| Fall 2011 |
| January 6, 2011 |
Randy R. Brutkiewicz, Ph.D.
Professor and Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs
and Professional Development
Indiana University School of Medicine
Title: “Regulation of Antigen Presentation by Cell Signaling Pathway” |
Host: Dr. Azizul Hague
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| January 13, 2011 |
No Seminar |
Host:
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| January 20, 2011 |
Gustavo W. Leone, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Molecular Virolgy, Immunology, & Medical Genetics
Human Cancer Genetics Program
Ohio State University, College of Medicine
Title: “PTEN & p53 in the Tumor Microenvironment: Out in the Neighborhood” |
Host: Dr. Ogretmen
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| January 27, 2011 |
Seminar Cancelled |
|
| February 3, 2011 |
Seminar Cancelled |
|
| February 10, 2011 |
Richard A. Cerione, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Molecular Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
Title: "Cdc42: Some New and Unexpected Discoveries" |
Host: Dr.Yusuf Hannun
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| February 17, 2011 |
Federico Gonzalez-Fernandez, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology & Pathology
Ross Eye Institute, State University of NY
Title: “Interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) - an old gene for new eyes” |
Host: Dr. Yiannis Koutalos
Sponsor: MCBP |
| February 24, 2011 |
Jia L. Zhuo, MD, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine
Laboratory of Receptor and Signal Transduction
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Division of Nephrology
Department of Internal Medicine
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: “Intracrine Renin-antiotensin System: A New Paradigm in Cardiovascular and Renal Control” |
Host: Drs. Fitzgibbon and
Morinelli
Sponsor: MCBP |
| March 3, 2011 |
Charlie Boone, Ph.D.
Professor
Banting and Best Department of Medical Research
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Title: “The Genetic Landscape of a Cell” |
Host: Dr. Ashley Cowart
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| March 10, 2011 |
Eva M. Mezey, M.D., Ph.D.
NIH, NIDCR
Bethesda, MD
Title: "Immunosupression by bone marrow derived stromal cells" |
Host: Dr. Monika Gooz
Sponsor: MCBP |
| March 17, 2011 |
Webster Cavenee, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Cell & Molecular Medicine
Cancer Biology Program
Director, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
University of California, San Diego
Title: “Cell Intrinsic and Extrinsic Effects of Cell Signaling: Implications for Tumor Population Dynamics" |
Host: Dr. Dennis Watson
Sponsor: MCBP |
| March 24, 2011 |
Dr. Natasha Kyprianou
James F. Hardymon Chair of Urology Research
Professor of Surgery/Urology
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Title: “TGF-beta Signaling in Prostate Cancer” |
Host: Drs. Jim Norris/Christina Voelkel-Johnson
Sponsor: Micro and Immunol |
| March 31, 2011 |
Matthew (Mengsheng) Qiu, Ph.D.
Professor & Distinguished Scholar
Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology
University of Louisville
Title: "Origin and molecular specification of oligodendrocytes in the Spinal Cord” |
Host: Narayan Bhat
Sponsor: MCBP |
| April 7, 2011 |
Seminar Cancelled |
Host:
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| April 14, 2011 |
Rima Rosen, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Human Genetics,
Vice Principal for Research & International Relations
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Title: "Genetic and Nutritional Deficiencies in Folate Metabolism: Impact on Complex Traits" |
Host: Natalia Krupenko
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| April 21, 2011 |
Roderick Dashwood, Ph.D.
Oregon State University
PI & Director, Cancer Chemoprotection Program
Linus Pauling Institute
Professor, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Corvallis, OR
Title: "Metabolism as a key to HDAC inhibition by dietary chemoprotective agents" |
Host: Dr. Michael Wargovich
Sponsor: Pharmacology |
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APRIL 27, 2011: CLASSES END |
|
| April 28, 2011 |
Seminar Cancelled |
|
| May 5, 2011 |
Seminar Cancelled |
|
| May 12, 2011 |
Seminar Cancelled |
|
| May 19, 2011 |
Adrian Lee, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
Visiting Professor, Department of Pharmacology Chemical Biology
Director, Women’s Cancer Research Center
Pittsburg, PA
Title: “Targeting IGF-IR in breast cancer” |
Host: Dr. Carola Neumann
Sponsor: Pharmacology |
| May 26, 2011 |
Seminar Cancelled |
|
| June 2, 2011 |
Vassiliki Karantza, M.D., Ph.D.
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
Title: TBA |
Host: Dr. Carola Neumann
Sponsor: Pharmacology |
| Fall 2010 |
| September 16, 2010 |
Sumanth D. Prabhu, M.D.
Professor and University Scholar
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Louisville Health Sciences Center
Title: “Inflammatory Pathways in Heart Failure” |
Host: Dr. Francis G. Spinale
Sponsor: MCBP |
| September 23, 2010 |
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” |
Host: Dr. Keith L. Kirkwood
Sponsor: Microbiology/Division of Basic Sciences |
| September 30, 2010 |
Alexander Tropsha, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products
UNC Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Title: “Chemocentric Informatics: Computational Analysis of Integrated Chemical-Biological Data Sources to Enable Molecular Probe and Drug Discovery” |
Host: Dr. Yuri Peterson
Sponsor: Lanier NSF Grant |
| October 7, 2010 |
Dr. Bryan R. Cullen
James B. Duke Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Director
Duke University Center for Virology
Duke University Medical Center – Durham, North Carolina
Title: “Viruses, microRNAs and RNA interference.” |
Host: Dr. Mirko Hennig
Sponsor: Biochemistry/Division of Basic Sciences |
| October 14, 2010 |
Paul D. Roepe, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Chemistry
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Tumor Biology
Lombardi Cancer Center
Georgetown University
Title: "Quinoline Antimalarial Drug Resistance" |
Host: Dr. Donald Menick
Sponsor: MCBP |
| October 21, 2010 |
Ron R. Kopito, Ph.D.
Professor Stanford University
Department of Biological Sciences
Stanford University – Stanford, California
Title: "Quality control on the protein assembly line" |
Host: Dr. Stephen Lanier
Sponsor: MCBP |
| October 28, 2010 |
TBA |
|
| November 4, 2010 |
Student Research Day – No Seminar |
|
| November 11, 2010 |
TBA |
Host: Craig Crosson
Sponsor: MCBP |
| November 18, 2010 |
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” |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry/Division of Basic Sciences |
| November 25, 2010 |
Happy Thanksgiving! |
|
| December 2, 2010 |
Leslie B. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
Children’s Hospital Boston
Department of Anesthesia, Boston, MA
Title: “Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome: A New Avenue for Cardiovascular and Aging Research Through Rare Disease Discoveries” |
Host: Dr. Bryan P. Toole
Sponsor: MCBP |
| December 9, 2010 |
Dr. Christopher M. Counter
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University Medical Center
Title: "Oncogene Addiction: NO Way” |
Host: Dr. Besim Ogretman
Sponsor: Biochemistry/Division of Basic Sciences |
| December 16, 2010 |
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” |
Host: Dr. Carola A. Neumann
Sponsor: Biochemistry/Division of Basic Sciences |
| Spring 2010 |
| January 21, 2010 |
Erica A. Golemis, Ph.D.
Senior Member
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA
Title: “Nedd9 and Aurora-A: integrating multiple signaling pathways in Cancer” |
Host: Dr. Steven Rosenzweig
Sponsor: MCBP |
| January 28, 2010 |
Harold Ray (Skip) Garner, Jr., Ph.D.
Executive Director
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
Virginia Tech
Title: “Global germline and tumor microsatellite patterns are putative cancer biomarkers, and can be used to identify individual diagnostic loci” |
Host: Dr. Jim Zheng
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| February 4, 2010 |
John Condeelis, Ph.D.
Judith & Burton P. Resnick Chair in Translational Research Professor and Co-Chair, Anatomy & Structural Biology Co-Director, Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center Scientific Director, Analytical Imaging Facility Director, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program Albert Einstein Cancer Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Title: “Microenvironments of metastasis: Insights derived by multiphoton imaging”
|
Host: Dr. Steven Rosenzweig
Sponsor: MCBP |
| February 11, 2010 |
Everett C. Pesci, Ph.D.
Professor from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University
Title: “Quinolone Signaling by Pseudomonas aeruginosa” |
Host: Dr. Yong-Mei Zhang
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| February 18, 2010 |
Patrick J. Stover, Ph.D.
Professor & Director
Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Title: “Nuclear Folate Metabolism and Folate-associated Cancers and Developmental Anomalies” |
Host: Dr. Krupenko
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| February 25, 2010 |
Mario Delmar, M.D., Ph.D.
Frank Norman Wilson Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine.
Professor of Internal Medicine and of Molecular and Integrative Physiology.
Director of Basic Science, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.
Co-Director, Center for Arrhythmia Research.
University of Michigan
Title: "Sodium channels, gap junctions and desmosomes: Tres Amigos at the Intercalated Disc" |
Host: Dr. Robert Gourdie
Sponsor: MCBP |
| March 4, 2010 |
Jim R. Davie, Ph.D.
Acting Associate Director -Institute of Cell Biology
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
MRC Senior Scientist
University of Manitoba
Title: “Protein kinase CK2 phosphorylation of HDAC2: Role in complex formation and genome location” |
Host: Dr. Donald Menick
Sponsor: MCBP |
| March 6 - 14, 2010 |
Spring Break |
|
| March 18, 2010 |
No Seminar |
|
| March 25, 2010 |
Michael W. McBurney, Ph.D.
Program Director, Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology,
University of Ottawa
Title: "Physiological Deficits in SirT1-null Mice – the role of sirtuins in aging" |
Host: Dr. Donald Menick
Sponsor: MCBP |
| April 1, 2010 |
No Seminar |
|
| April 8, 2010 |
Tamara Lea Doering, M.D./Ph.D.
Washington University School of Medicine
Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences
Department of Molecular Microbiology
St. Louis, MI
Title: “How sweet it is! Capsule synthesis in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans” |
Host: Dr. Maurizio Del Poeta
Sponsor: Biochemistry & Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
| April 15, 2010 |
Bradley K. Yoder, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology
University of Alabama Birmingham
Title: “Emerging Role of Cilia in Development and Disease” |
Host: Dr. Courtney Haycraft
Sponsor: MCBP |
| April 22, 2010 |
Jack D. Keene, Ph.D.
James B. Duke Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke University Medical Center
Title: "Dynamic Post-transcriptional RNA Operons and Regulons" |
Host: Dr. Tilman Heise
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| April 29, 2010 |
W. Daniel Stamer, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Head of Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology
The University of Arizona
Title: “Biomechanical and Pharmacological Regulation of Conventional Outflow” |
Host: Dr. Craig Crosson
Sponsor: MCBP |
| May 6, 2010 |
Paul Dent, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Title: “Sorafenib and HDAC inhibitors synergistically interact to kill GI tumor cells through ceramide dependent CD95 activation” |
Host: Dr. Christina Voelkel-Johnson
Sponsor: Microbiology & Immunology |
| May 13, 2010 |
Nicholas Tonks, Ph.D.
Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Title: “Signal transduction from a protein tyrosine
phosphatase perspective” |
Host: Dr. Carola A. Neumann
Sponsor: Pharmacology |
| May 20, 2010 |
Gregg Silverman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Laboratory of B cell Immunobiology
UCSD School of Medicine
Title: "The dual inhibitory receptor hypothesis: Autoantibodies and immune homeostasis" |
Host: Dr. Stephen Tomlinson
Host: Dr. Gary Gilkeson
Sponsor: Microbiology & Immunology |
| May 27, 2010 |
TBA
Title: TBA
|
Host: TBA
Sponsor: Pharmacology |
| June 10, 2010 |
Thomas L. Clemens
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
Editor-in-Chief,
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
Title: "Insulin signaling in osteoblasts regulates bone and body composition". |
Host: Lauren Ball
Sponsor: Microbiology & Immunology |
| June 17, 2010 |
Kamal Khanna, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut Health Center
Department of Immunology
Title: “Visualizing endogenous CD8 T cell immune response to infection: important role of Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors" |
Host: Dr. Shikhar Mehrotra
Sponsor: Microbiology & Immunology |
| Spring 2009 |
| January 15, 2009 |
Paul D. Drew, Ph.D.
Professor Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
Director Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Center
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Title: "Peroxisome Profilferator-Activated Receptors: Potential Modulators of
Multiple Sclerosis" |
Host: Dr. Inderjit Singh
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| January 22, 2009 |
Nahum Sonenberg, Ph.D. Host: Dr. Tilman Heise
Professor Biochemistry and McGill Cancer Centre Sponsor: Biochemistry
Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre
McGill University
Title: "Translation control in cancer and miRNA function" |
|
| January 29, 2009 |
Michael Rosol, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: "Dynamic tracking of human hematopoietic stem cells in mice" |
Sponsor: MCBP |
| February 5, 2009 |
Bruce D. Carter, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title: "Mechanisms of neuronal apoptosis and phagocytic clearance in the developing of
peripheral nervous system" |
Host: Dr. Hiroko Hama
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| February 12, 2009 |
Kenneth D. Philipson, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Physiology & Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Title: "Cardiac Sodium-Calcium Exchange: A Tale of Two Sites" |
Host: Dr. Donald R. Menick
Sponsors: MCBP & Cardiovascular Training Grant |
| February 19, 2009 |
Roel van der Veen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
Title: "Innate myeloid cells regulate T cell activity through interacting nitric oxide and
Superoxide" |
Host: Dr. Inderjit Singh
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| February 26, 2009 |
Alexadra Lucas, M.D.
Section Head Vascular Research
University of Florida
Title: "The Serpin Saga – Treatment of Inflammation in Vascular Disease" |
Host: Dr. Francis Spinale
Sponsor: MCBP & Cardiovascular Training
Grant |
| March 5, 2009 |
Kathleen L. Gould, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
HHMI Investigator
University of Southern California
Title: "Split decisions: regulating the end of the cell cycle" |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| March 7-15, 2009 |
Spring Break |
|
| March 19, 2009 |
TBA |
|
| March 26, 2009 |
David Giedroc, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Indiana University
Title: "RNA structural and functional determinants of the 5’ and 3’ tips of the
coronavirus genome" |
Host: Dr. Mirko Henning
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| April 2, 2009 |
TBA |
|
| April 9, 2009 |
William A. Dunn, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor
Department Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, Florida
Title: "Endogenous and Exogenous Regulation of Pexophagy and Autophagy" |
Host: Dr. John Lemasters
Sponsor: College of Pharmacy |
| April 16, 2009 |
W. Gray Jerome, Ph.D., FAHA
Pathology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
U2206 MCN
1161 21st Ave., South
Nashville, TN 37232-2561
615-322-5530 jay.jerome@vanderbilt.edu
Title: "The Role of Lysosomes in Atherosclerosis" |
Host: Dr. Samar Hammad
Sponsor: MCBP |
| April 23, 2009 |
Stuart A. Aaronson, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Oncological Sciences
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Title: "Translating Cancer Gene Discovery to the Clinic" |
Host: Dr. Dennis Watson
Sponsor: MCBP |
| April 30, 2009 |
TBA |
|
| May 7, 2009 |
Warren D. Kruger, Ph.D.
Senior Member
Popular Science Division
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Title: "How to Fix a Broken Protein" |
Host: Dr. Sergey Krupenko
|
| Fall 2008 |
| September 4, 2008 |
Robert C. Dickson, PhD
Professor of Molecular and in
Cellular Biochemistry Lipidomics & Pathobiology
University of Kentucky
Title: Do Sphingolipids Play Roles in Regulating Lifespan in Yeast? |
Host: Dr. Ashley Cowart
Sponsor: COBRE |
| September 11, 2008 |
Robert M. Gemmill, PhD
Melvyn Berlinsky Chair in Cancer Research
Prof. of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology Division
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: Linkage of Lipid Homeostasis with Protein Translation through the TRC8/RNF139 Kidney Cancer Tumor Suppressor |
|
| September 18, 2008 |
Ward B. Watt, PhD
Professor of Biology
Trustee and President, California Academy of Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
Stanford University
Sanford, California
Title: Evolution of Protein Structure and Function:
From Molecules to Ecosystems |
Host: Dr. Christopher Davies
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| October 2, 2008 |
Wendy Bollag, Ph.D.,
Professor
Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Title: Priming of Aldosterone Secretion:
Phospholipase D and A Type of Cellular Memory |
Host: Dr. Tom Morinelli
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| October 9, 2008 |
Jakob Vinten-Johansen, MS, PhD,
Professor
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Associate Professor of Physiology
Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Cardiothoracic Research Laboratory
Carlyle Fraser Heart Center
Emory Crawford Long Hospital
Title: Cardiac Self-Defense 101: Innate Cardioprotection from Ischemia- Reperfusion Injury with Postconditioning |
Host: Dr. Frank G. Spinale
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| October 16, 2008 |
Wonhwa Cho, PhD Distinguished Professor of Chemical Biology
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: Spatiotemporal Regulation of Cellular Processes
by Lipids and Lipid-binding Proteins: Proteomics
and Single Molecule Studies |
Host: Dr. Yusuf Hannun
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| October 23, 2008 |
Michel Bouvier PhD, FCAHS Host: Dr. Stephen Lanier
Professeur Departement de Biochimie Sponsor: MCBP Program
Institut de Recherche en Immunologie et Cancer
Directeur Groupe de Recherche Universitaire sur le Médicament
Toronto, Canada
Title: Molecular Basis of G Protein-coupled Receptors Functional Selectivity; Linking Ligand-based Signaling to Specific Protein Complex Assemblies |
|
| October 30, 2008 |
Thomas Michel, MD, PhD
Dean for Education, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry
Federman Chair in Medical Education
Harvard University
Senior Physician in Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Title: Nitric Oxide Synthases and Cardiovascular Signal Transduction |
Host: Dr. Yusuf Hannun
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| November 6, 2008 |
NO SEMINAR Student Research Day
(November 7, 2008) |
|
| November 13, 2008 |
Jonathan D. Dinman, PhD,
Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
Title: Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting:
It’s Not Just for Viruses Anymore |
Host: Dr. Mirko Hennig
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| November 20, 2008 |
Yuan Liu, PhD,
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
Title: Modulating Leukocyte Inflammatory Responses by Cell Surface Receptors |
Host: Dr. Titus Reaves
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| December 4, 2008 |
TBA |
|
| December 11, 2008 |
Jerard Hurwitz, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Institute Professor
Cornell University Medical College
Head, William Randolph Hearst Laboratory
Of Radiation Biology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Title: TBA |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| Spring 2008 |
| January 10, 2008 |
Sam W. Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Associate Director, Cutaneous Biology Research Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Title: Cell Fate Decision by Tumor Suppressor p53: Live or Die |
Host: Dr. S. Krupenko
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| January 17, 2008 |
G. David Roodman, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and
Division of Hematology and Oncology Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh
Title: Novel Targets for Treating Myeloma Bone Disease |
Host: Dr. Sakamuri V. Reddy
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| January 24, 2008 |
Susan R. George, MD, FRCP, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
University of Toronto
Canada Research Chair in Molecular Neuroscience
Head, Molecular Pharmacology
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Endocrinologist, University Health Network
Title: Homo- and Hetero-oligomerization of G Protein Coupled Receptors: Novel Insights into Receptor Trafficking and Function |
Host: Dr. Steve Lanier
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| January 31, 2008 |
Robert A. Sclafani, Ph.D.
Professor and Interim Chairman
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Title: Regulation of Genomic Replication and Fidelity by Cdc7-Dbf4 Kinase |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| February 7, 2008 ogy Transfer |
Ryan N. Fiorini, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Licensing and Technology Analyst
MUSC Foundation for Research Development
Title: The Basics of Intellectual Property and Technol |
|
| February 14, 2008 |
Douglas C. Eaton, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chairman
Department of Physiology
Director, Center for Cell & Molecular Signaling
Emory University Medical School
Atlanta, Georgia
Title: Direct Activation of the IGF-1 Receptor by Aldosterone |
Host: Dr. Darwin Bell
Sponsor: MCBP/ and Division of Nephrology
|
| February 21, 2008 |
No Seminar |
|
| February 28, 2008 |
Maria Joan Curcio, Ph.D.
Professor and Research Scientist
Wadsworth Center
Developmental Genetics and Bioinformatics
New York State Department of Health
Title: Yeast Retrogenomics: The Role of Retrotransposons and
Retrosequences in Genome Restructuring |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| March 6, 2008 |
Dean’s office uses Room 125 |
|
| March 13, 2008 |
SPRING BREAK |
|
| March 20, 2008 |
Cheryl A. Kitt, Ph.D.
Deputy Director of the Center for
Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health
Title: Enhancing Peer Review: NIH/CSR Challenges |
Host: Dr. Stephen M. Lanier
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| March 27, 2008 |
No Seminar |
|
| April 3, 2008 |
Raghu Kalluri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School and
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Chief, Division of Matrix Biology
Boston, Massachusetts
Title: Tumor Microenvironment in Cancer Progression and Metastasis |
Host: Student, Tejas Tirodkar
Sponsor: Dean’s Seminar Series Speaker College of Graduate Studies |
| April 10, 2008 |
John D. York, Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical
Institute
Department of Pharmacology and
Cancer Biology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Title: An Inositol Phosphate Code Essential for Development
and Cellular Adaptation |
Host: Dr. Besim Ogretmen
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| April 17, 2008 |
Jay A. Tischfield, Ph.D.
Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Professor
of Genetics and Chair
Department of Genetics
Nelson Biological Labs
Rutgers University
Piscataway, New Jersey
Title: DNA Repair and Recombination on Somatic versus
Embryonic Stem Cells |
Host: Dr. Donald R. Menick
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| April 24, 2008 |
Suneel S. Apte, M.B.B.S., D. Phil.
Staff
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Title: Cooperative Developmental Roles of ADAMTS Proteases |
Host: Dr. Christine Kern
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| May 1, 2008 |
Jeffery Twiss, M.D., Ph.D.
Head, Neuroscience Research
Laboratory
Department of Biomedical Research
Nemours Biomedical Research
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware
Title: Regulating Neuronal mRNA Transport – A New Route for Neural Repair |
Host: Dr. Donald R. Menick
|
| Fall 2007 |
| September 13, 2007 |
Walter Holleran, PharmD
Associate Adjunct Professor
Dermatology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Member, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Title: "Skin Sphingolipids: Metabolism, Transport & Functions" |
Host: Dr. Hiroko Hama
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| September 20, 2007 |
Rosemarie M. Booze, Ph.D.
Professor and Bicentennial Endowed Chair
of Behavioral Neuroscience
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Title: "HIV and Drugs of Abuse: Neurodegenerative Mechanisms" |
Host: Dr. Inderjit Singh
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| September 27, 2007 |
Michael J. Wargovich, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology
Director, Cancer Chemoprevention Program
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: "Prevention of Colon Cancer: Inflammation and Traditional Medicine" |
|
| October 4, 2007 |
Vytas A. Bankaitis, PhD
Professor and Chair Dr. Yusuf Hannun
Department of Cell & Developmental
Biology
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Title: "A High Resolution View of the Collaboration Between
Phosphatidylinositol Transfer Proteins and Lipid Kinases:
New Paradigms for the Regulation of Phosphoinositide Signaling" |
Host: Dr. Besim Ogretmen
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| October 11, 2007 |
Robert Skoff, PhD
Professor of Anatomy
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
Title: "Sex Hormones: What they do to your Oligodendrocytes" |
Host: Dr. Inderjit Singh
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| October 18, 2007 |
Sheldon E. Litwin, M.D.
Professor Internal Medicine/Cardiology
Director, Cardiology Fellowship Cardiovascular Training Grant
Director of Cardiovascular Imaging
University of Utah Hospital
Salt Lake City, Utah
Title: "Obesity and the Heart: New Perspectives on a New Epidemic" |
Host: Dr. Donald Menick
Sponsor: MCBP and NIH |
| October 25, 2007 |
Steve J. Brill, PhD
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Rutgers University
Piscataway, New Jersey
Title: "Genetic Control of Genome Stability in Yeast: A Novel Ubiquitin Ligase Implicates a Role for Sumoylation" |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| November 1, 2007 |
NO SEMINAR - Student Research Day (November 2, 2007) |
|
| November 8, 2007 |
Donald M. Bers, PhD
James R. DePauw Professor of Physiology
Chair, Department of Physiology and NIH Cardiovascular Training
Loyola University Chicago Grant
Stritch School of Medicine
Maywood, Illinois
Title: "Ca and CaMKII in Heart Failure:
Systolic Dysfunction, Arrhythmogenesis & Transcriptional Regulation" |
Host: Dr. Don Menick
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| November 15, 2007 |
CANCELLED
Gökhan Hotamisligil, MD, PhD
James Stevens Simmons Professor of
Genetics and Metabolism Biochemistry
Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts |
Host: Dr. Can E. Senkal
Sponsor: Dean’s Seminar Series/ |
| November 22, 2007 |
Thanksgiving Break |
|
| November 29, 2007 |
Robert S. Kass, PhD
Chairman, Department of Pharmacology
David Hosack Professor of Pharmacology Cardiovascular Training Grant
Columbia University
New York, New York
Title: "General Lessons from Rare Congenital Arrhythmias" |
Host: Dr. Steve Kubalak
Sponsor: MCBP and NIH |
| December 6, 2007 |
NO SEMINAR (Room 125 not available) |
|
| December 13, 2007 |
Susan Forsburg, Ph.D.
Professor
Biological Sciences
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Title: "Replication, Repair, and Chromatin in s. pombe" |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| Spring 2007 |
| January 11, 2007 |
Mirko Hennig, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: "HIV-1 Latency – The Role of the Regulatory Protein Rev" |
|
| January 18, 2007 |
Elizabeth Murphy, Ph.D.
Head, Cardiac Physiology Section
Vascular Medicine Branch
NHLBI, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland
Title: "Cardioprotection: The Role of Mitochondria, Calcium and GSK-3beta" |
Host: Dr. Donald R. Menick
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| January 25, 2007 |
No Seminar |
|
| February 1, 2007 |
P. Darwin Bell, Ph.D.
DCI Professor of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: "Macula Densa-Juxtaglomerular Signaling" |
|
| February 8, 2007 |
Curtis C. Harris, M.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis
Chief of Molecular Genetics & Carcinogenesis Section
NIH, NCI, CCR
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Oncology
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Title: "Inflammation and Cancer" |
Host: Student Peko Tsuji
Dean’s Seminar Series Speaker |
| February 15, 2007 |
Daniel M. Raben, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The Johns Hopkins University
CANCELLED BUT RESCHEDULED FOR APRIL 5, 2007 |
Host: Dr. Lina Obeid
Sponsor: Biochemistry/MCBP |
| February 22, 2007 |
Kyu-Ho Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Cardiovascular Developmental Biology Center
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: "Compartmental Nkx2.5 Regulation Yields Insights Into
Cardiac Induction, Lineage and Fate Decisions" |
|
| March 1, 2007 |
Michael V. Johnston, M.D.
Chief Medical Director
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Title: "Clinical Disorders of Brain Plasticity" |
Host: Dr. Bernard Maria
Charles P. Darby Children’s Research Institute |
| March 8, 2007 |
Jonathan Lytton, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and
University of Calgary
Canada
Title: "The NCKXs: A Unique Branch of the Sodium-Calcium Exchanger Family" |
Host: Dr. Donald Menick
Sponsor: Cardiovascular
Molecular Biology Training Grant and MCBP Program |
| March 15, 2007 |
SPRING BREAK – March 10-18, 2007 |
|
| March 22, 2007 |
Jeffrey L. Benovic, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Title: "Arresting Developments in Receptor Signaling and Trafficking" |
Host: Drs. Perry Halushka and Lou Luttrell
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| March 29, 2007 |
W. Scott Moye-Rowley, Ph.D.
Professor and Executive Associate Head
Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Title: "Coordinate Control of Sphingolipid Biosynthesis and Multidrug Resistance" |
Host: Dr. Ashley Cowart
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| April 5, 2007 |
Daniel M. Raben, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Biological Chemistry,
Oncology and Physiology
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Title: "Dual Regulation of Diacylglycerol Kinase-theta:
An Interfacial Signaling Enzyme" |
Host: Dr. Lina Obeid
Sponsor: Biochemistry/MCBP |
| April 12, 2007 |
Rachel Wong, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biological Structure
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Title: "Imaging Circuit Assembly in the Vertebrate Retina" |
Host: Dr. Rosalie Crouch
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| April 19, 2007 |
Rosalie C. Sears, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Genetics
Cancer Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
Title: "A Role for c-Myc Protein Stabilization in Cancer" |
Host: Dr. Besim Ogretmen
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| April 26, 2007 |
Alan C. Rapraeger, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice-Chair for Education
Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine
University of Wisconsin
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
Title: "Regulation of Integrin Activity by Syndecan-1 during
Tumorigenesis and Angiogenesis" |
Host: Dr. Tien Hsu
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| Fall 2006 |
September 21, 2006 |
Melvin L. DePamphilis, Ph.D., Section Chief
Member, Senior Biomedical Research Service
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda , Maryland
Title: “ORC Cycle: A Novel Mechanism for Regulating Genome Duplication in Mammalian Cells” |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
September 28, 2006 |
John J. Lemasters, M.D., Ph.D.
South Carolina COEE Endowed Chair in Advanced Cellular Technologies
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: “Mitochondrial Membrane Permeabilization in Pathogenesis” |
|
| October 5, 2006 |
S. Michael Jazwinski (CANCELLED) |
|
October 12, 2006 |
Muthu Periasamy, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology and
Cell Biology
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus , Ohio
Title: “SERCA Pump Rescues Cardiac Function in Ischemic Heart Disease” |
Host: Dr. Dhan Kuppuswamy
Sponsor: MCBP Program and NIH Cardiovascular Training Grant |
October 19, 2006 |
Craig D. Logsdon, Ph.D.
Lockton Distinguished Prof. for Pancreatic Cancer Resch
Departments of Cancer Biology and Medical Oncology UT MD Anderson Cancer Center , Unit 953
Houston , TX 77030
Title: “Exploiting Pancreatic Cancer Specific Genes as Therapeutic Targets” |
Host: Dr. Michael Mitas
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
October 26, 2006 |
TBA |
|
November 2, 2006 |
NO SEMINAR RESEARCH DAY – November 3, 2006
|
|
November 9, 2006 |
Jeffrey Rosen, Ph.D.
C.C. Bell Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine
Distinguished Service Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston , Texas
Title: “Stem/progenitor Cells in the Etiology and Treatment of Breast Cancer” |
Host: Dr. Dennis Watson
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
November 16, 2006 |
Brian Popko, Ph.D.
Jack Miller Professor in Neurological Diseases
Director, Jack Miller Center for Peripheral Neuropathy
Associate Chair for Research, Department of Neurology University of Chicago
Chicago , Illinois
Title: “ER Stress Modulates the Response of Oligodendrocytes to CNS Inflammation |
Host: Dr. Hiroko Hama
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
November 23, 2006 |
THANKSGIVING |
|
November 30, 2006 |
Joseph Y. Cheung, M.D., Ph.D.
Capizzi Professor of Medicine
Chief of Nephrology
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia , PA 19107
Title: “Regulation of Cardiac Na/Ca Exchanger by Phospholemman” |
Host: Dr. Donald Menick
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
December 7, 2006 |
Ann Ramsdell, Ph.D. Health Science Foundation
Assistant Professor Developing Scholar Lecture Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: “Left-Right Asymmetry and Congenital Cardiac Defects: The Heart of the Matter in Left-Right Axis Determination” |
|
| Spring 2006 |
January 12, 2006
|
Joel A. Huberman, Ph.D
Professor 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?" |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry
|
| January 19, 2006 |
Ziad H. Nahas, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Health Sciences Foundation Developing Scholar Award
Title: "Neuromodulation Treatments for Depression"
|
|
January 26, 2006 |
Paul B. Fisher, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Pathology
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"
|
Host: Dr. Dennis Watson
Sponsor: MCBP
|
| February 2, 2006 |
Maurizio Del Poeta, M.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Health Sciences Foundation Developing Scholar Award
Title: "Sphingolipids in Fungal Pathogenesis: The Role of Glucosylceramide"
|
|
| February 9, 2006 |
Dr. Fitzgerald (CANCELLED) |
Host: Dr. Yusuf Hannun
Sponsor: Biochemistry
|
| February 16, 2006 |
Gary W. Litman, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of South Florida
College of Medicine
St. Petersburg, FL
Title: "Reconstructing Immune Phylogeny"
|
Host: Dr. Greg Warr
Sponsor: MCBP
|
| February 23, 2006 |
Arnold J. Levine, Ph.D.
Harry C. Wiess Professor in the 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, NJ
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"
|
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry
|
| March 2, 2006 |
Gary Landreth, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurosciences and Neurology
Alzheimer Research Laboratory
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio
Title: "Inflammatory Mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease"
|
Host: Don Menick
Sponsor: MCBP
|
| March 9, 2006 |
George K. Michalopoulos, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Title: TBA |
Host: Dr. Yusuf Hannun
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| March 16, 2006 |
No Seminar - Spring Break |
|
| March 23, 2006 |
Dianna M. Milewicz, MD, PhD
Professor and Director
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" |
Host: Dr. Perry Halushka
Sponsor: MCBP |
March 30, 2006
|
Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D.
Institute Professor
Center for Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: "The Surprising Biology of Small RNA" |
Host: Mara Lennard, Grad Stud
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| April 6, 2006 |
TBA |
|
| April 13, 2006 |
David J. Newman, Ph.D.
Natural Products Branch
Developmental Therapeutics Program
National Cancer Institute
Frederick, Maryland |
Host: Dr. Peter Moeller & Tracey Schock
Sponsor: MCBP
|
| April 20, 2006 |
H. Alex Brown, Ph.D.
Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research
Vanderbilt University
Title: TBA |
Host: Dr. Lina Obeid
Sponsor: Biochemistry
|
| April 27, 2006 |
Henk E.D.J. ter Keurs
Professor
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" |
Host: Dr. George Cooper
Sponsor: MCBP |
| Fall 2005 |
| Sept. 29, 2005 |
Silvia Finnemann, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biolog in Ophthalmology
Dyson Vision Research Institute
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, New York
Title: "Timing is Everything: Control of Daily Retinal Phagocytosis and Adhesion by Integrin Receptor Signaling" |
Host: Dr. Rosalie Crouch
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| October 6, 2005 |
Thomas H. Fischer, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Title: "Bioengineering of Rehydrated, Lyophilized Platelets for Vascular Wound Site Imaging and Stabilization" |
Host: Dr. Robin Muise-Helmericks
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| October 13, 2005 |
Masayori Inouye, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Biochemistry
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Piscataway New Jersey
Title: "mRNA Interferase, a Novel Mechanism for Cell Growth Regulation" |
Host: Dr. Hiroko Hama
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| October 20, 2005 |
Kenneth D. Poss, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cardiovascular Training Grant
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Title: "Molecular Insights into Heart Regeneration in Zebrafish" |
Host: Dr. Steve Kubalak
Sponsor: MCBP Program and Department of Cell Biology |
| October 27, 2005 |
Donald M. Bers, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Physiology
Loyola University Stritch
School of Medicine
Mayfield, Illinois
Title: "Ca and CaMKII in Cardiac EC-Coupling and Nuclear Signaling in Heart Failure" |
Host: Dr. Donald Menick
Sponsor: MCBP Program and Cardiovascular Training Grant |
| November 3, 2005 |
(No seminar — Research Day November 4, 2005) |
|
| November 10, 2005 |
Xiaojiang Chen, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Chemistry
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Title: "Two Headed Helicases: Unwinding Double Helix DNA" |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| November 17, 2005 |
Jeffrey E. Green, M.D.
Senior Investigator and Head
Transgenic Oncogenesis Group
Laboratory of Cell Regulation and Carcinogenesis
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Maryland
Title: "Conservation of Dysregulated Genetic Networks in Mouse and Human Mammary Cancer: Sifting Through the Haystack Using Systems Biology" |
Host: Dr. Dennis Watson
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| November 24, 2005 |
November 24, 2005 (No seminar — Thanksgiving)
|
|
| December 1, 2005 |
D. Woodrow Benson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Cardiovascular Genetics
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Title: "Genetic and Developmental Origins of Pediatric Heart Valve Disease" |
Host: Dr. Terry O'Brien
Sponsor: MCBP Program and Cardiovascular Training Grant |
| December 8, 2005 |
Michael A. Frohman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Director, Medical Scientist Training Programz
SUNY at Stony Brook, New York
Title: "Mito-PLD, a Novel Lipid-Modifying Enzyme That Regulates Mitochondrial Fusion" |
Host: Dr. Yusuf Hannun
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| Spring 2005 |
| January 27, 2005 |
Stanley H. Appel, M.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Title: "Inflammation: The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly: Lessons from ALS" |
Host: Dr. William R. Tyor
Sponsor: MCBP |
| February 3, 2005 |
Ronald H. Kaback, M.D.
HHMI Investigator and Professor
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Title: The Passion of the Permease: from Membrane to Molecule to a Mechanism of Active Transport"
|
Host: Dr. Donald Menick
Sponsor: MCBP
|
| February 10, 2005 |
John A. McDonald, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean, School of Medicine and Vice President for Health Sciences, Reno School of Medicine
University of Nevada
Reno, Nevada
Title" "A Link Between Integrins, Calreticulin and Systolic Dysfunction Revealed by Conditional Transgene Expression in the Adult Mouse Heart"
|
Host: Dr. George Cooper
Sponsor: MCBP
|
| March 3, 2005 |
Kenneth R. Chien, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine
UCSD School of MedicineSan Diego, California
Title: “Islet-1 Cardiac Progenitors in Development and Disease” |
Host: Dr. Steve Kubalak & Sponsor: MCBP |
| March 10, 2005 |
Kenneth D. Tew, Ph.D., DSci
Professor and Chair, Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: “Islet-1 Cardiac Progenitors in Development and Disease” |
|
| March 24, 2005 |
Besim Ogretmen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: “ The Role Ceramide in the Regulation of Cancer Growth and Therapy” |
|
| March 31, 2005 |
Fuad Ziyadeh, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Title: "Pathogenesis of Diabetic Nephropathy: Role of TGF-beta and VEGF" |
Host: Dr. Ayad Jaffa
Sponsor: MCBP |
| April 7, 2005 |
Rodney Rothstein, Ph.D.
Professor
Genetics and Development Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York
Title: “Choreography of the DNA Damage Response in Budding Yeast” |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemsitry |
| April 14, 2005 |
Thomas A. Steitz, Ph.D.
Sterling Professor and HHMI Investigator Yale University
Branford, Connecticut
Title: "Motion in Macromolecular Machines" |
Host: Dr. Jeff Hansen
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| April 21, 2005 |
David J. Ecker, Ph.D.President
Division of Isis Therapeutics
Isis Pharmaceutics
Carlsbad, California
Title: "Technology for Universal Infectious Disease Identification" |
Host: Dr. Donald Menick
Sponsor: MCBP |
| April 28, 2005 |
David J. Kusner, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Internal Medicine,
Immunology, Molecular Biology, & Physiology/Biophysics
University of Iowa
Inflammation Program
Coralville, Iowa
Title: “The role of sphingosine kinase in macrophage function and disease pathogenesis” |
Host: Dr. Lina Obeid
Sponsor: MCBP |
| May 5, 2005 |
Jerry W. Shay, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology
Southland Financial Distinguished
Chair in Geriatric Research
Associate Director, Cancer Center
University of Texas Southwest
Dallas, Texas
Title: "Aging and Cancer: Are Telomeres and Telomerase the Connection?" |
Host: Dr. Besim Ogretmen
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| Fall 2004 |
| Sept. 16, 2004 |
Robert K. Yu, Ph.D, MedScD
Director and Professor
Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
Augusta GA
Title: "Developmental Regularion of Ganglioside Metabolism in the Nervous System" |
Host: Dr. Yusuf Hannun
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| Sept. 23, 2004 |
Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD
Associate Investigator HHMI
Professor
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Title: "Evolution of the Model Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus Neoformans" |
Host: Dr. Maurizio Del Poeta
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| Sept. 30, 2004 |
Bryan P. Toole, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: "Hyaluronan and Emmprin: Pericellular Regulators of ErbB2 Signaling, Multidrug Resistance and Malignant Cell Behavior" |
|
| Oct. 7, 2004 |
Morris F. White, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Title: "The Role of Irs2 Signaling in Obesity and Diabetes" |
Host: Dr. Maria Buse
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| Oct. 14, 2004 |
J. Marie Hardwick, PhD
Professor
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Title: TBA |
Host: Yi-Te Hsu
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| Oct. 21, 2004 |
John W. Baynes, PhD
Carolina Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Title: "Chemical Modification of Proteins in Aging, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: The Relationship Between Metabolism and Chemistry in Disease" |
Host: Dr. Hiroko Hama
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| Oct. 28, 2004 |
Richard P. Visconti, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: "Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Cardiac Homeostatis and Pathology" |
|
| Nov. 4, 2004 |
Rowena G. Matthews, PhD
G. Robert Grennberg Professor and Senior Research Scientist, Life Sciences Institute
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Title: "Regulation of One-carbon Metabolism in Mammals"
|
Host: Dr. Sergey Krupenko
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| Nov. 11, 2004 |
Robert A. Nicholas, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Title: "Antibiotic Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Cumulative Effect of Multiple Resistance Genes" |
Host: Dr. Chris Davies
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| Nov. 18, 2004 |
Emily Wilson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medical Physiology
Texas A&M Health Science Center
College Station, Texas
Title: "Modulation of Integrin Expression and Function During Vascular Remodeling: |
Host: Dr. Don Menick
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| Nov. 25, 2004 |
Thanksgiving |
|
| Dec. 2, 2004 |
John P. Sundberg, DVM, PhD
Senior Staff Scientist
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine
Title: "Mouse Models for Dermatological Research" |
Host: Dr. Alexander Awgulewitsch
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| Spring 2004 |
| February 5, 2004 |
Eleanor K. Spicer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Post-transcriptional Regulation of the bcl-2 Oncogene
|
|
| February 12, 2004 |
Craig C. Beeson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Mechanisms for the Coupling of Respiration and Glycolysis
|
|
| February 19, 2004 |
Ron Peterson, Ph.D.
Fellow, Laboratory Head
Integrated Expression Profiling
Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research
Title: Pharmacogenomic Analysis of rhIL-11 Effects
|
Host: Dr. Alexander Awgulewitsch
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| February 26, 2004 |
Jason D. Morrow, M.D.
Profesor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, Tennessee
Title: The Isoprostanes - Their Role as Mediators and Markers of Lipid Peroxidation: New Insights and Current Controversies |
Host: Dr. Lina Obeid
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| March 4, 2004 |
Michael F. Summers, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scholar
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland
Title: NMR Studies of Retroviral Genome Recognition and Assembly
| Host: Dr. Perry Halushka
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| March 11, 2004 |
Jerry Hurwitz, Ph.D.
Vice Chairman, Sloan-Kettering Institute
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Title: Studies on Eukaryotic DNA Replication |
Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| March 18, 2004 |
Richard J. Youle, Ph.D.
Section Chief of Biochemistry
Surgical Neurology Branch
NINDS, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland
Title: Role of Bcl-2 Family Proteins and Mitochondria Morphology in Apoptosis |
Host: Dr. Yi-Te Hsu
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| March 25, 2004 |
Ian A. Blair, Ph.D.
A.N. Richards Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Chemistry
Director, Center for Cancer Pharmacology
Scientific Director, Genomics Institute Proteomics Facility University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Title: Cyclooxygenase-Mediated DNA Damage
|
Host: Dr. Perry Halushka
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| April 1, 2004 |
Kenneth D. Philipson, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physiology and Medicine
Cardiovascular Research Lab
UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Title: Cardiac Sodium-Calcium Exchange: From Molecule to Mouse |
Host: Dr. Don Menick
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| April 8, 2004 |
Michael Zasloff, Ph.D.
Dean, Research and Translational Science
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Title: Antimicrobial Peptides of Animals in Health and Diseases
|
Host: Dr. Paul Gross
Sponsor: Biochemistry |
| April 15, 2004 |
NO SEMINAR
|
|
| April 22, 2004 |
Christian R. Raetz, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Biochemistry
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Title: Assembly, Secretion and Function of Gram-negative Endotoxin: A Potent Lipid Activator of Innate Immunity
|
Host: Dr. Yusuf Hannun
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| April 29, 2004 |
NO SEMINAR
|
|
| May 6, 2004 |
Alfonso Bellacosa, M.D.
Human Genetics Program
Population Science Division
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Title: Role of the MED1 (MBD4) Gene in DNA Repair and Human Cancer or DNA Repair and Cancer Susceptibility
|
Host: Dr. Robin Muise-Helmericks
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| Fall 2003 |
| September 25, 2003 |
Paul A Marks, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Title: Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
|
Host: Dr. Gary Gilkeson
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| October 2, 2003 |
Christopher Davies, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Developmental Scholar Award
Title: Glycolysis Under Extreme Conditions: A Novel Enzyme in Pyrococcus Furiosus
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| October 9, 2003 |
Amar J.S. Klar, Ph.D.
Developmental Genetics Section
Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory
NCI Center fro Cancer Research
Frederick, Maryland
Title: Two Independent Epigenetic Events Regulate Fission Yeast Mating-type Switching and Silencing
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Host: Dr. Deepak Bastia
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| October 16, 2003 |
Robert S. Kass, Ph.D.
David Hosack Professor of Pharmacology
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
Columbia University
New York, New York
Title: Clinical and Basic Studies of Inherited Cardiac Arrhythmias: Novel Insight into the Molecular Physiology Pharmacology of Ion Channels in the Heart |
Host: Dr. Steve Kubalak
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| October 23, 2003 |
Swapan K. Ray, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Experimental Therapeutics for Activation of Apoptosis in Glioblastoma
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| October 30, 2003 |
Meenakshi A. Chellaiah, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Oral Cranio Biological Sciences
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Title: Molecular Basis of Cytoskeletal Reorganization in Osteoclasts in Response to Integrin avb3 Activation |
Host: Dr. Dhan Kuppuswamy
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| November 6, 2003 |
TBA
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| November 13, 2003 |
M. Rita Young, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Medical University of South Carolina
AOCS, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center Charleston, South Carolina
Title: The Role of CD34+ Progenitor Cells in Tumor Progression
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| November 20, 2003 |
Howard A. Rockman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Department of Cell Biology and Genetics
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Title: Novel Insights into Heptahelical Receptor Signaling in the Heart |
Host: Dr. Steve Kubalak
Sponsor: Cardiovascular Training Grant |
| November 27, 2003 |
Thanksgiving
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| December 4, 2003 |
TBA
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| December 11, 2003 |
Hamid Band, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Director, Division of Molecular Oncology
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute
Evanston, Illinois
Title: Negative Regulation of Tyrosine Kinases by Cb1 Family of Ubiquitin Ligases
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Host: Dr. Dennis Watson
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| Spring 2003 |
| January 16, 2003 |
Jay A. Tischfield
Duncan and Nancy MacMillan Professor of Genetics
Chair Department of Genetics
Nelson Biological Labs
Rutgers University
Piscataway, New Jersey
Title: Mechanisms of Loss of Heterozygosity in Somatic Cells of Mice and Humans
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Host: Dr. Donald R. Menick
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| January 23, 2003 |
Cancelled
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| January 30, 2003 |
Barry T. Hinton, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia
Title: Testicular Luminal Growth Factors as Regulators of Epididymal Gene Expression
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Host: Dr. Demetri Spyropoulos
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| February 6, 2003 |
Kuo-Chen Chou, D.Sc., Ph.D.
Senior Research Advisor
Computer-Aided Drug Discovery
Research and Development
Pharmacia Corporation
Title: Protein Attribute Prediction - A New Branch in Proteomics |
Host: Dr. Perry V. Halushka
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| February 13, 2003 |
Mark S. Kindy, Ph.D.
Admiral Pihl Chair and Professor
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience
Director of the Stroke Program of MUSC
Associate Director, Center on Aging
Assoc. Director of the South Carolina Spinal Cord Center
Medical University of South Carolina
Title: Stroke: Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
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| February 20, 2003 |
Developing Scholars Seminar
Sergey A. Krupenko, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: 10-Formyltetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase: Structure, Function and its Role in Cellular Proliferation
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| February 27, 2003 |
Peter W. Kalivas, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Addiction: A Pathology in Molecular Mechanisms of Memory
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| March 6, 2003 |
Amy Bradshaw, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Cell Design of the Extracellular Matrix: Alterations in Collagen Structure and Composition Influence Cell Behavior
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| March 13, 2003 |
Spring Break
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| March 20, 2003 |
William L. Smith, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Michigan State University
East Lansing Michigan
Title: Fatty Acid Cyclooxygenase: Structure and Function
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Host: Dr. Perry V. Halushka
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| March 27, 2003 |
TBA |
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| April 3, 2003 |
Merry Lindsey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Identifying MMP-9 Roles Following MI: Elucidating Mechanisms of MMP Function in the Remodeling Myocardium
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Host: Dr. Frank Spinale
Sponsor: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| April 10, 2003 |
Sherman Weissman, Ph.D.
Sterling Professor of Human Genetics
Director of Molecular Oncology and Development
Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine
Yale University New Haven, Connecticut
Title: Mammalian Molecular Biology on a Genomic Scale. Three Billion Bases Are Easy and 700 Are Hard
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Host: Dr. Depak Bastia
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| April 17, 2003 |
Gary Nabel, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, VRC
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Title: How Do Viruses Kill Cells?
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Host: Dr. Jim Norris
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| April 24, 2003 |
TBA
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| May 1, 2003 |
Armen Manoukian, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medical Biophysics
Ontario Cancer Institute
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
TBA
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Host: Dr. Tien Hsu
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| May 8, 2003
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William Dowhan, Ph.D.
Professor and John S. Dunn Chair
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Microbiology
University of Texas-Houston Medical Center
Houston, Texas
Title: Role of Cardiolipin and Phosphatidylglycerol in Mitochondrial Function |
Host: Dr. Yusuf Hannun
Sponsor: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| May 22, 2003 |
Richard L Proia, Ph.D.
Chief, Genetics of Development and Disease Branch
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Title: Role of Sphingolipids in Signaling by Tyrosine Kinase and G-protein Coupled Receptors |
Host: Dr. Yusuf Hannun
Sponsor: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Fall 2002 |
| September 26, 2002 |
Daria Mochly-Rosen, Ph.D.
Professor and Chief
Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Title: PKC and Cardiac Function: A Tale of Protein-Protein Interactions
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Host: Dr. Frank Spinale
Sponsor: Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| October 3, 2002 |
H. Leighton Grimes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Institute of Cell Therapeutics
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Title GFI1 Oncoprotein: Cell Fate Determination in Lymphopoiesis and Epithelial Malignancy |
Host: Robin Muise-Helmericks, PhD
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| October 17, 2002 |
Robert G. Gourdie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Conducting the Heart Beat: Orchestrating Development of Specialized Pathways for Propagation of Cardiac Action Potential
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| October 24, 2002 |
Donald M. Bers, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology
Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Title: Sodium and Calcium in Cardiac Myocytes: Involvement in Contractile Function and Arrhythmogenesis in Heart Failure
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Host: Dr. Donald Menick
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| October 31, 2002 |
David L. Williams, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery
James H. Quillen College of Medicine
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee
Title: Potential Role of the Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Signaling Pathway in the Response to Polymicrobial Sepsis and Septic Shock
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Host: Dr. James A. Cook
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| November 7, 2002 |
CANCELLED TO BE RESCHEDULED |
Dr. Frank Spinale
Dr. Rupak D. Mukherjee
Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| November 14, 2002 |
John D. Hildebrandt, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Generation and Function of G Protein Subunit Diversity |
Host: Dr. Shailesh Patel
Sponsor: Department of Medicine and MCBP Program |
| November 21, 2002 |
Lei Yu, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio
Title: The Opioid System and Its Role in Physiological Modulation
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Host: Dr. Donald Menick
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| November 28, 2002 |
Thanksgiving - NO SEMINAR |
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| December 5, 2002
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William M. Chilian, Ph.D.
TBA |
Host: Dr. George Cooper
Sponsor: Cardiology Division/Department of Medicine
MCBP Program |
| December 12, 2002 |
David R. Clemmons, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Sarah Graham Kenan
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Title: Cooperative Interactions Among Three Integral Membrane Proteins in Controlling IGF-1 Receptor Activation |
Host: Dr. Steven A Rosenzweig
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| Spring 2002 |
| January 10, 2002 |
Robert W. Thompson, M.D.
Professor of Surgery and Cell Biology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Title: Matrix Metalloproteinases and Vascular Remodeling
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Host: Dr. Frank Spinale
Sponsor: Cardiothoracic Surgery
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| January 17, 2002 |
Hiroko Hama, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Phosphoinositide Regulation of Membrane Trafficking in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
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| January 24, 2002 |
CANCELLED |
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| January 31, 2002 |
Fernando R. Cabral, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
University of Texas Medical School
Houston, Texas
Title: The Role of Microtubule Assembly in Resistance to Cancer Drugs
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Host: Dr. George Cooper
Sponsor: Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| February 7, 2002 |
Deepak Bastia, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Mechanism of Initiation and Termination of DNA Replication in Bacteria and Yeast
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| February 14, 2002 |
Steven A Rosenzweig, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Targeting the Insulin-like Growth Factor System for the Development of Novel Therapeutics
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| February 21, 2002 |
Joyce J. Repa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Departments of Physiology and Internal Medicine
Touchstone Center for Diabetes Research
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Title: Nuclear Orphan Receptor Regulation of Cholesterol and Bile Acid Metabolism
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Host: Dr. Shailesh Patel
Sponsor: Department of Medicine and MCBP Program |
| February 28, 2002 |
John M. Arthur, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Proteomics: Principles and Applications
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| March 7, 2002 |
Frank J. Rauscher, III, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
The Molecular Genetics Program
Deputy Director
The Wistar Institute Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Title: Functions of the KRAB Domain Superfamily of Zinc-Finger Repressors: A Paradigm for Coordinating Histone De-acetylation, Methylation and Heterochromatin Formation?
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Host: Dr. Dennis Watson
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| March 14, 2002 |
Basilia Zingarelli, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of Critical Care Medicine
University of Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio
Title: Nuclear Control of Inflammation: A Role of Poly (ADP-ribosyl)ation
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Host: Jim Cook
Sponsor: Department of Physiology and MCBP Program |
| March 21, 2002 |
Gerardo R. Vasta, Ph.D.
Professor
Center of Marine Biotechnology
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Title: Innate Immunity in Invertebrates: Self/Non-Self Recognition by the Host, and Parasite Adaptations for Entry and Survival |
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| March 28, 2002 |
Jon Y. Takemoto, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Utah State University
Logan, Utah
Title: Novel Antifungal Action by Pseudomonad Cyclic Lipodepsipeptides
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Host: Dr. Hiroko Hama
Sponsor: MCBP Program and Department of Biochemistry |
| April 4, 2002 |
Gregory W. Warr, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Transcriptional Enhancers and the Evolution of Immunoglobulin Genes
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| April 11, 2002 |
CANCELLED |
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| April 18, 2002 |
David C. Gadsby
Director
Lab Cardiac and Membrane Physiology
Rockefeller University
New York, New York
Title: Control of CFTR channel opening and closing by ATP binding and hydrolysis
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Host: Dr. Don Menick
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| April 25, 2002 |
No Seminar |
|
| May 2, 2002 |
M. Elizabeth Fini
New England Eye Center
Tufts University
Boston, Massachusetts
Title: New Roles for Matrix Metalloproteinase Gelatinase B.
|
Host: Dr. Frank Spinale
Sponsor: Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| Fall 2001 |
| September 13, 2001 |
Robert W. Thompson, M.D.
Professor of Surgery and Cell Biology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Title: New Insights into Vascular Aneurysmal Disease: Translating Basic Discoveries into Therapeutic Modalities
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Host: Frank Spinale, M.D., Ph.D.
Sponsor: Cardiothoracic Surgery
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| September 20, 2001 |
Besim Ogretmen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Molecular Mechanisms of the Regulation of Telomerase by Ceramide in Human Lung Cancer Cells
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| September 27, 2001 |
Rick G. Schnellman, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Calcium and Calpains in the Inititation and Progression of Cell Death
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| October 4, 2001 |
Jeffrey Molkentin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Title: Signal Transduction Pathways Controlling Heart Maturation and Hypertrophy
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Host: Frank Spinale, M.D., Ph.D.
Sponsor: Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| October 11, 2001 |
Cancelled
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| October 18, 2001 |
Salih J. Wakil, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Title: The Role of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase 2 in Fatty Acid Metabolism and Energy Homeostasis
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Host: Yusuf Hannun, M.D.
Sponsor: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| October 25, 2001 |
Michael B. O'Connor, Ph.D.
Associate Investigator
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
HHMI, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Title: BMP Signaling Regulates Synapse Development and Function at the Neuromuscular Junction in Drosophila
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Host: Tien Hsu, Ph.D.
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| November 1, 2001 |
Frank J. Rauscher, III, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
The Molecular Genetics Program
Deputy Director
The Wistar Institute Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Title: Functions of the KRAB-domain Superfamily of Zinc-Finger Repressors: A Paradigm for Coordinating Histone De-acetylation, Methylation and Heterochromatin Formation
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Host: Dennis Watson, Ph.D.
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| November 8, 2001 |
Timothy Hla, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology, and Genetics and Developmental Biology
Director, Center for Vascular Biology
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Farmington, Connecticut
Title: Sphingosine 1-phosphate as an Angiogenic Modulator
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Host: Lina Obeid, M.D. |
| November 15, 2001 |
Myles C. Cabot, Ph.D.
Chief, Breast Cancer Research Program
John Wayne Cancer Institute
Santa Monica, California
Title: Targeting Ceramide Metabolism as an Approach to Cancer Treatment
|
Host: Yusuf Hannun, M.D. |
| November 22, 2001 |
Thanksgiving
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| November 29, 2001 |
Simon Conway, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Title: Molecular Analysis of Embryonic Heart Development
|
Host: Donald R. Menick, Ph.D.
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| December 6, 2001 |
Arturo Casadevall, M.D, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology And Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Yashiva University
Bronx, New York
Title: Cryptococcus Neoformans: A Pathogen in Black and White
|
Host: Maurizio Del Poeta, M.D.
Sponsor: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| Spring 2001 |
| Jan. 18, 2001 |
Leslie Leinwand, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Cell Developmental Biology
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Hypertrophy and Failure
|
Host: Dr. George Cooper
Sponsor:
MCBP Program
The Adult Cardiology Division
|
| Jan. 25, 2001 |
Masashi Yanagisawa, M.D., Ph.D.
Investigator & Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Institute
Dallas, Texas
TBA
|
Host: Dr. Shailesh Patel |
| Feb. 1, 2001 |
James T. McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Exploring Specificity of Calcium Channel Signaling in Neuroendocrine Cells
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| Feb. 8, 2001 |
L. Courtney Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology and Genetics
Department of Biological Sciences
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Programs in Genetics & Immunology
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Title: The Ancestral Innate Immune System in Sea Urchins
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Hosts: Matthew Jenny
Dr. Greg War |
| Feb. 15, 2001 |
Linda C. McPhail, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
TBA
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Host: D. Yusuf Hannun
Sponsor:
MCBP Program
Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
|
| Feb. 22, 2001 |
James E. Hall, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
University of California - Irvine
Irvine, California
TBA
|
Host: Dr. Kevin Schey |
| March 1, 2001 |
John H. Exton, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Molecular Physiology, Biophysics, and Pharmacology
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Title: Structure, Function, and Regulation of MAP Kinase Pathways
|
Host: Dr. Yusuf Hannun
Sponsor:
MCBP Program
Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
|
| March 8, 2001 |
Melanie H. Cobb, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Title: Structure, Function, and Regulation of MAP Kinase Pathways
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Dr. Donald R. Menick |
| March 15, 2001 |
SPRING BREAK
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| March 22, 2001 |
Robin Muise-Helmericks, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Hollings Cancer Institute
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Functional Role of Akt and Ets 1 in Angiogenesis
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| March 29, 2001 |
Roger H. Reeves, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Physiology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Title: Tales from the MICU (Mouse Intensive Care Unit): QTL Mapping and the inflammatory Response
|
Host: Dr. Dennis Watson |
| April 5, 2001 |
Marsha Rosner, Ph.D.
Director, and Charles B. Huggins Professor
Ben May Institute for Cancer Research
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Title: Specificity in MAP Kinase Signaling Pathways
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Host: Dr. Steve Rosensweig |
| April 12, 2001 |
Thoru Pederson, Ph.D.
President and Director
Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
TBA
|
Host: Dr. Paul McDermott
Sponsor:
MCBP Program
The Adult Cardiology Division
|
| April 19, 2001 |
David K. Perry, Ph.D.
Instructor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Regulation of De Novo Ceramide in Cellular Stress
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| Fall 2000 |
| Sep. 14, 2000 |
James Cook, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Endotoxin Signal Transduction Pathways and Their Alterations in Endotoxin Tolerance
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| Sep. 21, 2000 |
Joseph S. Janicke, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
Title: Myocardial Collagen Matrix Regulation During Ventricular Remodeling: The Role of the Cardiac Mast Cell
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Host: Dr. Michael R. Zile
Sponsor:
MCBP Program
|
| Sep. 28, 2000 |
Neil Osheroff, Ph.D.
Professor , Department of Biochemistry
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, Tennessee
Title: The DNA Cleavage Reaction of Topoisomerase II, Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?
|
Host: Dr. Dan Fernandes
Sponsor: MCBP Program |
| Oct. 5, 2000 |
Jacqueline F McGinty, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Brain Mechanisms Underlying Drug Abuse
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| Oct. 12, 2000 |
Denise Montell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Chemistry
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Title: Changes in Gene Expression, Cell Adhesion and Actin Organization in the Developmental Control of Cell Migration
|
Host: Dr. Tien Hsu
Sponsor:
MCBP Program
|
| Oct. 19, 2000 |
Rudolph Juliano, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Title: Integrins and Signal Transduction
|
Host: Dr. Donald Menick
Sponsor:
MCBP Program
|
| Oct. 26, 2000 |
Donald R. Menick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Regulation of Gene Expression in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure
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| Nov. 2, 2000 |
Lynn M. Matrisian, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Cancer Biology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Title: Matrix Metalloproteinases in Normal and Neoplastic Processes
|
Host: Dr. Frank Spinale
Sponsor:
MCBP Program
|
| Nov. 9, 2000 |
Sergey Krupenko, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Title: Structure/Function Studies of a Major Folate Enzyme
|
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| Nov. 16, 2000 |
Peter Nelson, Ph.D.
Assistant Member
Division of Human Biology
Department of Molecular Biotechnology
Fred Hitchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Title: Genome and Proteome Approaches for Charachterizing the Prostate Androgen-Response Program
|
Host: Dr. Dennis Watson
Sponsor:
MCBP Program
|
| Nov. 30, 2000 |
Charles N. Serhan, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury
Professor of Anaesthesia (Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology)
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Title: Novel Arrays of Lipid Signals in Anti-inflammation
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Host: Dr. Yusuf A. Hannun
Sponsor:
MCBP Program
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| Dec. 7, 2000 |
Walter J. Koch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery and Pharmacology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Title: G Protein-coupled Receptor Kinases in the Cardiovascular System: Lessons Learned from Transgenic Mice
|
Host: Ashley Smithwick
Sponsor:
MCBP Program
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