Seminar Series 2009 - 2010
DATE |
SPEAKER AND TITLE |
COMMENT |
| Oct 9 |
MINI-SYMPOSIUM: “Telomeres and Cancer” Ramesh Babu Batchu, Ph.D.,
Dept. of Surgery &
Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University |
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| Nov 13 |
Q. Ping Dou, Ph.D., Prevention Program, KCI & Dept. of Pathology, Wayne State University "Targeting Tumor Proteasome with Small Molecule Drugs" |
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| Dec 11 |
MINI-SYMPOSIUM: Mark Greenwald, Ph.D. and Shane Perrine, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychiatry, Substance Abuse Research Division, Wayne State University "Stress-induced molecular pharmacology and addiction-related phenotypes in animal and human subjects" |
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| Dec 21 |
Lan Jiang, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University "Regulation of Biological Tube Formation" |
at 12:00 pm |
| Jan 22 |
James Whisstock, Ph.D., Dept. of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia "Structural and functional studies on perforin-like proteins" |
at 2:00 pm |
| Feb 12 |
Melody Neely, Ph.D., Dept. of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University |
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| Feb 26 |
David Kessel, Ph.D., Dept. of Pharmacology, Wayne State University "Evidence for impairment of the endocytic pathway by photodynamic therapy" |
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| Mar 12 |
Russell Finley, Ph.D., Center for Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Wayne State University "Using genetic networks to study cell cycle systems in Drosophila" |
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| Mar 19 |
Sokol Todi, Ph.D., Dept. of Neurology, Univ. of Michigan "Deubiquitinating enzymes in neurodegeneration: Understanding the functions and regulation of ataxin-3" |
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| Mar 26 |
Jenifer Fenton, Ph.D., Dept. of Food Science & Human Nutrition, College of Nursing, Michigan State University "Molecular mechanisms of obesity-related cancer risk" |
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| April 9 |
David Rosenberg, M.D., Dept. of Psychiatry, Wayne State Univ. School of Medicine "New advances in obsessive compulsive disorder" |
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| April 19 |
Joint Seminar of the Depts. of Chemistry and Pharmacology Thomas Meade, Ph.D., Depts. of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL "Modulating transcription in development and cancer: Targeted Cobalt-DNA conjugates for the inhibition of zinc-finger transcription factors”" |
Margherial Family Conference Center at 3:00 pm |
| April 23 |
Paul Stemmer, Ph.D., Proteomics Core, Wayne State Univ. School of Medicine and Karmanos Cancer Institute "Proteomic Analysis for Identification, Quantitation and Characterization" |
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| April 30 |
Jeff Loeb, Ph.D., Associate Director of CMMG and Associate Professor of Neurology, Wayne State University "A systems approach to develop novel treatments for human neuropsychiatric disorders" |
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| May 7 |
Stanley Terlecky, Ph.D., Dept. of Pharmacology, Wayne State University “Peroxisomes, Oxidative Stress, and Cellular Aging” |
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| May 14 |
Akio Yamazaki, Ph.D., Dept. of Ophthamalogy,Wayne State University, Kresge Eye Institute "Rhodopsin, a receptor of G-protein-mediated signal transduction, is essential for the activation of retinal guanylate cyclase (retGC): A new model for retGC activation and its link to retinal diseases" |
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| May 21 |
Joint Seminar of the Dept. of Pharmacology and Karmanos Cancer Institute Tayyaba Hasan, Ph.D., Dept. of Dermatology, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology " Photodynamic Therapy: A Translational Bridge between Chemistry and Medicine" |
Held in the Wertz Auditorium |
| May 28 |
Raymond Mattingly, Ph.D., Dept. of Pharmacology, Wayne State Univ. School of Medicine "Prenylation inhibitors induce cell death through apoptosis or aborted autophagy" |
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| June 4 |
Thomas Bugge, Ph.D., Chief, Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Unit, OPCB, NIH/NIDCR "Transmembrane serine proteases and their transmembrane serine protease inhibitors: Guardians of epithelial integrity" |
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| June 18 |
Douglas Ruden, Ph.D., Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University "Epigenetic directed errors in cancer and evolution" |
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Seminar Series 2008 -2009
DATE |
SPEAKER AND TITLE |
COMMENT |
| Sept 19 |
Katarina Wolf, Ph.D. |
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| Sept 26 |
David Kessel, Ph.D Dept. of Pharmacology, Wayne State University "Recent progress in photodynamic therapy" |
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| Oct 10 |
Eric Fearon, M.D., Ph.D. Dept. of Human Genetics, University of Michigan "The Molecular Pathogenesis of Colorectal Cancer" |
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| Oct 17 |
John Basile, D.D.S., D.M.Sc. Dept. of Diagnostic Sciences & Pathology, Univ. of Maryland Dental School "The Role of Semaphorin 4D in Tumor-Induced Angiogenesis" |
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| Oct 24 |
G. Angus McQuibban, Ph.D. Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Toronto "The mitochondrial rhomboid protease: cutting up the membrane in Parkinson's disease" |
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| Nov 7 |
Jim W. Xuan Ph. D. London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada " Molecular diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer by Flk1-UTMD imaging technology in PSP94 gene-directed genetically engineered mouse prostate cancer models" |
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| Nov 14 |
Masood A. Shammas, Ph.D. Surgical Oncology And Developmental Therapeutics Laboratory, Karmanos Cancer Institute "Exploring The Mechanisms Of Genomic Instability, Telomere Maintenance, And Oncogenesis" |
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| Nov 21 |
Dudley K. Strickland, Ph.D. Dept. of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore “The LDL receptor-related protein: Role in protecting the vasculature” |
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| Dec 5 |
Qingyu Wu, M.D., Ph.D. Molecular Cardiology/Nephrology & Hypertension, Learner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation "The cardiac transmembrane protease corin: discovery, function, and disease" |
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| Jan 16 |
Barbara Fingleton, Ph.D. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN “MMP-9, a context-dependent regulator of breast cancer metastasis” |
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| Jan 23 |
Nicholas G. Davis, Ph.D. Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University "Protein Palmitoylation in Yeast and Brain" |
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| Feb 13 |
Alfredo Kirkwood, Ph.D Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD "Neuromodulation of synaptic plasticity" |
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| Feb 20 |
Nancy Oleinick, Ph.D. |
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| Feb 27 |
Mark McNiven, Ph.D. Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine "Cytoskeletal Membrane Dynamics in the Metastatic Process" Host: J. Boerner |
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| Mar 6 |
Maik Hüttemann, Ph.D. Center for Molecular Medicien & Genetics, Wayne State Univ. School of Medicine "Regulation of mitochondrial energy and free radical production, inflammation and lung cancer" |
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| Mar 20 |
Vincent Njar, Ph.D. Dept of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics University of Maryland School of Medicine "Development of an Atypical CYP17 Inhibitor VN/124-1 (TOK-001 as a Prostate Cancer Therapeutic" Host: A. Burger |
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| Apr 3 |
Rafael Fridman, Ph.D. Dept. of Pathology, Wayne State Univ. School of Medicine "Membrane type-matrix metalloproteinases: Proteolysis at the cell surface and beyond" |
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| Apr 10 |
Lisa Coussens, Ph.D. Dept. of Pathology and Cancer Research Institute, Univ. of California - San Francisco "Inflammation and Cancer: Regulation of Tissue-Specific Protumor Immunity" |
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| May 15 |
Suneel Apte, Ph.D. Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic "ADAMTS proteases: regulators of cell behavior in development and disease" |
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| May 22 |
Dr. Robert J. Schneider Assoc. Director, NYU Cancer Institute, Co-director, Breast Cancer & Translational Cancer Research, New York |
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| May 29 |
Dr. Fred Miller |
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| June 5 |
Thomas Reinheckel, Ph.D. Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Albert- Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany "Effects and Regulation of Cysteine Cathepsins in the Tumor Microenvironment" |
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Seminar Series 2008
COMMENT |
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Feb 01 |
Dr. Daniel Lawrence, Ph.D. Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan "Regulation of the Blood Brain Barrier During Ischemic Stroke: Implications for the use of thrombolytic therapy" |
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Feb 08 |
Open |
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Feb 15 |
Dr. Sarah Parsons, Ph.D. Dept. of Microbiology, University of Virginia "EGFR and c-Src in the mitochondria: New roles in cancer" |
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| Dr. Grant Brown, Ph.D. Dept. of Biochemistry University of Toronto "The Cellular Response to DNA Replication Fork Stalling" |
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Feb 29 |
Dr. Sharon Michelhaugh, Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmacology , Wayne State U. "Isoforms of the transcription factor nurr1 differentially regulate dopaminergic genes" |
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Mar 7 |
Dr. Hey-Kyoung Lee, Ph.D. Dept. of Biology, University of Maryland "Regulation of excitatory synapses in sensory cortices by visual experience" |
Andrade |
| Dr. James Basilion, Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University "Intraoperative Molecular Imaging to guide tumor resection" |
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| Open |
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| Dr. Manohar Ratnam Medical University of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio "New mechanisms of steroid receptor signaling in relation to development and cancer" |
Host: |
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| Dr. William Atchison Professor of Pharmacology/Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan "Cerebellar GABA-A Receptors as Targets of Environmental Mercurials" |
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| Dr. Maria Diakonova, Ph.D Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo "JAK2 tyrosine kinase phosphorylates PAK1 and regulates PAK1 activity and functions" |
Mattingly |
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| Open | ||
| Dr. Mohamad Bouhamden, Ph.D. Dept. of Pharmacology, Wayne State U. |
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May 9 |
Dr. Amy Chang, Ph.D. Dept. Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan "Protein quality control in the yeast secretory pathway" |
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May 16 |
Dr. Tayyaba Hasan, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School |
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May 23 |
Dr. Ladislau Kovari, PhD Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University School of Medicine TBA |
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May 30 |
Dr. John Goudreau, D.O., Ph.D. Dept. of Neurology and Dept of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Michigan State University "Molecular mechanisms of differential susceptibility of dopamine neuronal populations in Parkinson's disease" |
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Jun 6 |
Dr. Sanford Barsky M.D. The Ohio State University Medical Center TBA |
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Jun 13 |
Dr. Robert Campell Ph.D. University of Alberta, Dept. of Chemistry TBA |
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Jun 20 |
Dr. Daniel Lawrence Ph.D. University of Michigan, Dept. of Internal Medicine "Regulation of the Blood Brain Barrier During Ischemic Stroke: Implications for the use of thrombolytic therapy" |
