Thursdays, 4:00 pm
Room 125 - Gazes Conference Room
January 12 Joel A. Huberman, Ph.D. Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Professor Sponsor: Biochemistry
Cellular and Molecular Biology
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Title: "What is the Difference Between Early-firing and
Late-firing DNA Replication Origins?"
January 19 Ziad H. Nahas, M.D. Health Science Foundation
Associate Professor Developing Scholar Lecture
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Scences
Medical University of South Carolina
Health Sciences Foundation Developing Scholar Award
Title: "Neuromodulation treatments for depression"
January 26 Paul B. Fisher, Ph.D. Host: Dr. Dennis Watson
Professor of Clinical Pathology Sponsor: MCBP
Director, Neuro-Oncology Research
Michael and Stella Chernow
Urological Cancer Research Scientist
Columbia University Medical Center
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY
Title: "Terminal Differentiation and Cellular Senescence:
Opposite Sides of the Same Coin"
February 2 Maurizio Del Poeta, M.D. Health Science Foundation
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Developing Scholar Lecture
and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Health Sciences Foundation Developing Scholar Award
Title: "Sphingolipids in fungal pathogenesis:
The role of glucosylceramide"
February 9 Dr. Fitzgerald (CANCELLED) Host: Dr. Yusuf Hannun Sponsor: Biochemistry
February 16 Gary W. Litman, Ph.D. Host: Dr. Greg Warr
Professor of Biochemistry and Sponsor: MCBP
Molecular Biology
University of South Florida
College of Medicine
St. Petersburg, FL
Title: "Reconstructing Immune Phylogeny"
February 23 Arnold J. Levine, Ph.D. Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Harry C. Wiess Professor in the Sponsor: Biochemistry
Life Sciences, Emeritus
Professor of Molecular Biology, Emeritus
Professor, Institute for Advanced Study,
School of Natural Sciences
Princeton University
Professor, Pediatrics and Biochemistry,
Cancer Institute of New Jersey/UMDNJ
New Brunswick, NY
Title: "A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Human
MDM-2 Gene that Modifies the p53 Response and Results
In an Early Age of Onset of Cancers"
March 2 Gary Landreth Ph.D. Host: Don Menick
Professor Sponsor: MCBP
Department of Neurosciences and Neurology
Alzheimer Research Laboratory
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio
Title: "Inflammatory Mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease"
March 9 George K. Michalopoulos, M.D., Ph.D. Host: Dr. Yusuf Hannun
Professor and Chairman Sponsor: Biochemistry
Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Title: TBA
March 16 (No seminar - Spring Break)
March 23 Dianna M. Milewicz, MD, PhD Host: Dr. Perry Halushka
Professor and Director Sponsor: MCBP
Division of Medical Genetics
Department of Internal Medicine,
President George H.W. Bush Chair of Cardiac Medicine
Texas Heart Institute
University of Texas Medical School
Title: "Genetic Basis of Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection"
March 30 Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D. Host: Mara Lennard
*SEI Institute Professor Graduate Student
Rm HA809 Center for Cancer Research Sponsor: Biochemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: "The Surprising Biology of Small RNA"
April 6 TBA
April 13 David J. Newman, Ph.D. Host: Dr. Peter Moeller and
Natural Products Branch Tracey Schock Sponsor: MCBP
Developmental Therapeutics Program
National Cancer Institute
Frederick, Maryland
Title: "Marine and Microbial-based Natural Products:
Drugs and Potential Drug Candidates from Nature"
April 20 H. Alex Brown, Ph.D. Host: Dr. Lina Obeid
Ingram Associate Professor Sponsor: Biochemistry
of Cancer Research
Vanderbilt University
Title: TBA
April 27 Henk E.D.J. ter Keurs Host: Dr. George Cooper
Professor Sponsor: MCBP
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Title: "Non Uniform Contraction of Myocardium is Arrhythmogenic;
a Role of Calcium Dissociation from the Myofilaments"