MSTP Weekly Seminar Calendar
Seminars of Interest for the Physician-Scientist
Monday, October 26, 2009
12:00 pm
GENE THERAPY SEMINAR:
"Insulin producing cells derived from embryonic stem cells correct hyperglycemia in diabetic mice"
Sudhanshu Raikwar, PhD, Zavazava Lab
Kelch Conference Room, 1289 CBRB
12:00 pm
PULMONARY RESEARCH CONFERENCE:
"Disordered sleep and circadian rhythmicity in mechanically ventilated patients"
Brian Gehlbach, MD, Internal Medicine, University of Chicago
Damasio Conference Room, S715-Z GH
3:30 pm
BIOSTATISTICS SEMINAR:
"The Emerging Role of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board: Implications of Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs”
Christopher Coffey, PhD, Biostatistics
1117 MERF
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
9:30 am
MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR:
“Nuclear receptor repression pathways that regulate inflammation”
Christopher Glass, MD, PhD, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California-San Diego
5-669 BSB
10:30 am
PHARMACOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Acid Sensing Ion Channels and pH in Fear and Anxiety"
John Wemmie, MD, PhD, Psychiatry
1117 MERF
12:00 pm
NEUROLOGY GRAND ROUNDS:
"Huntington's Disease Pathogenesis and Biomarkers"
Christopher Ross, MD, PhD, Director, Baltimore Huntington's Disease Center, Johns Hopkins University
Neurology Conference Room, 2141-2 RCP
12:30 pm
BIOCHEMISTRY WORKSHOP:
"The Role of Actin in Hearing and Deafness"
Peter Rubenstein, PhD, Biochemistry
Seebohm Conference Room, 283 EMRB
3:00 pm
MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Tearing Down the Wall: Breaking
Bacillus anthracis Spore Dormancy"
David Popham, PhD, Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech
Watzke Auditorium, Aud 3 BSB
4:00 pm
NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR:
“Culture of noise: an in vitro model of acoustic trauma”
Steven Green, PhD, Biology
Kollros Auditorium, 101 BBE
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
12:00 pm
MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS WORKSHOP:
“Discovering and testing the genetic landscape of the glaucomas”
Michael Anderson, PhD, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
5-669 BSB
1:00 pm
ANATOMY AND CELL BIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"ER stress and lipid metabolism: surprising bedfellows in the body's homeostatic repertoire"
Thomas Rutkowski, PhD, Anatomy and Cell Biology
MacEwen Conference Room, 1-561 BSB
4:00 pm
IMMUNOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Immunity's MicroRNome, Translocations, and B Cell Tumor Development"
Rafael Casellas, PhD, Genomic Integrity and Immunity Group, NIAMS, NIH
Seebohm Conference Room, 283 EMRB
Thursday, October 29, 2009
10:30 am
BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR:
"A tale of two helicases"
Michael Culbertson, PhD, Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sahai Seminar Room, 2117 MERF
11:30 am
EPIDEMIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Epidemiology of Choanal Atresia – The National Birth Defects Prevention Study"
Vijaya Kancherla, MS
Spivey Auditorium, Aud. 2 BSB
11:30 am
FREE RADICAL AND RADIATION BIOLOGY SEMINAR:
“Enhanced Lung Cancer Cell Killing by Inhibition of Glucose Metabolism in Combination with Carboplatin is Thiol Dependent and Enhancement of Cancer Therapy Using Ketogenic Diet”
Melissa Fath, PhD, Spitz Lab
1117 MERF
12:00 pm
PATHOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS:
"10 Years Out: State of the Department, 2009"
Michael B. Cohen, MD, Pathology
H.P. Smith Conference Room, W256 GH
12:30 pm
PHARMACOLOGY PHD THESIS SEMINAR:
“The Recycling Endosome is Required for Transport of Retrograde Toxins”
Jenna McKenzie, Sheff Lab
Spivey Auditorium, Aud. 2 BSB
12:30 pm
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE SEMINAR:
“Unraveling the ancestral mammalian genome
yields insights into the human genome”
Jian Ma, PhD, Bioengineering, University of illinois-Urbana-Champaign
1505 SC
1:00 pm
INTERNAL MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS:
"Behavioral Economics and Healthy Behaviors"
Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, Medicine and Health Care Management, University of Pennsylvania
Med Alumni Auditorium, E331 GH
2:00 pm
MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Bioenergy and the spark of life"
John Coates, PhD, Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California-Berkeley
Sahai Seminar Room, 2117 MERF
4:00 pm
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Constructing the Fortress: Dissecting Mechanisms of Surface Polysaccharide Synthesis in Two Fungal Pathogens"
J. Stacey Klutts, MD, PhD, Pathology
Kelch Conference Room, 1289 CBRB
Friday, October 30, 2009
9:30 am
MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR:
"Neuronal Excitability Regulation by Neuropeptides and Ca2+; Roles of the NALCN Channel Complex"
Dejian Ren, PhD, Biology, University of Pennsylvania
5-669 BSB
12:00 pm
INFLAMMATION PROGRAM SEMINAR:
“Myocardial infarction and the innate immunity connection”
Madhu Singh, PhD, Internal Medicine
Kinnick III, E120 MTF
12:00 pm
MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Defining the critical determinants of norovirus pathogenesis that prevent long-term protective immunity"
Stephanie Karst, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University
Seebohm Conference Room, 283 EMRB
1:00 pm
PEDIATRIC GRAND ROUNDS:
“Sports-Related Concussion: If Your Bell Gets Rung in Zurich, Does Anyone in Iowa City Hear It?”
George Phillips, MD, FAAP, CAQSM, Pediatrics, UI Sports Medicine Center
Ziffren Conference Room, 1502 JCP
4:00 pm
BIOLOGY SEMINAR:
"Wnt/Calcium in Development & Disease: Insights from the Zebrafish"
Diane Slusarski, PhD, Biology
Kollros Auditorium, 101 BBE