorial Lecture

Oct 22, 9:00 AM, 2-322 BSB
John Neubert, D.D.S., Ph.D.
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Pain Research Speaker

Oct 23 , 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Jenna McKenzie
Graduate Student Workshop


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November 2008

Nov 4, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
David Sheff, Ph.D.
Dept of Pharmacology, The University of Iowa
Faculty Seminar

Nov 6, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Mingxu Zhang
Graduate Student Workshop

Nov 13, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Daisuke Mayuzumi
Graduate Student Workshop

Nov 18, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Lindsey Mayo, Ph.D.
Wells Center for Pediatric Research

Visiting Seminar Speaker
(Co-Sponsored by Dept of Radiation Biology)


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December 2008

Dec 02, 10:30 AM, 2117
Jeanne Nerbonne, Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
Visiting Speaker Seminar

Dec 03, 9:00 AM, 2-322 BSB
Srinivasa N. Raja, M.D.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Pain Research Speaker

Dec 04, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Amel Dudakovic
Graduate Student Workshop

Dec 09, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Mark E. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D.
Dept of Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Iowa
Faculty Seminar

Dec 11, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Ricardo Pena Silva
Graduate Student Workshop

Dec 18, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Patrick Houlihan
Graduate Student Workshop


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January 2008

Jan 29, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Katrin Schnizler, Ph.D.
Dept of Pharmacology, The University of Iowa

"Molecular Mechanisms of Prostaglandin E2-induced Thermal Hypersensitivity"
Postdoctoral Seminar

Jan 31, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Jun Xu
"Deep Tissue Incision Activation of Sensory Pathways"
Graduate Student Workshop


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February 2008

Feb 12, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
James E. Casanova, Ph.D.
University of Virginia

"Crosswalk Between ARF and Rho Family GTPases in Cell Adhesion and Motility"
Visiting Speaker Seminar

Feb 14, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Amel Dudakovic
"Consequences of Cellular Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase Inhibition"
Graduate Student Workshop

Feb 20, 9:00 AM, 2-322 BSB
Douglas E. Wright, Ph.D.
University of Kansas Medical Center
"Modeling Peripheral Neuropathy in Rodents"
Pain Research Speaker

Feb 26, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Tomomi Kuwana, Ph.D.
Department of Pathology, University of Iowa

"Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Permeabilization for Cancer Treatment"
Faculty Seminar

Feb 28, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Tarik Smith
"Parf (Partner of ARF) Signaling and Function Through the DNA Damage Response"
Graduate Student Workshop


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March 2008

Mar 6, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Ricardo Pena Silva
"Serotonin-induced Oxidative Stress in Heart Valves"
Graduate Student Workshop

Mar 11, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Ping-Yee Law, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
"Regulation of Opioid Receptor Signaling"
Visiting Speaker Seminar

Mar 12, 9:00 AM, 2-322 BSB
John Wood, Ph.D., D.Sc.
University College of London
"Peripheral Pain Pathways"
Pain Research Speaker

Mar 25, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Amit Choudhury, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Iowa
"Lipid Rafts and Angiogenesis: From a Membrane Trafficking Perspective"
Faculty Seminar

Mar 26, 9:00 AM, 2-501 BSB
Michael Van Kanegan
"Regulation of Nerve Growth Factor Signaling by Protein Phosphatase 2A"

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Mar 27, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Patrick Houlihan
"Mitochondrial Architecture and Calcium Signaling in Neurons"
Graduate Student Workshop


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April 2008

Apr 1, 1:30 PM, 2-501 BSB
Amy Halt
"Regulation of CaMKII in Synaptic Plasticity by NR2B"
Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Apr 10, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Andrew Johnson
"Role of Anti-inflammatory Mechanisms in Angiotensin II-Induced Vascular Dysfunction"
Graduate Student Workshop

Apr 15, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Gail Sonenshein, Ph.D.
Boston University School of Medicine
"NF-κB and Control of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition of Breast Cancer
"
Visiting Speaker Seminar
Host:: Dr. Mary Horne

Apr 15, 2:00 PM, 2-501 BSB
Arianne Waseen
"Verification and Characterization of the Interaction between Myelin Oligodendrocyte
     Glycoprotein and Stathmin"
M.S. Thesis Seminar

Apr 16, 9:00 AM, 2-322 BSB
M. Catherine Bushnell, Ph.D.
McGill University
"Altered Central Nervous System Processing in Chronic Pain"
Pain Research Speaker

Host: Dr. Donna Hammond

Apr 17, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Beth Oberg
"Characterization of an E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Substrate Adaptor for PP2A B’β
"
Graduate Student Workshop

Erin Gagan
"Mechanism of Molinate Metabolite Inhibition of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase"
Graduate Student Workshop

Apr 22, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Yi Xing, Ph.D.
Departments of Internal Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa
"Genomic Analysis of Pre-mRNA Alternative Splicing"
Faculty Seminar

Apr 23, 1:00 PM, 2-501 BSB
Hong Lei
"Regulation of Cytokine-dependent Hematopoietic Cell Proliferation by FOXO Transcription Factors"
Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Apr 24, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Jacqueline Smits
"Synthesis of Stilbenoid Bisphosphonates"

Graduate Student Workshop

Tyson Shepherd
"Determining the Structure and Specificity of PDZ Domains Contained in Tiam-family
    Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors"
Graduate Student Workshop

Apr 29, 10:30 AM, 2117 MERF
Peter Mohler, Ph.D.
Dept of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa
"Dysfunction in Ankyrin-based Pathways for Ion Channel Trafficking and Human Disease"
Faculty Seminar


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May 2008

May 1, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Amanda Fenner

"Sulfated N-arylacyl Aminoglycoside Derivatives: Potential Selective Inhibitors of Heparan
    Sulfate-Protein Interactions
"
Graduate Student Workshop

Julie He
"Novel Signaling through Cardiac CaMKII"
Graduate Student Workshop

May 8, 12:30 PM, Spivey Aud. 2 BSB
Mingxu Zhang
"Regulation of L-type Calcium Channel Cav1.2"
Graduate Student Workshop

May 21, 9:00 AM, 2-322 BSB
Laura M. Bohn, Ph.D.
Ohio State University

"Functional Selectivity of GPCR Signaling: Implications for Treating Neurological Disorders and Pain"
Pain Research Speaker

Host: Dr. Donna Hammond


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June 2008

 

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