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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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