Spring 2008 CGEN Seminar Schedule
LIB – 110 from NOON-1:00 on Thursdays, unless indicated differently **
Date
Speaker
Affiliation
Seminar Title
Room
01/10/2008

Patrick R. Cammarata, Ph. D.

Professor

UNTHSC

Cell Biology & Genetics

RNA Suppression of ERK2 Leads to Collapse of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential with Acute Oxidative Stress in Human Lens Epithelial Cells LIB 110

01/24/2008

Christopher Baines, Ph.D.


Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Division Molecular Cardiovascular Biology


Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation


Cincinnati Childrens Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio

Molecular Dissection of the Mitochondrial Pore LIB 110

02/07/2008

Zygmunt Gryczynski, Ph.D.

Professor

UNTHSC

Dept. of Molecular Biology and Immunology

Nanophotonics Platforms for Biomedical Applications-Toward Single Molecule Immunoassay LIB 110

02/21/2008

CANCELLED

James D. Yager, Ph.D.

Edyth H. Schoenrich Professor in Preventive Medicine, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Toxicology

Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Estrogen Carcinogenesis-Role of E2 Metabolism and Receptor Signaling LIB 110

03/06/2008

Stephen R. Hammes, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Internal Medicine

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Steroid Production and Signaling in the Ovary: From Frog to Bedside LIB 110

03/13/2008

Abe Clark, Ph. D.

Vice President, Discovery Research

Head of Glaucoma Research

Alcon Research, Ltd.

Fort Worth, TX

Discovery of New Glaucoma Pathogenic Pathways LIB 110

03/27/2008

David J. Chen, Ph.D.

Professor and Director

 

Division of Molecular Radiation Biology

Department of Radiation Oncology

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Activation and Phosphorylation

of DNA-PK in Response to DNA

Double-strand Breaks

LIB 110

04/03/2008

Meharvan Singh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience

UNTHSC

Insight Into Why Progestins and Androgens May Have Different Outcomes on Brain Cell Viability: Implications for Hormone Therapy RES 110

04/15.2008

Tuesday**

Nathan Lesley, M.D.


JPS Resident

UNTHSC

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Factors affecting the fixation strength of the patellar component of total knee arthroplasty RES 114**

04/17/2008

Brent Thompson, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Pharmacology & Center for Molecular Neuroscience

Vanderbilt University

"A Gut Feeling" Transgenic Mouse Models for Studying the Gastrointestinal System RES 110

05/05/2008

Monday**

Qi-Lin Cao, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurological Surgery

Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center

University of Louisville

Functional Remyelination After Spinal Cord Injury LIB 110

05/08/2008

Ralf Janknecht, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Rochester, MN

ETV1, RNA Helicases and JMJD Proteins: Diverse Transcriptional Villans Involved in Cancer LIB 110

05/22/2008

Kelly L. Jordan-Sciutto, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Pathology

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Neurons, Astrocytes, and Microglia in NeuroAIDS: Cellular and Molecular Pathways to Neuronal Death LIB 110

06/09/2008

Bassel E. Sawaya, Ph.D.

Head, Laboratory for Viral Gene Regulation


Associate Professor

Department of Neuroscience and

Center for NeuroVirology

Temple University School of Medicine

Temple University - Philadelphia, PA

p53 Inhibits HIV-1 Transcriptional Elongation LIB 110

06/12/2008

G. Wayne Zhou, Ph.D.


Associate Professor

Department of Biological Sciences


Louisiana State University


Baton Rouge, LA

Protein Expression and Subcellular Localization Profiling of Cancer Cells by DAMA (Dissociable Antibody MicroArray) Staining Technology LIB 110