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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 29 Monday |
Yefim Manevich, Ph.D. Senior Research Investigator Institute for Environmental Medicine University of Pennsylvania |
Is there a specific antioxidant protection of cellular membranes? |
| February 13 | Tien Hsu, Ph.D. Associate Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, MUSC |
RNA-dependent protein localization: a new paradigm. |
| February 20 | Bryan Toole, Ph.D. Professor Cell Biology and Anatomy, MUSC |
Targeting therapy-resistant cancer stem cells with hyaluronan-CD44 antagonists. |
| February 27 | Yusuf Hannun, M.D. Professor and Chairman Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MUSC |
The extended family of neutral sphingomyelinases: mechanisms and roles in cell regulation. |
| March 6 | Inderjit Singh, Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor Pediatrics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Anatomy, and Neurology, MUSC |
Mechanisms of neuroprotection by statins in an animal model of multiple sclerosis. |
| March 27 | Sergey Krupenko, Ph.D. Associate Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MUSC |
Deciphering a major folate enzyme at molecular and cellular levels: from a unique catalytic mechanism to a tumor-suppressor activity. |
| April 3 | Carlton Donald, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, MUSC |
Targeting the PAX2 oncogene as a novel therapeutic approach for prostate cancer treatment. |
| April 10 | Erika Brown, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, MUSC |
The role of the interaction between the tumor suppressor BRCA2 and the DNA repair protein RAD51 in tumor formation. |
| April 11 Wednesday 12:00 noon |
Jan B. Hoek, Ph.D. Professor Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology Thomas Jefferson University |
Energy metabolism as a cellular signal for liver regeneration. |
| April 17 | Lina Obeid, M.D. Boyle Professor Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MUSC |
Bioactive sphingolipids in inflammation and cancer. |
| May 1 | Besim Ogretmen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MUSC |
Sphingolipid signaling in cancer pathogenesis and therapy. |
| May 15 | Dennis Watson, Ph.D. Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, MUSC |
Understanding the role of Ets-mediated gene regulation in complex
biological processes. |
| May 22 | Ze'ev Ronai, Ph.D. Professor Burnham Institute for Medical Research |
Altered signal transduction pathways in melanoma - a focus on JNK and
ATF2. |
| May 29 | Kevin Schey, Ph.D. Professor Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, MUSC |
Spatially resolved proteomics: where are we? |
| June 5 | Peter Kalivas, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Neurosciences, MUSC |
Neuroplasticity in excitatory transmission underlying addiction. |
| June 26 | Kumar Sambamurti, Ph.D. Associate Professor Neurosciences, MUSC |
Intramembrane processing of the amyloid precursor protein is regulated by isoprenoids. |
| July 17 | Adnan Al-Ayoubi M.D./Ph.D. Student Pharmacology, MUSC Rachel Ford Ph.D. Student Pharmacology, MUSC |
Investigating the role of a novel MAPK substrate involved in multidrug resistance in ovarian cancer. Upstream signaling of matrix metalloproteinases during ischemia reperfusion. |