Pharmacology 701: Fall Seminar Series


Fall 2005 Schedule

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September 8, 2005
Thursday

Timothy Haystead
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University, Medical Center
Proteomics, Smooth Muscle, Malaria and Drug Discovery
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: John Lawrence
Learn more about Dr. Haystead

 

September 29, 2005
Thursday

Howard C. Towle
Professor and Associate Head
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
University of Minnesota
ChREBP/M1x: Mediators of Glucose-regulated Transcription in Mammals
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: John Lawrence
Learn more about Dr. Towle

 

October 6, 2005
Thursday
Phillip Zamore's lecture has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled for later this year.

October 13, 2005
Thursday

David Brindley
Professor of Biochemistry
University of Alberta
Regulation of Fibroblast Migration and Division by Lipid Phosphate Phosphatase
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Kevin Lynch
Learn more about Dr. Brindley

 

October 20, 2005
Thursday

Maria Czyzyk-Krzeska
University of Cincinnati, Genome Research Institute
Role of Proline Hydroxylation and VHL-dependent Ubiquitylation in Oncogenic Process
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Doug Bayliss

 

October 27, 2005
Thursday

Wayne Sossin
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurobiology & Neurosurgery and Anatomy & Cell Biology
Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI)
Regulation of Translation During Memory Formation: A Role for IRES Mediated Translation
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host:  Tom Sturgill 
Learn more about Dr. Sossin

 

November 3, 2005
Thursday

David Linden
Professor of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
From Molecules to Memory in the Cerebellum
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host:
 Doug Bayliss
Learn more about Dr. Linden

 

November 10-11, 2005
Thursday/Friday

Obesity Syposium (Jordan Hall Conference Center)

Thursday, November 10, 2005

1:00 - 1:20 PM: Welcome & Introductions
Arthur Garson, James Garrison, Eugene Barrett

1:20 - 2:20 PM: Jeffrey Flier, M.D.
Beth Israel Hospital & Harvard University
Neuroendocrine Control of Obesity and Appetite

2:20 - 3:20 PM: Christian Vaisse, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Melanocortin-4 Receptor Mutation and Human Obesity

(Break)

3:45 - 4:45 PM: Chien Li, Ph.D.
Salk Institute
Potential Role of Urocortin-3 in Energy Homeostasis

(Reception - Jordan Hall Lobby)

Friday, November 11, 2005

8:30 - 9:30 AM: Eleftheria Maratos-Flier, M.D.
Harvard University & Joslin Diabetes Center
Metabolic and Molecular Effects of Macronutrient Dietary Composition

9:30 - 10:30 AM: Eric Ravussin, Ph.D.
Pennington Research Institute
Role of Adiponectin in Muscle Mitochondrial Biogenesis

(Break)

11:00 - 12:00 Noon: Pere Puigserver, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Regulation of Glucose Metabolism through the PGC-I alpha Pathway

Symposium sponsored by: Department of Pharmacology, Diabetes and Hormone Center of Excellence, Diabetes Endocrine Research Center, Molecular Medicine Graduate Program. With thanks to Eli Lilly, Upstate Biochemicals, and Sanofi Aventis.

November 17, 2005
Thursday

Michael Rowan
Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Trinity College, Ireland
Mechanisms of Alzheimer's Amyloid Protein Disruption of Synaptic Plasticity
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: 
 Julius Zhu
Learn more about Dr. Rowan

 

November 24, 2005
Thursday

Thanksgiving Break (no seminar)

 

December 1, 2005
Thursday

Katherine Borden
University of Montreal
Nuclear Functions of the Translation Factor elF4E in Oncogene Transformation
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: 
 Thomas Sturgill
Learn more about Dr. Borden

December 8, 2005
Thursday

Konstantin Galaktionov
Assistant Professor, Molecular & Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Senescence and Cancer: A Road to New Concepts
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Tom Sturgill

December 15, 2005
Thursday

Philipp Kaldis
National Cancer Institute
In Vivo Functions of Cyclin-dependent Kinases (Ddks)
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Tom Sturgill
Learn more about Dr. Kaldis

If you are interested in meeting with a seminar speaker please contact the host directly.

This page was last updated: December 5, 2005.