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Divisional Seminar series
Our seminar series are designed to move research efforts at the Division forward by inviting outstanding investigators, who are among leaders of their research fields, to give seminars, and meet with students, fellows, or faculty at MUSC. These seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 pm in room 125 Strom Thurmond Building (STB).
Organizer of the seminar series: Dr. Besim Ogretmen, Dr. Carola Neumann, Dr. Christina-Voelkel Johnson
Fall 2010 Schedule
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Seminar Information |
| September 9 |
Host: Dr. Carola A. Neumann
Sponsor: Pharmacology/DBS
Speaker: Vassiliki Karantza, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Title: “Role of Autophagy in Mammary Tumorigenesis”
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| September 23 |
Host: Dr. Keith L. Kirkwood
Sponsor: Microbiology/DBS
Speaker: Yusen Liu, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (with tenure)
Center for Perinatal Research
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Department of Pediatrics
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Title: “MAP Kinase Phosphatase-1, a Critical Regulator of Innate Immunity
and Beyond”
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| October 7 |
Host: Dr. Mirko Hennig
Sponsor: Biochemistry/DBS
Speaker: Dr. Bryan R. Cullen
James B. Duke Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics and
Microbiology Director, Duke
University Center for Virology
Duke University Medical Center
Building Durham, NC 27710
Title: “Viruses, microRNAs and RNA interference” |
| November 18 |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry/DBS
Speaker: Dr. Fred Marshall Winston
John Emory Andrus Professor of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Title: “Factors that control transcription and chromatin structure in yeast”
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| December 9 |
Host: Dr. Besim Ogretmen
Sponsor: Biochemistry/DBS
Speaker: Dr. Christopher M. Counter
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology and
Cancer Biology
Duke University Medical Center
Title: “Oncogene Addiction: NO way!”
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December 16 |
Host: Dr. Carola A. Neumann
Sponsor: Pharmacology/DBS
Speaker: Ramon Parsons, M.D., Ph.D.
Avon Professor of Pathology & Medicine Leader
Breast Cancer Program Institute for Cancer Genetics
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Columbia University
New York, NY
Title: “The PTEN Pathway and Cancer”
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