Seminar Schedule
A seminar series entitled "Topics in Organogenesis" offers lectures by University of Michigan faculty and invited speakers from outside of the University. All lectures are held on Thursdays at 3:30pm in BSRB seminar room unless otherwise noted. All outside speakers are guests of the Center for Organogenesis. The Center is also actively involved in co-sponsoring invited speakers with various departments within the University.
Fellowship awardees are required to attend this series. Attendance of other students and trainees is strongly encouraged because these seminars expose them to new directions of thought and, new research opportunities that they might not otherwise have encountered within the confines of their own training programs.
CFO Seminar Series - Fall 2009 and Winter 2010
All seminars are held in room BSRB Seminar Room and begin at 4:00pm unless otherwise noted.
| Date & Host | Speaker's Name/Affiliation | Seminar Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9/10/09 Gumucio |
Helen McNeill, Ph.D. Senior Investigator, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Fat-like Cadherins in Flies and Mice |
| 9/17/09 Jun Lin Guan |
Jeffrey Rosen, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology & Medicine, Baylor College | Therapeutic Targeting of Breast Cancer Stem Cells |
| 9/24/09 Cathy Krull |
Lori Sussel, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University | Regulation of Pancreatic Islet Cell Fates |
| 10/8/09 Liangyou Rui and Martin Myers |
Derek LeRoith, Dept. of Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine | The Role of IGF-1 in Growth and Metabolism: Use of Gene Manipulated Mouse Models |
| 10/15/09 Yehoash Raphael |
Andrew Groves, Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College | The First Steps Towards Hearing: The Role of BMP Morphogens and Notch Signals in Building the Cochlea |
| 11/5/09 Deneen Wellik |
Richard Behringer, Dept. of Genetics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Mammalian Reproductive Organ Formation |
| 11/19/09 Phil Gage |
Philippe Soriano, Dept. of Dev. & Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Regulation of Growth Factor Signaling in Mouse Development |
| 12/17/09 Juanita Merchant |
Klaus Kaestner, Dept. of Genetics, Institute of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania | Converting the Intestine to Esophagus: Intestinal Identity and the Homeobox Transcription Factor Cdx2 |
| 1/14/10 |
Haruhiko Koseki, M.D., Ph.D., Group Director, Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, RIKEN, Yokohama Institute, Japan | The Role of Polycomb Body to Mediate Hox Repression |
| 2/11/10 Hammer/Arvan |
Michael German, M.D. Professor in Residence, Clinical Director, & Associate Director; Justine K. Schreyer Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research UCSF Diabetes Center | Islet Development and Diabetes |
| 3/18/10 Donna Martin |
Tony Wynshaw-Boris, M.D., Ph.D. Charles J. Epstein Professor of Human Genetics and Pediatrics Chief, Division of Medical Genetics Department of Pediatrics & Institute of Human Genetics UCSF School of Medicine | Lissencepahly: Mechanistic Insights from Mouse Models and Potential Therapeutic Strategies |
| 3/25/10 Samuelson |
Susan J. Henning, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine & Cellular & Molecular Physiology University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill | The Elusive Intestinal Stem Cell: Progress and Challenges |
| 4/8/10 Andrzej Dlugosz |
Jeremy Reiter, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Researcher UCSF Diabetes Center | TBA |
| 4/15/10 Greg Dressler |
Jeffrey D. Molkentin, Ph.D. Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Children’s Hospital Medical Center Molecular Cardiovascular Biology Cincinnati, OH | Molecular Pathways Controlling Cardiac Hypertrophy |
| 4/22/10 Renny Franceschi and Laurie McCauley |
Thomas L. Clemens, Ph.D. Director of Musculoskeletal Research Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Role of HIF-1 in Skeletal Development, Repair and Mechanosensing |
| 4/29/10 Gary Hammer / Weiss |
Mina J. Bissell, Ph.D. Distinguished Scientist Life Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | Tissue Architecture is the Message: The Role of Extracellular Matrix and Organ Architecture |