| DATE |
SPEAKER |
TITLE |
| Thursday January 13 |
Scott Eblen,
Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor Microbiology University of Virginia |
MAP Kinase regulation during cellular adhesion and in ovarian cancer. |
| Tuesday January 18 at 12 noon Graduate Student Colloquium |
Richard
M. Caprioli, Ph.D. Stanley Cohen Professor of Biochemistry Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology Director, Mass Spectrometry Research Center Vanderbilt University |
Direct imaging and profiling of proteins in tissue using mass spectrometry to aid diagnosis and treatment of disease and to identify therapeutics targets. |
| Thursday January 20 |
Steven
Ebert, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Pharmacology Georgetown University |
Adrenergic influence in heart development: Discovery and characterization of novel cardiomyocyte stem cells. |
| January 24 | Neil Clipstone, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Microbiology and Immunology Northwestern University |
The role of the calcineurin/NFAT-signaling pathway in the regulation of cell growth and differentiation. |
| January
31 BSB 502 |
Junhui Sun, Ph.D. Laboratory of Signaling Transduction National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences |
Redox regulation of intracellular calcium and muscle contractility by O2 and NO. |
| February 21 | Gregory I. Giles, Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Therapeutic approaches towards the redox regulation of cellular signaling pathways. |
| February 28 | Illarion V. Turko,
Ph.D. Assistant Professor Integrative Biology and Pharmacology University of Texas, Houston |
Mass spectrometry-based quantitative subproteome profiling: focus on PPAR alpha biology. |
| Friday March 4 at noon BSB 502 |
Derek Radisky, Ph.D. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
MMP-3-induced Rac1b
causes epithelial-mesenchymal transition and genomic instability. |
| March 7 | Carola A. Neumann,
Ph.D. Department of Cancer Biology Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
The role of the antioxidant protein Peroxiredoxin 1 (Prdx1) in natural killer cells and tumoregenesis. |
| March
14 BSB 502 |
John Lazo, Ph.D. The Allegheny Foundation Professor Department of Pharmacology University of Pittsburg Director, Fiske Drug Discovery Laboratory |
Dual specificity phosphatases as novel targets for cancer therapy. |
| March
21 BSB 502 |
Stephanie Robinson Ph.D. Student |
Targeting IGF-1 receptor interactions using IGFBPs and IGFBP-mimetics. |
| March
28 SEMINAR CANCELLED |
Senior Scientist Institute for Systems Biology Seattle, WA |
SEMINAR CANCELLED |
| March
30 Wednesday 4:00 PM BSB 302 |
Peter Storz, Ph.D. Instructor Department of Pathology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
Protein Kinase D, a sensor for oxidative stress in cancer and age-related diseases. |
| April
11 BSB 502 |
Carol Chrestensen, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Pharmacology University of Virginia |
MAPKAP kinases: Regulation and function. |
| April
18 BSB 502 |
Severine Patat Ph.D. Student |
Histones as antimicrobial proteins in the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. |
| April
25 BSB 502 |
John Koomen, Ph.D. Instructor Molecular Pathology University of Texas Anderson Cancer Center |
Mass spectrometry profiling and a novel direction in biomarker discovery. |
| May
2 BSB 502 |
Kristen French Ph.D. Student |
Cognitive effects of nicotine and galantamine. |
| May
9 BSB 502 |
Mark Hallman M.D./Ph.D. Student |
The selection and characterization of phage-displayed peptides targeted to the EGF receptor. |
| May
16 BSB 502 |
Richard Pestell, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chair Oncology Department Georgetown University Medical Center |
Novel properties of cyclin D1 in cancer. |
| May
23 BSB 502 |
David McMillan, Ph.D. Associate Professor Pharmacology |
Role of oxidative stress in drug-induced Hemolytic Anemia |
| May
30 BSB 502 |
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| June
6 BSB 502 |
TBA |
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| June
13 BSB 502 |
TBA |
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| June
20 BSB 502 |
TBA |
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| June
27 BSB 502 |
Kristie Lindsey Ph.D. Student |
Modifications to lens Aquaporin 0 affect protein-protein interactions at the C-terminus. |