DATE

SPEAKER AND FOCUS

COMMENT

Jan 20

Nick Szerlip, MD, Wayne State University;

Genomics of primary brain tumor and effects of micro-environment

 

Jan 27

Terry Robinson, PhD, University of Michigan;

Long-term changes due to drug addiction

 

Feb 3

David Oupicky, PhD, Wayne State University;

Development of Polymeric Prodrugs as Dually Functioning Nucleic Acid Delivery Vectors

 

Feb 10

Michael Rape, PhD, UC Berkeley;

The quipucamayocs of ubiquitin: deciphering a cellular code

 

Feb 17

 

No Seminar This Week

Feb 24

Brent Martin, PhD, University of Michigan;

Proteomics of dynamic palmitoylation

 

March 2

Magen Johnson, Graduate Student, Dept Pharmacology, Wayne State University

Transcriptional correlates of cocaine abuse

 

March 9

Sun Fei, PhD, Wayne State University;

CFTR biogenesis

 

March 16

Jennifer Rothberg, Graduate Student, Dept Pharmacology, Wayne State University

Acidic pericellular pH enhances invasiveness of
human breast carcinoma cells

 

March 23

Ricardo Araneda, PhD, University of Maryland;

Mechanisms through which neurotransmitters regulate neural activity and sensory processing

 

March 30

Jason Gestwicki, PhD, University of Michigan;

Molecular therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases

 

April 6

 

No Seminar This Week

April 13

Tayyaba Hasan, PhD, Harvard University;

Photophysical and biological mechanisms of photodynamic therapy

 

April 20

Scott Wilson, PhD, University of Alabama-Birmingham;

Ubiquitin-dependent pathways at the developing synapse

 

April 27

Anna Moszczynska, PhD, Wayne State University

The role of parkin in neurotoxicity

 

May 4

Sin Urban, PhD, Johns Hopkins University;

Intra-membrane proteases and their role in host-cell invasion by pathogens

 

May 11

Henry Paulson, MD, PhD, Wayne State University

Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration