University of Virginia Health System

Pharmacology 702:
Pharmacology Seminar Series


Spring 2005 Schedule

January 20, 2005
Thursday

Kendra Bence, Ph.D.
Faculty Search Candidate
Harvard Medical School
Tissue-Specific Deletion of Protein Tyrosin Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B): New Insights into Its Role in Glucose Homeostasis and Body Mass Control
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: James Garrison

January 27, 2005
Thursday

Dongsheng Cai, Ph.D.
Faculty Search Candidate
Harvard Medical School
Tissue-Specific Action of Nuclear Transcriptional System IKK/NF-kB for Metabolic Disorders
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: James Garrison

February 10, 2005
Thursday

Allan Attie, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Veterinary Medicine
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Genetics of Diabetes and Obesity
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Jerry Nadler (Diabetes Center)
Learn more about Dr. Attie

February 24, 2005
Thursday

Rob Costa, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Illinois, Chicago
The Forkhead Box m1 Transcription Factor is a Therapeutic Target to Inhibit Proliferation of Cancer Cells
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Tom Sturgill
Learn more about Dr. Costa

Bonnie Firestein, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Pathways Involved in Dendrite Morphology During Neuronal Development
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Tom Sturgill
Learn more about Dr. Firestein

Jian Yang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry Program
Columbia University
Structural Basis of Calcium Channel Regulation and Function
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Julius Zhu and Ed Perez-Reyes
Learn more about Dr. Yang

Gary L. Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Organization of MAPK Pathways and Their Function in Homeostasis and Disease
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Tom Sturgill
Learn more about Dr. Johnson

Jinsong Zhang
Faculty Search Candidate
The Rockefeller University
Histone Deacetylase Functions in Normal and Leukemia-Related Pathways
9:00 am, Room 117 Jordan
Host: James Garrison

Michael Quon, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief of the Diabetes Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Division of Intramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health
Vascular Actions of Insulin and Adiponectine
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Eugene Barrett (Diabetes Center)
Learn more about Dr. Quon

Stephen Traynelis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Emory University
Do Serine Proteases Have a Role in Neuronal Damage?
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Julius Zhu
Learn more about Dr. Traynelis

David Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Assistant Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Regulation of Cell Growth and Proliferation by mTOR Pathway
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Tom Sturgill
Learn more about Dr. Sabatini

Michael Brownlee, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City
The Pathobiology of Diabetic Complications, A Unifying Mechanism
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Eugene Barrett (Diabetes Center)
Learn more about Dr. Brownlee

Sacha Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Brandeis University
Physiological Genomics of Cortical Circuits
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Julius Zhu
Learn more about Dr. Nelson

Michael Wormington, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology, University of Virginia
New Beginnings: Maternal mRNA Destruction Directs Cell Cycle Reprogramming and Zygotic Gene Activation at the Midblastula Transition
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: Tom Sturgill
Learn more about  Dr. Wormington

H. Mario Geysen, Ph.D.
Alfred Burger Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Pharmacology, University of Virginia
TBA
4:00 pm, Room 117 Jordan
Host: James Garrison
Learn more about Dr. Geysen