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Short Course (CMB 630) The sessions are open to the University community, and attract large audiences who attend for updates on state-of-the-art research. Titles of recent short courses organized by CMB students have been: “Guarding the genome: recognition and repair of DNA damage”, “The Nuts and Bolts of Protein Folding;” and “Stem Cell Biology.” Other short course topics include: “Sensory Genetics” and “The Evolving Genome.” CMB students are currently organizing the next short course on “Frontiers in Signal Transduction.” Short Course FlyerCMB/Genetics Training Programs - Fall 2008 Short Course Programs2008 Fall: Beyond the Hype of Cancer Stem Cells Michael Cleary, M.D., Stanford University: Leukemia stem cells: Lessons from mouse models Owen Witte, M.D., UCLA: Imaging Cancer Immunity with Positron Emission Topography Peter Dirks, M.D., Ph.D, University of Toronto: Tracking the Stem Cells in Human and Mouse Brain Tumors John Dick, Ph.D., University of Toronto: Cancer Stem Cell Concepts Renewed 2008 Winter: Germ Cell Development and Meiosis Judith Kimble, Ph.D., Vilas Professor, Howard Hughes Investigator, University of Wisconsin – Madison: Controls of germline stem cells in c. elegans Terry Orr-Weaver, Ph.D., Member Whitehead Institute, Professor of Biology, MIT: Developmental Regulation of the Meiotic Cell Cycle Dan Camirini-Otero, M.D., Ph.D., Chief NIDDK, National Institutes of Health: Meiotic DNA Double-Strand Break Repair (Homologous Recombination) in Mice and Humans R. Scott Hawley, Ph.D., Investigator, Stowers Institute: The Molecular Genetics of Meiosis 2007 Fall: Cells at the Edge: Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition W. James Nelson, Stanford University: Cell Adhesion and Development of Epithelial Cell Polarity Lee Niswander, University of Colorado: Following Developmental EMT's with Mouse Mutants and Imaging M. Angela Nieto, Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante: The Snail Genes and Cellular Plasticity in Health and Disease Eric G. Neilson, Vanderbilt University: Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Fibrosis and Cancer 2007 Winter: The Evolving Genome Jennifer Graves, The Australian National University: Exploring the genomes of weird mammals Evan Eichler, The University of Washington: Duplications, Disease and the Evolution of the Human Genome Michael Lynch, Indiana University: Origins of Genome Complexity John Rossi, City of Hope National Medical Center: RNA interference: mechanisms and therapeutic applications 2006 Fall: New Frontiers in Signal Transduction Mien-Chie Hung. M.D., Anderson Cancer Center: Nuclear localization of receptor tyrosine kinases and their potential roles as transcription factors Jeff Wrana, Mount Sinai Hospital Research Institute, Ontario, Canada: Use of high-throughput proteomics to study cell signaling pathways and networks. William Tansey, Cold Spring Harbor Labs: Exploring the connection between transcription regulation and ubiquitinmediated proteolysis Natalie Ahn, HHMI, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder: Combining biochemical and molecular biological approaches with new tools in proteomics and mass spectrometry to study mechanisms by which the MAP kinase pathway controls cell growth and differentiation. 2006 Winter: Sensory Genetics Robert Margolskee, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine: Tasteful receptors and gut feelings: more than meets the tongue Martin Chalfie, Columbia University: A protein-lipid complex that transduces touch in C. elegans Thomas Friedman, NIH/NIDCD: Recent advances in the molecular genetics of hereditary hearing loss Samir Deeb, University of Washington: Genetics of variation in human color vision 2005 Fall: Guarding the Genome: Recognition and Repair of DNA Damage Mats Ljungman, University of Michigan: Cellular Responses to DNA-Damaging Agents Phil Hanawalt, Stanford University:The Evolution of Excision-Repair Mechanisms for Genomic Maintenance Mike Kastan, St. Jude Children’s Hospital: Regulating ATM and p53 after DNA Damage Jim Haber, Brandeis University: Checkpoint Responses and Repair of a Broken Chromosome 2005 Winter: The Genetics of Host-Pathogen Interactions William Dietrich, Harvard University: Genetic Dissection of the Mouse Innate Response to Infection Alejandro Aballay, Duke University: Study of Innate Immunity and Bacterial Pathogenesis Using C. elegans Scott Hultgren, Washington University: Biofilms and Pilus Biogenesis in E.coli Michael Malim, King’s College: Innate Response to Retroviral Infection in Human 2004 Fall: The Nuts and Bolts of Protein Folding James Bardwell, University of Michigan: Disulfide Bonds and Protein Folding Marek Michalak, University of Alberta: Protein Folding Chaperones and Embryonic Development Matthew Chapman, University of Michigan: Amyloids: Friend or Foe? Jon Beckwith, Harvard Medical School: Electron Avenue: Pathways of Disulfide Bond Formation, Reduction and Isomerization 2004 Winter: RNA Control of Gene Expression: siRNAs and miRNAs James C. Carrington, Oregon State University: Thinking Small (or How I Learned to Silence Genes and Love RNA) David Turner, University of Michigan: Mechanism of miRNAs and RNAi Ann Rougvie, University of Minnesota: miRNAs and Development Robert Martienssen, Cold Spring Harbor: RNAi and Heterochromatic Silencing 2003 Fall: Stem Cell Biology Sean Morrison, University of Michigan: Introduction to Stem Cell Biology Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, UC San Francisco: The Stem Cell in Your GLIA: Changing Concepts on the Origin of Neurons and Glia in the Brain Stuart Orkin, Harvard University: The Genetic Regulation of Cell Fate Determination in Hematopoiesis John McDonald, Washington University: Reparing the Damaged CNS: From Stem Cells to Activity Based Therapies 2003 Winter: Transcriptional Regulation Sarah Elgin, Washington University: Silence is Golden: Organization of Heterochromatin in Drosophila Michael Levine, University of California Berkeley: Gene Networks that Control Dorsal0Ventral Patterning in the Drosophila Embryo and Notochord Differentiation in the Ciona Tadpole Keith Yamamoto, UCSF: Transcriptional Regulatory Complexes: Combinatorial Assembly and Active Disassembly Danny Reinberg, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey: Chromatin and Its Impact on Gene Expression and Cellular Memory 2002 Fall: Retroviral Evolution and Pathogenesis Alice Telesnitsky, University of Michigan: Introduction to Retroviruses Thomas Eickbush, University of Rochester: Retrotransposable Elements and the Origin of Retroviruses John Coffin, Dir. HIV Drug Resistance Prog NCI: Retrovirus Evolution Kathy Collins, University of Michigan: Retroviral Pathogenesis Robert W. Doms, University of Pennsylvania: HIV Entry Inhibitors: A New Therapeutic Option Robert Gallo, University of Maryland: Some New Concepts of HIV Pathogenesis and Approaches to Preventive Vaccine Dan R. Littman, Skirball Inst Biomolec Med, NYU Med Ctr: Role of Dendritic Cells in Immune Responses and HIV Pathogenesis 2002 Winter: The Evolving Genome S. Blair Hedges, University of Pennsylvania: Genomic Clocks, the Origin of Eukaryotes, and the Early Evolution of Life Nipam Patel, University of Chicago: Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms. Conservatino of Developmental Mechanisms/Genetic Systems Eddy Rubin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Conserved Non-Coding DNA Sequences John Postlethwait, University of Oregon: Gene and Genome Duplication Events 2001 Fall: Apoptosis in Disease and Development Eugene Johnson, Washington University: Mechanisms and Pharmacologic Control of Neuronal Apoptosis Scott Lowe, Cold Spring Harbor: p53 in Tumor Development and Therapy J. Marie Hardwick, John Hopkins University: Mechanisms of Apoptosis and its Role in Viral Pathogenesis John Abrams, UT Southwestern: Apoptosis in Drosophila Development
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Each semester the CMB Program offers a “Short Course” entitled Advanced Topics in Molecular Biology. The course is a mini-symposium composed of a series of 4-5 presentations over several weeks on a specific thematic topic. The topic and speakers are selected by CMB student volunteers. Leading investigators in the field are invited by students to visit the University as symposium speakers. These courses enable students to obtain intensive exposure to high-profile research areas, and to have opportunities to interact with the speakers in multiple contexts, including formal discussions, informal meals, chalk talks, and one-to-one meetings (particularly if they are hosting the speaker). Such interactions have helped some senior CMB students find excellent postdoctoral labs.