MUSC Pharmacology Seminar Schedule

The Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedial Sciences joins the Department of Pharmacology to present the following seminars, held Tuesdays at 4:00 PM in QF-302A unless otherwise noted.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
January 15	Toren Finkel, M.D., Ph.D. Cardiology Branch, NHLBI	The role of sirtuins in energy homeostasis.
February 5	Prakash Kara, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Neurosciences, MUSC Adjunct Assistant Professor Bioengineering, Clemson University	Examining the function of every neuron in a microcircuit of the living brain with two-photon calcium imaging.
February 12	Paul Thompson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry University of South Carolina	Mechanism and inhibition of protein arginine deiminase 4: a novel therapeutic target for rheumatoid arthritis.
February 26	Zheng Dong, Ph.D. Professor Cellular Biology and Anatomy Medical College of Georgia	Mitochondria in apoptosis: chopped to death.
Thursday March 13 10:30 AM HCC 701	Kazi Mokim Ahmed, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Candidate Molecular Radiobiology Purdue University	Adaptive radioresistance in mammalian cells: NF-kB network.
April 1	Joe Blumer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Cell and Molecular Pharmacology MUSC	Activators of G-protein signaling: diversifying G-protein signaling by unexpected mechanisms.
April 15	Richard Cohen, M.D. Professor and Unit Chief Vascular Biology Boston University	Thiol oxidation in signaling and response to stress.
April 22	Edward Leof, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Mayo Clinic	Profibrotic TGFb signaling: yeast to the clinic.
April 29	Bruce Molitoris, M.D. Professor of Medicine Director of Nephrology Director of Indiana Center for Biological Microscopy Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis	Using 2-photon microscopy to understand disease processes and their therapy.
May 6	David A. Antonetti, Ph.D. Associate Professor Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Ophthalmology Penn State College of Medicine	Closing tight junctions opens the door to new treatment options for diabetic retinopathy.
May 13	Lisa Cunningham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine MUSC	Life and death in the inner ear: heat shock proteins and sensory hair cells.
May 20	Channing Der, Ph.D. Professor Department of Pharmacology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Targeting Ras for cancer treatment.

Seminars of Old: fall 2007 | spring 2007 | fall 2006 | spring 2006 | fall 2005 | spring 2005 | fall 2004 | spring 2004 | fall 2003 | spring 2003 | fall 2002 | spring 2002 | fall 2001 | spring 2001 | fall 2000 | spring 2000 | fall 1999 | spring 1999 | fall 1998 | spring 1998 | fall 1997 | spring 1997

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