Past Basic Science Seminars
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A,B & C
Special Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
Deborah L. Gumucio, Ph.D., Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, Director, Center for Organogenesis, University of Michigan
"Cell:Cell Signaling"
10:00-11:00 AM, Palmer Commons, Forum Hall
Medicinal Chemistry Special Seminar
Dr. Ben Shen, Professor of Pharmaceutical Science and Chemistry, Charles M. Johnson Chair in Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin
"Combinatorial Biosynthesis: New Opportunities for Natural Products Chemistry and Drug Discovery"
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2008:
12:00 PM, 5623 Medical Science II, Wheeler Seminar Room
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar
Jay D. Keasling, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, University of California
"Synthetic Biology: From Bugs to Drugs and Fuels"
3:00-4:00 PM, BSRB seminar rooms A, B & C
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Michael Levine, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley
"Transcriptional Precision in the Drosophila Embryo"
4:00 PM -5:00 PM, Forum Hall Auditorium, 4th floor Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology/ Bioinformatics Graduate Program
David Lubensky, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Michigan
“Patterning Neurogenesis: a Dynamical Model of Ommatidial Crystal Formation”
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Special Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
Deborah L. Gumucio, Ph.D., Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, Director, Center for Organogenesis, University of Michigan
"Hedgehog and Wnt Signaling"
12:00 PM, 5623 Medical Science II, Wheeler Seminar Room
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar
Susan M Rosenberg, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
"Mutation as a Stress Response and the Regulation of Evolvability"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Abdul B. Abou-Samra, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of Endocrine Division, Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine
"Molecular and Physiologic Insights into the Function of PTH and Corticotrophin Receptors"
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008:
10:00-11:00 AM, University Hospital 2G321
Thrombosis and Hemostasis Seminar Series
Ross L. Levine, M.D., Geoffrey Beene Junior Chair, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
"Activation of JAK-STAT Signaling in Myeloid Malignancies"
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2008:
4:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Department of Human Genetics
Karen Downs, Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy and Adjunct Curator, the Harland Mossman Embryological Collection, University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum
“Emergence of the Murine Allantois: Complicity of Novel Posterior Elements Ensure the Fetal Connection to its Mother”
4:00-5:00 PM, BSRB, Seminar Rooms A,B,C
CCC Immunology Seminar
Youhai Chen M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
“Turning off Toll-like Receptor Signaling: Innate and Feedback Regulators”
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2008:
8:00 AM- 4:30 PM, 4th Floor of Rackham
Department of Pharmacology Annual Retreat
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Francis Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Psychiatry, Associate Attending Psychiatrist, Weill Cornell Medical College
"Functional Analysis of a Human Genetic Variant BDNF"
12:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, Cardiovascular Center
Health Informatics Grand Rounds
Don E. Detmer, M.D., M.A., President and Chief Executive Officer, American Medical Informatics Association
"Organizing Informatics at Michigan for Health, Care, Education, and Research"
Watch Grand Rounds remotely using Adobe Connect. Registration is required for online viewing, e-mail (adobe.connect.pilot@umich.edu) to register.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Biomedical Science Research Bldg (BSRB), Seminar Rooms A, B, & C
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Thomas Kerppola, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan
"Seeing is Perceiving: Insights from Direct Imaging of Protein Interactions and Modifications in Living Cells (and Animals)"
12:00-1:00 PM, 2903 LRC (Frederick Neidhardt Lecture Hall)
Graduate Program in Immunology Seminar Series
Xiao-Hong Sun, Ph.D., Member, Eli Lilly Distinguished Chair, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
"Notch-induced Protein Degradation and Hematopoietic Lineage Decisions"
3:30-5:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing,Balance, and Chemical Senses Seminar Series
Margit Burmeister, Ph.D., Research Professor, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan
"Combining Genetic and Gene Expression Analysis to Identify Deafness and Ataxia Genes"
4:00-5:00 PM, Forum Hall Auditorium, Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology/Bioinformatics Program
Daniel Forger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan
“Voter Fraud in the SCN: Detecting the Crimes of Biological Timekeeping”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Evan Rosen, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
"Novel Transcriptional Pathways in Adipocyte Biology "
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, 2733 Furstenberg
Center for Organogenesis Special Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
K. Sue O'Shea, Ph.D., Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
"Stem Cell Properties as Determined through the Study of Hematopoietic Stem Cells"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Rob Knight, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder
"Defining a Core Human Microbiome"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference (MEND)
Gary D. Hammer, M.D., Ph.D., Millie Schembechler Professor of Adrenal Cancer; Director, Endocrine Oncology Program-Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan
"Wnt Signaling in Adrenal Stem/Progenitor Cells: Implications for Cancer"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 4234, Med. Sci. I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Chandan Kumar, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan
"Detection of Gene Fusions in Cancer through the use of Transcriptome Sequencing - a New Class of Mutations??"
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008:
9:00-10:00 AM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Center for Chemical Genomics Colloquium Series, Life Sciences Institute
Daniel A. Lawrence, Ph.D., Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
"Development of Small Molecule Inhibitors of PAI-1: Therapeutic Targeting of a Metastable Protein"
3:30-4:30 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Neuroimmunology Lecture Series
Michael Racke, M.D., Professor of Neurology and Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics and The Helen C. Kurtz Chair in Neurology, The Ohio State University Medical Center
"Transcriptional Regulations of Encephalitogenic T-Cells"
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2008:
11:30 AM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Department of Chemical Engineering
George Church, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics; Director, Center for Computational Genetics, Harvard Medical School
"Programming Human, Bacterial, and In Vitro Genomes”
4:00 PM, 3330 Med. Sci. I (Coon Lecture Hall)
Department of Human Genetics
George Church, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics; Director, Center for Computational Genetics, Harvard Medical School
"Technologies for Personal Genomics: Exomes, Allele-Specific-RNAs,Microbiomes, VDJomes"
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A,B,C, 109 Zina Pitcher Place
Special Lecture Series on Stem Cell Organogenesis
Sean Morrison, Ph.D., Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology; Associate Research Investigator, Life Sciences Institute; Professor, Internal Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics; Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology; Investigator, HHMI; University of Michigan
"Stem Cell Properties as Determined Through the Study of Hematopoietic Stem Cells"
4:00-5:30 PM, 1655 SPH Crossroads, School of Public Health
The Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health and the University of Michigan's Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program
Dan G. Blazer, M.D., Ph.D., JP Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry, Community and Family Medicine, Duke University
“Major Depression and its Social Origins: Are We Poised for a New Social Psychiatry?”
RSVP required to (csephlectures@umich.edu).
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008:
10:00 AM, Danto Auditorium, Cardiovascular Center
A. Alfred Taubman Lectureship
Dr. Miguel Weil, Life Sciences Professor, Tel Aviv University
“Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine”
This is also the launch of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute-Israel Initiative, which will encourage collaborations between the leading scientists at the University of Michigan and Israeli research centers.
12:00 PM, Room 2736 Med. Sci. II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Nicholas D. Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Wayne State University
"Protein Palmitoylation in Yeast and at the Synapse"
3:30-5:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar Series
Carey D. Balaban Ph.D., Professor, Eye & Ear Institute, University of Pittsburgh
"A Sense of Balance: Translational Approaches to Understanding the Co-morbidity of Balance Disorders, Migraine and Anxiety Disorders"
4:00-5:00 PM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology/Bioinformatics Program
Sofia D. Merajver, M.D., Ph.D., Profesor of Internal Medicine, Scientific Director, Breast Cancer Research Program, University of Michigan; Director, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Evaluation Program, University of Michigan
“A Two-way Trip from Clinics to the Lab”
4:00-5:00 PM, 2C108 University Hospital
Surgery Research Series Lecture
Dr. Marilia Cascalho, Associate Professor of Surgery and Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan
"B Cell Memory and Cancer"
4:30-6:30 PM, Ford Theater, University Hospital
Free Screening of "In the Family" (a documentary film about predictive genetic testing)
Followed by expert panel featuring Joanna Rudnick, film maker
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A,B,C, 109 Zina Pitcher Place
Special Lecture Series on Stem Cell Organogenesis
Max Wicha, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology; Director, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
"Cancer Stem Cells"
4:00 PM, 7745 Med. Sci. II
The Center for Organogenesis Seminar Lecture Series
Co-Sponsored by the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, and the Reproductive Sciences Program
T. Rajendra Kumar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center
"Regulation of Somatic & Germ Cell Development in the Postnatal Mouse Testis"
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2008:
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics/Chem Bio Seminar Series
Keith Moffat, Ph.D., Division of Biological Sciences, University of Chicago
"How Do Molecules Respond to Light? Studies by Static and Time-resolved Crystallography"
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Ivan Maillard, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
“Hematopoietic Stem Cells in the Line of Fire”
4:00 PM ,3330 Med. Sci. I (Coon Lecture Hall)
Next-Generation Sequencing Seminar Series
Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., Scientific Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Health
"Fulfilling the Promise of a Sequenced Human Genome"
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A-C
Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
Gary Smith, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor of Ob/Gyn, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Urology, and Reproductive Sciences Program, University of Michigan
"Pre-implantation Embryology and Human Embryonic Stem Cells"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, 7745 Med Sci Bldg II
CVC Basic Science Research Seminar Series
Daniel Lawrence, Ph.D., Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Michigan
"Targeting PAI-1 in Vascular and Fibrotic Disease"
1:00-2:00 PM, BSRB, Ground Floor, Seminar Room A, B & C
Center for Stem Cell Biology
Lawrence Goldstein, Ph.D., Director, UC San Diego Stem Cell Program; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego
“Linking Stem Cells and Molecular Motors to Signaling and Neurodegenerative Disease”
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 2736, Med.Sci. II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. David E. Smith, John G. Wagner Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan
"Significance of PEPT1 and PEPT2 in Drug Absorption, Disposition, and Dynamics: Lessons Learned from Transgenic Mice"
12:00-1:00 PM, BSRB, seminar rooms A. B & C, ground level
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
W. Zacheus Cande, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
"A Tale of Two Nuclei: Meiotic Chromosome Behavior in Giardia and Maize”
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Donna W. Whitlon, Ph.D., Department of Otolaryngology, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
“Spiral Ganglion Neurons in Vitro: Implications for Neurite Regeneration in Cochlea”
4:00-5:00 PM, Great Lakes South, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology/Bioinformatics Program
Alexander Tsodikov, Ph.D., Professor of Biostatistics, School of Information, University of Michigan
“Computational Predictive Modeling of the Impact of Screening and Treatment on Population Trends in Cancer”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Malcolm Low, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University
"Propiomelanocortin Neurons, Circuits, and Genetics Underlying Energy Homeostasis"
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A-C
Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
Andrzej Dlugosz, M.D., Professor of Dermatology, University of Michigan
"Epithelial Stem Cells in Skin"
10:30-11:30 AM, 4234 Medical Science 1
Faculty Candidate Seminar, Molecular Oncology, Department of Pathology
Hui Li, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Yale University
"New Paradigms in Cancer Biology: Lessons from Endometrial Stroma Tumors"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
David Roodman, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
"Novel Targets for Myeloma Bone Disease"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Craig E. Cameron, Ph.D., Paul Berg Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University
"RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase (In)fidelity: Mechanisms, Consequences and Applications"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 4234, Med. Sci. I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
James Varani, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan
"Connective Tissue Damage during Skin Aging: Mechanisms and Consequences"
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 1640, Chemistry Bldg.
Department of Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Tracy Ravio, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
"The E. coli Cpx Envelope Stress Response, an Emergency Shut-off Valve to Stem Protein Traffic in the Envelope?"
1:45 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Donald Henderson, Ph.D., Professor of Departments of Communication Disorder and ENT Center for Hearing & Deafness, SUNY
“Age Related Hearing Loss: Possible Intervention Strategies”
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2008:
4:00 PM, 3330 Med. Sci. I (Coon Lecture Hall)
Next-Generation Sequencing Seminar Series
Peter Park, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics, Associate Scientific Staff, Division of Endocrinology Children's Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School
“Statistical Issues in ChIP-seq and its Application to Dosage Compensation in Drosophila”
5:00 PM, BSRB Auditorium
The Inaugural Collegiate Professorship in Pathology Research
James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the inauguration of the Collegiate Professorship in Pathology Research and the installation of Gregory R. Dressler, Ph.D., as the first Collegiate Professor of Pathology Research.
For more information, email Flora Ferrara or call 734-998-6605.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A-C
Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
Yukiko Yamashita, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Life Sciences Institute and Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
"The Fly as a Stem Cell Model"
12:00-1:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med. Sci. II
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Tom Ellenberger, D.V.M., Ph.D., Wittcoff Professor, Department Head of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University
"Mechanism of Srs2, an Antirecombinase that Dismantles Rad51 Filaments"
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008:
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Bruce L. Tempel, Ph.D. Professor, V. M. Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington
"Calcium Regulation in the Auditory System: the Role of PCMA2 in Transduction and Transmission"
4:00-5:00 PM, Forum Hall, 4th Floor, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology and Bioinformatics Program
James E. Ferrell Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University
“Systems Biology of Mitosis”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A-C
Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
Gary Hammer, M.D., Ph.D., Millie Schembechler Professor of Adrenal Cancer, Departmen of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan
"Adrenal Stem Cells"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Dan Littman, Ph.D., M.D., Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Professor of Molecular Immunology and Professor of Pathology and Microbiolgy, New York University, Langone Medical Center
"Lineage Decisions in Thymocyte and Effector T cell Differentiation"
12:00-1:00 PM, 5915 Buhl Research Center (West end of Medical Science II)
The A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute “Taubman Talks” Brown Bag Lunch
Diane Boius, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow
“Bimodal Effects of CD73 on Atherosclerosis”
and
Danica Petrovic-Djergovic, Ph.D., Research Fellow
“The Role of CD73 in Brain Ischemia”
12:00-1:00 PM, Room G550, Kellogg Building, School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series, co-sponsored by TEAM (Tissue Engineering at Michigan)
Shuichi Takayama, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
"Micro- and Nanofluidics for Cellular Physiology Studies"
4:00 PM, Ford Auditorium, University Hospital
The Inaugural Alice Lohrman Andrews Research Professorship
James O. Woolliscroft, M.D., dean of the Medical School, cordially invites you to the inauguration of the Alice Lohrman Andrews Research Professorship and the installation of Anna Suk-Fong Lok, M.D., as the first Andrews Professor.
For more information, email Dawn Bednarski or call 734-998-7622.
4:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A, B, C
Organogenesis Seminar Series
David Rowitch, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery, UCLA
"A Developmental Perspective on Neurological Disease"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 4234, Med. Sci. I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Jinrong Min, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics; Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto
"Structural Studies of Chromatin Remodeling Proteins"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Domenico Accili, M.D., Director, Columbia University Diabetes & Endocrinology Research Center, Professor of Medicine, College of Physicians& Surgeons of Columbia University, Columbia University
"Forkhead Proteins in Insulin Action"
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008:
12:10-1:10 PM, Room 1640 Chemistry Building
Department of Molecular, Cellular, Developmental, Biology Seminar Series
Dejian Ren, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
"Sodium Leak Channel: Roles in Neuronal Excitability and Biological Rhythms"
4.00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med. Sci. II
University of Michigan Postdoc Association (UMPDA) Career Development Seminar Series
Chad Hershock Ph.D., Assistant Director, Science Initiatives, CRLT, University of Michigan
"Developing your Teaching Philosophy Statement"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 2736 Med. Sci. II
2008 Pharmacology Outstanding Alumna
Jean S. Beebe, Ph.D., Development Team Leader, Inflammation, Pfizer Global Research & Development
"Finding the Needle in the Haystack - A Perspective on Discovery and Development of New Drugs"
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Kenneth J. Pienta, M.D., Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Urology; Co-Director, Prostate/Urologic Oncology Program, University of Michigan
“The Role of CCL2 in Prostate Cancer”
1:30-2:30 PM, 4234 Medical Science 1
Pathology Faculty Candidate Seminar
Ron Firestein, M.D., Ph.D., Instructor in Pathology, Harvard University
"Identification of a New Colon Cancer Oncogene Using an Integrated Genomic and Genetic Approach"
4:00-5:00 PM, 1230 USB
Neuroscience Graduate Program Seminar Series
Bruce McEwen, Ph.D., Alfred E. Mirsky Professor; Head, Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University
"Stress, Sex and Cognitive Processes: Role of Neuronal Remodeling"
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, 2813 Med. Sci. II
Center for Organogenesis Special Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
Deborah Gumucio, Ph.D., Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
"Gut Stem Cells"
12:00 PM, 2260 USB
Pfizer Lectureship in Sleep
Allan Pack, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology and Chief of the Divison of Sleep Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
"Geonomic Approaches to the Study of Sleep"
4:00-5:00 PM, M1122 SPH II
Interdisciplinary Group Seminar (IGS)
Jeffrey C. Long, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan
"DNA Sequence Variation in Human Populations"
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2008:
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, BSRB Auditorium
Ken Casey Lecture on Pain
Dr. John Griffin, Director of the Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute (BSI)
"Painful Small Fiber Neuropathy: Remak's Fibers and Schwann's Cells"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 2736 MS II
Department of Pharmacology presents the Maurice Seevers Memorial Lecture
Robert R. Ruffolo, Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Eng., President, Research & Development at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Senior Vice President of Wyeth Corporation
"The Trials and Tribulations Behind a Medical Breakthrough: The Discovery and Development of Coreg (Carvedilol) for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure"
12:00-1:00 PM, Palmer Commons, Great Lakes Room
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Scott G. Kennedy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Genetics and Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin
"Small Regulatory RNA-driven Termination of Transcription?"
3:00 PM, Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690, SPH Tower
Department of Epidemiology Faculty Candidate
Ana Baylin, M.D., Dr.P.H., Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences, Department of Community Health, Brown University
“Epidemiologic Studies of Diet and Coronary Heart Disease in Costa Rica”
3:45 PM Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
James Christopher Post, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery, Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel College of Medicine
"Biofilms in Otolalryngology"
4:00-5:00, Palmer Commons, Forum Hall
Center for Computational Medicine and Biollogy/Bioinformatics Program
Alexey Kondrashov, Ph.D., Andrei R Skovoroda Collegiate Professor, Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan
“Is There any Future for Evolutionary Genomics?”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A, B,C
Center for Organogenesis Special Lecture Series in Cardiac Organogenesis
Zhe Han, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
"Genetic Control of Heart Development in Drosophila"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room G550, School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Timothy Wright, D.D.S., M.S., Chair, Bawden Distinguished Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina
"Amelogenesis Imperfecta: Phenotype-Genotype Relationships"
12:00-1:00 PM, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
James E.K. Hildreth, Ph.D., M.D., Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University; Director, NIH Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research
"Role of Proteins Involved in Cholesterol Homeostasis in HIV Replication"
12:10 PM, Room 3114, Medical Science I
Reproductive Sciences Program Seminar
Patricia Tithof, D.V.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Univ. of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
"Role of Phospholipase A2 in Reproduction"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 4234, Medical Science I Bldg.
Pathology Research Seminar
Mats Ljungman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan
"ATDC - Double Trouble in Pancreatic Cancers by Stimulating Cell Proliferation and Participating in the DNA Damage Response"
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2008:
11:45 AM, Garden Level Auditorium, Rachel Upjohn Building
Depression Center Colloquium Series
Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Physiological Science, University of California, Los Angeles
and
Simon J. Evans, Ph.D., research assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
"Essentially Fatty Acids: From Mood to Metabolism and Back Again"
12:15-1:15 PM, Room 1640, Chemistry Building
Department of Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Laurie Smith, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California-San Diego
“Asymmetric Cell Division in Plants”
3:30-4:30 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Neuroimmunology Lecture Series
Phillip Popovich, Ph.D., Ray W. Poppleton Research Chair, Director, Center for Brain & Spinal Cord Repair, Ohio State University
"Manipulating the Immune System to Promote Spinal Cord Repair"
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Life Sciences Institute Library, 3rd Floor-Lobby
CCG User Forum, Sponsored by the Center for Chemical Genomics, Life Sciences Institute
Martha Larsen, Director, High Throughput Screening Laboratory
“Principles of HTS: small molecules, high-content screening and siRNA”
Abstract: High-Throughput Screening involves methods, techniques and instrumentation to test large collections of small molecules and natural products for target-based leads to exploit for drug design and biological tools. The Center for Chemical Genomics (CCG) will soon be expanding its current collection and its screening format to include siRNA and HCI (high-content imaging), offering researchers more options for target and pathway discovery.
Information on the CCG website: http://www.lsi.umich.edu/ccg
4:00 PM, 7745 Med. Sci. II (note day change)
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Lyndon Mitnaul, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Merck and Company, Inc.
“High-throughput siRNA Screening for Regulators of Lipid Metabolism”
4:00 PM, 3330 Med. Sci. I (Coon Lecture Hall)
Next-Generation Sequencing Seminar Series
Michael Snyder, Ph.D., Lewis B. Cullman Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
“Analyzing Variation & Regulatory Networks Using Omic Technologies”
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Special Lecture Series in Cardiac Organogenesis
Mark Russell, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, Aaron Stern Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan
"Myofibril Assembly and Flow-Mediated Growth"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 6311, Med. Sci. I
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Daniel E. Torres Pazmino, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Researcher, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Netherlands
"Molecular Resesign of Baeyer-Villiger Monooxygenases - Understanding and Improvement of their Biocatalytic Properties"
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2008:
3:30 -4:30 PM Great Lakes South 4th Floor Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology/Bioinformatics Program
Steven Altschuler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Southwestern University
“Interpreting Cellular Heterogeneity”
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminars
Paul Kileny, Ph.D., Professor of Otorhinolaryngology and Director of Speech and Audio, University of Michigan
"The Role of Clinical Neurodiagnostic Measures in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hearing Loss in Infants: Auditory Neuropathy and Congenital Temporal Bone Anomolies"
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, 2710 Furstenberg
Special Lecture Series in Cardiac Organogenesis
Didier Stainier, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
"Heart Formation, Function and Regeneration in Zebrafish"
12:00-1:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Department of Ophthalmology Vision Research Seminar Series
Stephen C. Massey, Ph.D., Professor and Research Director, Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Texas - Houston Medical School
"Gap Junctions in the Mammalian Retina "
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Harry L.T. Mobley, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan
"Proteus mirabilis and Complicated Urinary Tract Infection: A Model for Microbial Pathogenesis"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room G550, School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Eric S. Krukonis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan
"The Role of Adhesins in Plague Pathogenesis"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes (MEND) Research Conference
Gina M. Leinninger, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan
"Leptin Acts Via Neurotensin-Containing Lateral Hypothalamic Leptin Receptor Neurons to Regulate the Mesolimbic Dopamine System and Feeding"
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2008:
12:00 PM, MCHC Auditorium
Head and Neck SPORE Seminar Series
Jay Boyle, M.D., Head and Neck Surgeon, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
"Tobacco Smoke Carcinogenesis and Novel Targets for Cancer Prevention"
12:15-1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Building
Department of Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Sanja Roje, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University
“Flavin Nucleotide Metabolism: Understanding the Biosynthesis and Hydrolysis of FMN and FAD in Plants"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 1300, Chemistry Bldg.
Biophysics/ChemBio Seminar Series
James Bowie, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA
“Forces That Drive Membrane Protein Folding”
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2008:
4:00-5:00 PM, 1230 Undergraduate Science Building
Neuroscience Program Seminar, cosponsored by the Center for Organogenesis
Luis Puelles, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neuroanatomy, Murcia University, Spain
“Advances in Developmental Gene-architecture of the Avian Pretectum and Medulla Oblongata”
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2008:
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Great Lakes South, Palmer Commons
Special Center for Computational Medicine and Biology and Next-Generation Sequencing Seminar
Dr. Thomas Werner, CEO & CSO, Genomatix Software, Ann Arbor, MI
“Next Generation Transcriptome Analysis: Shattering the Glass Ceiling of Prior Knowledge”
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 7745, Medical Science II
Cardiovascular Basic Science Research Seminar
Mark Russell, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan
"A Call to Order: the Role of Obscurin in Structural Maturation of the Cardiac Myocyte"
5:00 PM, Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
The Dean’s Lecture
John Delancy, M.D., Norman F. Miller Collegiate Professor of Gynecology, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan
"Unspeakable Women's Problems; Imaging, Modeling, Insight and Change"
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 2736, Med. Sci. II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Jiandie Lin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
"The PGC-1 Coactivator Networks in the Control of Circadian Clock and Energy Metabolism"
3:00 PM, BSRB Auditorium
John Seely Brown Symposium on Technology and Society
“Should we Privatize Knowledge… or Champion Open Access?
Sponsored by the University of Michigan School of Information
Keynote address: Brewster Kahle, Founder and Digital Librarian, the Internet Archive
Panel:
Paul Courant, Dean of U-M Libraries, Professor of Economics, Public Policy, and Information
Jessica Litman, Professor of Law and Information, University of Michigan
John Seely Brown, former VP and Chief Scientist, Xerox Corp
For more information, visit (http://www.si.umich.edu/jsb/).
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Hearing Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
David Z. Z. He, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Sciences,Creighton University
"Mechanoelectrical and Electromechanical Transduction of Cochlear Outer
Hair Cells"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 2C108 UH
Department of Surgery Research Seminar Series: "Cancer Biology"
David Beer, Ph.D., Professor, Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan
"Identifying Genomic Alterations in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma for Translation into Clinical Practice"
4:00 -5:00 PM Great Lakes South, Palmer Commons
The Center for Computational Medicine and Biology and Bioinformatics Progam
Wei Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego
“Deciphering Biological Codes: from Protein Recognition to Histone Modification”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, 3818 Medical Science II
Special Lecture Series in Cardiac Organogenesis
Robert Wessells, Ph.D., Clinical Lecturer in Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
"Age Related Changes in Cardiac Function"
10:00 AM, 3330 Med. Sci. I (Coon Lecture Hall)
Next-Generation Sequencing Seminar Series
Richard Gibbs, Ph.D., Director, Human Genome Sequencing Center; Wofford Cain Professor of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
”Human Genomes and Human Genetics: Working Both Sides of the Canal”
12:00 PM, 2036 Palmer Commons
National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics Tools and Technology
Sharon Lewis, Ph.D., Langston University
"Molecular Genetic Analysis of COMT in Bipolar Disorder"
12:00-1:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Vision Research Seminar Series
Cathy Tsilfidis, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Vision, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa
"Anti-apoptotic Therapy for the Treatment of Retinal Degeneration"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Roberto Cattaneo, Ph.D., Molecular Virology and Experimental Therapeutics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic
"Measles Virus Tropism: Analysis and Reprogramming"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism Endocrinology & Diabetes (MEND) Research Conference
David D'Alessio, M.D., Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Albert Vontz Chair in Diabetes Research, University of Cincinnati
"Neuroendocrine Mediation of the incretin effect: GLP-1 as a link between the CNS and peripheral metabolism"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 4234, Med. Sci. I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Alexey Nesvizhskii, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan
"Analysis of Protein Complexes and Interaction Networks Using Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics"
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Neuroimmunology Lecture Series
Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D., Director, Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Medical Center; Wolf-Pack Chair in Neuroscience, Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, George Washington University School of Medicine
"Gliogenesis and Glial Regeneration in the Postnatal Brain"
12:15-1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Department
Nick Davis, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor of Pharmacology, Wayne State University
“Protein Palmitoylation in Yeast and at the Synapse”
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Chem Bio/Biophysics Seminar Series
Andrea Mattevi, Ph.D., University of Pavia (Italy)
“Monoamine Oxidases and LSD1: Similar Chemistry for Neurotransmitter Metabolism and Chromatin Remodelling”
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2008:
12:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Cancer Center Grand Rounds
Suzanne J. Baker, Ph.D., associate member, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
"PTEN Function in Brain: Development, Homeostasis and Tumorigenesis"
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2008:
8:30-10:00 AM, 2813 Med. Sci. II
Special Lecture Series in Cardiac Organogenesis
David Pinsky, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan
“Molecular Regulation of Repair”
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 6311, Medical Science I Building
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Dr. Susan K. Buchanan, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
"Import and Export Across the Bacterial Outer Membrane"
4:00-5:00 PM, M1122 SPH II
Interdisciplinary Group Seminar (IGS)
Juan Pedro Steibel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science & Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
"Linear Mixed Models Based Design and Analysis of Gene Expression Experiments Using Two Color Microarrays and qPCR. Applications to Swine Functional Genomics"
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, BSRB seminar room A, B & C
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Daniel Suter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Purdue University
“Integration of Sensory, Signaling and Motile Functions in the Neuronal Growth Cone”
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 2736 Med. Sci. II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
S. Stoney Simons Jr., Ph.D., Steroid Hormones Section, Chief, Clinical Endocrinology Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
"The Rewards of Pharmacological and Enzymological Approaches to Examining the Mechanism of Steroid Hormone Receptors"
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Brett R. Schofield, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
"Acetylcholine and Brainstem Auditory Pathways"
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Sonia Najjar, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology; Director, Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Research (CeDER), Toledo Medical College
"CEACAM1: Insulin Resistance, Obesity and NASH"
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008:
8:30-10:00 am, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Special Lecture Series in Cardiac Organogenesis
Margaret Westfall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery and Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan
"Underlying Molecular Mechanisms in Heart Failure"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Robert Britton, Ph.D., Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Department of Microbiologya nd Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University
"Uncovering Mechanisms Important for Probiotic Function"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room G-550, Dental School
OHS/TEAM Seminar Series
David Mooney, Ph.D., Gordon McKay Professor of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
"Materials to Program Cells in Situ"
4:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Organogenesis Seminar
Gail Prins, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology, Deptartments of Urology, Physiology, Biophysics, University of Illinois - Chicago
"Molecular Signaling Pathways that Regulate Prostate Gland Development"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 4234 Medical Science Bldg. I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Anuska V. Andjelkovic-Zochowska, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Pathology and Neurosurgery, University of Michigan
"The Molecular Basis of Brain Endothelial Barrier Regulation: from Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Application"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
Joseph Bass, M.D., Ph.D., Head, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine & ENHRI
"The New Biology of Molecular Clocks and Metabolism"
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008:
10:30-11:30 AM, Life Sciences Institute Library, 3rd Floor, Lobby
The Center for Structural Biology, Life Sciences Institute
Clara KielKopf, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
"Molecular Mechanisms of 3' Splice Site Recognition"
12:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Steven Reyburn Goldring, M.D., St. Giles Chair and Chief Scientific Officer, Hospital for Special Surgery in New York; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
"Mechanisms of Pathologic Bone Remodeling: Pathology Teaches Physiology"
12:10-1:10 PM, Room 1640, Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Department Seminar Series
Dr. Yishi Jin, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biology, University of California-San Diego
“Synaptogenesis and Axon Regeneration in C. elegans”
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics/Chem Bio Seminar Series
Michael Feig, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Michigan State University
"Dynamics of Membrane-bound Peptides from Computer Simulations"
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
David J. Fink, M.D., Robert W. Brear Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan
“Gene Therapy for Pain: A Phase 1 Trial in Patients with Cancer Pain”
***Note: Location Change***
4:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Next-Generation Sequencing Seminar Series
Elliott Margulies, Ph.D., Head, Genome Informatics Section; Investigator, Genome Technology Branch, National Institute of Health
“Whole Genome Sequencing and Analysis using the Illumina Genome Analyzer”
4:00-5:00 PM, Biomedical Science Research Building, Seminar Rooms ABC
The Cancer Immunology Program
Boris Reizis, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Columbia University
“Transcriptional Regulation of Dendritic Cell Development and Homeostasis”
4:00-5:00 PM, 1230 Undergraduate Science Building (USB)
Neuroscience Program Seminar
Brandon Aragona, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
“’Real-time' Dopamine Transmission and Cocaine Reinforcement”
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008:
2:00-3:00 PM, M5330, Med. Sci I
CMB/Genetics Training Programs - Fall 2008 Short Course: Beyond the Hype of Cancer Stem Cells
Michael Cleary, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics, Stanford University
"Leukemia Stem Cells: Lessons from Mouse Models"
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 2736, Med. Sci. II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. Michael D. Ehlers, Professor and Wakeman Scholar, Investigator, Howard Hughes Institute; Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center
"Protein Machinery for Postsynaptic Plasticity"
3:00 PM, Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690, SPH Tower
Department of Epidemiology Seminar Series
Guilherme Werneck, M.D., D.Sc., Assistant Professor Department of Epidemiology, State University of Rio de Janeiro; Visiting Scholar, Department of Endemic Diseases, National School of Public Health, FIOCRUZ
"Potential Uses of Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing for the Control of Vector-borne Diseases: the Case of Visceral Leishmaniasis Urbanization in Brazil"
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Edward J. Walsh, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Otolaryngology, Boys Town National Research Hospital
"Thyroid Hormone and the Development of the Inner Ear: Lessons from the Tshr Hypothyroid Mouse"
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Zhingang He, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School & Children's Hospital
"Mechanisms of Axon Regeneration"
4:00-5:00 PM, Forum Hall Auditorium, Palmer Commons
The Center for Computational Medicine and Biology and Bioinformatics Program
Kevin Coombes, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Applied Mathematics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
“Bimodality as a Tool for Exploring Large Gene Expression Datasets”
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2008:
10:00-11:00 AM, 4234 Medical Science 1
Department of Pathology Faculty Candidate Lecture
Vu Ngo, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH
"Cancer Pathway Discovery using RNA Interference Screen"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Barbara Sherry, Ph.D., Department of Virology, North Carolina State University
"Straight from the Heart: the Cardiac Response to Viral Infection"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room G550, School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Helena Ritchie, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan
“Dentin Sialoprotein and Phosphophoryn: Beyond Tooth Mineralization”
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Conference
Carol F. Elias, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Hypothalmic Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"The Ventral Premammillary Nucleus: a Key Site for Leptin Action to Induce Puberty"
4:00-5:00 PM, 4234 Med Sci I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Yali Dou, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan
"Coordinate Functions of Chromatin Modifying Enzymes"
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2008:
12:15-1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Bldg.
MCDB Seminar Series
Daniel Kliebenstein, Ph.D., Department of Plant Sciences, University of California-Davis
“Systems Analysis of Developmental and Regulatory Complexity Underlying an Adaptive Trait in Plant/Insect Interactions”
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 1300, Chemistry
Chem Bio/Biophysics Seminar Series
John Blanchard, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
“Tuberculosis: Potential Targets and Solutions”
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2008:
10:00-11:00 AM, 4234 Medical Science 1
Department of Pathology Faculty Candidate Seminar
M. Ben Major, Ph.D., HHMI Postdoctoral Associate, HHMI and Washington University School of Medicine
"New Regulators of Wnt/beta-catenin Signal Transduction in Human Cancer"
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2008:
11:15 AM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Jian Zuo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
“Cochlear Amplification and Hair Cell Regeneration in Mice”
11:30-12:30 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med. Sci. II
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Yi Zheng, Ph.D., Professor, Cell Signaling Program, Div. of Experimental Hematology, University of Cincinnati
"Rho Family GTPases: Biology and Rationalized Small Molecular Targeting”
12:15-1:15 PM, South Lecture Hall, 3699 Med. Sci. II
Graduate Program in Immunology Seminar Series
Charles Sentman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School
"NK Cell Receptors in Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy of Cancer"
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Tracy Anthony, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine
"GCN2: It's Amino World Without It"
4:00-5:00 PM, 2C108 University Hospital
Department of Surgery Research Seminar Series: "Cancer Biology"
Pan Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan
"Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α and Lymphoma Cancer Stem Cells"
4:00 -5:00 PM, Forum Hall Auditorium, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology/Bioinformatics Program
Jeremy Taylor, Ph.D., Professor of Biostatistics, Director of Biostatistics Core, University of Michigan Cancer Center
“Individualized Prediction for Prostate Cancer Patients Following Radiation Therapy: an Aid to Clinical Decision Making”
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Ricardo Teles, D.D.S., D.M.Sc., Associate Member of the Staff, Department of Periodontology, Forsyth Institute, Boston, MA
"The Impact of Subgingival Biofilms on GCF Cytokine Expression in Peri-implant Health and Disease"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Kasturi Haldar, Ph.D., Director, Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, University of Notre Dame
"Pathogenic Secretomes: from Genomics to Molecular Function"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Conference
Gregory D. Cartee, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Michigan
"AS160 and TBC1D1: Their Regulation and Roles in Glucose Transport of Skeletal Muscle"
4:00-5:00 PM, 4234 Medical Science Bldg. I
Pathology Research Seminar
Anne-Claude Gingras, Ph.D., Investigator, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
"Functional Proteomics of Serine/Threonine Phosphatases in Health and Disease"
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008:
10:30-11:30 AM, Life Sciences Institute Library, 3rd Floor Lobby
Center for Structural Biology, Life Sciences Institute
Eric H. Xu, Ph.D., Distinguished Scientific Investigator, Laboratory of Structural Sciences, Van Andel Institute
"Structural Biology and Drug Discovery of Nuclear Hormone Receptor"
12:15-1:15 PM, Room 1640, Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Department Seminar Series
Dr. David Thanassi, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology, SUNY - Stony Brook
“Pilus Biogenesis at the Bacterial Outer Membrane by the Twin-Pores Usher Complex”
1:50-2:50 PM, BSRB Auditorium
CMB/Genetics Training Programs - Fall 2008 Short Course: Beyond the Hype of Cancer Stem Cells
Co-Sponsored by the UMCCC Fall Cancer Symposium
Owen Witte, M.D., Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics; President's Chair in Developmental Immunology; Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA. Founding Director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA
"Imaging Cancer Immunity with Positron Emission Tomography"
4:00-5:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med. Sci. II
UMPDA Career Development Seminar Series
Vic DiRita, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School
"Academic Job Searches"
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Bruce G. Redman, D.O., Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan
“Kidney Cancer: What Is The Target?”
2:00-4:00 PM, Towsley Education Center
Pediatric Research Symposium Poster Session
Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases
4:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom) **NOTE LOCATION**
Department of Human Genetics Seminar Series
Abby Dernburg, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Berkeley
“Recognizing the Right Partner: Chromosome Dynamics during Meiosis”
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008:
8:00 AM-2:30 PM, MCHC Auditorium & Towsley Education Center
Pediatric Research Symposium – Plenary Session and Breakout Sessions
Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 7745, Medical Science II
Cardiovascular Center Basic Science Research Seminar
Richard Mortensen, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Pharmacology, University of Michigan
"Macrophages as a Critical Target of Mineralocorticoid Antagonists: Mechanism of Beneficial CV Effect"
4:00-5:30 PM, 1655 SPH Crossroads, School of Public Health
The Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health and the University of Michigan's Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program
Michael Wolfson, Ph.D., Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada
“On Complex Systems Theory and Population Health”
5:00 PM, Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
The Dean’s Lecture
Theodore S. Lawrence. M.D., Ph.D., Isadore Lampe Collegiate Professor of Radiation Oncology; Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan
"Individualizing Radiation Therapy"
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 4448, East Hall
Psychology / Neuroscience
Michal Rivlin, Ph.D., Hebrew University, Jerusalem
"The Role of Neuronal Oscillations in Generating the Parkinsonian Symptoms of the MPTP Monkey"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 2736, Med. Sci. II
Pharmacology Department Seminar Series
Dr. Xinxin Ding, Assistant Director, Division of Environmental Disease Prevention; Chief, Laboratory of Human Toxicology & Molecular Epidemiology, Division of Environmental Disease Prevention, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
"Diverse Functions of Microsomal P450 Enzymes: Insights from Conditional P450-Reductase Knockout Mouse Models"
4:00-5:00 PM, Forum Hall Auditorium, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology, Life Science Institute, Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research, Molecular and Integrative Physiology and The Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute
Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D., Founder and President, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington
"Systems Biology, Prion Disease, and Personalized (P4) Medicine"
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Guy Growblewski, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, University of Wisconsin
"Calcium Regulation of Membrane Trafficking Events in Exocrine Pancreas"
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Philip King, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan
"Genetic Analysis of the Function of Ras GTPase-activating Proteins Inside and Outside of the Immune System"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room G550, School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Francesco Ramirez, D.Sc., Amy and James Elster Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
"Role of Extracellular Microfibrils in Bone Physiology"
3:00-4:00 PM, M5330 Med. Sci. I
CMB/Genetics Training Programs - Fall 2008 Short Course: Beyond the Hype of Cancer Stem Cells
Peter Dirks, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
"Tracking the Stem Cells in Human and Mouse Brain Tumors"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Raghu G. Mirmira, M.D.., Ph.D., Eli Lilly Chair in Pediatric Diabetes, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine & Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine
"Diabetes: An Islet in Distress"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 4234, Med Sci Bldg I
Lora Hedrick Ellenson, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director, Division of Gynecological Pathology, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University
"The Molecular Genetics of Endometrial Carcinoma"
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008:
9:00-10:00 AM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Center for Chemical Genomics Colloquium Series, Life Sciences Institute
Martin L. Duennwald, Ph.D., Scientist, Boston Biomedical Research Institute
"Modulating the Toxicity of Protein Misfolding"
12:15-1:15 PM, Room 1640, Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Department Seminar Series
Mary-Dell Chilton, Ph.D., Professor, Syngenta Biotechnology
“Targeting Transgenes in Plants: Biolistic Delivery or Agrobacterium T-DNA Delivery? (and Why?)”
3:30-5:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med. Sci. II
UMPDA Career Development Seminar Series
Terri Maxwell, Project Representative, and Julie A. Feldkamp, Managing Project Representative, Division of Research Development & Administration, University of Michigan
"Fellowship and Career Award Programs for Postdocs"
4:00-5:00 PM, 1300 Chemistry
ChemBio/Biophysics Seminar Series
Amnon Kohen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Iowa
“Enzyme Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation: Role of H-Tunneling and Coupled Dynamics”
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms, ground floor
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Faculty Candidate Chalk Talk
Chen-Ming Fan, Ph.D., Staff Member, Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
"The Mammalian Musculoskeletal and Neuroendocrine Systems”
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 1200, Chemistry
Department of Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Michael Elbaum, Ph.D., Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science
“Nuclear Transport as a Physical Machine”
4:00 PM, 3330 Med. Sci. I (Coon Lecture Hall)
Department of Human Genetics
Garth Nicholson, M.D., Professor of Medicine; Director of Molecular Medicine Laboratory, University of Sydney
"Recent Advances in the Genetics of Hereditary Neuropathies"
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 6311, Medical Science I
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Neal F. Lue, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College
"The Mechanisms and Evolution of the Telomere Maintenance Machinery in Budding Yeasts"
3:00-4:00 PM, West Lecture Hall, Med. Sci. II
CMB/Genetics Training Programs - Fall 2008 Short Course: Beyond the Hype of Cancer Stem Cells
John Dick, Ph.D., University of Toronto
"Cancer Stem Cells Concepts Renewed"
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008:
12:00 PM-1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium, University Hospital
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference - dedicated to podium presentations at the upcoming 2008 American Society of Hematology Conference
Harry P. Erba, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
“Phase II Study of Single Agent Clofarabine in Previously Untreated Older Adult Patients with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) Unlikely to Benefit from Standard Induction Chemotherapy”
and
Sophie Paczesny, M.D., Ph.D., Research Fellow, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, University of Michigan
“Elafin is a Biomarker of Graft versus Host Disease of the Skin”
4:00-5:00 PM, Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB), Lecture Rooms A,B,C
The Cancer Immunology Program
Zihai Li, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center
“Mechanism of Endoplasmic Reticulum gp96 (HSP90b1, grp94) in Folding Toll-Like Receptors”
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008:
12:00 PM, 4448 East Hall, Colloquium Room
Biopsychology Seminar
A. David Redish, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
“Decision-Making Systems in the Rodent”
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, 4448 East Hall
Psychology Departmental Colloquium
Ian Q. Whishaw, Ph.D., Board of Governors Chair in Neuroscience, Canadian Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge
“Studies on Skilled Forelimb use in the Rat: Modeling Human Neurological Conditions”
12:15-1:15 PM, West Lecture Hall, 3697 Med. Sci. II
Graduate Program in Immunology Seminar Series
David Nemazee, Ph.D., Professor of Immunology and Microbial Science, Scripps Research Institute
"B Cell Negative Selection"
3:00 PM, Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690, SPH Tower
Department of Epidemiology
Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D., City of Hope Beckman Research Institute
"Changing Breast Cancer Risk: Novel Population Approaches"
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar Series
Diego Restrepo, Ph.D., Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado
"Profound Context-dependent Plasticity of Responses by Olfactory Bulb Mitral Cells"
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Mohammed Akaabonne, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
"Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Dynamics at the Neuromuscular Junction In vivo"
4:00-5:00 PM Great Lakes Central, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology
Paul Blower, Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Ohio State University
“Informatics and Experimental Studies of Chemoresistance”
5:00-6:00 PM, Ford Auditorium, University Hospital
Department of Internal Medicine Chair Candidate Chalk Talk
Paul Klotman, M.D., Murray M. Rosenberg Professor of Medicine; Chairman, Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine; Professor of Cell and Molecular Therapy, The Mt. Sinai Medical Center
“The Candidate’s Vision for the Department of Internal Medicine”
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5330, Med. Sci. I
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Brockman Lecture
Xiaowei Zhuang, Ph.D., Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Physics, Harvard University
"Zooming into Virus-cell Interactions - by Single Particle Tracking and Super-resolution Imaging"
12:00-1:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Vision Research Seminar Series
Donald S. Sakaguchi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University
"Photoreceptor Structure and Degeneration: Scaffolding for Dynamic Membrane Architecture and Cell Viability"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room G550, School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Abraham Schneider, D.D.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland Dental School
"Hypoxia and Oncogenic Signaling: Partners in the Pathobiology of Head and Neck Cancer"
2:00 PM, 7206 Cancer Center Conference Room
The Cancer Center Breast Oncology Program
Stanislav Y. Shvartsman, Ph.D., Professor Department of Chemical Engineering, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
“Cell Signaling in Equations and Embryos”
4:00 PM, 5915 Buhl Bldg.
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Lecture
Lothar Hennighausen, Ph.D., Chief, Biology of the Mammary Gland Section; Chief, Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive & Kidney Disorders, National Institutes of Health
"The Cytokine-STAT Communication Network: From Mammary Development to Hematopoiesis"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Manami Hara, D.D.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
"Role of Pancreatic Alpha-cells in Islet Formation and Beta-cell Proliferation"
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2008:
12:15-1:15 PM, Room 1640, Chemistry
Department of Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Hays Rye, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Department of Molecular Biology , Princeton University
“In Search of Control: Protein Folding, Self-assembly and Molecular Chaperones”
4:00-5:00 PM, 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics/ChemBio Seminar Series
Andrew Miranker, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University
"Elucidating Molecular Mechanisms On and Off the Pathway to Amyloid Deposition"
4:00-5:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med. Sci. I
UMPDA Career Development Seminar Series
Lori Isom, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan
"What is a NIH NRSA Fellowship and How do I Get One?"
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium, University Hospital
10th Annual Weisbach Lectureship in Prostate Oncology
Dr. Charles G. Drake, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
"Immunotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Then and Back Again"
4:00 PM, 3330 Med. Sci. I (Coon Lecture Hall)
Next-Generation Sequencing Seminar Series
Garth Ehrlich, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Executive Director, Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Drexel University, School of Medicine
"454-based DNA Sequence Analyses of the Human Nasopharyngeal Microbiome for Quantitative Species Identification and Characterizing Species' Supragenomes"
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 6311, Medical Science I Building
Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Carolyn Price, Ph.D., Professor, Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
"Making Caps for Chromosomes: Telomere Replication and Protection"
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008:
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Adriana DiPolo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal
"Survival of Retinal Neurons after Axonal Injury: Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Therapies"
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Lori Isom, Ph.D., Director, Program in Biomedical Sciences, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan
"Sodium Channel β Subunits: Multifunctional Molecules Involved in Electrical Excitability, Cell-cell Adhesion and Pathophysiology"
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Michael Koomey, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo
"Promiscuity in the Periplasm: O-linked Protein Glycosylation in the Human Pathogen Neisseria Gonorrhoeae"
12:00-1:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Vision Research Seminar
Andrew F.X. Goldberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Oakland University
"Photoreceptor Structure and Degeneration: Scaffolding for Dynamic Membrane Architecture and Cell Viability"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room G550, School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Robert Bradley, M.D.S., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan
“Brainstem Processing of Taste Information”
4:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms, 109 Zina Pitcher Place
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Series
Aaron M. Zorn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
"Repression of Wnt Signaling in Foregut Organ Development"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
Elizabeth J. Parks, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Center for Human Nutrition, UT Southwestern Medical Center
"Lipid Metabolism Leading to Fatty Liver: Triglyceride Synthesis from Dietary Carbohydrate and Fat"
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2008:
9:00-10:00 AM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Center for Chemical Genomics Colloquium Series, The Life Sciences Institute
Naoaki Fujii, Ph.D., Director of Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
"Making PDZ Domains Attractive as a Drug Target" and "Small Molecule Inhibitors of Gli1 Transcription"
12:15-1:15 PM, Room 1640, Chemistry
Department of Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Wesley Thompson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas
“Do Glial Cells Play a Role in Sculpting the NMJ?”
3:30-4:30 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Neuroimmunology Lecture Series
Jeff Browning, Ph.D., Senior Director, Immunobiology Research, Biogen Idec
"Role of the Lymphotoxin System in Autoimmune Disease"
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2008:
10:30-11:30 AM, 4234 Med. Sci. I
Department of Pathology Faculty Recruit Seminar
Wenlai Zhou, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego
"Histone H2A Ubiquitination in Inflammation and Cancer"
Chalk Talk to follow at 1:30 pm in 4234 Med Sci 1.
12:00-1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
David N. Reisman, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan
“Alterations to SWI-SNF Complex in Human Cancer”
3:00-4:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Dissertation
Kristie M. Keeney, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan
"The Role of Lipoate Dependent Metabolism During Intracellular Growth and Pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes"
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 6311, Medical Science I Building
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series & Department of Internal Medicine, The Life Sciences Institute
Billy G. Hudson, Ph.D., Elliot V. Newman Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry Director, Center for Matrix Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Kidney Filtration Apparatus: Molecular Insights from Goodpasture and Alport Syndromes?"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 7745, Medical Science II
Cardiovascular Center Basic Science Research Seminar
Richard Neubig, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Co-Director of the Center for Chemical Genomics, University of Michigan
“Role of RGS Proteins and Inhibitory G Proteins in Cardiac Function, Injury, and Thrombosis”
3:00 -4:00 PM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons Building
Health Informatics Grand Rounds and Center for Computational Medicine and Biology
Douglas Fridsma, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, Arizona State University
"The BRIDG Project: A Model to Improve Clinical and Translational”
4:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics Faculty Search Candidate Seminar
Harold Kim, Ph.D., Departments of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University
“How Nucleosomes Influence Gene Expression”
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 2736 Med. Sci. II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. Margit Burmeister, Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program; Professor of Human Genetics & Psychiatry; Research Professor, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan
"Genetics of Bipolar Disorder: Where are We After Genome-wide Association Studies?"
3:00-4:00 PM, BSRB Auditorium
Cell & Developmental Biology - Burton Baker Memorial Lecture
Gary B. Ruvkun, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
“The Tiny RNA Pathways of C. elegans
3:45 PM Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminars
David P. Corey, Ph.D., Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
"Macro- and Micromechanics of the Hair Bundle"
4:00-5:00 PM, 4917 Buhl
Interdisciplinary Group Seminar (IGS)
Sohini Ramachandran, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
"The Spatial Distribution of Human Genetic Variation across Continents and Chromosomes"
4:00-5:00 PM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology
Hiroki Ueda, Ph.D., Center for Developmental Biology, Riken (Japan)
“Towards Synthesis of Mammalian Circadian Clocks”
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2008:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Kathryn Eaton, Ph.D., Comparative Pathology, Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan
"Enterohemorrhagic E. coli in Germ-free Mice"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Charles F. Burant, M.D., Ph.D., Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professor of Metabolism; Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Director, Michigan Metabolomics and Obesity Center, University of Michigan
and
Amy Rothberg, M.D., Ph.D., Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan
"Can Dietary Macronutrient be Derived Unambiguously in Humans?"
5:00-6:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, Cardiovascular Center
Department of Internal Medicine Chair Candidate Chalk Talk
Gary Koretzky, M.D., Ph.D., Leonard Jarett Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Vice Chair for Research and Chief Scientific Officer, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
“The Candidate’s Vision for the Department of Internal Medicine”
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2008:
10:00-11:00 AM, BSRB, Seminar Rooms A, B & C
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Michele Pagano, M.D., Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; May Ellen and Gerald Ritter Professor of Oncology and Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology and NYU Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine
"Control of Cell Cycle Checkpoints by SCF and APC/C Ubiquitin Ligase Complexes"
3:30-4:30 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Department of Neurology, Neurodegenerative Disease Research Seminar Series
Jason Gestwicki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan
"New Pharmacological Tools Reveal a Role for Heat Shock Protein 70 (Hsp70) in Neurodegenerative Disease"
MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2009:
10:00-11:00 AM, BSRB, Seminar Room A, B, & C
Center for Stem Cell Biology Faculty Candidate Seminar
Bret Pearson, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah
“Adult Stem Cells, Tumor Suppressors, and Regeneration in Planarians"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 1640 Chemistry
Chemistry/Biophysics Faculty Search Candidate Seminar
Julie Biteen, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
“Nanophotonics: From in Vivo Single-Molecule Superresolution Imaging to Plasmon-Enhanced Silicon Quantum Dots"
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2009:
11:00 AM, Palmer Commons-Forum Hall
Faculty Candidate Seminar
Patrick Seale, Ph.D., Harvard University
“The Transcriptional Regulator, PRDM16, Controls a Developmental Switch Between Brown Fat and Skeletal Muscle”
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009:
12:00-1:00 PM, 5623 Medical Science II
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar
Marilia Cascalho Ph.D., Department of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan
"TBA"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
David B. Lombard, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology
"Sirtuins, Metabolism, and Aging"
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2009:
12:00-1:00 PM, M5330 Med. Sci. I
Cancer Center Staff Grand Rounds
Douglas Blayney, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, Cancer Center Medical Director
"The Future of Oncology"
3:30-4:30 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Department of Neurology, Neurodegenerative Disease Research Seminar Series
Craig Blackstone, M.D., Ph.D., Investigator, Cellular Neurology Unit, NINDS/NIH, Porter Neuroscience Research Center
"Traffic Accidents: Cellular Pathogenesis of the Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias"
MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2009:
12:00 PM-1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Madhuri Kakarala, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Lecturer of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan
“Curcumin and Piperine in Breast Cancer Prevention”
12:00-1:00 PM, Cardiovascular Center (CVC), Danto Auditorium, Room 2314
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Dr. Hongmin Sun, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Missouri
"Exploring the Interaction of Host Hemostatic System and Group A Streptococcus for Therapeutic Application”
4:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Department of Human Genetics
Catherine Keegan, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatric Genetics, University of Michigan
“Telomere Dysfunction and Human Genetic Disease”
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2009:
11:45 AM– 12:45 PM, 1640 Chemistry
MCDB Seminar – Faculty Candidate
Dr. Avital Rodal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Tuning of Synaptic Growth by Endocytic Membrane Traffic”
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 4448 East Hall
Biopsychology and EHAP present – The Evolution and Neurobiology of Self Control and Addiction Seminar Series
Roger Albin, Ph.D., Professor of Neurology, Medical School, The University of Michigan
"Repetition, Addiction, Gambling and Reward in Parkinson Disease"
1:00 PM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Health Informatics Grand Rounds
John Wilbanks, Vice President of the Creative Commons, Director of the Science Commons Project
"Building the Research Web: Access or Control?"
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2009:
12:00-1:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A,B,C (ground level)
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Christopher Wright, Ph.D., Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University
"PTF1A and PDX1 Regulation of Progenitor Flux in the Main Phase of Pancreatic Organogenesis”
12:15-1:15 P.M., South Lecture Hall, 3699 Med. Sci. II
Graduate Program in Immunology Seminar Series
Avinash Bhandoola, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Progenitor Migration to the Thymus and T cell Lineage Commitment"
3:00 PM, Lane Family Auditorium (Room 1690), SPH Tower
Department of Epidemiology
Kristi McClamroch, Ph.D., M.P.H., Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany School of Public Health
“Findings from the Albany Youth Health Survey”
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Claus-Peter Richter, M.D., Ph.D., Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
“Optical Stimulation of Neurons: is this the Future for Cochlear Implants and Other Neural Prostheses?”
4:00-5:00 PM, Forum Hall Auditorium, Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology and Bioinformatics Program
Edward Ionides, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan
“Infectious Disease Dynamics: a Statistical Perspective”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Hisashi Umemori, M.D., Assistant Research Professor & Assistant Professor, Department of MBNI & Biochemistry, University of Michigan
"Wiring the Functional Brain"
5:00 PM Networking, 6:00 PM Program, SPARK Central, 330 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor SPARK: Experienced Scientific Founders Share Their Stories
You have invented a new technology, but how can you start a company to commercialize this technology? BioArbor has assembled an expert panel of three scientists who have successfully started companies and will speak to issues critical in starting companies, building teams, developing technology into products and funding ventures.
Panelists
David Humes, M.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan; Co-founder, Innovative Biotherapies and Nephrion
Daryl Kipke, Ph.D.. Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan; Director, Center for Neural Communication Technology; Director, Neural Engineering Laboratory; Co-founder, Neural Intervention Technologies and NeuroNexus
Riley Rees, M.D., Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery; Director, University of Michigan Wound Care Center; Co-founder, KeraCure
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2009:
11:45 AM-12:45 PM, 1640 Chemistry
MCDB Seminar – Faculty Candidate
Dr. Jianwu Bai, Harvard Medical School
“How to Build Strong Muscles: Lessons Learned from the Mighty Fruit Fly, Drosophila”
12:00-1:00 PM, Room G-550, School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Bart Williams, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Van Andel Research Institute
"Mouse Models to Assess the Role of the Wnt Receptors Lrp5 and Lrp6 in Development and Disease"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 5623, Albert H. Wheeler Lecture Room, Med. Sci. II
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Marilia Cascalho, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Surgery & Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan
"Molecular Mechanisms of B Cell Memory"
4:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A,B,C
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Lecture
Yuji Mishina, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biologic and Materials Sciences, U-M School of Dentistry
"Functional Analyses of Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) Signaling During Bone Development and Remodeling"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745 Med Sci II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Alan Cheng, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Life Sciences Institute
"Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism: Unraveling the Branches in Lafora Cori's Disease"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 4234, Medical Science Bldg I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Peter A. Ward, M.D., Godfrey D. Stobbe Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan
"Adrenergic Regulation of the Lung Inflammatory Response"
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2009:
9:00-10:00 AM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Center for Chemical Genomics , The Life Sciences Institute
Eric R. Fearon, M.D., Ph.D., Emanuel N. Maisel Professor of Oncology; Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics and Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School; Associate Director for Basic Science and Deputy Director, U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center
“Targeting Canonical Wnt Pathway Defects in Cancer Cells”
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 1300, Chemistry
Biophysics Faculty Search Candidate Seminar
Bo Huang, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University
"Seeing the Unseen with Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy"
MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2009:
10:00-11:00 AM, Palmer Commons-Forum Hall
Life Sciences Institute Faculty Candidate Seminar
Thomas Fazzio, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
“Control of Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Viability by Chromatin Regulators”
12:00-1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium (Room 2314), Cardiovascular Center
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar
Thomas W. Wakefield, M.D., Professor and Head, Section of Vascular Surgery, S. Martin Lindenauer Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan
“Is it Important to Understand the Causes of Thrombosis and Thrombus Resolution?”
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 4448 East Hall
Biopsychology Colloquium
Adam N. Perry, University of Illinois, Chicago
"Sex and the Single Vole: Isolation, Estrogen Receptor Alpha and Reproductive Behavior"
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2009:
11:45 AM, Room 1640 Chemistry
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology – Faculty Candidate
Dr. Ying Gu, University of California, Berkeley
“Towards a Better Understanding of Cellulose Biosynthesis”
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 4448 East Hall
Biopsychology and EHAP present – The Evolution and Neurobiology of Self Control and Addiction Seminar Series
Dr. James Blair, Chief, Unit on Affective Cognitive Neuroscience, NIMH
"The Amygdala and Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex: Functional Contributions and Impairment in Psychopathy"
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2009:
10:00-11:00 AM, BSRB, seminar rooms ABC- ground level
Dept. of Cell & Developmental Biology- Faculty Candidate Seminar
John Murray, Ph.D., Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine
"A Quantitative, Kinetic and Cellular Resolution Atlas of Gene Expression in the C. elegans Embryo”
12:00-1:00 PM, room 2736, Med. Sci. II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. Sonia M. Najjar, Professor & Director, Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Research, University of Toledo College of Medicine
“CEACAM1: At the Crossroad of Altered Metabolism and Inflammation”
12:00 PM, Palmer Commons Forum Hall
Life Sciences Institute presents:
Markus Schober Ph.D., Department of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University
“Mechanisms of Tissue Homeostasis and Invasive Cell Migration in Skin Carcinogenesis"
4:00-5:00 PM, Palmer Commons, Great Lakes North
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology
H. V. Jagadish, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Michigan
“The Promise, and Limitations, of Informatics for Biology: A Computer Scientist's Perspective”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Justus Anumonwo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Center for Arrhythmia Research, University of Michigan
"Regulation of Myocardial Postassium Channels in Macromolecular Scaffolds”
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2009:
11:45 AM, Room 1640 Chemistry
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology – Faculty Candidate
Dr. Andrzej Wierzbicki, Washington University of St. Louis
“Noncoding RNA in Transcriptional Gene Silencing”
12:00-1:00 PM, 5623 Wheeler Lecture Room, Medical Science II
Department of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series
Partho Ghosh, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
"The Virulence and Crossreactivity of Strep M1 Protein"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 4234 Med. Sci. I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Sooryanarayana Varambally, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, University of Michigan
"The Role and Regulation of the Histone Methyltransferase EZH2 in Solid Tumors"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Leslie S. Satin, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, University of Michigan
“Fatty Acid Modulation of Beta Cell Calcium Signaling”
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2009:
11:00-12:00 PM, Seminar Rooms A&B, BSRB
Neuroimmunology Lecture Series
Robert Miller, Ph.D., Allen C. Holmes Professor of Neurological Diseases, Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Vice-Dean for Research for the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
"Utilizing Developmental Strategies for Myelin Repair"
2:00 PM, Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690 SPH I Tower
Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
James M. Robins, M.D., Mitchell L. and Robin LaFoley Dong, Professor of Epidemiology, Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
"To Be Announced"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics/ChemBio Seminar Series
Yiorgo Skiniotis, Ph. D., Research Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan
"Signaling Conformations of Tall Cytokine Receptors"
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009:
11:00 AM, BSRB- Seminar rooms A,B,C (Ground Level)
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology- Faculty Candidate Seminar
Benjamin Allen, Ph.D., Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University
"Cell Surface Regulation of Hedgehog Signaling During Mouse Embryogenesis”
12:00-1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium (Room 2314), Cardiovascular Center
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar
David Ginsburg, M.D., Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; James V Neel Distinguished University Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics; Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute; Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan
“Molecular Genetics of Coagulation Disorders”
4:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Department of Human Genetics Faculty Candidate
Brett S. Abrahams, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, Gonda Neuroscience & Genetics Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles
“Progress in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Results from Mouse and Human”
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009:
11:45 AM, room 1640 Chemistry
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology Seminar – Faculty Candidate
Dr. Youfa Cheng, University of California, San Diego
“Auxin Biosynthesis, Signaling, and Plant Development”
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 6311, Medical Science I
The Department of Biological Chemistry Faculty and BSSP Candidate
David Pagliarini, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School/UC San Diego
"Proteomic Approaches to Mitochondrial Biochemistry and Biogenesis"
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009:
11:00 AM, BSRB Auditorium
The Second A. Alfred Taubman Lectureship
Dr. Benjamin Reubinoff, Hadassah University
"Human Embryonic Stem Cells: A Promising Therapy for Neurological Disorders"
Alfred Taubman will offer closing remarks.
12:00-1:00 PM, BSRB- Seminar rooms A,B,C (Ground Level)
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Gyorgyi Csankovszki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
"Three Condensing Complexes Promote Chromosome Segregation and Gene Regulation in Worms?"
12:00-1:00 PM, room 2736, Med. Sci. II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. Norbert E. Kaminski, Director, Center for Integrative Toxicology; Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University
"Disruption of the B Cell Differentiation Program by 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)"
2:30-4:00 PM, Room 4448, East Hall
Department of Psychology Winter 2009 Distinguished Faculty/Graduate Student Seminar: Mental Health & Well-Being Translational Approaches for Basic Psychological Research
Diego A. Pizzagalli, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
"Toward an Objective Characterization of Depressive Phenotypes: Clues from Affective Neuroscience"
3:00 PM, Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690, SPH I Crossroads
Department of Epidemiology 35th Annual Thomas Francis, Jr. Memorial Lecture
Karen A. Matthews, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Psychology; Program Director, Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Research Training Program; Director, Pittsburgh Mind-Body Research Center, University of Pittsburgh
“Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Psychobiological Origins of Cardiovascular Disease”
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Pavan Kommarredi, M.B.B.S., Research Fellow, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan
“Small Molecule-Protein Interactions”
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 2C108, University Hospital
Department of Surgery Research Seminar Series - Vascular and Systemic Inflammation
Peter Henke, M.D., Associate Professor and Thomas Wakefield, M.D., Professor, Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan
"Thrombus Resolution and Vein Wall Injury: Dependence on Chemokines and Leukocytes"
and
"Venous Thrombogenesis: The Intersection Between Thrombosis and Inflammation"
4:00-5:00 PM, Palmer Commons, Great Lakes North
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology
Laura Scott, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist, Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
“Identification of Genetic Regions Associated with Type 2 Diabetes and Related Quantitative Traits and Potential Approaches to Identifying the Causatively Affected Genes and Variants”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Lisa Larkin, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Assistant Research Scientist, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
"The Use of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells for Engineering Scaffold-less Skeletal Tissue Constructs for Tissue Regeneration"
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2009:
11:45 AM, Room 1640 Chemistry
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology Seminar – Faculty Candidate
Dr. Jennifer Benanti, University of California, San Francisco
“Regulation of Cellular Growth and Division by Ubiquitin-Mediated Proteolysis”
12:00-1:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences - Vision Research Seminar Series
J. William Harbour, M.D., Professor, Cell Biology & Physiology, Professor, Medicine/Molecular Oncology, Washington University in St. Louis
"Uveal Melanoma: Genetics of Malignant Transformation, Tumor Progression and Metastasis"
12:00-1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Leslie J. Parent, M.D., Department of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
"Mechanistic Studies on Intranuclear Events in Retrovirus Assembly"
4:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Organogenesis Seminar
Blanche Capel, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center
"The Battle of the Sexes: Patterning the Gonad"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 4234, Med. Sci. I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Benjamin Segal, M.D., Holtom-Garrett Professor of Neurology and Director, UM Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan
"Is Multiple Sclerosis a Syndrome Rather than a Disease? The Prospect of Distinct Th1, Th17 and Non-Th1/Th17 Forms of Autoimmunity"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Sabrina Diano, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Department of Neurobilogy, Yale University School of Medicine
"Hormonal Regulation of Mitochondrial Function in the Hypothalamus"
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009:
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 1300, Chemistry
Biophysics Faculty Search Candidate Seminar
Sarah Veatch, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University
“Lipid Rafts Reach a Critical Point"
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2009:
12:00-1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Cardiovascular Department
William P. Fay, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., Stan and Lois Stafford Distinguished Chair of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Research Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical Pharmacology and Physiology Director, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia
“Targeting Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 to Prevent Vascular Disease”
4:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Faculty Candidate in the Department of Human Genetics
Tae-Kyung Kim, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Neuroscience, Children's Hospital Boston & Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
“Genome-Wide Analysis of Neuronal Activity-Dependent Transcriptional Program”
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 1655, SPH Crossroads
Risk Science Center
Nicola Cherry, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta
"Science, Risk and Public Health"
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2009:
10:00-11:00 AM, Palmer Commons-Forum Hall
The Life Sciences Institute in conjunction with The Center for Stem Cell Biology - Faculty Candidate Seminar
Guang Hu, Ph.D., Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
"Interfering with Stem Cells: Identification of Genes Important for ES Cell Self-renewal with RNAi Screens"
11:45 AM, Room 1640 Chemistry
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology - Faculty Candidate Seminar
Dr. Jeb Berleman, University of Iowa
"Dissecting the Predatory Mechanism of Myxococcus xanthus"
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2009:
12:00 PM, Lane Auditorium, School of Public Health I Crossroads Building
Epigenetics Research Seminar
Dana Dolinoy, Ph.D., John G Searle Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
"Bisphenol A, Baby Bottles and Broccoli: Environmental and Nutritional Epigenetics"
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med. Sci. II
Hearing Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Tianying Ren, M.D., Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University
“Three-dimensional Measurement of Basilar Membrane Vibration”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Subimal Datta, Ph.D., Director, Laboratory of Sleep and Cognitive Neuroscience; Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Boston University School of Medicine
"Sleep-Dependent Memory Processing: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms"
4:30-5:30 PM, Great Lakes South 4th Floor, Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology/Bioinformatics Program
Domitilla Del Vecchio, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
"Modular Cell Biology: Retroactivity and Insulation"
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2009:
11:45 AM, Room 1640 Chemistry
Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology - Faculty Candidate Seminar
Dr. Mimi Shirasu-Hiza, Stanford University
“‘Sick and Tired’ Interactions Between Circadian Rhythm and Immunity in Drosophila"
12:00-1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series
Jane E. Koehler, M.A, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California-San Francisco
"Bartonella: A Proficiently Persistent Pathogen of Lice and Men"
4:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Series
Brian Pierchala, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biologic & Materials Sciences, UM Dental School
"The Glial Cell Line-derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) Family Ligands: Mechanisms of Action and Therapeutic Potential"
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2009:
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics Faculty Candidate
Ido Golding, Ph.D., Department of Physics, University of Illinois
"Information Processing in Living Cells: Beyond First Approximations"
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009:
12:00-1:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium
Cardiovascular Science Seminar
Jeffrey Martens Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan
"New Therapeutic Targets for Atrial Fibrillation: The Dynamic Trafficking of Kv1.5 in the Heart"
4:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Faculty Candidate in the Department of Human Genetics
Iuliana Ionita-Laza, Ph.D., Research Associate, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University
“Estimating the Number of Unseen Genetic Variants in the Human Genome: A Capture-Recapture Approach”
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 340 West Hall
Biophysics/MCDB Faculty Candidate Seminar
Arjun Raj, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Nature, Nurture or Just Dumb Luck: Gene Expression Variability and Cell Fate”
4:00-5:00 PM, Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB), Lecture Rooms ABC
The Cancer Immunology Program
Jianzhu Chen Ph.D., Ivan R. Cottrell Professor, Center for Cancer Research, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“CD8 T Cell Responses to Virus and Tumor”
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2009:
11:45 AM, 1640 Chemistry
MCDB Seminar – Faculty Candidate
Dr. Nicole Koropatkin, The Danforth Center
“Structural Insights into Glycan Acquisition by the Human Distal Gut Bacteroidetes”
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 6311 Medical Science I
The Department of Biological Chemistry Faculty and BSSP Candidate
R. Luke Wiseman, Ph.D., NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University Medical School
"The Role of Protein Folding Energetics in ER-associated Protein Misfolding Disease"
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 1655, SPH Crossroads
Risk Science Center Faculty Candidate
Chris Portier, Ph.D., National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
"Environmental Systems Biology: Global Linkage of Science to Improve Public Health"
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2009:
11:00-12:00 PM, Auditorium, BSRB
Neuroimmunology Lecture Series/Neurology Grand Rounds
David A. Hafler, M.D., Jack, Sadie, and David Breakstone Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
"Pathophysiology of Multiple Sclerosis"
11:00-12:00 PM, Palmer Commons/Forum Hall
Medicinal Chemistry Special Seminar
Dr. Ben Shen, Professor of Pharmaceutical Science and Chemistry; Charles M. Johnson Chair in Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin
“Natural Products - Inspiration for Discovering New Chemistry and Enzymology”
12:00-1:00 PM, Biomedical Science Research Bldg. (BSRB) - Seminar Rooms ABC
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Senthil Muthuswamy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
"Cell Polarity Pathways and Transformation of Epithelial Cells”
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 2736, Med. Sci. II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. M. Bishr Omary, Professor & Chair, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology; Marvin Pollard Professor of Gastroenterology; Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
“The Keratin Cytoskeleton of Polarized Epithelia: Disease and Functional Perspectives”
12:15-1:15 PM, South Lecture Hall, 3699 Med. Sci. II
Graduate Program in Immunology Seminar Series
Dario Vignali, Ph.D., Vice Chair and Member of the Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
"Molecular Control of T cell Development and Regulatory T cell Function"
2:30-4:00 PM, Room 4448 East Hall
Department of Psychology - Mental Health & Well-Being:Translational Approaches for Basic Psychological Research Seminar
Deanna Barch, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, & Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis; Director, Conti Center For The Neuroscience Of Mental Health
"Cognitive & Affective Control Deficits in Schizophrenia"
3:00 PM, Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690, SPH Tower
Department of Epidemiology
Tyler VanderWeele, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago
"Sufficient Cause Interactions and Statistical Interactions"
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Molecular & Integrative Seminar Series
Gentry Patrick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology, University of California, San Diego
"New Insights into the Synaptic Function of the Ubiquitin Proteasome System"
4:00 -5:00 PM, Great Lakes North, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Biology/Bioinformatics Program
Patrick Nelson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Research Assistant Professor, Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, Medical School, University of Michigan
“What Can Mathematics Tell Us About Diabetes and Infectious Diseases? Can Math Cure Diabetes or Aids?”
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009:
10:00-11:00 AM, Biomedical Science Research Bldg. (BSRB), Seminar Rooms ABC
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Candidate Seminar
Megan King, Ph.D., Cell Biology, Rockefeller University
"The Nuclear Envelope: Where the Cytoskeleton Meets the Genome”
11:45 AM, 1640 Chemistry
MCDB Seminar – Faculty Candidate
Dr. Ertugrul Ozbudak, The Stowers Institute
“Spatio-temporal Compartmentalization of Physiological Processes During Muscle Precursor Differentiation”
12:00-1:00 PM, Albert H. Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Chuanwu Xi, Ph.D., Department Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan; Department of Microbiology and Immunology Joint Appointment Candidate
"Acinetobacter Antibiotic Resistance, Biofilm Development and Control"
12:00-1:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Department Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences - Vision Research Seminar Series
X.Z. Shawn Xu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative and Molecular Physiology; Assistant Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan
"Eyeless But Not Blind: Light-sensitive Neurons and Channels Mediate Phototaxis in C. elegans"
4:00 PM, Room 3330, Med. Sci. I
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Jean-Luc Puel, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, University Montpellier, France
“An Update on the Pharmacology of the Cochlea: from Molecular Mechanisms to Future Treatment”
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Jack A. Yanovski, M.D., Ph.D., Head, Unit on Growth and Obesity, PDEGEN, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
"Pediatric Obesity Syndromes: Beyond Leptin and the Melanocortin 4 Receptor"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 4234, Med. Sci. I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Kent Johnson, M.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan
"Development of Antibody Arrays for Biomarker Analysis"
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2009:
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, 5415 BSRB
Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute
Timothy Angelotti, M.D. Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia/CCM, Stanford University School of Medicine
“Sympathetic Neuron Alpha2 Adrenergic Receptors: Identical or Fraternal Twins?”
12:00 PM, Room 3330, Med. Sci. I
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Special Seminar
Takayuki Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Kyoto Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
“Building a Novel Therapeutic Paradigm for Hearing Loss”
3:30-4:30 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Department of Neurology Neurodegenerative Disease Research Seminar Series
Matthew Chapman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
"Protein Misfolding Done Right: The Biogenesis of Functional Amyloid Fibers"
4:00-5:00 PM, Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB) Auditorium
The Cancer Immunology Program
Kunliang Guan Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of California at San Diego
“The mTOR and Hippo Pathways in Cell Growth and Cancer”
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Jeroen C.J. Eikenboom, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Department of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
"Von Willebrand factor: a marker of hemostatic risk"
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2009:
11:45 AM, Room 1640 Chemistry
MCDB Seminar - Faculty Candidate
Dr. Blaise Boles, University of Iowa
“The Role of Quorum Sensing in Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Development”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 5915 Buhl Building
“Taubman Talks” Brown Bag Seminar Series
Presented by the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute
Catrina Robinson, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow, Department of Neurology
"Aging and the Neuromuscular System: The Role of Oxidative Stress"
and
Stacey Sakowski, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow, Department of Neurology
"Molecular Mechanisms of Neuroprotection in ALS"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 6311, Medical Science I Building
Department of Biological Chemistry Faculty and BSSP Candidate
David M. Smith, Instructor in Cell Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
"The Proteasome and its ATPases: Regulatory Mechanisms of a Protein Degradation Machine"
5:00 PM, Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
The Dean’s Lecture
Paul F. Hollenberg, Ph.D., Maurice H. Seevers Collegiate Professor of Pharmacology, Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan
"Cytochrome P450s in Human Drug Metabolism: Progress and Prospects"
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 2736 MS II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. Michael Sutton, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan
"Local Homeostatic Control of Synapse Function"
2:30 - 4:00 PM, Room 4448 East Hall, Dept. of Psychology
Mental Health & Well-Being Translational Approaches for Basic Psychological Research Seminar
Stephan Taylor, M..D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Adjunct Associate Professor Psychology
Martin Sarter, Ph.D., Charles M. Butter Collegiate Professor of Psychology, Professor, Neuroscience Program
Cindy Lustig, Assistant Professor Psycology & Neuroscience
"Translational Approaches to Schizophrenia"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Great Lakes North Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics/ Bioinformatics Program Seminar Series
Krishna Garikipati, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan
“A theoretical study of the thermodynamics and kinetics of focal adhesion dynamics”
4:00 - 5:00, Room 2C108 UH
Department of Surgery - Research Seminar Series - Vascular and Systemic Inflammation
Daniel Lawrence, Ph.D.., Professor, Internal Medicine-Cardiology
"Targeting PAI-1 in Vascular Disease"
and
Daniel D. Myers Jr., D.V.M., Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery
"The Therapeutic Effects of PAI-1 in Vascular Disease"
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, BSRB Auditorium
The Comprehensive Cancer Center Cell Biology and SPORE Program
Chawnshang Chang, Ph.D., George Hoyt Whipple Professorship of Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry
"Differential Androgen Receptor Signals Explains Why Androgen Deprivation Therapy of Prostate Cancer Fails"
12:00-1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med. Sci. II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Giorgio Trinchieri, M.D., Director of the Cancer and Inflammation Program, Chief of the Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, National Cancer Institute at Frederick
"Innate Resistance, Inflammation and Cancer"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 4234 Med. Sci. I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Ivan Maillard, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Departments of Medicine & Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
"Notch signaling in the hematopoietic system"
4:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A/B/C
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Series
Radwan Abu-Issa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences, UM-Dearborn
"Heart Tube Morphogenesis in Amniotes"
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med. Sci. II
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Maryfran R. Sowers, Ph.D., John G Searle Professor of Public Health, Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Professor of Internal Medicine & Obstetrics & Gynecology, Research Professor, Reproductive Sciences Program
"An integrated endocrine approach to declining folliculogenesis around menopause and its implications for bone loss"
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2009:
4:00-5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics/ChemBio Seminar Series
Joanna R. Long, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Florida
“Solid State NMR Studies of Protein Structure and Dynamics in Heterogeneous Environments”
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Enming Joseph Su, Ph.D., Research Investigator, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research, University of Michigan
"Novel anticoagulant treatment in ischemic stroke, Solulin, a soluble form of thrombomodulin"
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2009:
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 6311, Med. Sci. I
Department of Biological Chemistry Faculty and BSSP Candidate
Young-Sam Lee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
"Phosphate-Starvation Signaling in yeast: Signaling Nutrient Conditions through small molecule metabolites"
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2009:
12:00-1:00 PM, Biomedical Science Research Building, Seminar Rooms A/B/C – Ground Level
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Susan Strome, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
"Epigenetic Control of Germ Cell Development in C. elegans”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 2736 MS II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Co-Sponsored with the Department of Anesthesiology
Dr. James C. Eisenach, M.D., FM James, III Professor of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Section on Obstetric and Gynecologic Anesthesiology
"Descending Inhibition in Neuropathic Pain States"
3:45 PM, Med Sci II, Room 5623
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Peter A. Santi, Ph.D., Professor of Otolaryngology and Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
“TSLIM Imaging and Creation of Inner Ear Atlases in the Mouse and Zebrafish”
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Leslie J. Berg, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
"Early programming of T cell Differentitation"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine / Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Patrick J. Hu, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine; Research Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute
"Novel regulators of FoxO transcription factors"
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2009:
3:30 - 4:30 PM, Room 5515 BSRB, 109 Zina Pitcher Place
Department of Neurology Neurodegenerative Disease Research Seminar Series
Jun-Lin Guan, PhD, Professor, Internal Medicine, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
"Role of FIP200 in Embryonic Development, Autophagy & Neurodegeneration"
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Jordan A. Shavit, M.D., Ph.D., Lecturer, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan Hospitals
"Genetic Methods for Identification of Hemostasis and Thrombosis Modifier Genes"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Sami N. Malek, M.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan Medical School
“Translational genomics in Leukemia”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Life Sciences Institute Library, 3rd Floor Lobby
Center for Chemical Genomics User Forum
Sponsored by PerkinElmer
Chris Stuchly, Drug Discovery Specialist, PerkinElmer, Inc.
"Revolutionizing the Revolutionary ELISA"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, North Lecture Hall (3695 MS II)
Department of Human Genetics
Anton Gartner, Ph.D., Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellow and Lecturer, Welcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
"The Roads to Death, Uncovering DNA Damage Response Pathways by C. elegans Genetics"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 1230 Undergraduate Science Building
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Sari van Anders, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan
"Sexuality and Hormones in Women and Men"
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2009:
9:00 - 10:00 AM, 5623 Medical Science II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Candidate Seminars
Eric Martens, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Center for Genome Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine
"Metabolism of Host and Dietary Glycans by the Human Distal Gut Symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron"
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM, Room 1640 Chemistry
MCDB Seminar – Faculty Candidate
Anna Marie Sokac, Ph.D., Princeton University
“Shaping Embryos, Shaping Cells: Coordinated Actin and Membrane Dynamics in Flies and Frogs”
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2009:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms ABC - Ground Level - 109 Zina Pitcher Place
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology & Human Genetics- Faculty Candidate Seminar
Amy Ralston, Ph.D., Department of Stem Cell & Developmental Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
“Origins and Regulation of Embryonic Stem Cell Population in the Mouse”
3:45 - 5:00 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Dora E. Angelaki, Ph.D., Professor of Neurobiology, Washington University, St. Louis
“Knowing Where to Go: It Begins in the Ear”
4:00 - 5:00 PM Great Lakes North, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Leming Shi, Ph.D., National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
“Enabling Genomics and Bioinformatics for Predictive and Personalized Medicine: The FDA-led MicroArray Quality Control (MAQC) Project”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, MS II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Russell DeBose-Boyd, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"Control of Cholesterol Homeostatis Through Sterol-Regulated Degradation of HMG CoA Reductase"
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009:
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM, Room 1640 Chemistry
MCDB Seminar – Faculty Candidate
Orie Shafer, Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis
“Neurobiology of Time: The Neuronal Clockwork of Drosophila melanogaster”
12:00 PM, Room 550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Cancer Research Focus Group
Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Michigan Center for Translational Pathology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; S.P. Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology, Medical School, University of Michigan
“The Next Generation of Gene Fusion Discovery in Cancer"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
David Irani, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan
"Pathogenesis of Alphavirus and Flavivirus Infections of the Spinal Cord"
3:00 - 4:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med Sci II
Genetics Training Program/CMB Short Course
Igor Kramnik, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health
"Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis through the Prism of Host Genetics"
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009:
10:30 - 11:30 AM, Life Sciences Institute Library, 3rd Floor Lobby
Center for Structural Biology, Life Sciences Institute
Y. Whitney Yin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas-Austin
"A Novel Mode of Processive DNA Synthesis by Human Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase"
12:15 - 1:15 PM, Room 1640 Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, Biology Department Seminar
Craig Montell, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, The John Hopkins University
“Roles of TRP Channels in Sensory Signaling and Neurodegenerative Disease”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics/Chem Bio Seminar Series
Huey Huang, Ph.D., Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University
“Pore-forming Peptides”
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009:
10:00 - 11:00 AM, BSRB - 109 Zina Pitcher – Seminar Rooms A/B/C – Ground Level
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology - Faculty Candidate - Chalk-Talk
Benjamin Allen, Ph.D., Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University
“Identification and Characterization of Novel Cell Surface Regulators of Hedgehog Signaling”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Robert G. Schaub, Ph.D., FAHA, FAPS, Vice President Preclinical Discovery, Archemix Corporation
“ARC1779, A Novel Von Willebrand Factor Inhibitory Aptamer”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Department of Human Genetics
Faculty Candidate in the Department of Human Genetics
Jiou Wang, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine
"When Protein Folding Goes Awry: Neurodegeneration Modeled in C. elegans and Mice"
4:10 - 5:30 PM, Alumni Center, Founders Room
Charles M. Butter Collegiate Professorship in Psychology Inaugural Lecture
Martin Sarter, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, The University of Michigan
“How Could I Miss That? Neuronal Control and Enhancement of Attentional Capacities”
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2009:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, BSRB Auditorium
Association of Multicultural Scientists (AMS) Seminar Series
Carol Carter, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology; Adjunct Professor in Physiology & Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
"HIV and ESCRT Proteins: Trafficking On and Off the Beaten Path"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 6311, Medical Science I Building
Host: Dr. William L. Smith, Professor & Chair, Department of Biological Chemistry
Craig D. Kaplan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University Medical Center
"Mechanism and Regulation of Transcription Elongation by RNA Polymerase II"
3:00 PM, Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690, SPH Tower
University of Michigan Department of Epidemiology
Erik Volz, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Antiviral Research Center, University of California San Diego
“Complex Networks and the Surveillance, Dynamics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases”
4:00 - 5:30 PM, 1655 Crossroads Building, School of Public Health I
University of Michigan’s Center for Global Health
Ruth Levine, Ph.D., Center for Global Development, Vice President for Programs and Operations and Senior Fellow
"More Health for the Money: A Global Health Agenda for the New President"
RSVP to (hnlutz@umich.edu) or 734-764-7355.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009:
9:00 - 10:00 AM, 5623 Medical Science II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Candidate Seminars
William Ja, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology
"Bugs & Drugs: Manipulations of Drosophila Lifespan"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 2736 MS II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. Stevan R. Hubbard, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine
"Structural Basis for Protein Recruitment to Insulin Receptor and Muscle-Specific Kinase"
12:00-1:00 PM, 109 Zina Pitcher – Seminar Rooms A/B/C – Ground Level
Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series - Faculty Candidate Seminar
Julie Canman, Ph.D., Department of Cell & Molecular Medicine, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego, CA
"Using Conditional Genetics to Dissect the Molecular Mechanism of Cell Division?"
12:15 - 1:15 PM, North Lecture Hall, 3695 MSII
Graduate Program in Immunology Seminar Series
Mary K. Crow, M.D., Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical, College, Benjamin M. Rosen Chair and Director of Autoimmunity and Inflammation Research Program, Hospital for Special Surgery
"Mechanisms of Interferon Pathway Activation in SLE"
2:30 - 4:00 PM, 4448 East Hall, Department of Psychology
Mental Health & Well-Being Translational Approaches for Basic Psychological Research
Christian Grillon, Ph.D., NIMH, Unit Chief, Affective Psychophysiology Lab
"Integration of Basic & Clinical Studies of Fear and Anxiety"
3:45 - 5:00 PM Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute - Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Federico Kalinec, Ph.D., Division of Cell Biology & Genetics, House Ear Institute
“Regulation of Inflammatory Responses in the Cochlea – Exploring the Connections Between Glucocorticoids, Annexin A1 and Hensen Cells”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Great Lakes North, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Graduate Program
George Michailidis, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
“Network Based Gene Set Analysis”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, MS II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Kerry McDonald, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Medical Pharmacology & Physiology, University of Missouri
"Fine Tuning of Heart Function: Role of the Myofilaments"
4:00 - 5:30 PM, 1690 SPH Crossroads, School of Public Health
The Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health and the University of Michigan's Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program
Bruna Galobardes, Ph.D., Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
“Wealthier and Taller: How Can We Explain Socioeconomic Inequalities in Height in Today's Children in the UK?"
RSVP required to (csephlectures@umich.edu).
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009:
10:00 AM and 3:00 PM, Coon Lecture Hall, 3330 Medical Science I
Microbiology and Immunology Graduate Student Symposium 2009
Sponsored by the Immunology Program, Pulmonary & Critical Care, Corning, MMMP and Microbiology & Immunology
Speakers:
10:00 AM - Cheryl Nickerson, Ph.D., Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Arizona State University
"Pathogens and Hosts: Role of Microgravity and Low Fluid Shear in Modeling Infectious Disease"
3:00 PM - Dominique Missiakas, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago
"Transpeptidation Reactions: Useful Therapeutic Targets?"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Michigan Center for Oral Health Research.
Timothy De Rouen, M.S., Ph.D., Associate Dean, School of Dentistry, University of Washington
“Practice-based Dental Research - Experiences with Northwest PRECEDENT PBRN”
3:00 - 4:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med Sci II
Genetics Training Program/CMB Short Course
John Coffin, Ph.D., ACS Research Professor, Department of Microbiology, Tufts University
"Retrovirus and Host Co-evolution"
4:00 PM. 2548 CCL
Dr. Andy Mesecar, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois, Chicago
"Lead Discovery and Development of SARS Virus Cysteine-Protease Inhibitors-Targeting a Double-Edged Sword"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
George Skiniotis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, Life Sciences Institute
“Signaling Conformations of Tall Cytokine Receptors”
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009:
9:00 - 10:00 AM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Center for Chemical Genomics Colloquium Series, Life Sciences Institute
Randal J. Kaufman, Ph.D., Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine, Departments of Biological Chemistry and Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
“Targeting the Unfolded Protein Response”
12:15 - 1:15 PM, Room 1640 Chemistry Building
MCDB Seminar Series
Rui Sousa, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health System Center-San Antonio
“Conformational Mechanisms in Protein Function: Chaperones and Polymerases”
3:30 - 4:30 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Department of Neurology Neurodegenerative Disease Research Seminar Series
Catherine Collins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular, & Development Biology, University of Michigan
"Axonal Transport & Injury Signaling: In Vivo Studies Using Drosophila"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
ChemBio/Biophysics Seminar Series
Christine Guthrie, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
“Recent Insights into the Regulation of mRNA Splicing”
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Jerome Kalifa, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine, Center for Arrhythmia Research, University of Michigan
"Atrial Anatomy: The New Frontier for Atrial Fibrillation Research"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
BSSP Faculty Candidate in the Departments of Human Genetics
Sundeep Kalantry, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Deconstructing Imprinted Mouse X-Chromosome Inactivation"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 1230 Undergraduate Science Building
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Nicole Calakos, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Duke University
"Synaptic and Circuit Basis for OCD-like Behaviors in SAPAP3 KO Mice"
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 6311 Medical Science Building I
Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Ming Lei, Assistant Professor
Dr. Feng Guo, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
"Molecular Mechanism of microRNA Biogenesis"
4:00 - 5:30 PM, 1655 SPH Crossroads, School of Public Health
The Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health and the University of Michigan's Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program
Janice Kiecolt- Glaser, Ph.D., S. Robert Davis Chair of Medicine; Professor and Director, Division of Health Psychology, Ohio State University
“Stress and Depression Can be Deadly: New Perspectives on Aging Morbidity, and Mortality from Psychoneuroimmunology”
RSVP required to (csephlectures@umich.edu).
5:00 PM, Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
The Dean's Lecture
David Pinsky, M.D., J. Griswold Ruth M.D. & Margery Hopkins Ruth Professor of Internal Medicine; Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology; Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine; and Director, U-M Cardiovascular Center
"Defending the Status Flow: Endothelial Defenses from Gases to Enzymes"
A reception will follow in the Towsley Lobby.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2009:
2:30 - 4:00 PM, Department of Psychology, 4448 East Hall
Mental Health & Well-Being Translational Approaches for Basic Psychological Research
James Abelson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Director, Anxiety Disorders Program; University of Michigan
"Psychology and Stress Neuroendocrinology: From Animal Studies to Human Psychopathology"
3:00 PM, Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690, SPH Tower
The University of Michigan Department of Epidemiology
Sarah Burgard, Ph.D., M.S., Assistant Professor of Sociology and Epidemiology; Assistant Research Scientist, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan
"Condom Use among Black Youth in South Africa: Do Relationship Characteristics Matter?"
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute - Hearing Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
M. Charles Liberman, Ph.D., Director, Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
“Adding Insult to Injury: Delayed Cochlear Nerve Degeneration after ‘Temporary’ Noise-Induced Threshold Shift”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, MS II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Charles Thornton, M.D., Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center
"Therapeutic Development In Myotonic Dystrophy"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Great Lakes South, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology, Medical School, University of Michigan
"Proteomic Studies of Human Malignant Lymphomas"
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, LSI Library, 3rd Floor Lobby (pizza lunch provided)
LSI's Center for Chemical Genomics
Nick Callamaras, Ph.D., Drug Discovery Senior Application Scientist, Molecular Devices Corp.
"The Total Imaging Solution from Molecular Devices"
Following this lecture, demos of its high content analysis instrument, ImageXpress, will be given from 1:00 - 4:00 PM in the CCG Lab, LSI Room 3238.
To schedule a private demo, please contact Steven Swaney at (smswaney@umich.edu).
12:00-1:00 PM, G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Yvonne Kapila, D.D.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan
"Matrix - At the Center of Life, Death, and Regeneration"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Terence S. Dermody, M.D, Ph.D., Professor of the Department of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
"Reovirus Receptors and Pathogenesis"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms ABC
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Series
Vesa M. Kaartinen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biologic & Materials Sciences, UM Dental School
"TGF-Beta Superfamily Signaling in Cardiac Development"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 7745 MSRB II
Department of Internal Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Matthew D. Ringel, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, The Ohio State University, Arthur G. James Comprehensive Cancer Center
“Uncovering Mechanisms of Thyroid Cancer Progression: Epithelial Mesenchymal Transitions and New Therapeutic Targets”
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 2515 BSRB
Neuroimmunology Lecture Series
Scott Zamvil, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, Program in Immunology, Biological Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco
“Regulatory Antigen Presenting Cells in CNS Autoimmunity”
12:15 - 1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology (MCDB) Department Seminar Series
Paul Cullen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo
"Global Analysis of Signaling Mucin Regulation in a Model Organism"
3:00 - 4:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med Sci II
Genetics Training Program/CMB Short Course
Michael Malim, Ph.D., Professor of Infectious Disease, King's College London School of Medicine
"APOBEC Proteins and HIV-lethal and Beneficial Editing?"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics/Chem Bio Seminar Series
Dave Thirumalai, Ph.D., Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland
“Folding Landscape of RNA from Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy”
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Max Wicha, M.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine; Director, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; Distinguished Professor of Oncology; Cancer Center Member; University of Michigan Medical School
"Clinical Implications of the Cancer Stem Cell Hypothesis"
12:00 PM, Buhl Building, Room 5915
“Taubman Talks” Brown Bag Seminar Series
Presented by the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute
Matthew Hyman, Ph.D., Candidate, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
"Ecto-apyrases, Shear Stress and Atherogenesis"
and
Scott Visovatti, M.D., Clinical Lecturer in Internal Medicine and Research Fellow
"Ectonucleotidase Expression on Lymphocytes and Microparticles in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension"
12:00 -1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Steven R. Lentz, M.D., Ph.D., Henry Hamilton Chair in Hematology; Director, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa
"Mechanisms of Thrombosis in Hyperhomocysteinemia"
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 pm, BSRB Auditorium
Sponsored by: The Department of Pharmacology, The Program in Biomedical Sciences (PIBS), and the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
Dr. Thomas Nesi, President, TJN Communications, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey
"The Vioxx Drug Catastrophe: A Story of Ethical and Regulatory Failure"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Medical Science II
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Daniel Herschlag, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemisty, Stanford University School of Medicine
"How Enzymes Work"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium (Seminar)
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 5321 CVC (Panel Discussion)
The Cardiovascular Short Course - Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies for Heart Failure
Sponsored by the CVC
Jill Tardiff, M.D., Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
“Hypertrophic Cardiomopathy”
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 2736 MS II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. Tej K. Pandita, Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine
“The Histone Code and DNA Damage Response”
12:00-1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Special Seminar
Mark E. Drew, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University Medical Center
"Characterization of Essential Proteases Involved in Nutrient Acquisition and Protein Turnover in the Malarial Parasite, Plasmodium falciparum"
2:30 - 4:00 PM, Department of Psychology, 4448 East Hall
Mental Health & Well-Being Translational Approaches for Basic Psychological Research
Christopher Monk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology & CHGD Research Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
"Developmental Neuroscience Approaches to Autism Spectrum Disorders"
3:00 - 4:00 PM, Biomedical Science Research Building Auditorium
4:15 - 5:15 PM - Reception in BSRB Seminar Rooms ABC - ground level
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Burton Baker Memorial Lecture
Tony Hunter, Ph.D., Professor and American Cancer Society Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Director, Salk Institute Cancer Center
"Signal Transduction in DNA Damage and Cancer”
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Richard Salvi, Ph.D., Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University of Buffalo
Edward Lobarinas, Ph.D., Hearing Evaluation Services of Buffalo
“Human and Animal Studies of Tinnitus: Brain Imaging, Behavior and Physiology”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Chung Owyang, M.D., H Marvin Pollard Collegiate Professor of Gastroenterology, Professor of Internal Medicine, Division Chief of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan
"Malfunctioning of the Nodose Ganglia: A Unifying Hypothesis for Widespread Gastrointestinal Distrubances in Diabetes"
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2009:
11:30 AM, Danto Auditorium, 2314 CVC
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Kevin R. Lynch, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics; Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia
“Chemical Biology of Lysophospholipid Mediators”
12:00-1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Zhengrong Cui, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University
"Toward Rational Vaccine Delivery"
12:00 PM, Room G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Cancer Research Focus Group
Paul Harari, M.D., Jack Fowler Professor and Chairman of Human Oncology, Associate Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin
"Personalizing Cancer Therapy 2009: Are We Succeeding?"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Vision Research Seminar Series
Eric Pierce, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania
"Novel Photoreceptor Sensory Cilia Proteins and Inherited Retinal Degenerations"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
Bin Xu, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
"Novel Functions of the RNA Coactivator SRA in Steroidogenesis and Adipogenesis"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms ABC
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Series
James D. Shull, Ph.D., Ardith and Anna Von Housen Professor; Chair, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy; Director, Center for Molecular Genetics & Genomics, University of Nebraska Medical Center
"Genetic Control of Estrogen Regulated Normal and Neoplastic Growth in Mammary Gland and Other Tissues"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 4234 Med Sci I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Matyas Sandor, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
"From Killing Field to Bacterial Home: Factors that Drive the Acute-chronic Transition in Mycobacterial Granulomas"
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2009:
11:45 AM, Rachel Upjohn Building Garden level Auditorium
Depression Center Colloquium Series
Kurt Kroenke, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
and
Donald Nease, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, U-M Medical School
"Best Practices for Depression Screening and Case-finding in Primary Care Practice"
12:15 - 1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry
MCDB Seminar Series
Ben Glick, University of Chicago
“Where Do Little Golgi Stacks Come From?”
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 335 West Hall
Biological Physics Seminar Series
Dolores Bozovic, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics, UCLA
“Mechanical Sensitivity in Hair Cells of the Inner Ear”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Special Seminar
Mark E. Drew, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University Medical Center
"Characterization of Essential Proteases Involved in Nutrient Acquisition and Protein Turnover in the Malarial Parasite, Plasmodium falciparum"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Laurence Baker, D.O., Professor of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology; Chairman, Southwest Oncology Group; Chairman, SARC
"SWOG Meets U of M"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium (Seminar)
1:00 - 2:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium (Panel Discussion)
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Dan Roden, M.D., Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology; William Stokes Professor of Experimental Therapeutics; Director, Oates Institute for Experimental Therapeutics; Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Personalized Medicine; Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, Vanderbilt University
“Arrhythmia Pharmacogenomics and Thoughts on Translating to the Bedside”
TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2009:
10:30 AM, South Lecture Hall, 3699 Med Sci II
The Michigan Center for Translational Pathology
Jay Shendure, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Genome Sciences, University of Washington
"Capture and Sequencing of the Protein Coding Subset of 10 Human Genomes"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 6311, Medical Science I
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Zhaohui Xu, Associate Professor
Youxing Jiang, Associate Professor, University of Texas, Department of Physiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
"Structural Study of a Non-selective Cation Channel"
3:00 PM, Room M1152, School of Public Health II
The University of Michigan Department of Epidemiology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Derek Smith, Professor of Infectious Disease Informatics, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, England
“The Evolution of Influenza Viruses”
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 2736 MS II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. William Talbot, Professor of Developmental Biology, Stanford University
"Genetic Dissection of Myelination in Zebrafish"
12:15 - 1:15 PM, West Lecture Hall, 3697 MSII
Graduate Program in Immunology Seminar Series
Anita S. Chong, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery - Section of Transplantation, University of Chicago
"Bacterial Infections as Barriers of Transplantation Tolerance"
2:30 - 3:30 PM, Forum Hall, 4th Floor, Palmer Commons
MCDB Faculty Candidate/BSSP Candidate Seminar
Arjun Raj, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Nature, Nurture, or Just Dumb Luck: Single Molecules and Cell Fate”
2:30 - 4:00 PM, Department of Psychology, 4448 East Hall
Mental Health & Well-Being Translational Approaches for Basic Psychological Research
Ahmad Hariri, Ph.D., Director, Developmental Imaging Genetics Program; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
"The Neurobiology of Individual Differences in Complex Behavioral Traits"
3:00 PM, Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690, SPH Tower
The University of Michigan Department of Epidemiology
Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Health and Epidemiology; HSPH Director; Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
"Gene-Environment Interactions: Through the Looking Glass into Mechanisms"
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Peter Steyger, Ph.D., Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University
“Trafficking of Aminoglycosides across the Blood Labyrinth Barrier”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Great Lakes North, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Kerby Shedden, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
“Slow Learning and Assessing Sparsity in Predictive Models for Clinical Outcomes”
4:00 PM, Seminar Rooms A-C BSRB
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Brigid Hogan, Ph.D., FRS, Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Duke University
"Stem Cells in Lung Development and Repair"
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
William E. Goldman, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Intracellular Survival Strategies of a Discreet Fungal Pathogen"
12:00 PM, Room 3755 School of Public Heath I
The University of Michigan Department of Epidemiology
Dong Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., Deputy Director, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung & Blood Vessel Diseases (BIHLBD); Professor and Director of Department of Epidemiology, Capital Medical University
“Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiological Study in China"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Vision Research Seminar
David R. Copenhagen, Ph.D., Professor, Ophthalmology and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco
"Vision and the Development of Retina in Neonates"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
Robert M. Anderson, M.Ed., Ed.D., Professor of Medical Education
“98% of Powerpoint Presentations are Lousy, Is Yours?”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Series
Raymond Keller, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, University of Virginia
"How We Are Shaped: Myosins, Cell Motility, Forces, and Patterning in Several Strategies of Gastrulation"
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2009:
12:15-1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Building
MCDB Seminar Series
Dr. Thomas Schwarz, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School
“Building Boutons and Moving Mitochondria”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med Sci II
UMPDA Career Development Seminar Series
Paula D. Wishart, The Career Center, University of Michigan
"Academic Job Search: A View from the Trenches"
MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2009:
9:00 - 10:00 AM, 5623 Med Sci II
Microbiology & Immunology Special Seminar
Patrick Moore, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
"A New Viral Cause of Human Cancer"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium (Seminar)
4:00 - 5:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium (Panel Discussion)
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Francis D. Pagani, M.D., Ph.D., Otto Gago, M.D. Professor in Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program; Director, Center for Circulatory Support; University of Michigan
“LVAD Therapy and Reverse Myocardial Remodeling”
3:00 - 4:00 PM, 1230 Undergraduate Science Building (USB)
Neuroscience Graduate Program Seminar
Co-sponsored by the NIDA Training Program in Neuroscience
Barry Everitt, Ph.D., Professor, Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
"Neural and Psychological Mechanisms in Drug Addiction: From Impulsive Actions to Compulsive Habits"
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2009:
8:00 - 9:00 AM, F2305 MCHC Auditorium
Department of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases
Steven M. Holland, M.D., Chief, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
“Who Gets Mycobacterial Infections and Why”
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, LSI Library, 3rd Floor Lobby
1:00 - 3:00 PM, Instrument Demonstrations in LSI, Room 3279
Presentation by Perkin-Elmer on Its New Bench-top High Content Screening Instrument, Operetta
For questions, contact Steven Swaney (smswaney@umich.edu).
12:00 - 1:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A/B/C, Ground Level
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Mary O’Riordan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan
"Keeping Bacteria in Their Place: Regulation of Compartmentalization in Infection and Immunity”
2:30 - 4:00 PM, Department of Psychology, 4448 East Hall
Mental Health & Well-Being Translational Approaches for Basic Psychological Research
Stephan Taylor, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry & PANLab Co-Director
William Gehring, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology
"Translational Approaches to Cognitive Control"
3:00 - 4:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med Sci II
Genetics Training Program/CMB Short Course
Philippe Gros, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University
"Complex Genetic Determinants of Susceptibility to Malaria"
3:45 - 5:00 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Charles A. Greer, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience,Yale University School of Medicine
“Olfactory System: Development and Plasticity”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Pei Wang, Ph.D., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
“Network Inference Using High Dimensional Genomics Data”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, MS II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
David Ginty, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neuroscience Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University
"Growth Factors Signals Controlling Development of the Peripheral Nervous System"
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009:
7:00 - 8:00 AM, MCHC Auditorium, F2305 Mott
John R. G. Gosling Lecture
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Prof. James P. Neilson, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Head, School of Reproductive Medicine; University of Liverpool; NIHR Dean for Training; Coordinating Editor, Cochrane; Pregnancy and Childbirth Group
“James Young Simpson and the Drops of Nothingness. The Evolution of Evidence in Obstetrics”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, 3695 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Willison Memorial Lecture
Ronald N. Germain, M.D., Ph.D., Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Immunology and Chief, Lymphocyte Biology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
"Integrating Molecular Studies, Models, and Movies into a Dynamic Multiscale View of the Immune System"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Cancer Research Focus Group
Lisa Coussens, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology and Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco
"Inflammation and Cancer: Regulation of Tissue-Specific Protumor Immunity"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Co-sponsored by Center for Organogenesis and Department of Internal Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
Mohamad Zubair, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"Tight Transcriptional Regulation of Ad4BP/SF-1 is Critical for Proper Development of Adrenal"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 4234 Med Sci Bldg. I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Faculty Co-Sponsors: David Ferguson, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pathology and Thomas Glover, Ph.D., Department of Human Genetics
Kevin Mills, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, The Jackson Laboratory
"Replication, Recombination, and Repair: The 3 R's that MateRRR in Lymphocytes"
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2009:
12:15 - 1:15 PM, Room 1640 Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology (MCDB) Seminar Series
Shiv Grewal, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute
“Epigenetic Genome Control by RNAi and Transoson-Derived Proteins”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics/ChemBio Seminar Series
Joel Tolman, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University
"NMR Spectroscopy of Weakly Aligned Proteins"
MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Omer Berenfeld, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Arrhythmia Research
"Fibrosis and Atrial Fibrillation: Implications of Altering the Matrix"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
N. Lynn Henry, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School
"Aromatase Inhibitor-Associated Musculoskeletal Syndrome – Taking ‘AIM’ at a Common Side Effect"
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 6311 Medical Science I Building
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Erik Zuiderweg, Department of Biological Chemistry
Walter J. Chazin, Chancellor's Professor, Director of Center for Structural Biology, Departments of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Vanderbilt University
"The Action of RPA in DNA Replication and Repair Machinery"
4:00 - 5:30 PM, 1655 SPH Crossroads, School of Public Health
The Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health and the University of Michigan's Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program
Abby Lippman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
"The Inclusion of Women in Clinical Trials: Complexities, Problems, and Paradoxes"
RSVP required to (csephlectures@umich.edu).
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2009:
2:30 - 4:00 PM, Department of Psychology, 4448 East Hall
Mental Health & Well-Being Translational Approaches for Basic Psychological Research
Marie Banich, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Cognitive Science, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder; Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado at Denver
"Executive Function in Individuals with ADHD: Translational Research"
3:00 PM, Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690, SPH Tower
The University of Michigan Department of Epidemiology
Monica Uddin, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
“Gene X Social Environment Interactions in Population Health Examples from Psychiatric Epidemiology”
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Albert Edge, Ph.D., Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School
“Stem Cells and Regeneration of the Inner Ear”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Joshua Kaplan, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Genetics, Massachusetts General Hospital
"Regulation of Synaptic Transmission in C. elegans: microRNAs and Seizures"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 2036 2nd Floor, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Chao Tang, Ph.D., Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of California at San Francisco
"Design Principles of Biochemical Networks"
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
John C. Drach, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry; Professor Emeritus of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan
“Discovery of the Antiviral Activity of Benzimidazole Nucleosides: A Surprising Journey from Vitamin B12 to Maribavir”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Gary Luker, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology; Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Michigan
"Illuminating Chemokine Receptor Signaling"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Ram K. Menon, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases and Molecular & Integrative Physiology
“Non-Traditional Targets of Growth Hormone Action”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Lecture
Karen Lyons, Ph.D., Professor, Orthopaedic Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Department of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology, UCLA
"BMP Signaling Pathways in the Growth Plate"
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2009:
CANCELLED
9:00 - 10:00 AM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Center for Chemical Genomics Colloquium Series, Life Sciences Institute
D. Martin Watterson, Ph.D., John G. Searle Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry; Co-Director, Center for Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology; Northwestern University
"Targeting Protein Kinases in Drug Discovery for CNS Disorders"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med Sci II
U-M Postdoc Association Career Development Seminar Series
Peter Hitchcock, Ph.D., Kate Barald, Ph.D., Tony Antonelis, Ph.D., Ilan Kerman, Ph.D., William Brackenbury, Ph.D., University of Michigan
"NIH K99/R00 Grants: A Panel Discussion"
MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Justus Anumonwo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Assistant Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Center for Arrhythmia Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Health System
"Regulation of Myocardial Potassium Channels in Macromolecular Scaffolds"
4:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Faculty Candidate in the Department of Human Genetics
Sohini Ramachandran, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
"The Spatial Distribution of Human Genetic Variation across Continents and Chromosomes"
TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Special Seminar
Phillip Hawkins, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, The Babraham Institute
"The Role of PI3Ks in the Assembly and Activation of the Neutrophil NADPH Oxidase"
4:00 - 5:30 PM, 1655 SPH Crossroads, School of Public Health
The Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health and the University of Michigan's Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program
Eric Klinenberg, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, New York University
“Alone in America”
RSVP required to (csephlectures@umich.edu).
5:00 PM, Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center
The Dean’s Lecture
Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr., M.D., Leland Ira Doan Research Professor of Vascular Surgery; Associate Professor of Surgery; Associate Chair, Department of Surgery
“Gender Differences in Aortic Aneurysms: Clinical and Experimental Lessons Learned”
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2009:
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Insititute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Vadivel Ganapathy, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia
“SLC5A8 & GPR109A: Molecular Link Between Gut Bacteria and the Host”
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Virginia Miller, Ph.D., Professor and Assistant Dean of Graduate Education, Departments of Genetics and Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Two Tales of Yersinia"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Auditorium 3330, Med. Sci. I
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Short Course - Seminar
Christine Moravec, Ph. D., Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Director of Basic Research, Kaufman Center for Heart Failure; Associate Director, Bakken Heart-Brain Institute, Cleveland Clinic
"Reversibility of Human Heart Failure"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Forum Hall, 4th Floor, Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
James B. Bassingthwaighte, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Bioengineering and Radiology, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington
"The Physiome Approach: Integrative Multilevel Analysis"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Terry Smith, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Ophthalmology
“Molecular Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Thyroid-associated Ophthalmopathy”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 2736 Furstenburg (PLEASE NOTE LOCATION)
BSSP Faculty Candidate in the Department of Human Genetics
Hugh Cam, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute
"Epigenetic Control and Genome Organization by RNAi and Transposon-derivied Protein"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 4234 Med Sci I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Yanming Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University
"Histone Arg Modifications and Chromatin Structure in Transcription and Bacterial Killing -- The Story of a Good Cop Goes Bad"
4:00 PM, Epidemiology Classroom, A131 East Fee Hall, Michigan State University
Michigan State University Department of Epidemiology Spring Seminar Series
Robert Elston, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
"More Powerful Genome-wide Association Methods for Case-control Data"
http://www.epi.msu.edu/seminars.htm
4:00 - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Lecture
Simon W. Hayward, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Urologic Surgery and Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Subversion of Developmental and Wound-healing Mechanisms to Promote Carcinogenesis"
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 2515, BSRB
Neuroimmunology Lecture Series
Jenny Ting, Ph.D., Alumni Distinguished Endowed Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"New Innate and Adaptive Immune Genes and Neuroinflammation"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Auditorium 5330, Med. Sci. I (NOTE LOCATION)
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Short Course- Panel Discussion
Christine Moravec, Ph. D., Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Director of Basic Research, Kaufman Center for Heart Failure; Associate Director, Bakken Heart-Brain Institute, Cleveland Clinic
"Reversibility of Human Heart Failure"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
ChemBio/Biophysics Seminar Series
Jeffery W. Kelly, Ph.D., Lita Annenberg Hazen Professor of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
“Proteostasis”
MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium (Seminar)
4:00 - 5:00 PM, CVC Danto Auditorium (Panel Discussion)
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Junichi Sadoshima, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey
“Molecular Mechanisms of Heart Failure Short Course: Metabolic Dysfunction during Heart Failure or Autophagy in Heart Failure?”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 2260 Undergraduate Science Building (USB)
Neuroscience Program Seminar
Anirvan Ghosh, Ph.D., Chair, Neurobiology Section; Director, Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of California-San Diego
"The Emergence of Synaptic Specificity in a Developing Neural Circuit"
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2009:
10:30 AM, Rachel Upjohn Building Auditorium
19th Annual Albert Barrett Neuroscience Lecture
Shitij Kapur, MBBS, Ph.D., FRCPC, Vice Dean and Professor and Head, Section on Schizophrenia, Imaging and Therapeutics, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London
"Psychosis and Cognition in Schizophrenia - Where Have We Been, Where Should We Be Going"
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Blake S. Wilson, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Duke University
“The Past, Present and Future of Cochlear Implants”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Seminar Rooms ABC, BSRB, 109 Zina Pitcher Place
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Jane Johnson, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Neuroscience, U.T. Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
"Transcriptional Control of Neuronal Diversity”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, LSI Library, 3rd Floor Lobby
High Content Analysis Seminar
Patrick Devor, Key Account Manager, Cellular Imaging, Cellomics/Thermo Fisher Scientific
Sarah Burroughs, Ph.D., Field Applications Scientist, Cellomics Products, Cellomics/Thermo Fisher Scientific
"The Fusion of Fluorescence Microscopy, Bioinformatics and Automation"
For questions, contact Steven Swaney (smswaney@umich.edu).
12:15 - 1:15 PM, South Lecture Hall, 3699 Med Sci II
Graduate Program in Immunology Seminar Series
David H. Raulet, Ph.D., Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
"Education of Natural Killer Cells and Their Role in Tumor Surveillance"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 2695 Crossroads SPH
Interdisciplinary Group Seminar (IGS)
Sebastian Zöllner, Ph.D., Department of Biostatistics and Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
"Methods for Rare Risk Variants in the Age of Re-sequencing"
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Tatiana Kostrominova, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Indiana University
“Ossabaw Pigs as a Model for Studies of the Effect of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome on Skelatal Muscle Structure and Function”
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2009:
10:00 - 11:00 AM, Great Lakes South, 4th Floor Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Seminar
Yang Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Center for Bioinformatics and Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas
"Progress and Challenges in Protein Structure Prediction"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Sponsored by the Cancer Research Focus Group
Thomas Finholt, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, School of Information
"Lessons Learned about Virtual Collaboration"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Shelley Payne, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin
"Iron and Bacterial Pathogenesis: Regulation of Shigella Iron Acquisition Systems"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine / Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
Rexford S. Ahima, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
“Role of ADRP in Lipid and Glucose Metabolism”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 4234 Med Sci I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Xuetong (Snow) Shen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
"Chromatin Responses to DNA Damage"
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009:
11:30 AM -12:30 PM, West Conference Room, B616 West Fee Hall, Michigan State University
Michigan State University Department of Epidemiology
Alex Stagnaro-Green, M.D., M.H.P.E., Touro University College of Medicine
“Thyroid and Pregnancy: An Evolving and Troublesome Story”
MONDAY, MAY 4, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Ronald Buckanovich, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine; Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; University of Michigan Medical School
"Dissecting the Ovarian Tumor Vascular/Stem Cell Niche"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Jan Stegemann, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
"Engineered Microenvironments for Cardiovascular Research"
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 6311, Medical Science Building I
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Patrick O'Brien, Assistant Professor
Brandt F. Eichman, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University
"Enzymatic Responses to DNA Alkylation Damage"
4:00 - 5:30 PM, 1655 SPH Crossroads, School of Public Health
The Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health and the University of Michigan's Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program
John Cacioppo, Ph.D., Tiffany & Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago
“Perceived Social Isolation and Health”
RSVP required to (csephlectures@umich.edu).
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009:
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Dee Silverthorn, Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of Texas, Austin
"Implementing Active Learning: Is it for Everyone?"
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Michael J. Imperiale, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan
"BKV v. Cell"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room G-550, Dental School
OHS/TEAM Seminar Series
Ning Wang, Sc.D., Professor, Mechanical Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Rapid Mechanotransduction at a Distance in a Living Cell"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine / Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Gokhan S. Hotamisligil, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, Department of Genetics & Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
"Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Inflammation in Metabolic Disease"
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009:
3:30 - 4:30 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Neuroimmunology Lecture Series
Serge Rivest, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universite Laval
"Mechanisms Involved in the Regulation of the Innate Immune Response in the Brain"
MONDAY, MAY 11, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Benedict R. Lucchesi, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, University of Michigan
“Alfimeprase - A Fibrinolytic Metalloproteinase for Thrombolysis”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Stephen B. Gruber, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor of Internal Medicine, Epidemiology, and Human Genetics, Division of Molecular Medicine & Genetics, University of Michigan
"Clinical Cancer Genetics: From Research to Standard of Care"
4:00 PM, 3699 Med Sci II South Lecture Hall ***PLEASE NOTE LOCATION***
Department of Human Genetics
Leslie Biesecker, M.D., Chief, Genetic Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute
"The ClinSeq Project: A Pilot Approach to Clinical Genomics"
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 6311 Medical Science I Building
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Ursula Jakob, Associate Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, The University of Michigan
"The Yin and Yang of Oxidative Protein Unfolding"
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 2736, Med Sci II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. W. Lee Kraus, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University
“Genomic Integration of Estrogen and Kinase Signaling Pathways”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A/B/C, Ground. Level, 109 Zina Pitcher Place
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series
John A. Hammer III, Ph.D., Head, Section on Molecular Cell Biology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH
"Myosin V Function in Vivo: from Melanosomes to Memory”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 1655 Crossroads Building, School of Public Health I, 109 S. Observatory St.
The Center for Global Health, Center for the History of Medicine, and Office of Public Health Practice
Martin Cetron, M.D., Director, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
"Global Migration and Infectious Diseases: Untangling the Threads and Mitigating the Threats"
RSVP to (hnlutz@umich.edu), (akielwas@umich.edu) or 734-764-7355.
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2009:
9:30 -10:30 AM, Forum Hall 4th Floor, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Faculty Candidate
Haiyuan Yu, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
“Understanding Large-scale Interactome Networks”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Walther Mothes, Ph.D., Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine
"Retroviruses Manipulate Cell-Cell Adhesion for the Purpose of Efficient Cell-to-Cell Transmission"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, G-550, School of Dentistry, Kellogg Building
OHS/TEAM Seminar Series
David Grainger, Department Chair, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah
"The Foreign Body Response to Implanted Biomaterials and Implant-centered Infection"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 4234 Med Sci I Bldg
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Peter Lucas, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan
"GPCR-dependent NF-KB Signaling in Vascular, Metabolic, and Neoplastic Disease"
FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2009:
10:30 - 11:30 AM, LSI Library, located at NE corner of lobby area in the Life Sciences Institute
Co-sponsored by Department of Neurology and LSI's Center for Structural Biology
Saurav Misra, Ph.D., Assistant Staff, Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic and Assistant Professor, Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
"All That and a Bag of CHIPs - Biochemical Investigations in Cytosolic Protein Quality Control"
MONDAY, MAY 18, 2009:
10:00 AM, 5915 Buhl
Irina Conboy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the UC Berkeley, UCSF Joint Graduate Group and Quantitative Biosciences, Institute Investigator
“Endocrine Propagation of Stem Cell Aging”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Stephen G. Young, M.D., Professor of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Medicine/Division of Cardiology, Associate Director, UCLA Specialty Training Advanced Research (STAR) Program
"An Endothelial Cell Molecule Required for Plasma Triglyceride Metabolism"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
This conference is dedicated to podium presentations at the upcoming 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology Conference.
Moderated by: Douglas Blayney, M.D., President-elect, ASCO; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine; Medical Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
Presenters:
David C. Smith, M.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine; Professor, Department of Urology; Cancer Center Member
“A Phase 1 Study of XL228, a Potent IGF1R / AURORA / SRC Inhibitor, in Patients with Solid Tumors or Hematologic Malignancies”
Andrzej J. Jakubowiak M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
“Phase I/II Trial of Lenalidomide, Bortezomib, Doxil® and Dexamethasone (RVDD) in Frontline Multiple Myeloma”
Frank Worden, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
“The Implication of Tobacco Usage in the Development of Distant Metastases and Tumor Recurrence in Patients with HPV (+) Squamous Cell Cancers of the Oropharynx”
Sarah Hawley, Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine
“Cancer Surveillance & Outcomes Research Team (CanSORT) 2009 ASCO Presentations”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Department of Human Genetics
Yen-Pei Christy Chang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore
"Hypertension Genetics: Genome-Wide Approaches, Novel Gene Regulation Mechanisms, and Clinical Applications"
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009:
3:00 - 4:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Medical Science Building II
The Department of Biological Chemistry 2009 Distinguished Graduate Lecture
Catherine Drennan, Professor of Chemistry and Biology, Investigator and Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Crystallographic Snapshots of Metalloproteins in Action"
4:00 - 5:30 PM, 1655 SPH Crossroads, School of Public Health
The Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health and the University of Michigan's Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program
Gopal K. Singh, Ph.D., Senior Epidemiologist/Health Care Administrator, Office of Data and Program Development, HSRA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
“Health and Social Inequalities in the United States: Time Trends and Policy Implications”
RSVP required to (csephlectures@umich.edu).
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A/B/C, Ground. Level, 109 Zina Pitcher Place
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Yehoash Raphael, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan
"Use of Developmental Genes for Inner Ear Therapy”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 2736 Med Sci II
The Distinguished Pharmacology Student Lectureship
Jonathan Javitch, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Columbia University School of Medicine
"A Tale of Two Substrates: A Novel Mechanism for Neurotransmitter:Sodium Symport"
3:00 - 5:00 PM, Anderson Room D, Michigan Union (1st Floor)
Open Forum – University of Michigan Center for Global Health
Discussion will include: mission, vision, and strategic objectives; faculty and student association and programs; opportunities for engagement; and plans for the future.
Dr. Sandro Galea, Center Director, and Center staff will be available to take questions.
RSVP to (restrick@umich.edu) or 734-763-3069.
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Richard Zigmond, Case Western Reserve
"Cytokines and Neurotrophins: Signals Utilized by Injured Peripheral Neurons"
4:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
William W. Coon Lecture
Patricia Ganz, M.D., Professor of Health Services in the School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine in the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
"Improving Outcomes of Cancer Survivors: Lessons Learned from the Treatment of Breast Cancer"
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2009:
12:00 PM, 3330 Med Sci I
Radiology Research Seminar
S. Takayama Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
"Microfluidics Models of the Body"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 4234 Med Sci Bldg. I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson, M.D., Associate Professor and Director, Division of Translational Research, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan
"Molecular Pathogenesis of Malignant Lymphoma"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine / Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
William I. Sivitz, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
“Diabetes and Mitochondria”
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Med Sci II
U-M Postdoc Association Seminar Series
Sandra Gregerman, Senior Program Officer, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program and Adjunct Lecturer in Curriculum Support, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan
"Mentoring Undergraduates in Biomedical and Life Sciences Research"
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 2736 Med Sci II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. Dan Eitzman, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
"Fat Inflammation and Atherosclerosis"
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Andrew Giraud, Ph.D., Professor and Research Theme Director, Infection, Immunity and Environment, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
"Mechanisms of Gastric Tumourigenisis in the gp 130757FF Mouse"
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Susan Winandy, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University
“The Regulation of T cell Development and Leukemogenesis by Ikaros: Mechanism of Action Through Notch"
1:00 - 2:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Peter Lloyd Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
"Matrix Signaling as a Key Determinant in Pulmonary Vascular Development and Disease"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine / Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Elif Oral, M.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
"Relative Leptin Deficiency and NASH: An Unfinished Story"
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2009:
9:00 - 10:00 AM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Co-hosted by Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and The Department of Human Genetics
Faculty Candidate
Santhi K. Ganesh, M.D., Assistant Clinical Investigator, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH
"Genetics of Vascular Remodeling"
MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Zhe Han, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine - Molecular Medicine and Genetics; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology; University of Michigan Medical School
"Genetic Control of Heart Tube Formation in Drosophila"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 1640 Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Gomberg Lecture Series
David Tollervey, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh, Wellcome Center for Cell Biology
"Some Cracking Results with RNA"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Department of Human Genetics
Hemant Khanna, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan
"Photoreceptor Ciliary Proteins as Modifiers of Retinal Degeneration in Ciliopathies"
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 2903 Learning Resource Center (Frederick Neidhardt Lecture Hall)
Immunology Program Seminar Series
Adewunmi Nuga, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
Mentor: Kathleen Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
"HIV-1 Latency in Bone Marrow Progenitor Cells"
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Gary Sieck, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
"Mechanisms of Underlying Diaphragm Muscle Weakness"
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine / Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Richard E. Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D., FRACP, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
“Targeting Fibrosis: A New Therapeutic Strategy in Diabetic Cardio-renal Disease”
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Dudley Strickland Ph.D., Director, Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases; Director, Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine; Professor of Surgery and Physiology; University of Maryland School of Medicine
"Mechanisms by which LDL Receptor Family Members Protect the Vasculature"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Huan Ha, M.D., Fellow, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School
“mTOR Inhibitor as Radiosensitizer in the Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcoma"
Khaled Hassan, M.D., M.S., Fellow, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School
“Notch Pathway as a Therapeutic Target in Lung Cancer; the Stem Cell Premise"
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Co-Hosted by John Williams and The Peptide Center
Ichiko Nishijima, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Molecular & Human Genetics, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University
"Effects of Secretin in Early Postnatal Brain Development"
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2009:
10:30 - 11:30 AM, LSI Library, 3rd Floor Lobby
Sponsored by the Center for Structural Biology, Life Sciences Institute
Clay Brown, Ph.D., Scientific Director, High Throughput Protein Laboratory, LSI Center for Structural Biology
"A High-throughput Baculovirus Expression Platform for Construct Evaluation"
3:30 - 4:30 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Department of Neurology Neurodegenerative Disease Research Seminar Series
Jason Gestwicki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan
"New Pharmacological Tools Reveal a Role for Heat Shock Protein 70 (Hsp70) in Neurodegenerative Disease"
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Scott Visovatti M.D., Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan
"Nucleotidases in Pulmonary Hypertension"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 2036 Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Program
Edward Flach, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Department for Innovative Methods for Computing, Technical University of Dresden (Germany)
“Cellular Potts Model: Its Behavior and an Application”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Department of Human Genetics
Thomas E. Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan
“DNA Repair and Chromosomal Rearrangements: Toward Relating Protein Mechanisms to Global Genomic Variation”
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 4917 Buhl
Interdisciplinary Group Seminar (IGS)
Jun Li, Ph.D., Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan
"Runs of Homozygosity in the Human Genome: Population Diversity and Genomewide Patterns"
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 2903 Learning Resource Center (Frederick Neidhardt Lecture Hall)
Immunology Program Seminar Series
Matthew Schaller, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
Mentor: Steven Kunkel, Ph.D.
"Differential Activation of Memory and Effector T Cell by Notch Ligands"
3:30 PM, 2548 C.C. Little
Medicinal Chemistry – Special Seminar
Dr. Andrew Mesecar, Professor, University of Illinois
"Natural Product Based Cancer Preventive Agents: New Targets and Lead Discovery"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 2036 (2nd Floor) Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Program/Department of Human Genetics
Sohini Ramachandran, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
“The Spatial Distribution of Human Genetic Variation across Continents and Chromosomes”
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Mahender Macha M.D., F.A.C.S., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan
"Mesenchymal Cell Therapy for Heart Failure"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Dale Bixby, M.D., Ph.D., Fellow, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
"Targeting CML Progenitor Cells Through mTOR Inhibition"
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Great Lakes South (4th Floor) Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Program
Edward N. Trifonov, Ph.D., Director, Genome Diversity Center, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel, and Professor of Experimental Biology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
“The Earliest Stages of (Bio)Molecular Life”
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 2802, Med Sci II
U-M Postdoc Association Seminar Series
Julie Feldkamp, Division of Research Development & Administration, The University of Michigan
"Postdoc Funding Opportunities for Non-US Citizens"
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Sakthivel Sadayappan, Ph.D., Research Instructor in the Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
"Emerging Evidence of Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein-C Phosphorylation in Health and Disease"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Daniel Lebovic, M.D., Fellow, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
"Protein Trafficking as a Therapeutic Target in B Cell Malignancies"
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009:
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Hosted by the MIP Post Docs
Jared Rutter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine
"Nutrient Sensing and Signaling and a Foray Into Mitochondrial Disease"
MONDAY, JULY 6, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Great Lakes North Room, 4th Floor Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Special Seminar
Thomas Kepler, Ph.D., Chief, Division of Computational Biology, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center
“Gaussian Processes for Gene Expression Dynamics”
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Michael Aviram D.Sc., Bernice R. and Joseph Tanenbaum Chair in Preventive Medicine; Head, Lipid Research Laboratory; Director, Department of Laboratory Medicine; Director, Legacy Heritage Clinical Research Institute at Rambam-Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Bat-Galim, Haifa, Israel
“HDL - Associated Paraoxonase1 Protection against Cardiovascular Diseases"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 1655 Crossroads (SPH)
Interdisciplinary Group Seminar (IGS)
Jianzhi George Zhang, Ph.D., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
"Systems Approaches to Genetics and Evolution"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Forum Hall, 4th Floor Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Special Seminar and Health Informatics Grand Rounds
Dennis Wall, Ph.D., Director, Computational Biology Initiative, Harvard Medical School
“Comparative Network Analysis of Neurological Disorders Focuses the Genome-wide Search for Autism Gene Candidates”
TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2009:
7:30 AM, Danto Auditorium, 2314 CVC
Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds
David Pinsky, M.D., Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine; Director, Cardiovascular Center; J. Griswold Ruth MD & Margery Hopkins Ruth Professor of Internal Medicine; Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
"Defending the Status Flow: Endothelial Defenses from Gases to Enzymes"
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009:
7:00 PM, SPH Crossroads, Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690
Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology Evening Lecture
David Schottenfeld Lecture
Patricia Buffler, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley
“New Insights from Molecular Epidemiologic Studies of Childhood Leukemia”
THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Thomas W. Gardner, M.D., M.S., Jack and Nancy Turner Professor of Ophthalmology; Professor, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vice Chair for Research in Ophthalmology, Penn State University College of Medicine
and
David A. Antonetti, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State University College of Medicine
"An Integrated Approach to Diabetic Retinopathy"
FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2009:
9:00 - 10:00 AM, BSRB Auditorium
Hosted by the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute
Anders A.F. Sima, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology, Wayne State University
“Is C-peptide the Missing Link to Successful Treatment of the Complications of Type 1 Diabetes?"
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2009:
7:00 PM, SPH Crossroads, Lane Family Auditorium, Room 1690
Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology Evening Lecture
Alfred S. Evans Lecture
Jonathan Patz, M.D., M.P.H., Professor and Director, Global Environmental Health, The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies; and the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Global Climate Change and Health: Applying Epidemiology in a Solutions-Oriented Framework”
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 1190 Undergraduate Science Building
U-M Postdoc Association Seminar Series
Sandra Gregerman, Director, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Michigan
"Engaging First and Second Year Students in your Research"
The session will cover: benefits to postdoctoral research fellows, mentorship experience, teaching opportunities, travel stipend, UROP overview, how to get involved, lessons learned from the UROP Postdoctoral Fellow Panel, and the undergraduate student perspective.
MONDAY, JULY 27, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Department of Human Genetics
Conxi Lázaro-Garcia, Ph.D., Head of the Program for Molecular Diagnosis of Hereditary Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
"Program in Molecular Diagnosis for Hereditary Cancer at ICO (Barcelona): A Comprehensive Overview & Insights on Genetic Testing and Translational Research for Neurofibromatosis 1"
TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2009:
5:00 PM, SPH Crossroads Auditorium, Room 1690
Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology
Special Lecture Series - Vignettes of the History of Epidemiology
Warren Winkelstein, Jr., M.D., Professor, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
“The Remarkable Archie (Archie Cochrane)”
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009:
5:00 PM, SPH Crossroads, Lane Family Auditorium, Romm 1690
Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology Evening Lecture
Leonard M. Schuman Lecture
Sharon Kardia, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
“Epidemiology in the 21st Century”
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2009:
10:00 - 11:00 AM, 7623 Med Sci II
Open House - Center for Integrative Genomics (CIG)
CIG offers a variety of phenotyping instrumentation for mice and rats including ultrasound imaging, rota-rod, calimetric cages, behavior screening and more. Come to our open house for a tour, meet the staff and learn about what we have to offer. No pre-registration necessary. For more information, contact Janet Hoff at (jhlvt@umich.edu) or 734-615-6906.
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
LSA Biophysics Seminar Series
Daniel Axelrod, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Physics & Research Scientist Emeritus, Biophysics, University of Michigan
“Secretory Dynamics Studied by TIRF Microscopy”
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2009:
2:00 - 3:00 PM, Seminar Rooms A, B, and C, BSRB
Center for Organogenesis Director Candidate Presentations
David Markovitz, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, U of M
"Vision for the Center for Organogenesis"
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2009:
2:00 - 3:00 PM, Seminar Rooms A, B, and C, BSRB
Center for Organogenesis Director Candidate Presentations
Mark Russell, M.D., Aaron Stern Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
"Vision for the Center for Organogenesis"
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 4917 Buhl
Interdisciplinary Group Seminar (IGS)
Jonathan Gruber, Ph.D., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
"Quantifying the Properties of Regulatory Mutation in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae"
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2009:
2:00 - 3:00 PM, Seminar Rooms A, B, and C, BSRB
Center for Organogenesis Director Candidate Presentations
Gary Hammer, M.D., Ph.D., Millie Schembechler Professor of Adrenal Cancer; Associate Professor of Molecular and Intergrative Physiology & Internal Medicine; Director, Endocrine Oncology Program
"Vision for the Center for Organogenesis"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 340 West Hall
Biophysics Seminar Series
Ido Braslavsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University
"Freeze Control by Ice Binding Proteins"
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, BSRB, Seminar rooms A, B & C- ground level
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Mary Kinkel, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago
"Limiting the Pancreatic Field During Zebrafish Development”
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2009:
10:00 - 11:00 AM, 7623 Med Sci II
Open House - Center for Integrative Genomics (CIG)
CIG offers a variety of phenotyping instrumentation for mice and rats including ultrasound imaging, rota-rod, calimetric cages, behavior screening and more. Come to our open house for a tour, meet the staff and learn about what we have to offer. No pre-registration necessary. For more information, contact Janet Hoff at (jhlvt@umich.edu) or 734-615-6906.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009:
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 4234, Med Sci I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Brad Johnson, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
"Telomere Maintenance by Recombination and Chromatin-based Mechanisms"
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 6311, Medical Science Building I
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Stephen Ragsdale, Professor
David J. Pinsky, M.D., Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine; Director, Cardiovascular Center; J.Griswold Ruth MD & Margery Hopkins Ruth Professor of Internal Medicine; Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Scholar; A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute
"Paradoxes and Inspirations: Potential Therapeutic Effects of a Deadly Gas"
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis Special Lecture Series on Stem Cells
K. Sue O'Shea, Ph.D., Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, UM
"Introduction to Stem Cells"
2:00 - 5:00 PM, Library Gallery, First Floor of Hatcher Graduate Library
University Library Open House
The University Library cordially invites everyone — especially new faculty and graduate student instructors — to our open house. You can learn about library services and collections that support teaching and research, find ways to improve the research and technology skills of your students, and meet the librarian(s) for your discipline. Come chat and relax with your colleagues and library staff, or choose to participate in brief presentations and discussions on topics such as information resources, copyright, and intellectual property. Light refreshments will be served. For questions, please contact Darlene Nichols (dpn@umich.edu).
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine / Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Abhimanyu Garg, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine; Chief, Division of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases; Endowed Chair in Human Nutrition Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
“Molecular Mechanisms of Lipodystrophy and Metabolic Complications in Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Series
Helen McNeill, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute; Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Fat-like Cadherins in Flies and Mice"
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Department of Neurology Neurodegenerative Disease Research Seminar Series
Vikram G. Shakkottai, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Lecturer, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan
"Physiologic Changes in Ataxia"
12:15 - 1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental, Biology Department
Julian Adams, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
“100 Years of Science at Michigan: ‘40 Years of Work in My Microbial Evolution’"
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Dan Eitzman, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
"Leukocyte Regulation of Endothelial Cells in Obesity"
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Special Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis (CDB 681)
Andrzej Dlugosz, M.D., Poth Professor of Cutaneous Oncology, Department of Dermatology & UM Cancer Center
"Skin Stem Cells"
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room G550 School of Dentistry
Pierre Jurdic, Ph.D., Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon France
"Origin and Mode of Function of Bone Resorbing Osteoclasts"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 2736 Med Sci II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. Dana Dolinoy, John G. Searle Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
"Environmental Epigenetics: The New Genetics of Toxicology"
12:15 - 1:15 P.M., South Lecture Hall, 3699 MSII
Graduate Program in Immunology Seminar Series
Matthias Wabl, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco
"Retroelements in Autoimmune Disease"
3:45 - 5:00 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Li Xu, M.D., Ph.D., College of Health and Human Service’s School of Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences, Ohio University
“Temporal Aspects of Sine-Wave Speech Recognition”
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Special Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis (CDB 681)
Sean Morrison, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Stem Cell Biology; Associate Research Investigator of the Life Sciences Institute; Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics; Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology; Investigator, HHMI
"Hematopoietic Stem Cells"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Vision Research Seminar Series
Gregory Jackson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology; Director of Clinical Research, Penn State Hershey Eye Center, Pennsylvania State University
"Visual Dysfunction Associated with Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Brian A. Pierchala, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, U-M School of Dentistry
“Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF): Mechanisms of Action and Developmental Functions”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Rodney Welch, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine
"Seeking the Right Serine during E. coli Colonization of the Urinary Tract"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 4234 Med Sci Bldg. I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Steven F. Ziegler, Ph.D., Director, Immunology Program, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia; Mason and Affiliate Professor of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine
"TSLP and Allergic Inflammation"
For more information on Dr. Zeigler's research
4:00 - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Organogenesis Seminar Lecture Series
Jeffrey M. Rosen, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
"Therapeutic Targeting of Breast Cancer Stem Cells"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Megan R. Haymart, M.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, and Division of Hematology/Oncology
“Higher TSH and Thyroid Cancer: Do the Pieces of the Puzzle Fit?”
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 1500 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Building (North Campus)
Host: Lut Raskin, Professor of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Professor Willy Verstraete, Lab. Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University
"Anaerobic Digestion in the Biorefinery Market Economy"
Professor Verstraete's lecture slides are available upon request (nrosugi@umich.edu).
12:15 - 1:15 PM, Room 1640, Chemistry Building
Department of Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology
Charles Yocum, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
“100 Years of Science at Michigan; ‘Illuminating the Inner Sanctum of Photosynthesis: Thirty Seven Years of Research on Photosystem II’”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics/ChemBio Seminar Series
Giuseppe Melacini, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
“Inhibition of Amyloid Formation through Signaling and Self-Association Modulators: An NMR View”
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Eugene Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan
“PPAR and Nitro-fatty Acids in the Cardiovascular System”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Department of Human Genetics Seminar Series
Alexandra Stern, Ph.D., Zina Pitcher Collegiate Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Michigan
"The Entangled Histories of Eugenics, Clinical Genetics, and Genetic Counseling, United States, 1940's-1980's"
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis
Special Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
Gary Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Molecular & Integrative Physiology, UM
"Germ Cells"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 6311 Med Sci I
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Bruce Palfey
John Lipscomb, Ph.D., Professor, University of Minnesota Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
"The Many Facets of O2 Activation by Non-Heme Iron-Containing Enzymes"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Kahn Auditorium, Biomedical Science Research Building
Special Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Seminar
Simon Mercer, Ph.D., Director, Health and Wellbeing, Microsoft External
“Healthcare-related Research at Microsoft Research”
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 2736 Med Sci II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. Helen M. Piwnica-Worms, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology & Internal Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine
"Targeting the Chk1/Cdc25A Pathway in p53-Deficient Tumors"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A/B/C, Ground Level, 109 Zina Pitcher Place
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Marc D. Basson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Michigan State University
"Effects of Extracellular Pressure on Cancer Cell Adhesion"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 2903 Learning Resource Center (Frederick Neidhardt Lecture Hall)
Immunology Program Seminar Series
Michael Morran, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
Mentor: Massimo Pietropaolo, M.D.
"The Extracellular Epitope of the Neuroendocrine Autoantigen, IA-2 (aa residues 1-256), is Associated with a Heightened Risk of Type 1 Diabetes"
3:45 - 5:00 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Thomas Brozoski, Ph.D., Research Professor, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
“Cochlear Trauma Chronic Tinnitus, and the Inferior Colliculus”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Sarah Ross, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
"A Key Role for Bhlhb5 in Circuit Formation "
4:00 - 5:00 PM. Great Lakes South, 4th Floor, Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Seminar
Olga Troyanskaya, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
“Making Sense of Biology and Disease in Genomics: From Functional Networks to Tissue-specific Gene Expression”
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis
Special Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
Max Wicha, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Director of the UM Cancer Center
"Cancer Stem Cells"
10:00 - 11:00 AM, 7623 Med Sci II
Open House - Center for Integrative Genomics (CIG)
CIG offers a variety of phenotyping instrumentation for mice and rats including ultrasound imaging, rota-rod, calimetric cages, behavior screening and more. Come to our open house for a tour, meet the staff and learn about what we have to offer. No pre-registration necessary. For more information, contact Janet Hoff at (jhlvt@umich.edu) or 734-615-6906.
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Vision Research Seminar Series - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Steven Abcouwer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania State University
"Microglia as Therapeutic Targets in Neurodegenerative Retinal Diseases"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
David Engman, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University
"Trypanosomiasis: Mechanisms of Disease Pathogenesis and Flagellar Biogenesis"
4:00 - 5:00 PM., Room 6311, Medical Science Building I
The Department of Biological Chemistry, Co-Sponsored with Cell and Developmental Biology
Host: Professors Bob Fuller & Lois Weisman
Gregory S. Payne, Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
"Regulation and Dynamics of Clathrin Adaptors"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl
Special CMB/PIBS Alumna Seminar
Jennifer Kennell, Ph.D., Vassar College
“The Challenges and Rewards of Studying Wnt Signaling and MicroRNAs at a Small, Liberal Arts College”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Series
Lori Sussel, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, NY
"Regulation of Pancreatic Islet Cell Fates"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine / Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Roberto Gianani, M.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Pathology, Director of the Histology Core at The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diseases, University of Colorado Denver
“Pathology of Type 1 Diabetes in Man and Mouse”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 4234 Med Sci Bldg I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Jason Gestwicki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School
"Heat Shock Protein 70 and Neurodegenerative Disease"
For more information on Dr. Gestwicki's research:
http://www.lsi.umich.edu/facultyresearch/labs/gestwicki
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009:
9:00 - 10:00 AM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Life Sciences Institute/Center for Chemical Genomics Colloquium Series
D. Martin Watterson, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Pharmacology & Biological Chemistry, Northwestern University
“Targeting Protein Kinases in Drug Discovery for CNS Disorders”
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, LSI Library, Room 3040
Life Sciences Institute/Center for Structural Biology
Peter Orphanos, GE Healthcare:
9:30 AM - Strategies for Protein Purification
10:15 AM - Filtration Chromatography
11:00 AM - Ion Exchange Chromatography
11:45 AM - Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography
Registration is required in advance by contacting (Peter.Orphanos@ge.com).
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Neuroimmunology Lecture Series
Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center
"Toll-like Receptors and CNS Inflammation"
12:15 - 1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Department
Robert Bender, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
“100 Years of Science at Michigan, ‘A NAC for Regulating Metabolism’”
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
CVC Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Todd J. Herron, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Center for Arrhythmia Research, University of Michigan
“Molecular Mechanisms of Heart Failure and Fatal Ventricular Arrhythmias”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Max Wicha, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Oncology, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine; Director, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of Michigan Medical School
"Targeting Self Renewal Pathways in Breast Cancer Stem Cells"
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Special Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
Jack Parent, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, UM
"Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 6311, Medical Science Building I
Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Patrick O'Brien, Assistant Professor
Dr. F. Peter Guengerich, Professor of Biochemistry; Director, Center for Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
"Interactions of DNA Polymerases with Damaged DNA: Interpreting the Details of Mutation Errors"
4:00-5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl
Interdisciplinary Group Seminar (IGS)
Michael Boehnke, Ph.D., Richard G. Cornell Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan
"Genome-Wide Association Studies for Type 2 Diabetes and Related Disorders"
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 2903 Learning Resource Center (Frederick Neidhardt Lecture Hall)
Immunology Program Seminar Series
Kelsi Anderson, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
Mentor: Mary O'Riordan, Ph.D.
"Defining the Dynamics of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) during Listeria Monocytogenes Infection"
12:00 - 1:00 PM in 2736 Med Sci II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. F. Peter Guengerich, Harry Pearson Broquist Professor of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt School of Medicine
"Dynamics of Cytochrome P450 Reaction and Their Relevance to Catalytic Function"
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Marci Lesperance, M.D., M.S., Professor and Division Chief Pediatric Otolaryngology, University of Michigan
“Overexpression of Diaph3/Diaphanous Causes Human Auna1 Deafness and Impaired Response to Sound in Drosophila Melanogaster”
4:00 - 5:00 PM. Great Lakes North, 4th Floor, Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Seminar
Brian, Athey, Ph.D., Professor, Biomedical Informatics (Medical School); Co-Director, Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (CCMB); Associate Director, Michigan Institute for Clinical Health Research (MICHR); Director, Academic Informatics (Medical School)
“The Relationship Between Informatics and Biomedical Research and Education: Current and Future Perspectives"
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Special Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
Gary Hammer, M.D., Ph.D., Millie Schembechler Professor of Adrenal Cancer, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes; Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
"Adrenal Stem Cells"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Laura Benjamin, Ph.D., Vice President, Cell Biology, ImClone Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company
“Novel Molecular Pathways that Regulate Pathological Blood and Lymphatic Biology”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Alan Rein, Ph.D., Head, Retrovirus Assembly Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute-Frederick
“Retrovirus Particle Assembly: Building Blocks and Construction Principles”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 4234 Med Sci I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Nicholas Lukacs, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Assistant Dean for Research Faculty, University of Michigan Medical School
"Viral-induced Innate Immune Responses Dictate the Severity of Chronic Pulmonary Disease"
For more information on Dr. Lukac's research visit:
http://web.mac.com/nlukacs/Site_5/Home.html
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine / Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Elif A. Oral, M.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes
“The Continued Story of Exploring Recombinant Leptin Therapy for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease”
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Department of Neurology Neurodegenerative Disease Research Seminar Series
Brent L. Fogel, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Residence, UCLA Department of Neurology, Program in Neurogenetics
"Balancing the Approach to Cerebellar Ataxia"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, SPH Crossroads Room 1655
Risk Science Center, School of Public Health
David L. Eaton Ph.D., Consultant to the Risk Science Center Director Search Committee
“Perspectives on the Future of Toxicology and Risk Assessment”
12:15-1:15 PM, Room 1640, Chemistry
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Department
William Green, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago
"3PDZ Domain Proteins and Glutamate Receptor Sorting in Neurons2”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics/ChemBio Seminar Series
Bertrand Garcia-Moreno, Ph.D., Professor of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University
"Charges in the Hydrophobic Interior of Proteins"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Great Lakes North, 4th Floor, Palmer Commons
Special Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Seminar
Mark P. Molloy, Ph.D. Director of Biomedical Proteomics, Australian Proteome Analysis Facility; Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University
“Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers for Colorectal Cancer”
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009:
12:00 PM, 2515 BSRB
Co-Hosted by: Chung Owyang & Bishr Omary
Fred Gorelick, M.D., Professor, Internal Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Cell Biology, Yale University
"Protons and the Pancreatic Acinar Cell"
http://www.med.umich.edu/gi/docs/conf_scd.pdf
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
CVC Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Sebastian Lewandowski Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute
"Imatinib as Inhibitor of Neurovascular Permeability Improves Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury"
http://www.licr.ki.se/D_groups/d2_Tissue-Biology.php
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 335 West Hall
Biological Physics/Complex Systems Seminar Series
M. Shane Hutson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
"How Does a Fly Make Itself? Dissecting Morphogenesis with Laser Microsurgery"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Laurence A. Boxer, M.D., The Henry and Mala Dorfman Family Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan Medical School
"Molecular Causes of Neutropenia"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Cancer Center Tumor Immunology and Host Response Program
Michael A. Caligiuri, M.D., Director, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and CEO, James Cancer Hospital
“Natural Killer Cells: Receptor Biology Leads Us to Clinical Applications in Cancer”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Department of Human Genetics Seminar Series
Bruce Levin, Ph.D., Michigan 1967 Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Biology at Emory University
“The Population and Evolutionary Dynamics of Bacterial Infections and Their Treatment: Opinions, Mathematical Models and Real Work (Experiments)”
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, 2710 Furstenberg
Special Lecture Series in Stem Cell Organogenesis
Yukiko Yamashita, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Life Sciences and Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
"Stem Cells in Drosophila"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 6311, Medical Science Building I
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Aaron Goldstrohm, Assistant Professor
Dr. Carla Green, Professor, The Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"Circadian Control of Metabolism Is Mediated by Post-transcriptional Regulation"
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009:
12:15 - 1:15 P.M., South Lecture Hall, 3699 Med Sci II
Graduate Program in Immunology Seminar Series
Larry Steinman, M.D., Professor of Neurology and Chair of the Interdepartmental Program in Immunology at Stanford University
"Antigen Specific Therapy for Autoimmune Disease in Man"
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Dora E. Angelaki, Ph.D., Professor of Neurobiology, Washington University, St. Louis
“Knowing Where to Go: It Begins in the Ear”
4:00 PM, LSI Library / Lobby
Life Sciences Institute
Pawel A. Penczek, Department of Biochem & Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School
“Analysis of Conformational Variability of Macromolecules in Cryo-electron Microscopy”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Great Lakes North, 4th Floor, Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Seminar
Dawei Huang, M.D., Executive Manager, DAVID Bioinformatics Lab, NIAID Microarray Core Facility, NIAID/NIH, (Contractor through SAIC-Frederick, Inc.)
“Systematic and Integrative Analysis of Large Gene Lists Using DAVID Bioinformatics”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, 2710 Furstenberg
Special Lecture Series in Organogenesis of the Pancreas
Deborah Gumucio, Ph.D., Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Director of the Center for Organogenesis
"Signaling Pathways"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, G550, School of Dentistry
OHS/TEAM Seminar Series
Lonnie Shea, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University
“Systems and Strategies for Promoting Tissue Growth"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Julie Magarian Blander, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
“Linking Phagocytosis of Dying Cells to T Cell Differentiation”
3:00 - 4:00 PM, West Lecture Hall, Medical Science II
CMB/Human Genetics Training Programs - Fall 2009 Short Course
Cell-Cell Communication: Ligands and Their Receptors Seminar Series
Jon Aster, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Associate Pathologist, Pathology, Brigham And Women's Hospital
"Basic and Applied Implications of the Notch Transcription Complex"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 4234 Med Sci Bldg I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Gabriel Nunez, M.D., Paul H. DeKruif Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan
"Nod-like Receptors in Immunity and Disease"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A/B/C
Department of Internal Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
and
Organogenesis Seminar Series
Derek LeRoith, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, Professor and Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, NY
"The Role of IGF-1 in Growth and Metabolism: Use of Gene Manipulated Mouse Models"
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009:
12:15 - 1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Department
Patricia Babbitt, Ph.D., Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California-San Francisco
"A Global View of Enzyme Superfamilies: Promiscuity & the Evolution of New Functions"
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
CVC Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series in conjunction with The University of Michigan, Department of Neurology and Sleep Disorders Center
The Eighth Annual Michael S. Aldrich Commemorative Lecture
Virend Somers, D.Phil., FAHA, FACC, FCCP; Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine; Director, Mayo GCRC Sleep Core Laboratory; Director, Mayo GCRC Cardiovascular Core Laboratory, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN; International Director, International Clinical Research Center, Brno, Czech Republic
“Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease - Evidence, Mechanisms and Clinical Implications”
http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/somers_v.cfm
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 2736 Med Sci II
The University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center & the Department of Pharmacology
Dr. Francis Colpaert, Scientific Director, Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre, Visiting Research Professor, University of Michigan
"The Inverse of Opioid Hyperalgesia and Tolerance: 5-HT1A Receptor-Mediated Analgesia and Inverse Tolerance"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 1360 East Hall
Neuroscience Graduate Program Seminar
Donald Pfaff, Ph.D., Professor, Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University
"Waking Up the Brain: Hormonal, Neural and Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Generalized CNS Arousal and Sexual Arousal"
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, 2710 Furstenberg
Special Lecture Series in Organogenesis of the Pancreas
Peter Dempsey, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases and Molecular & Integrative Physiology
"Notch Signaling from Development to Disease"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 6311 Medical Science Building I
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Stephen Ragsdale
Donald Becker, Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Biochemistry
"Flavin Redox Switching of Protein Function and Membrane/DNA Binding"
4:00 PM, Waggoner Conference Room - MBNI
The Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute
Hosted by: Audrey Seasholtz, Ph.D., Research Professor, MBNI
Marcelo Rubinstein, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Institute of Investigations in Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology (CONICET) and School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Dissection of Dopamine D2 Receptor Function by Conditional Mutagenesis into the Mouse Genome”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009:
11:30 - 12:30 PM, South Lecture Hall, Med Sci II
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Mark B. Van Doren, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University
"Vive la Difference: The Creation of Sexual Dimorphism in the Soma and Germline"
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminars
Susanne Dehmel, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan
“Behavioral and Physiological Correlates of Tinnitus in Guinea Pigs”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Marcelo Rubenstein, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Institute of Investigations in Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology (CONICET) and School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Birth, Life, Death and Resurrection of Two Neuronal Enhancers That Control Feeding Behavior and Satiety"
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, 2903 Taubman Library
Special Lecture Series in Organogenesis of the Pancreas
Ernesto Bernal, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine
"Beta Cell Stem Cells"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Vision Research Seminar
Fu-Shin X. Yu, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Kresge Eye Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine
"Corneal Innate Immunity and Wound Healing"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Peter B. Lockhart, DDS, Chair, Department of Oral Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center
"Antibiotic Prophylaxis – Dogma versus Data"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Wyndham Lathem, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
"What do Pneumonia and Diarrhea have in Common? The Virulence of Yersinia Explored"
3:00 - 4:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Series
Andrew Groves, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
"The First Steps Towards Hearing: The Role of BMP Morphogens and Notch Signals in Building the Cochlea"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 4234 Med Sci Bldg I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Shigeki Miyamoto, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin
"NF-kB in DNA Damage Responses"
For more information on Dr. Miyamoto's research, visit:
http://molpharm.wisc.edu/Faculty/fac_pages/miyamoto.html
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 7745 Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine/ Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Christos S. Mantzoros, M.D., D.Sc., FACP, FACE, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
"Leptin in Humans: Lessons from Translational Research"
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009:
9:00 - 10:00 AM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Center for Chemical Genomics Colloquium Series
Jolanta Grembecka, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School
“Development of Small Molecules Targeting Leukemia Oncoproteins”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Ward J. MacNeal Distinguished Dissertation Lecture
Johanna Abend
"Validation and Functional Significance Studies of Targets of KSHV microRNAs"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 1057, MBNI, Waggoner Conference Room
Neuroimmunology Lecture Series
Jeffrey Browning, Ph.D., Senior Director, Immunobiology Research, Biogen Idec
"Inhibiting the Lymphotoxin Pathway: Integrating Clinical and Rodent Observations"
12:15 - 1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Department
Dr. John Helmann, Ph.D., Professor, Cornell University
“New Insights into Metal Ion Homeostasis: the B. subtils Fur and Zur regulons”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics Oncley Lecture
Harold A. Scheraga, Ph.D., Todd Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Cornell University
"Dynamics of Protein Folding"
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
CVC Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Mark Russell, M.D., Aaron Stern Professor of Pediatric Cardiology; Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan
“Genes and the Heart: The Role of Genetics in Guiding Patient Care”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Ford Auditorium
Division of Hematology/Oncology Research Conference
Weiping Zou, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Surgery, Immunology and Biology, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School
"Th17 Cells and Human Diseases"
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Medical Science II Building
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Aaron Goldstrohm
Eric J. Wagner, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science at Houston
"The Beginning of the End: Formation of RNA 3' termini in Metazoans"
3:30 - 4:30 PM, Biomedical Science Research Building - Auditorium
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Frank Grosveld, Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University
"Transcription Factor Networks and Long Range Interactions?"
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Room 2C108 UH
Department of Neurology Grand Rounds
Ming Guo, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Brain Research Institute, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
"Molecular Pathways to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, SPH Community Lounge Room 1680
Risk Science Center, School of Public Health
Andrew D. Maynard, Ph.D., Candidate for the Position as Risk Science Center Director
“Risk Science in the 21st Century”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Great Lakes North, 4th Floor, Palmer Commons
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Seminar
Jiandie Lin, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute; Assistant Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical School, University of Michigan
"Decoding Metabolic Regulatory Networks through Genome-wide Coactivation Analysis"
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Special Lecture Series on Organogenesis of the Pancreas
Peter Arvan, Ph.D., M.D., William K. and Delores S. Brehm Professor of Type I Diabetes Research and Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of the Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center
"Secretory Granules in the Pancreas"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Benjamin K. Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
“Live Imaging of HIV Infection through Virological Synapses”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 7745 Med Sci II
Internal Medicine / Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
and
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Susanne Mandrup, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark
“PPAR-gamma in Adipogenesis and Lipogenesis”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 4234, Med Sci Building I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Lara Kallal, Ph.D., Candidate in Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Department of Pathology University of Michigan
Mentor: Nicholas Lukacs, Ph.D.
“Chemokine Receptor 7 Mediates Appropriate Priming of the Immune Response to Respiratory Syncytial Virus”
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009:
12:15 - 1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Heinrich Reichert, Ph.D., Professor, University of Basel
“Development of the Drosophila Brain: Building a Massively Parallel Connectivity Matrix”
1:15 - 3:00 PM, Waggoner Conference Room, MBNI
MBNI Seminar
Benjamin Floran Garduno, Ph.D., Professor Titular, Department of Physiology Biophysics and Neuroscience, Centro de Investigation y Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico, D.F.
“A2a-D2 Receptor Heterodimer in Basal Ganglia Function”
CANCELLED – TO BE RESCHEDULED
3:00 - 4:00 PM, South Lecture Hall, Medical Science II
CMB/HG Short Course - Cell-Cell Communication: Ligands and Their Receptors
Randall T. Moon, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, University of Washington-Seattle
"Wnt Signaling in Regeneration and Regenerative Medicine"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics/ChemBio Seminar Series
Dr. Elizabeth Theil, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI)
"The Ferritin Family and Fe/O: Protein Nanocage Catalysis, Iron Channels, DNA and mRNA Regulation"
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
CVC Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Daniel Myers, Jr., DVM, MPH, DACLAM, Associate Professor, Section of Vascular Surgery/ ULAM; Director, Jobst Vascular Research Laboratories; University of Michigan Medical School
“Optimal Animal Models for Venous Thrombosis Research”
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/jobst/myers_lab
12:00-1:00 PM, Room 335 West Hall
Biological Physics/Complex Systems Seminar Series
Alexander Shingleton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Zoology, Michigan State University
"Pattern, Physiology and Physical Force: The Developmental Regulation of Organ Size"
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis - Special Lecture Series in Organogenesis and the Pancreas
Massimo Pietropaolo, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics & Communicable Diseases
"Immune Response in Type 1 Diabetes"
9:30 AM - 2:45 PM, Forum Hall, Palmer Commons
Knockdown University: An Experimental Guide to siRNA/shRNA/microRNA Technologies
Thermo Scientific and LSI’s Center for Chemical Genomics
Featuring the following speakers:
Kirsteen MacLean, Ph.D., Field Application Specialist, Thermo Scientific, Genomic Technologies
Martha Larsen, M.S., Director, High Throughput Screening Lab, Center for Chemical Genomics, Life Sciences Institute
Steven Swaney, B.S., siRNA & High Content Analysis Screening Specialist, Center for Chemical Genomics, Life Sciences Institute
http://www.thermo.com/rnaiseminars
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room G580, School of Dentistry
Periodontics and Oral Medicine Seminar
David Ke, M.D., Amgen Corporation, Scientific Executive Director of Bone Metabolic Disorders
“Inhibition of Sclerostin as an Anabolic Approach for Low Bone Mass and Fracture Healing”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Medical Science II Building
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Raymond Trievel
Dr. Michael Washburn, Director of Proteomics Center, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
"Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of RNA Polymerase II and The Discovery of a Novel Ser-5 CTD Phosphatase"
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 2736 Med Sci II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Dr. Andrew W. Tai, Clinical Instructor, Department Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
"A Functional Genomic Screen Identifies Cellular Cofactors of Hepatitis C Replication: Potential Novel Targets for Therapy"
1:30 - 2:30 PM, South Lecture Hall, Medical Science Bldg. II
Department of Anesthesiology and The Michigan Metabolomics and Obesity Center
John A. Hawley, Ph.D., F.A.C.S.M., Professor and Head, Exercise Metabolism Group, School of Medical Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia
”From Fitness to Fatness: Where to from Here?"
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Kumar Alagramam, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director of Research, Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University
“A Mouse Model for Deafness in Usher Syndrome 3A”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Sven Enerback M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Medical Biochemistry, Gotenburg University
"Brown Fat of Mouse and Man”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, 2710 Furstenberg
Center for Organogenesis - Special Lecture Series in Organogenesis and the Pancreas
Diane Simeone, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Molecular & Integrative Physiology
"Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells"
8:30 - 10:00 AM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery
Drs. Wei Liu and Yilin Cao, Department of Plastic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
“Introduction of Research Work of National Tissue Engineering Center of China”
10:00 - 11:00 AM, 7623 Med Sci II
Open House - Center for Integrative Genomics (CIG)
CIG offers a variety of phenotyping instrumentation for mice and rats including ultrasound imaging, rota-rod, calimetric cages, behavior screening and more. Come to our open house for a tour, meet the staff and learn about what we have to offer. No pre-registration necessary. For more information, contact Janet Hoff at (jhlvt@umich.edu) or 734-615-6906.
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Ursula Strob, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
University of Chicago
“Chromatin in Somatic Hypermutation of Immunoglobulin Genes and Embryonic Development”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, G550 School of Dentistry
OHS/TEAM Seminar Series
Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Medicine, Health Sciences, and Technology, Harvard-MIT's Division of Health Sciences and Technology and the Harvard Medical School
“Microengineered Hydrogels for Tissue Regeneration and Stem Cell Bioengineering”
3:00 - 4:00 PM, 2901 LRC (Taubman Medical Library)
CMB/HG Training Program - Fall 2009 Short Course
Marvin Whiteley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas, Austin
"Bacterial Dinner Conversations: Tales of Speech Bubbles and Bacterial Lobster Traps"
4:00 PM, Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB) Auditorium
(Reception after the seminar in the Atrium.)
John G. Topliss Medicinal Chemistry Lectureship Series
Richard Silverman, Ph.D., John Evans Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University
"Design of Selective Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitors for the Prevention and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine / Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Christopher J. Rhodes, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism, Research Director, Comprehensive Diabetes Center; Chair, Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
“Balancing Insulin Production and Secretion: Where Does Imbalance Lead?”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 4234, Med Sci I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Dana Philpott, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto
"Nod Proteins in Infection and Immunity"
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009:
12:15 - 1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Building
Molcular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Department
Asim Beg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
“Mirror-movements of Mice and Men”
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
CVC Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Frank Brosius III, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology; Chief, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan
"GLUT4 Determines Vascular Smooth Muscle Responses in Hypertension"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 1230 Undergraduate Science Building
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Catherine Collins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
"Using Drosophila to Study Cellular Responses to Axonal Injury"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, West Lecture Hall, Med Sci II
University of Michigan Cancer Center
Tumor Immunology and Host Response Program
Stephen Hedrick, Ph.D., Chancellor's Associates Chair in the Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego
“Immune Homeostasis: Control by Foxo Transcription Factors”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Department of Human Genetics Seminar Series
Mehul Dattani, M.D., Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology, Developmental Endocrinology Research Group Clinical and Molecular Genetics Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
"Congenital Hypopituitarism and Related Disorders: Bench to Bedside"
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis - Special Lecture Series in Pancreatic Organogenesis
Jiandie Lin, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Life Sciences, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
"Pancreas Physiology and Metabolic Disease"
10:00 - 11:00 AM, Room 2802 Med Sci Bldg II
Health Sciences Libraries
Marisa Conte, M.L.S., CTSA Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries, University of Michigan
“Bioinformatics Basics: Databases and Tools from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)”
Additional information is available at:
https://www-a1.lsa.umich.edu/es_conf/app/DisplaySession.asp?sessionid=3640
12:00 - 1:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Medical Science II Building
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Aaron Goldstrohm
Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco, Professor, Duke University Medical Center, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
"Alternative Splicing and Epithelial Transitions in Cancer"
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009:
12:15 - 1:15 PM South Lecture Hall (3699 Med Sci II Building)
Graduate Program in Immunology Seminar Series
Karsten Sauer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute
"From Wiggly G-Loops to Soluble PH Domain Ligands: Novel Mechanistic Insights into Antigen Receptor Signaling and Lymphocyte Development"
1:00 - 2:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
CVC Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Ulf Eriksson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
“Role of VEGF-B in Endothelial Fatty Acid Uptake Implications in Systemic Lipid Homeostasis”
4:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Molecular & Integrative Physiology Seminar Series
Debbie Thurmond, Ph.D., Associate Director, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Diabetes Research; Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine
“Glucose Homeostasis and Longevity Are SNAREd Together”
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009:
8:30 - 10:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis - Special Lecture Series in Pancreatic Organogenesis
Marina Pasca Di Magliano, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of General Surgery and Cell and Developmental Biology
"Inflammation and Pancreatic Disease"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
Gary Whittaker, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Virology, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
“Activation of Viral Glycoproteins by Host Proteases: Tales from Influenza and Coronaviruses”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, G550 School of Dentistry
Robin Krimm, M.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville
“Developing a Sense of Taste”
3:00 - 4:00 PM, West Lecture Hall, Medical Science II
CMB/HG Training Program - Fall 2009 Short Course
Alexandra Joyner, Ph.D., Member in the Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute
"Hedgehog Signaling through Gli Proteins Regulates Diverse Adult Stem Cell Populations"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Conference
Anthony N. Hollenberg, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Thyroid Unit; Director, Strategic Research Development and Planning, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Director, Clinical Investigator Training Program, BIDMC and Harvard Science and Technology
“New Insights into Thyroid Hormone Signaling"
4:15 - 5:15 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms
Center for Organogenesis - Seminar Lecture Series
Richard R. Behringer, Ph.D., Professor and Ben F. Love Chair for Cancer Research, Department of Genetics, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
"Mammalian Reproductive Organ Formation"
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009:
11:45 AM - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms and Auditorium
8th Annual Pathology Research Symposium
Departmental Talks: 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM (BSRB Seminar Rooms)
Poster Session: 1:15 - 2:20 PM
Departmental Talks: 2:25 - 3:45 PM
Keynote Presentation: 3:55 - 5:00 PM (BSRB Auditorium)
Invited Keynote Speaker:
Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D., Charles A. Janeway Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Hospital Boston
"DNA End Joining, Translocations, and Lymphoma"
University of Michigan Department of Pathology speakers will include:
Gregory Dressler, Ph.D.; Steven L. Kunkel, Ph.D.; Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, Ph.D.; Bryan Petersen; John Prensner; Matthew Smith; Matthew Van Beek and Thomas E. Wilson, M.D., Ph.D.
For more information, please contact (lauralh@umich.edu).
12:15 - 1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental, Biology Department
David Clapham, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Cardiovascular Research Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School
"Novel Ion Channels and Their Functions"
2:00 - 3:00 PM, 2802 Med Sci Bldg II, Taubman Library Classroom
Health Sciences Libraries
Scott Martin, MS, MSI, Biological Sciences Librarian, Shapiro Science Library, University of Michigan
"BLAST Overview"
Additional information is available at:
https://www-a1.lsa.umich.edu/es_conf/app/DisplaySession.asp?sessionid=3642
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
CVC Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Anuska Andjelkovic-Zochowska, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology; Assistant Research Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan
"Smoking and Stroke: The Detrimental Effects of Nicotine on Cerebrovascular Injury"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 335 West Hall
Biological Physics/Complex Systems Seminar
Doug Weibel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Studying the Origins of Emergent Behavior in Populations of Bacteria"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 3699 Med Sci II (South Lecture Hall)
Department of Human Genetics seminar Series
Richard M. Myers, Ph.D., President, Director and Faculty Investigator Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama
"Global Analysis of Human Gene Regulation"
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, 4448 East Hall, Psychology
Biopsychology Program Seminar Series
Prof. Michael Hasselmo, Center for Memory and Brain, Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Boston University
"Oscillations, Grid Cells and Memory"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Medical Science II Building
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Katrin Karbstein
Dr. Gloria Culver, Professor, Department of Biology, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
"Studies of E. coli Ribosome Biogenesis"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl
Interdisciplinary Group Seminar (IGS)
Panelists:
Michael Boehnke, Professor, Biostatistics, University of Michigan
Julie Douglas, Associate Professor, Human Genetics, University of Michigan
Anthony Antonellis, Assistant Professor, Human Genetics, University of Michigan
Sandeep Kalantry, Assistant Professor, Human Genetics, University of Michigan
Jonathan Gruber, postdoctoral fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Tanya Teslovich, postdoctoral fellow, Biostatistics, University of Michigan
"Panel Discussion on Career Paths for Young Researchers"
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009:
10:00 - 11:00 AM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A,B,C
CMB/HG Short Course - Cell-Cell Communication: Ligands and Their Receptors
Randall Moon, Ph.D., University of Washington
"Wnt Signaling in Regeneration and Regenerative Medicine"
(Rescheduled from October 23, 2009)
12:00 - 1:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms A/B/C, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ground Level
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series
John Cooper, Ph.D., Professor, Cell Biology & Physiology
"Actin Assembly at Membranes: Mechanism and Regulation”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, in room 2736 MS II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
Don Arnold, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California
"A Myosin-Based Model for Polarized Targeting of Neuronal Proteins"
2:00 - 3:00 PM, 2802 Med Sci Bldg II, Taubman Library Classroom
Health Sciences Libraries
Jean Song, MSI, Research and Informatics Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries, University of Michigan
"Michigan Molecular Interactions (Web Interface)"
See additional information on the website.
3:45 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Zhengqing Hu, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine
“Stem Cell and Inner Ear Regeneration”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Great Lakes North, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Program
John Younger, M.D., M.S., Associate Professor, University of Michigan
"Dynamic Models of Complement Immunity For Studying Septic Humans"
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Vision Research Seminar Series
Stephen C. Massey, Ph.D., Professor and Research Director, Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Texas - Houston Medical School
"Bipolar Cell Inputs to Dopaminergic Amacrine Cells which Break the Stratification Rules of the Mammalian Retina "
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Mark Johnson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri – Kansas City
“Wnt Signaling in Bone? A Loaded Question”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 4234 Med Sci I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
John D. Lambris, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Dr. Ralph and Sallie Weaver Professor of Research Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"The Renaissance of Complement: More than a 'Guard' against Invading Pathogens"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes Research Conference
Amnon Schlegel, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes, The University of California, San Francisco
"Harnessing Zebrafish Genetics for the Study of Complex Metabolic Diseases"
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Neuroimmunology Lecture Series
Conni Bergmann, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Medicine, Lerner College
of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
"Balancing T Cell Effector Function during Viral CNS Infection"
12:15 - 1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Department
Dr. Samuel Gandy, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
“Gamma Secretase, Dimebon, Amyloid Oligomers: The 2010 Vocabulary of Alzheimer’s Research”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 1300 Chemistry
Biophysics/ChemBio Seminar Series
Sarah Woodson, Ph.D., Professor of Biophysics, John Hopkins University
"RNA Folding During 30 S Ribosome Assembly"
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Life Sciences Institute Library, Room 3040
Host: Anuj Kumar, Ph.D.
Damian J. Krysan, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Microbiology/Immunology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester
"Chemical Genetics for the Discovery and Mechanistic Characterization of Novel Antifungal Small Molecules"
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Danto Auditorium, CVC
CVC Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series
Jun-Lin Guan, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School
"Focal Adhesion Kinase in Cardiovascular Development and Functions"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 5915 Buhl (Classroom)
Department of Human Genetics Seminar Series
Host: Miriam Meisler, Ph.D.
Don W. Cleveland, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, Medical Center Moores Cancer Center
"From Charcot to Lou Gehrig: Mechanism and Therapies in ALS"
4:00 - 5:30 PM, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy - Betty Ford Classroom 1110
"Science and Technology Investments and Policy in the Obama Administration"
Kei Koizumi, Assistant Director, Federal Research and Development, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President will discuss the Obama Administration’s strategies for innovation, investments in R&D, and the policy initiatives that have been designed to address four national challenges:
- Economic recovery and renewed growth
- Dealing with the interrelated challenges of energy, the environment, and climate
- A healthier American people
- A secure America within a global world
A reception will follow. This event, part of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Lecture Series, is sponsored by The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation and co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice President for Research and the University of Michigan College of Engineering. Visit (http://www.med.umich.edu/medschool/research/koizumi.pdf) for more information.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, North Lecture Hall, Medical Science II Building
The Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series
Host: Dr. Daniel Bochar
Dr. Jerry Workman, Investigator, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
"Protein Complexes that Modify Chromatin for Transcription"
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 2736 Med Sci II
Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series
David W. Piston, Ph.D., Director, Free Electron Laser Center, Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Imaging the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion"
3:45 - 5:00 PM, Room 5623, Med Sci II
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar
Yukiko Yamashita, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan
“Regulation of Asymmetric Stem Cell Division in Tissue Homeostasis”
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Great Lakes South, Palmer Commons Building
Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Program
Greg Dick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan
“Meta-‘omics: Genomes and Transcriptomes from Communities of Uncultured Microorganisms”
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009:
12:00 - 1:00 PM, G550 School of Dentistry
Oral Health Sciences Seminar Series
Malcolm Whitman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Developmental Biology, Department of Cell Biology, School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University
“A Novel Pathway Regulating Chronic Inflammation”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Wheeler Lecture Room, 5623 Med Sci II
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series
K. Mark Ansel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco
"MicroRNAs and microRNA Homeostasis in Lymphocyte Function"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, BSRB Seminar Rooms, 109 Zina Pitcher Place (Ground Level)
Center for Organogenesis Seminar Lecture Series
Philippe Soriano, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
"Regulation of Growth Factor Signaling in Mouse Development"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, 4234 Med Sci I
Pathology Research Seminar Series
Kevin Shannon, M.D., Auerback Distinguished Professor of Molecular Oncology, Department of Pediatrics; Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California San Francisco
"Targeting Hyperactive Ras in Cancer"
4:00 PM, 2548 C.C. Little Building
Medicinal Chemistry Seminar
Michael A. Marletta, Ph.D., Aldo DeBenedictis Professor of Chemistry Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of CA - Berkeley
"Nitric Oxide Synthase: It's Not Just About Mammals Anymore"
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room 7745, Med Sci II
Department of Internal Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Conference
Alon Kahana, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Kellogg Eye Center, Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Comprehensive Cancer Center
"Unusual Models of Thyroid Eye Disease - What Can We Learn from the Zebrafish?"
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009:
9:00 - 10:00 AM, Forum Hall – 4th Floor, Palmer Commons
Center for Chemical Genomics Colloquium Series, Life Sciences Institute
Host: Richard Neubig
Christopher M. Moxham, Ph.D., Senior Research Advisor, Lead Optimization Biology, Eli Lilly and Company
“Eli Lilly and Co. Phenotypic Drug Discovery Initiative”
12:00 - 1:00 PM, Room 5515, BSRB
Department of Neurology
Gopal Thinakaran, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago
"Cell Biology of Alzheimer's Disease Beta Amyloid Production"
12:15 - 1:15 PM, 1640 Chemistry Building
Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology Department
Barbara Hohn, Ph.D., Professor, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
“Environmental Influences on Plant Genome Dynamics”
