Seminar Series 2009 - 2010
Seminars are held on Fridays at 1:00 in 6364 Scott Hall (Pharmacology Conference Room) unless otherwise noted.
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" |
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| 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" |
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| Feb 12 |
MINI-SYMPOSIUM: Organism Model Systems as Research Tools Douglas Ruden, Ph.D., Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University |
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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 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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Past Seminars
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" |
