| 2007-2008 | 2006-2007 | 2005-2006 |
Past Speakers
2007-2008
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| Date: | Speaker: | Title: |
| 8/24/2006 |
Jon Houtman,
Assistant Professor, Microbiology (Faculty Candidate) |
Investigation of the Activation and Function of the Adapter |
| 8/31/2006 |
Marietta Harrison,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (co-sponsor: Immunology Program, G. Bishop, host) |
Signaling Through the Protein-Tyrosine Kinase Lck |
| 9/8/2006 |
Robert Bacallao,
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN (co-sponsor: Biological Sciences, Retreat Committee, hosts) |
A Serendipitous Finding: The Human Polycycstic Kidney Disease Locus Encodes a Second Transcript, a Novel Extracellular Matrix Protein |
| 9/14/2006 |
Hasimu Hapahake,
Assistant Professor, Pathology (Faculty Candidate) |
The role of TRAF2 phosphorylation in JNK and NF-kB activation |
| 9/21/2006 |
Steven Foung,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA (co-sponsor: Levitt Center, J. Stapleton, host) |
Functional and Structural Organization of Hepatitis C Virus E2 Envelope Glycoprotein |
| 9/28/2006 | Dustin Petrik (Stinski lab), | The autoregulatory and transactivating functions of the human cytomegalovirus IE86 protein use independent mechanisms for promoter binding |
| 10/5/2006 | Roman Rodionov (Lentz lab), | Role of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine (ADMA) in Hyperhomocysteinemia |
| 10/12/2006 |
Phillip Zamore,
University of Massachusetts, Wooster, MA (co-sponsor: Biological Sciences, H. Paulson, host) |
RNAi and other Ancient Pathways Programmed by Small RNA |
| 10/19/2006 | Patricia Kimani (McGowan lab), | The Role of Platelet-derived Growth Factor A in Pulmonary Myofibroblast and Alveolar Development |
| 10/26/2006 |
Craig Morita,
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine (Faculty Candidate) |
Molecular Basis of Nonpeptide Antigen Recognition by gd T Cells |
| 11/2/2006 |
Angela Wandinger-Ness,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (co-sponsor: Pharmacology, M. Gardinier & D. Sheff, hosts) |
Rab7 Regulated Endocytosis and Neurologic Disease |
| 11/9/2006 |
Toshiki Itoh,
Assistant Professor, Pathology (Faculty Candidate) |
Physiological Role of Xeroderma Pigmentosum DDB2 in Carcinogenesis |
| 11/14/2006 |
Ryan Driskell ,
Engelhardt’s Lab |
Wnt3a Regulates Lef-1 Expression During Airway Submucosal |
| 11/16/2006 |
Kris Demali,
Associate Professor, Biochemistry (Faculty Candidate) |
Vinculin: a dynamic regulator of cell adhesion |
| 11/23/2006 | THANKSGIVING BREAK, | |
| 11/27/2006 |
Sebastian Biglione Maury's Lab,
Molecular & Cell Biology |
P-TEFb Complex Ratios during Apoptosis and HIV Replication |
| 11/30/2006 | Xiyou Zhou (Sigmund lab), | Analysis of Human Renin Enhancers in Transgenic Mouse |
| 12/7/2006 | Rotation Talks, | Brian Wasko (Moye-Rowley Lab), Stella Lee (Yeaman Lab), Katherine Vrieze (Weeks Lab) |
| 12/14/2006 | Final Exam Week, | |
| 1/11/2007 |
Christine Hsiao,
(Wilson lab) |
The Major Surface Protease (MSP or GP63) in the Amastigote Life Stage |
| 1/18/2007 |
Andy Wiemer,
(Hohl lab) |
Inhibition of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase by isoprenoid bisphosphonates |
| 1/25/2007 |
Belinda Pinto,
(Geyer lab) |
Using Drosophila as a Model to Understand Human Laminopathies: A Study of dMAN1 |
| 2/1/2007 |
Nick Ettinger,
(Wilson lab) |
Modulation of Early Human Immune Responses by Leishmania chagasi |
| 2/8/2007 |
Kiyoub Park,
(Russo lab) |
Transcriptional Regulation of the Neuropeptide CGRP |
| 2/15/2007 |
Skye Souter,
(Lee lab) |
Tau From Human Prostate Carcinoma Lines |
| 2/15/2007 |
Dustin Petrik (Stinski Lab),
Molecular Cellular Biology |
The Multiple Functions of the Human Cytomegalovirus |
| 2/19/2007 |
Ann Dean,
NIH, Bethesda, MD (MONDAY, 4:00 p.m., 2117 MERF, co-sponsored with Genetics, Hosts: (Pam Geyer and Peter Nagy)) |
Chromatin Structure and Epigenetic Modifications in the Human |
| 3/1/2007 |
Hana Itani,
(Sigmund lab) |
Renin Gene Enhancer Function, Polymorphism, and Response |
| 3/8/2007 |
Nick Andersen,
(Yeaman lab) |
Sec3 Interacts with KifC3, a Plus End Directed Kinesin, at Desmosomes |
| 3/15/2007 | SPRING BREAK, | |
| 3/22/2007 |
R. Dyche Mullins,
UCSF, San Francisco, CA (co-sponsored with Biochemistry, Host: P. Rubenstein) |
The Secret Life of Actin |
| 3/29/2007 |
Craig Howell,
(Washington lab) |
Translesion Synthesis by the Sequential Action of Rev1p and DNA Polymerase Zeta |
| 4/5/2007 |
David Motto,
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine (Faculty Candidate) |
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) in Humans and Mice |
| 4/12/2007 |
Kathleen Green,
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (co-sponsored with Anatomy & Cell Biology, Host: Chuck Yeaman) |
Desmosomes on the Move; Assembly from Organelles to Tissues |
| 4/19/2007 |
Brett Winborn,
(Paulson lab) |
K63-linked and Mixed Linkage Editing Activity of the Neurodegenerative Disease Protein Ataxin-3 |
| 4/19/2007 |
Jennifer Marden,
Engelhardt's Lab (Thesis Defense) |
Dysregulation of NADPH Oxidase in Human Disease |
| 4/19/2007 |
Xiyou (Joe) Zhou,
Sigmund's Lab (Thesis Defense) |
Studies Examining the In Vivo Function of Human Renin Transcriptional Enhancers Using PAC-mediated Recombineering and Transgenesis |
| 4/26/2007 |
Natalie Melrose,
(Kusner lab) |
Sphingosine Kinase 1: Role in Key Macrophage Functions |
| 5/3/2007 | Rebecca Marquez (McCaffrey Lab) Bo Cheng (Price Lab), | Mechanisms of P-TEFb-mediated RNAPII Elongation Control (Cheng) and The Role of miRNAs in Liver Regeneration (Marquez) |
| 5/10/2007 |
John Cooke,
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (co-sponsored with the Cardiovascular Center, Hosts: Roman Rodionov and Steve Lentz, Student Invited Speaker) |
Angiogenesis Mediated by the Endothelial Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor |
| 5/17/2007 | TJ Cradick (McCaffrey lab) and Jim Denker (Zabner lab), | Developing and Testing HBV Sequence-Specific Zinc Finger Nucleases (Cradick) and The Role of MMP-9 in Airway Remodeling (Denker) |
| 5/24/2007 | Rotation Talks, | Brian Wasko (Hohl Lab), Stella Lee (Moye-Rowley Lab), Katherine Vrieze (Maury Lab) |
| 5/31/2007 | Ginny Harris (Paulson lab) and Justin Kaufman (Sheff lab), | Investigating Rab11a Control Over Transferrin Recycling in Polarized Epithelia (Kaufman), Alternative Splicing of Ataxin-3, A Polyglutamine Disease Protein (Harris) |
| 6/7/2007 | Soraya Riley (Moye-Rowley lab) and Alok Shah (Welsh lab), | Loss of Bardet Biedl Syndrome Protein Alters the Morphology and Function of Motile Cilia in Mouse Airway Epithelia (Shah), A Regulatory Connection Between Genes Involved in Sphingolipid Biosynthesis (Riley) |
| 6/28/2007 |
Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre,
Neurology |
DYT1 Dystonia: Exploiting Biological Pathways to Design Novel Therapies |